Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-24
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Coed Roads.

Hawaii il the establishing OF good
roads. and We pledge our candidates
{. 70 the LEGISLATURE and 10 the Board
OF Supervisors 10 make such laws and
such appropriations as will accom-
d. phsh such Results.
Beard of Supervisors.
We demand an rAJtHS:Ou OF. the
powers usually conferred upon COuu-
ties 10 the end that yhe several boards
OF supervisors shall be- specifically
charged with the business in their re-
spectiNe counties and their duties 10
be plainly prescribed by law. that they
may be held strictly accountable for
all the public business belonging eX-
clusively 10 the counties We de
mand tn" creation OF an office in each
county wherein deeds. mortgages, etc.
, shall be recorded and provision for
either one of the county officers now
elected to have charge Of the same.
or that new elective office be Gre
ated if found to be necessary.
Harbor Improvement.
We favor memOriaIiZing Congress TO
make an appropriation to dredge the
channel from Honolulu harbor to
Pearl HarbOr, TO dredge Kalihi har-
bor and by condemnation proceed
ings to acquire all necessary land at
any place in the Territory for public
| WharVeS.
| Recreation Grounds.
We favor the enactment of laws to
provide for recreation grounds and
amusement parks for the benefit OF
the public.
! Public Administrator.
! We favor the passage of law by
which the duties of public admins
traitor shall be added to those OF
county treasurer.
| Redemption From Execution Sale.
We demand the passage of a law
| by which a mOrtgagOr, or any judg-
ment debtor, shall have the right to
redeem real estate, sold under fore
/ closure of mortgage or execution sale,
| Within one year after such sale, by
paying principal interest and costs.
City Hall.
| We favor the purchase of suitable
! real estate by the city and county on
which to erect City Hall, and con-
denim the Republican policy of paying
rents for city and county offices.
| Drastic Labor Laws.
| We condemn the last Republican
| Legislature for passing drastic labor
laws at the request of Territorial cor
| pOrations, which, if executed, would
! tend to establish peOnage in this Ter
ritory, and we demand the repeal of
such laws.
County Band.
We believe that the County Band
! should be raised to a higher standard
nf efficiency even if it requires more
money to do so.
| Public Utilities.
We favor a commits sion which shall
supervise and regulate the service of
public utilities.
Taxation.
We believe that the power OF taxa
ton should be in the municipalities
and that the levy in detail should meet
Il budget prepared from year to year.
Bonding Municipalities.
We believe that the municipalities
of the Territory should be endowed
: with the authority to issue bonds for
specific purposes.
Ownership Of Waterworks.
We urge that ownership and man
agement of the Honolulu water works
Should be passed over to the City and
County of Honolulu.
City And County Hospital.
We declare for the immediate pro-
vision for hospital patients Of all char
aCter in the City and County OF Homo
lulu and all the counties.
Terms Of County Officers.
We believe that the terms Of COun |
ty or Municipal officers should be eX
tended
Citizens To Use Schools.
We believe that the fullest freedom |
should be given communities in the |
use of public school buildings, during |
the hours such structures are not in |
use for strictly educational purposes. |
Despotic Executive Action.
We denounce the action of the
Board of Health, which had the APP
prOval of the Governor, in what is To- |
eally known as THE Mosquito Cam |
paign." in which the constitution of |
the United States was openly, know |
ingly and wilfully violated.
The illegal acts of the Board Of |
Health in depriving citizens of prop |
erty without any process of law and |
without any compensation is too we'll
known to need any specification. We |
pledge our candidates to the legisla- |
ture to make an investigation and to |
appropriate money to compensate cit |
liens for property so unlawfuily de- |
stroyed
Equal Suffrage.
We favor the amendment of the Or |
ganic Act 50 as 10 extend the suffrage
to women.
transportation.
We pledge our candidates for the |
legislature, if elected. to vote for a |
law by which an Elective Territorial |
Office shall be created to be known