The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-10-15
THE FUSION
PLATFORM
What Democratic.
Rulers. on Hawaii
Stand For.

Inc Oen10crat1c- Home huie FuS1On
Party of the County OF Hawaii, in con
vention assembled, hereby endorses the
Home Rule platform of 1903, which is
declared to be good Democratic doe
trine and should be accepted by every
Democrat in the Territory; and we also
endorse the Democratic platform of
1904.
Income Tax Law.-We endorse the
Income Tax Law and demand that the
same be amended so as to be payable
in the county where the property is
located which produces the income; and
we give due credit to the Home Rule
Legislature which enacted this, the
most just and fair taxation law upon
our statutes, and we will condemn any
attempt to modify it by further ex-
emptions or alterations.
Revision of Property Tax Law.-We
demand thorough revision of the prop
erty tax law at the coming session of
the Legislature and can see no necessity
for tax commission and further delay
recently adopted at Wailuku.
Tax Assessor and Recorder of Deeds
We demand that Tax Assessors be
elected as county officers and that all
fines and licenses be paid into the coun-
ty treasury; and that a recorder of
deeds be elected as county officer
High Sheriff and Superintendent of
Public Works.-We demand that the
declare it TO be useless, un-American
and unDemocratic; we also demand
that the office of Superintendent Of
Public Works be abolished and that
| the functions of said office be vested
in the Board of Supervisors of the
| several counties, as elsewhere through
out the United States.
| Eight Hour Work Day and Minimum
work-day on the public works and de-
| mand minimum wage of $1.50 per
| day which the last Republican Legisla-
ture refused. We also demand that
Il ohAy tiblLCHo dhd lHOSc 10 DS-
come such, shall be employed in any
public service of this Territory
Complete County Government.-We
demand that full and complete county
| government be enacted by the next
| Legislature, and in the event of failure
through the opposition of a hostile
| Governor, or other opposition, that the
| Congress uT the United States be ap-
| pealed to directly by the people, to pass
| such full measures of county govern
ment as are enjoyed by our fellow
| citizens on the mainland. We denounce
| the present county law as pretense
| and sham; that it does not compare
favorably with township government in
| other territories.
| Election of All Officers-We demand
| the election of all county and district
| officers, such as district magistrates,
| road supervisors, truant officers, pound
masters, and that law be passed cre-
| ating the Office of constables in each
district and providing for the election
| thereof
! To Regulate Inter-Island Transporta-
| tion.-We favor a law regulating inter
| island rates of transportation with pro-
| visions for Imprisonment only for vio-
| iation, and that a commissioner be elect
| ed by the qualified electors of the
| Territory to enforce such law; and
| that tolls for the manufacture of sugar
| be established by law with proper pro-
| visions for the enforcement of the same
| Redemption from Execution Sale
| We demand the passage of law by
| which the mortgagor shall have the
| right to redeem real estate, sold under
| foreclosure of mortgage or other ex-
ecution sale, within one year after
| such sale by paying principal, interests
and costs
Public Lands-We demand that the
public lands of the United States in
the Territory of Hawaii be administer
| ed by the Federal government, and we
| declare that the Constitution of the
United States as determined by the
| U. s. Supreme Court estops Congress
from delegating its power of legisla-
| tion to local Territory as to public
, lands as much as it is estopped from
| delegating its power of legislation to
| coin money, or any ether power solely
vested in the Congress-
Agricultural College.-We favor the
establishment of an Agricultural Col
! lege, with medical department which,
for obvious reasons, should be located
in the County of Hawaii, to be main
tanned as other agricultural colleges
| throughout the United States, and not
| by leasing public lands to corporations
as indicated in the Republican platform
recently adopted at Wailuku
| Local Control of Schools-We de-
| mand local control of schools bv the
| counties, under the immediate super
vision of a Superintendent of Schools,
| to be elected by the voters of the coun-
| ty as county officer, together with a
] percentage of taxes now devoted to
! school purposes in addition to the so
| per cent. of taxes which the counties
now receive; also a complete revision
| of the school law
Iails and Water Works-We favor
J the passage of law by which the
. jails in the several counties shall be
: turned over to the counties as county