Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 401, 2 March 1892 — Page 4

KA LEO O KA LAHUI.

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

 

KA LEO.

 

John E. Bush.

Luna Hooponopono a me Puuku.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1892.

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"HISTORY OF THE HAWAIIAN PEOPLE."

 

            Through the kindness of Professor W.D. Alexander we are placed in receipt of his work entitled "History of the Hawaiian People," for which the author has our thanks.  The volume is a concise history specially adapted to the home reader, and has been gotten up with that thorough and painstaking care characteristic of Mr. Alexander.  It is divided into three parts, Viz. (1) Prehistoric period, which is sub-divided into chapters giving the physical geography of the group; the origin of the Hawaiian People; the second migratory period of the ancient Hawaiians; ancient civil polity and domestic relations; objects and forms of worship; idols and temples; ceremonial system, &c.; private worship, funeral rites, arts and manufactures, customs and amusements. (2) Part Second -embraces ancient history to the end of the reign of Kamehameha First at his death. (3) Part Three gives the later history from the death of the Conqueror of the Group down to the accession of Liliuokalani.

            This volume is the most Complete brief general history extant and one that every student of Hawaiian history should have in his library.  The name of the author is a guarantee to the public of the valuable matter contained in it.  the book is handsomely printed and bound in octavo size, and contains 332 pages, with illustrations and maps.  The work was published by order of the Board of Education, and printed by the American Book Company, New York.

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LABORERS LEAVING.

 

            After the promises made by certain of our monied autocrats to the working classes, that they would employ them all, we are somewhat surprised to see quite a large number of our population leaving by each steamer and sailing vessel.  This portion of our community are of necessity compelled to go away, and the compulsion appears to come from those who are crying for laborers to till the soil.

            The capitalist who require labor, instead of showing a disposition to retain intelligent workmen in the country, are inclined to hasten them out, treating them as though they were a class to be got rid of as soon as possible for the good of the country and for their welfare in particular.

            We are satisfied, that a liberal cooperative system in the sugar industry would enable a large number of those now having to stay on the islands.  They would by such a plan, save the impending doom which our capitalists and sugar barons anticipate will befall our staple product.

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LEAVING THE KINGDOM.

 

            The Australia left yesterday with her passenger space crowded and the steerage at least could have been filled twice over had there been room.  Numbers of Portuguese and others are awaiting the first steamer for the coast.

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Honor they Father and Mother.

 

            If there is anything that is human in human nature that ought to lead man to acknowledge the perfection f the moral code or royal law of liberty, it is the first command which we are enjoined to obey in the second division of the law - honor thy father and mother - the great duty of love towards your neighbor as yourself.  In this respect, we fear the Anglo Saxon and Hawaiian are sadly inferior to the much abused Asiatic, who above all things has a deep regard for this command so necessary to the preservation of all order and prosperity in the household as well as in the State.

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A WISE INTERPRETATION.

 

            There is quite a sermon in this one, says a traveler, told me by an old Scotchman who happened to be seated in the same carriage with me.  A Dundee navy, on awakening one morning, told his wife of a curious dream he had during the night.  He dreamed that he saw a big fat rat coming towards him, followed by two lean ones and in the rear, one blind one.  He was greatly worried over it, and swore that some great evil was about to fall upon him.  He had heard that to dream of rats foreboded some dire calamity.  In vain did he appeal to his wife, but she could not relieve him.  His son, who, by the way, was a bright lad, hearing the dream told, volunteered to interpret it, and he didi it with the wisdom of a Joseph. Sad he:  "The fat rat is the man who keeps the public house where ye gang is saw often, and the @ lean anes are me and me miter, and the blind order is yersel Father." -Es.

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A DESPERATE STRAIT.

 

            A mouse fell into a beer vat, poor thing, and a cat passing by saw the struggling little creature.  The mouse said to the cat:  "Help me out of my difficulty."

            "If i do, I shall eat you," said the cat.

            "Very well," replied the mouse.  "I would rather be eaten by a decent cat than drowned in such a horrible mess of stuff as this."

            It was a sensible cat, and said:  "I certainly shall eat you, and you must promise me on your word of honor that I may do so."

            Very well, I will give you the promise."

            So the cat fished the mouse out, and trusting to the promise, she dropped it for and instance.  The mouse darted away and crept into a hole in the corner, where the cat would not get him.

            "But didn't you promise me I might eat you?"

            "Yes I did." said the mouse, "but didn't you know that when I made that promise I was in liquor?"

            "How many promises made in liquor has been broken ! - Sol.

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ON DIT

            That the Cheenies are going to build a synagogue all to themselves

 

            That the Sailor's Home and the Kalakaua Monument committees evidently require to be stirred up with a long pole.

 

            That foreign capital would be invested in the fishery business if the oppressive konohiki law was abolished.

           

            That the first mortgage bonds of a certain company are selling at a large discount, in fact, all sellers, no buyers.

 

            That the Queen forgot to send the "alt Deutsch" editor an invitation to the State dinner.

 

            That the life insurance circulars about C.O. Berger's company came addressed to the local policy holders of a rival insurance company.

 

            That the bonnie prince duplicated the three guardsmen last week but they went in the wrong direction -and got left.

 

            That it is a sort of "tiger and the lady" conundrum; which was the forgery?  Was it the printed clipping from the New York Herald, recently received by many people in Honolulu, or was it the copy of the same paper shown to the local newspaper editor.

 

            That no one is particularly interested how depraved the Chinese may become from the use of opium, but it is not unreasonable to say that interest should be taken to prevent the very prevalent use of the drub by the Hawaiians as is now the case, and fast on the increase among them owing to its cheapness, and it is also true that the native servants of those in high places in the government are reveling nightly in its use.

 

            That many of the element who voted against the Liberal Noble ticket have lately been making efforts to stow away on out going vessels- supposition is that the @oodle bribery funds have given out.

 

            That Rudyard Kipling is a rising young "American" writer, at least so says the Bulletin, and we must of course believe that oracle.

 

            That both native and foreigners would like the Hawaiian Band to sing native songs such as "Ahi Wela" "Aloha Oe" and etc., rather than the low dive ditties of the Down went McCinty" "Annie Booney" order which the public have lately been obliged to listen to.

                       

            That the Chinese wash house of @vium is enough to depreciate the whole of the Palama house property by 25 per cent, and that the whole ca@ of Chinese wash houses and Chinese Theater should be shunted away down towards the sea in the Iwilei direction.

           

            That if there are many more @ divided @ opinions of the Supreme Court as is the late @ will prefer to @ I @ this you @." and would not bother their honors to rack @ for a decision.

 

            That one of our political wire pullers, whose legitimate occupation is the hack driving business, occasionally take the risk of handling a little opium in transit and for safety has it marked giant powered.

 

            That when Blaine discovered that Mott-Smith was the ambassador of the sugar barons and not of the Hawaiian People, he declined to treat with him.  Blaine is a statesman and in dealing with the Hawaiian Kingdom he prefers to deal with the Hawaiian people and not with any faction of plutocrats who fancy themselves to be the whole kingdom and the whole people.  Blaine will find it better to deal with the Liberal Party who do represent the people.

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Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY.

 

PRINCIPLE OF GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION.

            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 and 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.

 

INDEPENDENCE OF THE COUNTRY

            2.  Out of consideration for the inheren 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 Trusties with Foreign Powers, and especially with the United States of America, should be revised, so as to better meet present necessities and to obtain more equitable advantages in exchange of those granted by us.

 

JUDICIARY REFORMS

            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 patinas spirit, and to @ender 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.

 

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 effectively subject the property of corporations and rich @ to their just 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 sample funds for @ the government and attending to all necessary public improvements without any further calls on the masses.

 

MONOPOLIES.

            5.  We shall use our efforts to obtain laws by which all favoritism in the government and all monopolies, trust and @vileges to special classes shall be rendered impossible, by full, d@ and mandatory statutes.

 

PROTECTION TO HOME INDUSTRIES.

            7.  We are in favor of encouraging all home agriculture and industries, @ our native products, like rice, coffee, wool, tobacco, etc. should be protected and fostered by proper tariff regulation; and also it must be the duty of the Government, in its contracts and other operations, to give preference to national products over imported ones.

 

LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT.

            8.  We desire a more liberal policy towards different islands of the Kingdom @ 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.

 

PUBLIC SERVANTS.

            6.  Better laws should regulate the Civil Service.  The principle of the election of officers of the government by the people should be established and no man should be allowed to hold more than one office of profit, while salaries should be adequate compensation for the services rendered.  All excessive salaries should be re@ and all @ cures or superfluous office abolished.

 

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 conditions which will bring it into a ruinous and degrading competition with free Hawaiian or white labor.  We shall also @ the interest of the better protection of the poor ask for more liberal exemption of their property from forced sale on execution, and from seizure in bankruptcy proceeding.

 

SMALL FARMING AND HOME STEADS.

            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 conclusive 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-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 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 @ of wealth, arbitrarily fixed, should con@ 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 is favor of wealth now @ 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 @ 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 reservoir and water works, not only for Honolulu, but through out the other islands.