Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 349, 21 Kekemapa 1891 — Page 4

KA LEO O KA LAHUI.

"E Mau ke Ea o ka Aina i ka Pono."

 

KA LEO O KA LAHUI

John e. Bush.

Imua Hooponopono a me Puuku.

 

MONDAY, DEC. 21, 1891.

 

The Sugar Monopoly.

 

            In making bids for the influence of their former political opponent, we find the Elele of last Saturday supporting the aims of the patrons of that party.  It seems to discover all of a sudden, a warm and strong sympathy for its former bitter political opponent.  This kaleidoscopic movement of our contemporary and former compatriot, shows plainly the position of that sheet, and its patrons, and its frothy and effervescing little agent, the plast@

            We regret to see the once warm opponent of the Reform Party turning a clean sommersault, and like a mendicant standing before the altar of mammon, with its outstretched hands and open palms ready to receive its quid pro quo.

 

The Spirit of Democracy.

 

            The English newspaper have been discussing with much animation a question growing out of a lawsuit in which a young woman, engaged as parlor maid, at the end of nine days’

 service was summarily dismissed, without wages, because she refused to wear a cap.  Her employer pleaded in his defense that the young woman had broken her contract by disobeying lawful orders.  The Jude overruled the plea, and held that, in the absence of any express stipulation with regard to wearing a cap, the order was not lawful.  the Tory paper, in commenting upon the decision, defend the employer and criticize the young woman as a snob.  The Liberal papers, on the contrary, uphold the decision, urging that the wearing of a cap was demanding simply to brand social inferiority, and declaring that the young woman simply showed her self-respect in refusing to wear one.  That goldsmith went about the street as a physician in a purple scarlet suit, with a sword at his side, and a gold headed cane, was @ personal idiosyncrasy; it was then the established garb of the profession.  Judges were not allowed to lay aside their wigs, nor lawyers their black coats.  Clergymen went about the streets in their gowns, and mechanics of all sorts with their aprons.  It was the new spirit of democracy which put an end to this, and, by banishing distinctions of dress, aimed to recognize only those differences in men which individual character and culture created.  It is this democratic spirit in the Liberal Party to-day which makes it unanimous in upholding the refusal of the maid-servant to wear the cap.  Democratic equality does not mean the leveling down of men, but the leveling of the ground upon which they stand, and the destruction of the artificial barriers which separate them.  In other words, it is the equality which is demanded by the principle of fraternity.—Christian Union.

 

New Weapons of War.

 

The invention of formidable weapons of war continues to receive so much encouragement in Europe that only the most fearful carnage can be predicted as the result of the various efforts to increase the efficiency of guns and explosives.  Whether the theory is valid or not that war itself will be abolished from the excess of means of destruction, it is certain that the European government are not restrained by any theoretical fears, but are vying with each other in the securing of important secrets of advanced methods of war instruments.  The Austro-Hungarian War-office is now sternly guarding the secret of a new explosive called “ecracite,” which has been invented by two Austrian engineers.  Its power surpasses that of dynamite by ten to seven, and it is serviceable alike for cartridges and cannon.  The future of military operations will have an aspect of terror not before known, if this new explosive is put into practice.  By experiment it is found that the “ecracite” will cause one bomb-shell to practically demolish or any hospital service h a line of five hundred men.  With such in operation, the present conditions of the Red Cross or any hospital service would be entirely inadequate, and the increase of Bands of Mercy would be demanded.  Another new invention of war with similar purposes of wholesale destruction, is a gun, the manufacture of which has been, until recently, a profound secret in England.  This weapon is pneumatic in principle, and is said to be superior to all guns fired with smokeless powder.  The gun is described as “almost noiseless, absolutely smokeless, and having no recoil; and even if fired by night by a moving field battery in a wood with a shell, the only possible means of judging where the shot came from would be by following the projectiles or watching the direction in which they struck the ground, and so following the line from which they came.”  The formidable character of this weapon is apparent--Boston Journal.

 

Election of Officers

 

            The right of the people to elect whom they will to govern them cannot be disputed.  Whether the ruler of a country is a monarch or a president, either is only a representative of delegated power from the people.  The people is the nation, and every governmental power, from the chief to the lowest officer, are only servants of the people.  They are placed in authority to carry out the wishes of the people.  Any other form of government contrary to the immutable principles of right cannot be just to the people, and is sure to lead to usurpation of authority on the part of the servant, whose duty is simply to administer, regulate and execute the wishes of the people, and dissatisfaction to the latter.

            the old and exploded idea that “the powers that be are ordained of God,” and should be blinded accepted and respected as such, is purely a fiction of man.  It is the genius of government itself that is of God.  First in order then is submission to the will of God, as expressed through the voice of the people.  Outside of the theocracy of Israel, there never has been a ruler on earth whose authority, primarily or ultimately, express or permissively, was not derived from the people.

            We, therefore, deem it just that a return to this first principle, should be the aim of every man in this country.  It being right, and incontrovertible, we cannot for a moment believe, that any one professing to serve the public, can have the temerity to deny the justice at all times, and the imperative and imminent necessity of instituting the elective principle as far as practicable in the choice of public servants without any further delay.  The condition of the affairs of the country and the thorough rottenness of its administration in all its divisions, is a crying shame.  Our country stands in urgent need of reform in the civil service, and there can only be one way of making the correction.  Every honest an intelligent man plainly sees for himself the corruption and mal-administration of affairs under existing laws, more especially under the fundamental law of the country.  To this latter document may be attributed all our present difficulties.

            As has been rightly stated by one of the parties to the cause that brought that document to the surface, and which eventually became the law of the land, that it was a revolutionary document, framed for a republic and afterwards, hastily reconstructed to suit a monarchical form of government, and embodying in it provisions for the protection of its authors.  For this reason, the document, or our present constitution is radically imperfect and unfit as the fundamental law of the land.  Its provisions are unfit illogical and arbitrary.  In order, therefore, to carry out the principles of election of officers, it is necessary to change the constitution, and to begin with the Judiciary, and first of all with the Supreme Court Judges.

            The expense attached in carrying out the idea, of election of officers is a prominent consideration, as it entails additional burdens upon the government; but no amount of cost however large should be weighed against the virtue of an act that is for the good of the people, because it if is good, and it will bring about a re-adjustment of the affairs of the country upon the principles of justice, and restore his inherent rights, the benefits and the general satisfaction that will arise from the act will alone more than cover any outlay.  While endeavoring to carry out the idea, cheapness then without destroying the principle is the first thing to be done.  In order to do this, with reference to the superior judges, the nomination should be made by the chief executive and approved by a majority of the elective members of the Legislature.  In this manner, the responsibility is proportionally divided, between the head of and the nation itself, virtually carrying the primary principles or very genius of government into effect.  We believe that this plan fitly and completely carries out in an inexpensive way the will of the people.  The detail as to term, is a matter of minor consideration.

                        To be Continued.

                       

ON DIT,

 

            That the Stone thrower of the Messenger fails to make a bull’s eye even at false colors.

           

That poor Johnny is growing wild as the prospects of his not being elected a Hawaiian Noble in the coming elections grows less.

 

That the National Liberal League will hold its regular meeting Tuesday, evening at Robinson’s Hall.

 

That the “Messenger” is only another term for a carrier or go-between, and is in fact, being used to make bargain with the Reform Party for the benefit of its patrons and at the cost of the Mechanics Protective Union.

 

That A. Drier, is nominated a Reform Noble on Kauai, to take seat in “August,” and W. O. Smith, a. Wilcox and Apokai to be representatives for Lihue, Hanalei and Waimea, respectively.  These are the slave drivers of the Reformers.

 

That complication are arising among the spoilsmen in the Waikiki Bridge combination, which would be highly interesting to the people, whose sack is suffering in consequence.

 

That there is unsavory gossip going about town concerning attempted double dealing by the interior Office in connection with a strip of land joining on to the bolster property.

 

That from the tone of the Mechanics Protective Union on Thursday night last, there hs been unwarranted use of its name to further personal interests and patronage.

 

That because Mr. Ashford cannot and will not be made use of by any party, the Missionary Reform and the Bondle Reform,--they now see no good in him.

 

Platform of Principle

OF THE

HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY.

INDEPENDENCE OF THE COUNTRY TAXATION

 

4.  A more just and perfect system of Taxation must be inaugurated, to abolish the present inequalities, by which the property of the poor is excessively taxed, while much of the rich man’s goods are under-valued for assessment or entirely escape taxation; we shall therefore demand the passage of laws that will more effectually subject the property of corporations and rich citizens to their must proportion of public burdens while granting more liberal exemptions to the poor; and as a means of discouraging the locking up of large tracts of uncultivated lands, a differential tax should be levied in addition to the usual assessment on valuation which should be in proportion to the fertility of the soil.  We shall also favor the establishment of a graduated income tax and thus expect to obtain ample funds for conducting the government and attending to all necessary public improvements without any further calls on the masses.

 

PUBLIC SERVANTS.

LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

 

8.  We desire a more liberal policy towards the different Islands of the Kingdom, outside of Oahu; they should receive a fairer proportion of the public moneys for the development of their resources and the satisfaction of their wants.  In fact, the principle of local Self-government should be extended, whereby giving localities may choose the most important of their local executive officers, and levy taxes for the purpose local improvements of a public nature.

 

PROTECTION TO THE LABOURING CLASSES

 

9.  We shall endorse all measure tending to improve the condition of the working classes, and consequently, without injuring any vested rights, we will advocate laws to prevent all further importation or employment of contract labor of any kind, upon condition which will bring it into a ruinous and degrading competition with free Hawaiian or white labor.  We shall also, in the interest of the better protection of

 

SMALL FARMING AND HOMESTEADS.

 

            10.  The wealthy fraction of our population have hitherto prevented the development of an independent class of citizens; the public lands have been acquired and have been tied up in a few hands or parceled to suit favorites, and small farmers and planters have been driven out by corporations or combinations of capitalists; but as small farming is conducive to the stability of the State, it should be encouraged by a new and more liberal Homestead act, by which the ownership of small tracts of land and the settlement thereon of families of our present population,--and especially of the native Hawaiians who have been left almost homeless in there country,--should be rendered possible.  To that end, the Government and Crown lands, (in so far as can be done without invading vested rights) should be devoted as soon as possible to homesteads, and conferred upon bona-fid settlers free of taxes for a limited period.

It should be the further aim of government to, at once, so far improve the means of transportation,--local, national and international,--as to provide, in all the districts, cheap means of conveying the product of the soil to market.

 

ELECTORAL RIGHT

 

11.                We hold that upright and honest manhood, and not the possession of wealth, arbitrarily fixed, should consti he right to vote for nobles as well s representatives, and no more power should be accorded to the ballot of the rich man than to the ballot of the poor man.  The discrimination in favor of wealth now made in our Constitution is contrary to all the eternal principles of right and justice and must be abolished.  to this end, we will favor a leveling of the present distinction of wealth and classes which blemish our laws with respect of the right to vote for nobles, thereby restoring to the native Hawaiians privileges which pertain to them in their own country, and of which they have been unjustly deprived.

 

INERNAL IMPROVEMENTS

 

12.  We favor the expenditure of sufficient sums to secure a number of needed public improvements on Oahu and other Islands; school, railroads and harbors and wharves, public light, and also a thorough system of reservoirs and water works, not only for Honolulu, but through-out the other Islands.

 

NOTICE.

 

LADIES wishing their feathers dyed or cleaned and curled can have it done by MRS. WERTHERN, 103 Beretania Street.

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Public Notice.

Know all men by this notice that from and after this date, I have this day discharged Mr. H. c. Ulukou, from acting as an agent, for me in any sense whatever, in the charge and administration of all my property, and in the collection of all dues and rents upon any and all my estate in this kingdom.

            Any one who holds or is in possession of any property or who has any business or payments to make, will transact the same with me personally, at my place ar Honuakaha, at Honolulu, Oahu.

                                    KAPIOLANI.

                        per Jos. Nawahi,

            Honolulu Nov. 3, 1891.   d-3m.

 

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