The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-02

The struggling band of local Demo-
Gratis went through the form last night
of adopting platform and incidentally
felt the fine italian hand of Wilcox and
that of the attorneys of the ex-Queen
in the crown lands matter.
The platform committee consisted of
c. ]. Mccarthy, chairman; C. L.
Rhodes. F. Turrill, Chas Creighton, F.
H. Hayselden, G. K Wilder and F. j.
Tesla. The platform was signed only
by Mccarthy, Creighton, Turrill, Tesla
and Hayselden, although the chairman
said the others were in favor of it. The
entire platform, as amended, is as fol-
lows:
The Democratic party of the Terri
tory of Hawaii re-affirns the princi-,
pies of the platform of the party adopt
ed in convention in Honolulu, H T.,
October 8, A. d. 1900:
And because the political history of
this Territory since that time has
shown the peculiar aptness and the
wisdom of the position taken by the
Democratic party on the issues local
to this Territory, we repeat the fol-
lowing:
The Democratic party, as the pro-
nounced and trusted friend of the la
boring 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 ma
tionality who, because of their inability
to speak, read and write the English
or Hawaiian languages, are denied
American citizenship.
| We favcr the appropriation, by the
next Legislature of the Territory of
Hawaii of a liberal pension to the ex-
Queen of Hawaii, as just acknowledge
ment due her for her great loss.
! We favor an appropriation by the
Congress of the United States to COM
pensate the ex-Queen in an equitable
sum for the deprivation suffered by her
| of the crown lands.
| We favor the payment OF all proven
and just claims resulting from loss by
fire incurred through the suppression
of the recent epidemic of bubonic
| plague.
I We favor a revision and a modifica-
ton of all existing license laws.
/ We favor the enlargement and COM
| prehensive development of all the har-
bors of this Territory.
AND FURTHER WE DECLARE:
That we favor the immediate enact
ment by the next Legislature of laws
creating out of the Territory of Ha-
wall, counties, towns and municipali-
| ties.
| That we protest against the assump-
ton of power and authority arrogated
1 TO itself by that creation of Governor
/ Dole known as the Executive Council
and declare the same to he absolutely
| un-American.
| That we protest against the employ
ment of Asiatics as laborers or other
wise, either directly or indirectly, by
! the government, or upon any work or
/ contracts to be done. and paid for, by
(! the Government of the Territory of
Hawaii or any government or board
constituted Hereunder.
| That we oppose all efforts to dis
| franchise the Hawaiians.
|
Health be limited and defined by leg
| islative enactment.
I Chairman Mccarthy said he had a
converse ton during the day with Will
cox and Makainai who had thanked him
for the Democrats for the nomination
of Wilcox as delegate. Mccarthy said
the Democratic platform which he had
shown them at noon, was entirely salts
factory to the Home Rule leaders. He
then read letter from Wilcox in which
| the latter thanked him and the Demo-
cratic party for their kind and patrio-
tic action in endorsing me and taking
me as the candidate for Delegate to
Congress- After the appointment of
, Col. Cornwell, John Effinger, John D.
Holt, D. Kawananakoa and j. o. Carter
Jr., as finance committee, the meet
ing adjourned.