The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-09
HOME RULE ISSUES
THE NINE PLANKs ARE PREAM-
BILE OF HOME RULE PARTY.
Will Ask For Many improvements
satisfaction With Kalauokalani


morning met at the Orpheum at 10
o'clock, several new delegates attend
ing who were unable to be present yes
terday.
The first procedure was the roll call
after which the minutes were read by
| Secretary Nakookoo. ID. Kalauokalani
was on the platform Edgar Caypless
coming later. Both were upon the mo-
| ton Of George Markham appointed
consulting and debating members Of
the convention, without, however, the
right Of vote Palau tried with Lane
Jr. to have the names of the delegates
arriving today inserted in the minutes
The latter was much excited and inter-
rupted the meeting continually during
| the earlier stages.
The minutes were adopted as read
| finally John Wise, chairman of the
committee on platform, then made his
/ report which started as follows: Mr.
President and Delegates of the Home
| Rule party, and presented the report
of the committee with a suggestion
that two committees Of five members
each be appointed, one to frame the
various bills to be presented to the leg
islature and the other to hold them
selves ready to answer questions and
ask for rights and privileges of the
Hawaiian Commission when that body
arrived. The preamble read as fol-
| lows:
The Home Rule party declares by its
| delegates here assembled that we do
| believe in the Declaration of Indepen-
dence framed by Thomas Jefferson
and further declare our implicit conf
| dence in the Constitution of the Unit
ed States on which the foundation Of
| our Organic Act was builded.
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! tive at all times and places when and
where he oversteps his prerogatives,
and we hereby declare ourselves in op-
position to all agreements made by him
without the sanction of the legisa-
| ture
We stigmatise the remarks made by
the executive of this territory during
his trip abroad in relation to the in
ternal affairs of this territory as lfbels
of the worst kind to the voters of thesl
! islands.
We hereby petition that the Con-
gress of the United States make an ap-
preparation sufficient for the erection
| of custom houses and post offices,
VSah suitable reformatory school, in
sane asylums, homes and schools for
! the care and education of the children
of the lepers, and light houses of the
! latest type at all points where ships
constantly enter.
| We approve all demands by the Fed
eral Government for lands in the Ter
ritory suitable for all purposes, that it
may see fit to institute.
The planks are nine in number run
ming in the following order;
! L. The establishment of a county
| government throughout the Territory
within thirty days of the passage of
|
! days on motion of Prendergast
2. The establishment of municipali-
ties throughout the Territory by means
OF which the people of the various dis
tricts would be enabled to regulate
their own affairs.
3. The regulation of labor and the
hours of labor in all branches of
work
4. The furthering of the interests of
the farmers and day laborers by guar
anteeing the payment of wages every
week.
.. The establishment of an agricul-
| tural college in this Territory.
f. g. That the Congress of the United
! States be asked to set aside suitable
appropriations for the payment of the
fire claims by means of a bond issue
sufficient to pay the same.
Z. That uniform laws be passed to
regulate the liquor traffic.
8, We pledge ourselves to contin-
uance of the appropriation to our es-
teemed Queen.
| 0. We protest against the present
arbitrary action of the Board of
Health and pledge our candidates to
restrict the same.
We hereby pledge ourselves to stand
firmly for equal rights to all in order
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of the various districts. Signed. John
Wise, chairman; d. w. EwBlilSo, ]. b.
Haiki, G. l.. Kookoo, Carlos A. Long,
j. H. Bipikane, j. II. Kahilina.,
Emmeluth and Prince Cupid had by
this time arrived and the platform was
taken section by section. All were ap-
proved as read with the exception not
led in section one. One aged delegate
had to have municipal government ex-
plained to him by Delegate Wilcox be-
fore he would subside and allow the
plank to pass He also asked that Ka-
lauokalanfs County bill be produced
and read, two days procedure from
the idea of which he was finally dis
suated. Kalauokalani took the oppor-
tunity to deliver paneygeric on him
self for introducing the bill.
John kanui aroused much laughter
by producing an amendment in which
the United States was to be asked for
| twenty-five million dollars in green
backs for the carrying out of the plat
forms proposed arrangements. The
amendment was voted down with
laughter.
George Markham read last years
preamble to the platform and wished
to substitute 1t for the one offered by
the committee. He took the occasion
to object 10 any japanese, Chinese or
! Portuguese working. All the work
should go to the Hawaiians
John Wise pointed out that the PIE
amble of the present platform with the
mention Of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence and the name of Jefferson
covered everything in the old platform
Kalauokalani stopped debate and put
the amendment of Markham's pream-
Ole to the house, declaring 1t passed
There was much dissension at his as.
sumption of control. Prince Cupid ask.
| Continued on page fveJ