Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 350, 22 December 1891 — Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY. [ARTICLE]

Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY.

uuuiau x ai»i 4. » I SDEPENDENCiS 0F THE COUKTRY i|[ONOK>LIES , 5. Weakall useour eflforts to obtain lawe by whieh all favoritiBm in the gov* ernment and all monopoliee, trusts and privileg6B td epeeial claeees ahall be rendered impofisible, by full, definite and mandatorv etatutee. ,6. Better laweshould regu&ftethe Giyil Selrvice. The principle of the e*ection oi officers 01-the government by the people should be establiBhed, and no man ehould be allowed to hold more than one office of profit, whilet aalaiiee t&ould be adaquate cosQpeasatkm ior the Barvi<x>B rendered. Ali excesaise sa- [ iaries ahould be reduced and all eine- | cures or superfluous offices abolished. PROTiXmON TO HOME INi |D¥STRIES I T. We are in £avor ol elicouraging all home agricultQre and mdußtiiee, andall our n&ūve producte, like rice, co£fee, I woel. tobacco, etc. should be protected aad foetered by proper tariffregnlati<m; and al«o i.t muet be the duty o®e Govment, in contrBcts &od othfir opera» to«iVe preference to natk>nal prodnct* otfer- imoorted ones. * SERVINTS. LOCALSELF-G()VERNMEI?T 8. We deeire a more liberal poUcy to» wi»d? the difibrent lalandB ol theKingdom, outeide of Oahu; they ahould reC6ive a fairer proportion of the pnblie moneyß for the development of their sonrces and the «atlalactirn ol th*ir wants, In fact, the prino{tŌe of loeal Self-government ehouia be *xtended, whereby giving lonaliUea may ehooee the cSost importaat of their loou executive omrers, and lev]p taxee fbr the purpeee loeal imnrovements of a nuhlie nature. PROTECTION TO THE LABOURING €LASSES 9. We Ehall endorse all measure tending to improve the comlition of the workingclasse*i, euui ixmBequentiy, with- ] out injuring any vested rights, u*e wfll *dvo<mte lawe to prevent aīl further importation or employntent ol contract« labor °f <4 anyjkind % upon couditkms whieh will bnng it mto a rmnous and degrading competition witli fre* Hawai ian or white labor. We ehall alao, in the mt«reat of th% better nrotection oi

3MALL FARMIKG AND HOME BTĒADS. r s—-.- • 10. The \vealtliy fraetion of our popula--ion have hitbert9 prevented the devefopinent oi an independent class of citistens; * the pttblic lands have been acquired and have been tied up .iji a y £ew hands parcelled to suit iavorites, and amali farmers and pianterg have been driTe& »nt by corporations or cof»binationB capitalists ; but aB small farming is epnJucive to the stabilitv of the State, it should pe eiic-Guraged by a new aud tnore liberal Homestead' act, by wheln ! the ownership oi small tractB k of land | and the settlement thereon | of our presen,t popuUtion,—andespeciali \\y oi the native Hawaiiane who Eawbeen left almoet homele«s in tlier® eoun-try.-should be rendered possible.** Tō that end, the <3overnment and C» own lands, ( in so far as ean be done without invadmg vested rights ) should bedevoted as soon as pcssible~to homeeteadp. and eonfe"red npon bona fidē~settlerp free of taxcs for ariimitēd pefaod. It shou!d be the furt]ger aim of goyernment to; at onee, so far improve the means of tf!ansport: tk>n, —loeal, njation~ al and international, —as to provide, !n all the districts, eheap means of conveying th&pr«dnct of the eoii to market. ELECTQEAL BIHGT. 11. We hold that uprightand h©neet manhood, andt not the possession of wealth, arbitrarily fixed t shonld constithe right to vote for nobleB as well as representatives, and no mon» power should be to the ballot of the rich man than »he pf the poorman. Thedibciijaination ui favor of wcalth now made hrj©ur Constitution is contrary to all the eternal priuciples right and justice, and must be abolished. To this end, we will favor a levelI /Vf f V|A - I|?«| — n-P ■■■r mlll 4ii s " u «5 piuouuu (īi&uoeiiOu oi weattfr and classes whieh blemish our law?with respect of the ,xight to voto for nobles, thereby restoring to the nati\£Hawaiiane privileges whieh pertaia te> tbem in their owa country } and of whieh they have been uniustlv deprived. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS 12 We favor the expenditnre of sufficient eums to eecure a number of needed puhlie improvements onOahu and other IslandB; school, railr<Mttls smd harborw and ■wharvee, pnblic light, and also a thorough svatcm of regervoirs &nd water-worfos, not oi|ly forHonolulu, but« throueh-out the other Islands. . * '