The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-09
PLATFORM OF DEMOCRATS.
UNCOVER THEIR
PRINCIPLES.
Issues Upon Which the Party Will Do
Battle in Coming Campaign-Central
Committee Elected.

Committee Elected.
Prince David was last evening no.
minated by the Democrats as their
candidate for the high Office of dele
gate to Congress. When the nominal
ton was made the entire delegation
from all the islands arose at once and
cried out I'VE ell second the nomina-
ton" and the audience shouted itself
hoarsc On motion of w. H. Cornwell
nominations closed, David was unanl-
mously elected by reclamation and the
shouting began again.
c. j. Mccarthy was elected perma-
nent chairman and Edmund H. Hart
permanent secretary to serve two
years.
During the evening the following
central committee was elected by the
various districts and approved by the
convention: Oahu-C. j. Mccarthy,
w. c. Wilder j. M. Camara. S. x. Ka-
loa c.. B. Dwight and c. ]. Campbell;
Maui. L. Coke, John Richardson
and F. II. Hayselden Kauai-W. J.
Sheldon and J. NJ. Sims. Hawaii asked
to be allowed to submit the names of
it's members later, which VISA acceded
| to.
S. X. Kaloa made the nominating
speech which placed the Prince before
the people as a candidate. 1t was in
Hawaiian and full of eloquence. John
+. Bush interpreted most of it into
English.
THE PLATFORM.
The following platform, which had
been prepared by a platform commit
tee and approved by a second commit
tee, appointed from the convention
was approved as a whole by accama-
ton
The Democratic party in territorial
convention assembled does, for itself
and for it's candidates make declaration
of the following principles:
We indorse the nominees of the De-
mocratic party for President and Vice
President of the United States and the
platform upon which they stand.
We indorse the candidates of the De-
mocratic party of the Territory of Ha-
wall for Senators and Representatives,
ard believeng that no more fitting re-
preventative of the Hawaiian people
could be chosen for Congressional hon
OrS than he who stood in the line of
succession to the Hawaiian throne, we
indorse the candidacy of David Kawa-
nanakoa, q lineal descendant of Kau-
mualii, King of Kauai, for Delegate
to Congress.
The National Democratic party has
declared itself in favor of territorial
expansion when such expansion takes
in desirable territory which can be
erected into States of the Union and
whose people are willing and fit to be-
come American citizens" and the De-
mocratic party of Hawaii denounces,
as antagonistic to the interests of Ha-
wall the policy of the National Re-
publican party which favors a terri
torial expansion taking in other sugar.
producing islands
The National Democratic party has
declared itself to be unalterably oppos-
ed to Imperialism, which is the "seizing
or purchasing of distant islands to be
governed outside the Constitution and
whose people can never become citi-
zers."
We charge that that plank of the plat
form OF the Republican party Of the
Territory of Hawaii faVoring Statehood,
is not in harmony with the fixed plan
of the National Republican party which
aims 10 prevent and hinder the further
admission of States to the Union, as is
so clearly evidenced by the failure of
that party to carry out its past pledges
to grant Statehood to the Territories of
Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
We charge that that plank of the plat
form of the Republican party of the
Territory of Hawaii faVoring the con-
struction of the Nicaragua canal under
governmental ownership and control,
does not harmonic with the record of
the National Republican party. And
we denounce the refusal of a Republi-
can majority in the last Congress to
pass the Nicaragua Canal bill, as an
act unfriendly to Hawaiian interests.
We charge that every plank of the
platform of the Republican party of
the Territory of Hawaii, which on it's
face would seem to denote friendship
fnT, ha To &c ht1t in
genious bid for votes, and that the Re-
publican ticket, as a whole, and the past
record of large majority of it's active
supporters, makes 1t but too apparent
that the seeming concern of the Re-
publican party in the political welfare
| of the native Hawaiian has it's hyprocri-
teal beginning and end in a selfish
purpose to corral the forgetful voter.
The Democratic party, as the ack-
nowledged and trusted friend of the
| laboring classes, declares itself to be
| in favor of an eight-hour labor law,
and the giving of all government work
to citizens of the Territory of Hawaii,
not, however, to the exclusion of male
Hawaiian residents of European ne
tionality who, because of their in
ability to speak, read and write the
English or Hawaiian languages, are
denied American citizenship.
We favor the immediate passage by
the next legislature of laws creating
out of the Territory of Hawaii, coun-
ties, towns and municipalities, and to
further the wise establishment of the
governments of such counties, towns
and municipalities and as guide to
the Legislature, we ADVOCATE reference
of the form of such governments to
| direct vote of the people OF each
county, town and municipality so to be
| formed.
We favor the appropriation, by the
next legislature of the Territory of Ha-
wall of a liberal pension to the ex-
! Queen of Hawaii as a just acknowl-
! edgement, due her for her great loss
We favor the passage of only such
| laws on the subject of cremation as
shall respect and heed the wishes of
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