Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 349, 21 December 1891 — Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY. [ARTICLE]

Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY.

IiN v DEPENDBNC£ OFTHE OOUN^k^ .£• ,A_more jupt and perfect system of Taxation must be inaugurated, to lish the present inequalities, by whieh the property «f the poor is exces6ively taxed, whiie mueh of the rich man'B. good£ are undei>valued fōr aBeeßBineptr er entirely eeeape taxation; we shall there£ore demaiul the paB6age of &we that will more effectually subject the RWgeisH. #fepWK»aticnē and rlch ieiu2e&s tq |lieir iUBt proportion of pubßc bQrdesB4 while granting exemptie&B to the poor; and as a mēana of discottraghig the locking up of large tcacta of *ncultiy&ted lands, a dififereutial tax should be le\ied in addition to the ueual a§sesguiene eu val uatieß v whk > h < &hould be in proportion to the fertilit* of thesoil. we ehall also favor th«e»> tabUshmeßt of a graduated incosae-tax, a&d<ttrae to obtein ample {wda for Oondacting the go\-ernment and afr tefedißg te all heceesary puhlie m%nts withont any furtiher calls o» the ma€ses. tobmcsērvaots! s r LOCAL SKLF-GOVEENMENT 8. We desire & more libei-al policy towarde the.diff4rent Islauds of tne Kingdom r outside of Oahu; thev sliould receive,afairer proportion of the puble ; moneya f(«r the developnient of their sonrcee and the satipfactirn ot their wante. lii fact. the pnneiple loeai Helf-governua ent ehould be extewded, wherebv gh-inß2pcaUties mav ehooso the moBt important of ttieir loeal executive offlcerB, and le>7 taxes lor the purpsse hieal hm>ro\vment« of a imblic nature. PROTECTIOI* TOTHE LABOUKIMt OLASSKS 9. We ahail endorse all measure tending to improve the condition of the working elaaeek and cons«pi«ntlv, witheut injurin*Nuiy vested rights, Ve wfll advocate laws to preveht all fnrther im- j portation or employznent of contracM labor of any kiud, npon condition« whieh will bring it into a ruinows and degradlh){ convpetiUon with free Hawai ianorwhite labor. We shall also, m theinterest of the better protection oi

SMiXL FAItMTNG AN D HOMK — .. . STEADS. - ■■ 10. Ttie wealtliy fr£u:tion cf our populuJon h;ive hithert"o preveßU><l the doveloj>arient ofan oi citizeub : the puhlie lanil* ha\£.bcen acquired ttn»3 haw been tieil up in a fe\v liandK ' par<:elled to snit favontes, and emall farmers.and' ffl«riters Lave beeii tf driven »ut by corporationp or coaiMnaTfotis oī (japitalistß: i>ut as small farmin«; is eonJucive *o the Btabilitv of the State, it should pe encoura£ed by a new &u<l more liber»l Homcstead act, by wheh the ov»nerfihip of small tracts of laufl and the Pettlement thereon of familie? of our prefient population,—and elpeeiali ly of the native Hawaiians who have been left almoei horae]e»s in ther«coun-try,-should be rendered poss«ble. To that end, the X3overnment and Crown lands, ( in eo far as ean be done without : invading vested rights ) should bedevoted as soon as possibio to homesteadt.'. i conferred uppn bona-fide »ettlere jfree of taxes for a limited period. i It should bethe furthec aim of govem- [ ment to, at onee, so far improve the | meane of transporti tion,—loeal, national and international s —as to provide, fn | all the districts, eheap aaeane of conveyj ing the pr»duct of the aoil to market. j FXECTOEAL RIHOT | 11. We ho!d that upright and hone*t manhood, and nov Uie posseBBion wealth, arbitrarily.fixed, should eo*stithe «ght to vote for nobles well representatives, and no more power ehould lje accorded to the ballot ei£ the rich -mm than to the ba!k>t-ef-4;hē poor,man. The discriminsjbicHBi i*-fevor of "wealth now made m Coiistitiition is contrary tō all the eternal principle? of xight and justice. anā ri«ust be aholiehed. To this end, we will favor a leveliiig of the present <listinction of wea!tk and elaaee» whieh biemish our iaws with respect of tfce right to vote ior nobles, thereby* restoring to the native Jīawadians privileges whieh pertam to them in their ewn country, andof whieh they liave been imjnetly <teprive4INTĒJtNAI. IMP^OVEM3SJpS 12 We tavor the exjpenditnre scr4icieat euma to sbctnre a numfcer oi neeieē puhlie impr«vementa onOahu aa4 &tker Islands; eehool, railroads and harbora and wharves, puhlie light r aewi also a. tbemgh ajfcteai, oi reservoiJK and water-work« y not only bot through-out the other Tslands.