The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-07-29
HOME RULE PLATFORM.

Apparently the Home Rule party under the impression that the
county elections general election the legislature All the
the
the Territorial government One might almost think that the
who drew the document had been studying the rhetoric of Judge
Davis. 1t is modelled very much in his style.
One OF the most amizng things this curious document that
the Home Rulers claim that they and they only passed the county bill
This shows the dishonesty the person who up the docu
ent The legislative campaign fought the bill
question upon local segovernment question
the main plank the Republican platform 1t
upon this platform that the elected AS the eg
aure called together the county bill ready for discussion 1t
had been carefully prepared and could be printed
translated discussed section by section and with minor
changes passed he Home ue section OF the legislature opposed
the county BILL and had not been for the Republicans there would
nave been no county bill today Repeatedly did prominent Home
Rulers announce outside the legislative halls that they did not want
BILL that they doubted whether the country ready for
d county bill, and SO forth.
The history county bill 1901
is well known After posing in the political advocates Of
county and spending months socaed preparation
the Home Rulers arrived at the session with no county act prepared
They talked and they vapoed but they did do anything The
sion dragged on and still county maerzed Even the
nents OF the Home Rulers amored At last late the session.
work scssoed portions of county from A
together without thought and consideration for conditions here
This socaled act provided for coored and white population
CHASING the Hawaan with the American 1t provided
for fuel public buildings and other bsurdies which
were pointed out the time Portions OF were utterly unnegbe
but needless recapuae the and criticisms upon
dead bill With all its crudes and absurdes passed both House
and Senate and then suffered the fate deserved worth
the paper that it written and printed
In face OF these facts is amusing to say the least to see the
Home Rule county platform state that through the efforts of this
party persistent determined opposition those
who would establish in this Territory rule of corporate and class
wealth the people are at last assured small
Behold says this precious document how good and great
We failed utterly in the with county bill We
ed the county bill in 1903 Now credit for settled
determined opposition Great and good the Home Rule
party which keep county government from the people.
OF remainder of the so-caled platform there much
There three paragraphs which commence we denonce and
paragraph I'VE condemn AS there
graphs all including exor just onehalf of the document
denuncaon and condemnation while the remaining four
paragraphs vtuperation There
word of the which the Home Rulers intend to administer
the word about the hoped for which will be
by the installation of
the be obtained by the people through
syllable about the public works in the
In plain words the OCaed platform of the Home Rule
which intends stand before the election
Of bile which have very intentionally upon the
political of the Trainer 1t is winning platform by
1t is certainly very bilious