Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 380, 1 February 1892 — Shall Foreigners Vote? [ARTICLE]

Shall Foreigners Vote?

Every unnaturaltjed fnreigner in t!iia country haa an interet»i in the

§occ«eB of th« Libep*T" P«rtv. Though eomposed f in largepart nf native Hawaiian*. the Liberal Partr ia decidedl7 opp<*«6(i to Ihe c<Mi* «titutionftl arut*ndment* whieh propoae to fii*franchiae tbe foreign<»r. --aa far aa heard from, all p»rciēa . outaide tbe Liberal line are in favor of thoae ainendment9. The platform of the Meehaniea Union Party diatiiictly e<.doraea Iheae very a(nendmenta. and the Natk>nal Heforii! candi«la*ca, if e)ected are in honor bound by th»ir platform, to vote for the repeal of the franchiae riow held by liie foreiKner Here is a clean-cut iaaua between ihe Liberal and tbeir opponI enta.- How do the many hundreda 'of Porttifueae and olher fi*reign voters like the pro»pect of b©ing robbed of their voting privilege ? It i« folly to i>ut vmnr iniaiin thoae whn nrh |»l**dg»»d.: to rob you. Hneh fo!1y i« o» !v e-qunli««d hv the UalH #*nfront. rv of the r ibl»»*ra. in bl indlv hb the' fri»*nd* of th»*if propo«ed vi«tiiua. jind aaking for thoir v,»t** Kv#»ry vote by n f »r«»«gner ag«iof»t a Lihera! crtndidate it a vote to !«v <\uwn !h« i»rivilege of the fr;iiirhi)ie.