Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 413, 18 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

 

FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1892

 

A WORD TO OUR BOYS

Now’s the time for strong endeavor,

            Turn away @ in every sh@re,

Upward look and onward hasten,

            Be your mi@ good and rare.

 

Be not one who stops to parley

            With some in not understood;

There’s a strait and narrow pathway

            For the @ of all @

 

Chips may float the downward current

            Out to meet the upward tide

Takes a thing of life and courage

            No disaster can betide.

 

So with heart to bear the burdens

            That may fail to thee below,

Stand erect, nor float the current

            On which many downward go.

 

Would you bless the world around you,

            Doing good life’s journey through?

Say sweet words of love and kindness,

            And the present duty do.

 

Turn away from sin and danger,

            Make thy life a thing of worth

Goodness is the only greatness –

            How it shines in this dark earth!

 

O, how precious this existence!

            Live it on the Lord’s great plan,

Turn from every thought of evil,

            Be a true and noble man.

P. ALDERMAN

 

AFTER ALL THAT IS SAID

            We do not have any fear as to the result of any agitation that interested parties may make in favor of annexation or of repyblicanism.  Either one of these two conditions, is earnestly desired by a large number of people of this community from several causes.  The primary and general cause of disaffection to the present form of government is principally due to the unsatisfactory administration of the affairs of the country, i.e. the attempt of the executive to runa personal government, without any regard whatever for the will of the people.  A government to be stable and to give satisfaction should be administered to obtain the greatest good for the greatest number, and not for the purpose of pampering to the depraved tastes of a sovreign and of favorites.  Such a course has created dissactisdfaction that has lead to anarchy in other countries, and, we dare say, will lead to the same results here, unless the proper corrective is applied to restore due respect from the people for their government.

            The remedy is in the hands of the Sovreign and of the Legislature.  The expectation  and the hopes which many entertain that we should annex the United States tho Hawaii in order to relieve and help the main industry of the country is futile.  The only benefit that we can hope for, and the most reasonable and just one, and that upon which Hawaiians would favor annexation, perhaps, would be the protection of a great power, capable of placing its subjescts alike before the lae, two essential ingredients that are necessary to give @ and @ to life and @ both of which we do not @ at @.

            W do not believe is @ time, @ people are not educated up to that standard that will lay aside sentiment in favor of what is practical and substantial.  It is true the Queen’s course has alienated the people and has opened an opportunity for the advocacy of democracy, the first step to a return to the primary principles of correct government.  But the diffienity in advocating elementary principles of government with the view of benefiting all classes alike, is the opposition of those who have large pecuniary interests at stake, and who hope by toadying and intimidation to obtain control of the present form of personal government, and perpetuating it so long as it is a help to them.  We have an instance now before us, where the moneyed interest, representing only a few people, are actively engaged in the dual occupation of covertly encouraging an agitation against monarchy and at the same time pointing to the Executive the danger thus created, and urging as the only means of escape from trouble the utter submission of the executive and administrative power in addition to the judiciary which they already have, into their hands to do as they will, and making the sovreign and people their puppets.  The duplicity on the part of this element, dividing its forces to work on people and ruler, and when successful reuniting to feast on the spoils and to exclude those who may be their dupes, is the main cause that checks the free discussion and advocacy of what may lead to results in due time that hoped for now, without the exercise of arbitrary and unjust means.

 

TOBAECO ANOTHER CURSE

            In spite of all efforts for the restriction of the evil is enormously on the increase.  From 1880 to 1888 there was an increase of 44 per cent in the number of cigars used in the United States, and nearly 400 per cent increase in the number of cigarettes.  Besides this almost two-fifths of the tobacco used in Europe is produced in this country.

            Professor Wallace, of Michigan, say, “The use of cigarettes has increased fivefold in the last three years.”  The tobacco bill in the United States, we are told by various writers, is larger than our bread bill.

            The whole cost of our national smoke is more than $300,000,000 annually that is over seven times more than is paid annually for all religious purposes.  In 1880 it amounted to $5.00 for each man, woman, and child in the country, or, smokers alone, an average of about $30 apiece, annually which, according to Dr. Sperry’s calculation, would amount at 6 per cent, in sixty years, to about $16,000 for each smoker.

            In 1880 the annual production of tobacco was 462,000,000 pounds against 262,000,000 pounds ten years before.  In the city of New York alone about 75,000,000 cigars used annually, at a cost of $9,000,000.

            With these facts in view we are prepared to maintain the proposition that the tobacco habit as is in today in physically, @ financially, mentally and @ a hurtful @ and @.

 

ON DIT.

            That St. Cummins and St. Patrick’s Day was kept up with parties, picnics and regattas, and at evening with a grand ball Iolani Palace the day’s rejoicing closed.  The living Saint gave a party at his Waikiki residence, in honor of the dead Saint, at which her Majesty graced the occasion with her royal presence.

            That Zero, like some of the weak kneed revolutions of 1887, would like to start the game once more, and then find it convenient to skip to some @ height, from whence to watch the turn of affairs, returning in good season to cull the fruit of others labors.

            That Zero dreads the thought of again simmering down to the dead level of mortale in Hawaii nei, and of losing a plutocrats privilege of driving slaves in a cane field or basking as shoddy at the capital of la Belle France.

            That when sugar planting on the cooperative plan is suggested the people shrug their shoulders and refer to Kapaa, Niulii and other plantations whose owners became wealthy at the expense of the poor palnter and loss of his lauds.

            That Custom House officials have large ranches in California.

            That the unprecedented speed with which Custom House officers get wealthy is a sinister sign of misdemeanor on their part, some of whom are rich today on a small salary after a few years service.

            That the new rule of the Queen’s Court is distasteful to Hon S. K. Pua, and Hon. J. W. Bipikane, one of whom has been invited as Mr. Pua and the other is invited to stay away.

            That grave imputations against the Custom and Police Departments are still standing, which we hope will receive a better and more honest investigation by the next Legislature, there being a new set of lawyers in the present House, which requires a higher incentive to cover the last of investigators.

            That the last big transaction in officialdom is the purchase by the Chinese of the entire Customs department, which has revived the old scandal about permits, opium, and such like.

            That there are grave rumors afloat that the last batch of Chinese @ illegally landed here, as they do not correspond with the details in the certificates as to height, features and age.

            That Father Beneventura of Hilo openly avowed his oppositon to the Liberal Hawaiian Party at Hilo in deference to royalty.  The opposition was quite @ and shows what gratitude one receives for doing a service to @ denomination of worshippers.  That the same @ was displayed all over the groupd, but not as openly acknowledged.

            That none but a Hawaiian Custom House official would believe that a @ could wash the “official papers,” and fishing gear of schooners and sloops overboard and not disturb the crew, their clothing and provisions.  Tell it not to the heathen.

            That some position in the Customs Department is equivalent to an ownership in a Nevada silver mine, and they are not those of tide waiters either.

            That the frys in the Custom Houses have to do as they are told, and hud yer mush, don’t yer moind.

            That it is not, after all, the body that is of so much account; - it is the spirit of love and duty that animates the soul.  We wonder if our most gracious Executive and her advisers are animated with the unwavering purpose, the high deeds that live in history, in song, and in peoples’ heart, or are they only living a life whose aspiraitons does not reach beyond self and the gratifications of the lusts of the flesh.

 

NEW ENTERTAINMENT

SATURDAY CONCERTS

            AT ASSEMBLY HALL, over the I X L Store corner of Nuuanu and King Street.  Music by Members of the Royal Band.  Dancing from 9 to 11 o’clock.  Line Light Lantern Show of “All Around the World.”  Admission 50 cents, commence at 7:30.

 

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, irresponible 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 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 new and more liberal Constitution, to truly secure a Government of the People, by the People and for the People.

 

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 @ or @ spirit, and to @ the Judges more directly responsible to the People; and we are in favor of a more liberal interpretation of Constitutional @ of the freedom of speech and the press.

 

TAXATION

            4. A more just and perfect sytem of Taxation must be inaugurated to abolish the present inequalities, @ which the property of the poor is @ [paragraph unreadble]

 

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            6. We shall @ laws by which all favorites @ government and all monopolies, @ to special classes @ rendered imp@ by full, @ and mandatory statues.

 

 

PROTECTION TO HOME INDUSTRIES

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

 

LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

            8. We desire a more liberal policy towards the different islands of the Kingdom, outside of Oahu; they should receive a fairer proportion of the public moneys for the development their resources and the satisfaction of their wants.  In fact, the principle of @ Self-government should be excluded, whereby giving localties 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 foo the government by the people should be established and @ man should be allowed to hold more than one office of profit, whilst @ should be adequate @ for the services rendered.  All excessive salaries should be reduced and all @ cures or superfluous offices abolished.

 

PROTECTION TO THE LABOURING CLASSES

            9. We shall endorse all measures tending to improve the condition of the working classes and consequently, without injuring any vested rights, we will advocate laws to prevent all further importations or employment of @ labor of anyu kind, upon @ which will bring it into a @ and degrading competition with free Hawaiian or white labor.  We shall also @ the interest of the better protection of the poor, ask for @ liberal exemption of their property from @ execution and from seizure @ bankruptcy proceeding.

 

SMALL FAMRING 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 @ to suit favorites and @ farmers and planters have been @ but bu exportations of capitalists; but as small farming is conducive to the stability of the State, it should be encouraged by a @ and more liberal Homestead @ by which the ownership of small tracts of land and the settlement thereon of @ of our present population – and @ of the native Hawaiians who have been left almost homeless in @ should be rendered @.  The that end, the Government and @ (in so far as can be done without @ vested rights) should be developed as soon as possible to @ and @ upon bona-fide @ of taxes for a limited @.

            It should be the further @ of government to, as @ so far improve the means of transport then – local, @ [rest of article unreadable]