Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 364, 11 January 1892 — Page 4
| This text was transcribed by: | Naomi Ajello |
| This work is dedicated to: | to my Hawaii Hamachi Ohana |
KA LEO O KA LAHUI.
"E Mau ke Ea o ka Aina i ka Pono."
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KA LEO O KA LAHUI
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John E. Bush.
O una Hooponopono a me Puaku.
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LIBERAL PARTY.
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NOBLES.
For 6 yrs. A. MARQUES
“ “ “ C. B. MAILE
“ “ “ W. HOLT
“ 2 “ CAPT. J.ROSS
“ “ “ E.B. THOMAS.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Ward 1. W. H. CUMMINGS
“ 2. J. W. BIPIKANE
“ 3. C. W. ASHFORD
“ 4. S. K. AKI
“ 5. S. K. PUA
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MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1892.
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Political Echos.
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The nominations which the executive committee of the Mechanics Union placed before that body at their meeting last Thursday night were a surprise party, though it was known for some time that the Reform Party were manipulating some of the members: Their success, and the treachery of some of the mechanics to every principle that brought the Mechanics Union and the National Reform Party together are now made apparent. Men who have been politically opposed to the National Party, and men who having been elected to the Legislature by the voters of that party, proved basely treacherous , and are now brought forward as candidates for the suffrages of the political party whom they have once deceived.
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The National Party has yet an unfulfilled mission and duty to the people to perform. Such a mission cannot be entrusted to men who have never been in allied sympathy with the National Party, or having been so, have been faithless to the trust placed in them.
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The nominations which the Mechanics Union have made are not representative of that body nor of the National Party, but they are simply little Johnnie Bowler’s party.
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With the positive exception of the leading candidate, there are some of the other candidates on Bowler’s ticket that do command the respect of the majority of voters of the National Party, and had they been nominated by or in connection with the popular liberal league of the native Hawaiians, their election would have been a sweeping victory. But nominated as they are, by a handful of hibernian demagogues, and supported by and organization of less than 100 men, they are foredoomed to failure. J. A. C. was never in it for a moment, and we said to you J. N. S. Paul, Arthur and John that your friends will regrettingly be obliged to snow you under.
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The Mechanics Union have lost its original character of an organization of intelligent mechanics and workingmen, honestly striving to have their rights respected and to secure legislation in their interests. Their ranks have been filled in with amateur politicians from other walks of life; and men like Widemann, Macfarlane, Berger and others who have not the slightest community of interest with mechanics or workingmen, have been admitted and have been active wire pullers in the organization. They have degenerated into a nest of Boodlers, office seekers and scheming politicians. They have become veritable Tammany Hall Ring of Hawaiian politics and Johnnie Bowler is their “Boss.”
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The conservative and more respectable element of the Mechanics Union have withdrawn from the organization and will no longer follow the lead of Boss Bowler. It would appear from the tenor and complexion of the meeting last Thursday night that the “boss” was being supported by the Hons. J. S. Walker, C. O. Berger, E. C. Macfarlane and H. A. Widemann and the meeting was packed with emergency men from the Union Iron Works and fashionable stables. The real leaders of the Union in its last campaign will leave these gentlemen and their boss to run things to suit themselves. The majority of the old body of mechanics and workingmen have already gone over to the Liberal League, and the faithful few who remain behind , will soon bolt from the Union and and join their native Hawaiian friends of the Liberal League and assist them to defend the national platform and principles.
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The mass of native Hawaiian voters and their Portuguese and foreign friends repudiate the Merchants Union as at present constituted, and deny their right to appear for or speak for the National Party. Let those of the Reform Party who it is said contemplate assisting the Mechanics Union tickets, pause and beware.—Are the present leaders of this organization men whom you can trust in the dictation of the political affairs of this country? Are their nominees and allies, men in whom you have every confidence?
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Then study the ticket which the native Hawaiians or National Liberal Party have put before you: Purge your consciences of the personal prejudice with which dishonest and ungenerous villifiers have sought to imbue you against men who have been honestly striving for the good of their country and their countrymen. Reflect that the mass of native Hawaiians and their allies among the Portuguese and white workingmen, form the main body of the National Party; that their political aims are honorable, progressive and not retrogressive, and that they are clustering in great strength around the candidates whom they have nominated on the National Liberal platform. The leaders will be solemnly pledged to a policy, patriotically and honestly intended for the independence, peace and prosperity of this country. The National Liberal Party is not ager place of boodle, but is animated by genuine native devotion to the country.
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The merchants of this city should not condemn this large body of voters and their leaders without good reason. The National Party has just cause for existence, and it would be better for the peace of this country if our prominent men should concede this fact and by assisting rather than opposing, pave the way to a more harmonious condition of affairs, for the native Hawaiians at least are determined upon this struggle for a recognition of their rights by a proper revision of the Constitution. If the sincerity of the leaders of the National Liberal Party is doubted, their true object and mission can be easily discovered; there is nothing to conceal, and we emphatically repudiate any imputation of treacherous or dishonest purpose. We claim that the National Liberal Party and its large following of native and foreign voters are better entitled to the consideration of the intelligent men of this community who have any interest in the welfare of the country, than is the Tammany ring of boodlers and schemers headed by boss Bowler, and his other Hibernian wire pullers.
Free Lance.
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ON DIT.
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That five natives were all the Kahoonei could muster to join the mechanics in the ratification of their platform and nominations, while five hundred enthusiastically welcomed the nominees of the Liberals.
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That a Democratic Administration in the U. S. will restore prosperity to this country by repealing the McKinley bill, secure the confidence of the nation by sending w representative her who is not a missionary and who will not use U. S. troops to sustain that faction in power.
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That Minister Spencer can now see that the long deferred “mahope” is coming. After the Legislature there will be no mahope.
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That a rumor has reached us from little Lilliput that it is proposed to have the Ponnie Prince of that place marry their Queen. But the Colonel and the Marshal of the household object for then they would drop out of favor.
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That w_______y Smith, brother of _____Smith will be a reform candidate on an @ of the other islands.
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That the native Hawaiians will rise in their might at the ballot box, and denounce false Cabinets, Boodler Union and dishonest politicians.
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That the hydra-headed Reform Party now enjoys the lengthy and euphonious title of Religio-hypocritico politico coolie labor-Mechanico Union-Native-Sons-sugar-barons-missionary Reform Party.
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That the native Hawaiians, the Portuguese, the honest Mechanics, and the respectable middle class will simply be known as the National Liberal Party.
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That it might have been just as well for the Boodle Crowd to have put in Whale for Noble, as he has the credit for being open and fair, at least, which is more than can be said of the gentlemen on the Union Ticket for Reps & Nobs.
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That as high as fifty dollars have ben offered for Lu@ for R@ Candidates in the Koolau District.
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That Colonel K_____ was heard to say on Merchant
Street to a friend, that the platform of the Mechanics Union was three hundred years old. That the only honest man among the supporters of the Boodle Party was Mr. Widemann, but the trouble with him was that his brain was getting out of order, on account of old age. Dat is so.
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That the Advertiser and Bulletin take pains to lay before the public the crude and abortive efforts of the Mechanics, Kamaaina and Native Sons to produce a platform of principles, since these compositions only serve to show how utterly unfit their authors are for the Legislative trust. But the platform of the liberal party is not published nor ever mentioned by those organs, though it has been before the public for months. Whoever reads it must admit the justice and importance of its principles and that its originators were not only politicians, but patriots and statesmen.
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That the lawyers, the politicians, the ex-officials and the boodlers are all National Reform, but the people are solid for the Liberal Party.
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WHALE BOAT AT AUCTION.
By order of Capt. Huntley late of the Whaling Bark J. P. West, I will sell at public auction at the Fish Market wharf, on Monday, Jan. 11, at 12 noon. 4 Whale boats completely fitted. Terms cash in U. S. gold coin.
L. J. LEVEY.
264- d1t. Auctioneer.
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Platform of Principle
of the
HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY.
INDEPENDENCE OF THE COUNTRY PROTECTION TO HOME INDUSTRIES.
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PRINCIPLE OF GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTIONS.
1. We deem that all Government should be founded on the principles of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity; we hold that all men are born free and equal before the law and are end wed with inalienable rights to life, to liberty, to property, to the pursuit of happiness and to self-protection against arbitrary concentration of power, irresponsible wealth and unfair competition. We believe that just government exists only by the consent of the People, and that, when it becomes necessary for the public welfare, they may abolish existing forms and establish more advantageous equitable system; and, as the present Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom never has had the approval of the People, but was established by intimidation and fraud for the benefit of a certain class, therefore we favor the adoption of a new and more liberal Constitution, to truly secure a Government of the People, by the People and for the People.
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JUDICIARY REFORM.
2. Out of consideration for the inherent rights and present opinions of the native population, we desire to retain the independence of the Country and defend its autonomy, under a liberal and popular form of government; but our Treaties with Foreign Powers, and especially with the United States of America, should be revised, so as to better meet presence necessities and to obtain more equitable advantages in exchange of those granted by us.
3. Our Judiciary system and Code of Procedure must be submitted to a thorough revision, so as to secure a cheap and prompt administration of justice free of all sectarian or partisan spirit, and to render the Judges more directly responsible to the People; and we are in favor of a more liberal interpretation of Constitutional guarantees of the freedom of speech and the press.
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SMALL @ AND @ @.
10. The @ @ of @ @ @ have hitherto @ @ @ the public lands have been @ and have been @ up in a few hands @ @ @@, and @ @ @ and A have been @ and by @ or combinations of capitalists: but no small farming in @ to the @ of the @, @ should @ @ by a new @ 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 their country- should be rendered possible. To that end, the Government and Crown lands,(insofar as can be done without invading vested rights) should be d@ as soon as possible to homesteads, and conferred upon bona-fide 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 transport @- 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, arbitrary fixed, should @ the right to vote for nobles as well as 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.
INTERNAL 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 throughout-out the other Islands.
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