Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-16


the Convention held yesterday:
We, the representatives. of the Dem
ocratic party OF The Territory of Ha |
wall. in convention assembled. ple1gt
our fealty to the national Democratic |
party had heartily endorse its princi |
pies so plainly set forth in its plat |
form adopted at Denver July Z. 1908 |
In which defiance was fearlessly hurl
ed at the allied corporate interests |
which have Slapped the fountains OF |
liberty and law; have transposed the |
principles of our government as laid |
down In the L. claration of Indepen |
dence and baptized in the blood of
patriots.
During the growth of our great Ma.
ton the Democratic party has kept
the faith of the founders of the Re |
public No greater eulogy can be pro. |
nounced upon that noble band of men
who gathered IN. council at Denver.
than reference TO their work and the
nomination for President of the great
est living 'Damocrat-w william Jenning.
Bryan.
We view with patriotic pride and
pleasure that the so-called Insurgents
the better element of the Republican
party, haye 80 freely adopted the pol
litical tenets laid down and maintain
ed for years by the Democratic party. |
They have openly admitted that the
Democrats have been right all the
time in warning the people of the
Int
ment of large corporate interests in
using the functions Of government as
means by which such interests have
been, and are being. unduly enriched
at the expense OF the average citl
zen.
Should further evidence be needed
that the people of the United States
will never surrender the principles
Equal rights for all; special privi.
leges for none" the recent elections
by which one of the oldest States
(Maine) and one of the youngest (Ari
zona) have recorded the will of the
people at the polls as overwhelmingly
Democratic, should be sufficient.
PUBLIC LANDS.
cratic party in the gallant struggle
for such amendments to the Organic
Act in reference to public land laws
as would be of some benefit and jus
tice to the plain common people. We
are no less proud of the intelligence
displayed by the people In readily de
tecting the hypocrisy so clevefely con.
cealed In the land law amendments
proposed by Republican conference;
endorsed by Republican Legislature;
applauded by the Republican press;
introduced by Republican Delegate
and advocated by a Republican Gov.
ernor, but so thoroughly repudiated
by congress and amended to such an
extent that but little of the original
section as proposed remained
The evidence and arguments pro.
dQped by local Democrats before the
House Committee on the Territories al
Washington, d. c., resulted in very
many changes In the bill so advocated
by the Republicans in Hawaii; the
more important OF which are as fol
lows:
First-"No such exchange shall
be made except to acquire lands
directly for public uses
Second "Wheneve twenty
five or more persons, having the
qualifications of homesteaders,
shall make written application to
the commissioner of public lands
for the opening of agricultural
lands for settlement In any local
ity or district, II shall be the duty
OF said commissioner to proceed
expeditiously to survey and open
for entry agricultural lands, etc"
Third "In laying out any
homestead the commissioner of
public lands shall include therein
an amount, not exceeding eighty
acres in area, sufficient to support
thereon an ordinary family"
Fourth - "All necessary eX.
penses for surveying and opening
any such lands for homesteads
shall be paid for out of any funds
of the territorial treasury derived
from the sale lease of the pub
lie lands. which funds are hereby
made available for such pur'
poses"
Those principal amendments and
snndry others less important secured
solely by the Democrats In behalf OF
the common people, carry with them
a practical notification of the ex'
change and the fifteen year lease laws
and compel the commissioner to sur
vey reasonable amount of desirable
agricultural lands and also pastoral
lands in various parts of the Terri
tory for homestead purposes on or be
fore January first. 1911, and annually
thereafter
We disapprove of iany upset price