The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-25

| self the right to set aside and nullify
such items in the last Territorial APP
| preparation hill as did not. or do not.
meet with his personal approval, and
/ deny the right of such executive to
divert any fund specifically appropriat-
, ed any other cause or purpose.
| We pledge our candidates for the
Legislature TO the enactment of i
| direct primary law. the initiative and
/ referendum including the 1'reeall' and
| such other legislation as may be need
| ed TO put the quietus on graft and
| the 81 machine > IN this Territory.
| We favor the establishment of an
agricultural college, to be maintained
as other agricultural colleges are main
tanned throughout the United States,
| by Federal and Territorial appropria-
ton. and not by leasing the public land
/ to corporations, as Indicated in the
Republican Platform recently adopted
| at Wailuku.
| We favor the abolition by the Con-
ress of the United States of the office
of high sheriff and that of superintend-
ent of public works, with their Access
/ series, both being useless and undemo-
cratic adjunets of the public service
usurping functions that should be per-
/ formed by County officers, and creating
an expense which has no justification
! We favor the extension of the public
/ school system, so as to embrace a COM
prehensive course of manual and agricul-
/ tural training and an elementary course
in civil government, thus instilling into
! the youth of this Territory the prin-
| ciples of industry and good citizenship
upon which the future welfare Of this
/ Territory so much depends We de-
| 4ba
given the teachers of the Territory by
| the Legislature of 1905 as a fit climax
| to the method of retrenchment adopt
| ed by the Executive of the Territory
during 1904. We favor making sal
aries in all departments of the gov
eminent commensurate with the ser
vices to be rendered.
We favor a strict enforcement of the
citizen labor and S-hour laws, coupled
with a minimum wage of One Dollar
and Fifty Cents ($1.50) per day on
all public works.
We commend the action of the Unit
ed States in establishing a Federal
station for inquiry in to the causes
of and a possible cure for leprosy, at Ka-
laupapa, and favor such liberal appropri-
alton as viii meet the requirements of
the people there detained. We favor
the erection of a suspect hospital at
some convenient point adapted to the
requirements, where persons afflicted
with disease may be treated until such
time as the nature of their disease has
been fully determined
We pledge our candidates to the
Legislature TO renewal of the appro-
priations for former Queen Liliuoka-
lani, and our Delegate to Congress to
introduce and support measure look
ing to Federal appropriation for the
payment to her of lump sum in set
Element of all existing claims on her
part.
Eighteen months experience under
the liquor law passed by the Legisla-
ture of 1905 has proven the measure a
disgrace to this Territory. The indis-
criminate issuing of licenses Hereunder
has created conditions without a
parallel under the American hag-a
blot on our civilization and a speeta-
Gle to be ashamed of. We pledge our
legislative candidates to the enactment
of a law that viii check and regulate ,
the present unbridled and crime in
viting methods of selling liquor and
that will result in the giving of Ii
censes to citizens only, the discretion
of issuing licenses to be placed in the
hands of the County supervisors.
We favor an amendment of the exist
ing law so that the income tax of cor
porations shall he payable in the Coun- !
ty where the income producing prop |
erty is located.
We declare in favor of sufficient
territorial appropriation for the pur-
pose of assisting in the maintenance |.
of the work Of the Hawaii Promotion !
Committee.
We direct and pledge our candidates !
for the Legislature to the passage of a |
law permitting the treatment by 9th |
ers than licensed physicians of those !
afflicted with leprosy |.
Believing that the health of our peo- !
pie is all important, and that our COM
merce should be protected and built
up in every possible manner, we favor !
liberal appropriations for health pur |
poses, and pledge our representatives !
in the territorial Legislature to use
their best endeavors to obtain such |
appropriations.
Relying implicitly upon the sound |
ness of the principles above set forth, /
and upon the justice and intelligence
of the Masses we present this plat
form to the people of the Territory as !
the expression of the Democratic par
ty on local issues and earnestly invoke
the active support of all in it's vim
dication and success.
E. NJ WATSON,
Chairman.
D. E. METZGER,
Secretary.
Harry Juen moved the nIatforu he