Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-07-28
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defiant of the Constitution and laws !
which they have solemnly sworn to
maintain. We charge them with APP |
pointing to high official positions car
rying exorbitant salaries, piable mex
perienced and incompetent persons:
with parceling out the public domain
in princely tracts to favored individ-
uals. with the intent that the same he
held in trust for great corporations, in
fragrant violation of the letter and
spirit of the Organic Act: with using
the public funds with which TO defray
the expenses of its emissaries and lob
byists to and at Washington for the
purpose of preserving the Statu quo Of
the Oligarchy, concealing its frauds
and disappointing the wishes and as
ipirations of the great mass of the peo-
pie of this Territory. And we call at
tention to the fact that the acts as well
as the policy of the present Territorial
administration was roundly condemned
in toto by the three Republican United
States Senators who recently visited
Hawaii as Subcommittee of the
United States Senate, and made a de-
tailed and exhaustive investigation of
all of its conditions. to-wit, Hon. John
II. Mitchell of Oregon, Hon. Addison
G. Foster of Washington, Hon. JOS Il.
Burton of Kansas.
60 We appeal to the conscience
and manhood of the voters of this Ter
Iritory to join us in our effort to effect
trta hn nf 1r,t tn
: istration which Is dishonored at home,
and discredited abroad. and which pos
sesses neither aim nor end other than
its own aggrandizement. And we cor
daily invite all citizens without refer
ence to race, creed or class TO unite
with us so that we may have in this
Territory a government of laws and
not OF men, a government of equal
rights, opportunities and privileges
under which the voice of the humblest
+ citizen may be heard and respected.
ca We declare ourselves In favor
; of the most liberal forms of county and
municipal government and we solemn
y ly pledge ourselves to omit no endeav-
or to secure those forms Of govern
ment which are instructive with the
! American" and regarded as part Of
his birth right
co. We declare ourselves in favor
. OF the repeal of the law which requires
the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
|, TO make biennial report 10 the Legis-
- lature. which law affords that official
;, a preteXt for intermeddling in politics
= and matters of legislation entirely be-
:. yond the scope of a proper report.
. 90 We condemn the passage of a
=, law by the last Legislature authoriz-
g ing two or more corporations to form
co-partnerships, and we charge that
:, said law was devised for the purpose
q of enabling corporations to evade that
=. just and sensible prohibition in the
- Organic Act against the holding of
10 more than one thousand acres of land
20 by corporation: and we charge fur
:" Their that said law is directly contrary
to the laws of Congress and opposed to
the policy Of enlightened states. as wit
messed by recent and almost universal
legislation aimed at corporate asso-
citation and combination. And we call
upon the Congress of the United States
to Immediately repeal said law.
= ca We denounce the appropriations
re made by the last Legislature for the
"a pay of public officials and for other
purposes as extravagant and wasteful
10 the point OF recklessness, wholly GU,
l. of proportion to the value of the SER
81 vices which said officials are called up
le on to perform, finding no warrant In
the almost bankrupt condition of this
d Territory and not justified by the ne
10 cessities of the situation. And for the
E. same reason we denounce the passage
re of the so-called Loan Bill" and we dc
'e hereby beseech the President of the
j. United States to make careful and
D. critical investigation of the necessity
u for such a bill before giving his APP
i proval to any of the bonds when il Ii
III proposed to issue hereunder.
90 We denounce the attempt that
's is being made by the supporters OF ex'
u isting conditions in this Territory &c
u raise race issues, and we charge that
w. such attempt is being made for the
sole purpose of misleading the peopl,
~ OF the United States and Of creating 9
u sentiment abroad prejudicial, to thC
Hawaiian people. The entire history
Of the Hawaiian race for more thar
E. half a century affords abundant testi
mony Of the fact that the Hawaiiani
IS desire to live upon terms of friend
ry ship, justice and equity with all people
re who come amongst them, and tina
va strangers are Hospitality received anC
c. given opportunities in public as wei
III US private life. commensurate with
as their deserts.
n, 90 We declare ourselves in favo
I'd of the immediate extension by the Con
gress Of the United States Of the Amer
at lean system of public land laws to tn,
Territory of Hawaii. firmly believing
r. that in such extension lies our onl!
or hope Of preventing the public domain
re from falling into the hands of grea