Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-14

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spirit of the direct primary law.
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| convention to express its wishes as
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present age--a tendency justified by
1 experience and study-is to couple
with punishment inflicted for violation
of law endeavors to reform the Grim
| inal we advocate the passage of laws
seeking to accomplish this end Par
ticularly do we pledge the Republican
members of the coming legislature to
the support of law which will pre-
vent places of confinement from be-
; coming schools of crime: which will
not permit youthful offenders or per-
sons convicted for the first time to be
associated with hardened criminals.
We further pledge Republican mem.
bers of the legislature to the support
Of legislation to the end that juveniles
may be better cared for than under
existing laws.
Liquor Law.
In our platform Of two years ago we
pledged our representatives in the leg
islature to resist any attempt to alter
the laws of the territory of Hawaii in
respect to the liquor law. The eXpe-
rience of the last two years has furth.
er demonstrated that in all of it's ma
terial aspects the present liquor law is
admirably adapted to conditions with.
in the territory We believe, however,
that such an amendment should be
made as shall give to the various
liquor commissions power to subpoena
and examine witnesses, under oath. to
the end that such commissioners may
ascertain all of the. facts necessary to
enable them to act more intelligently
in the granting of licenses to sell in.
toxieating liquors: false swearing be-
fore said commissioners to be punish,
ed as perjury. FL"
We pledge our representatives in
the legislature to grant to the liquor
commissioners this added power.
Political Contributions.
We favor the enactment of laws re-
quiring that full publicity shall be
given contributions to political COM
mittees in charge of or connected
with campaigns. and providing that a
Limitation should be placed both ON
individual subscriptions and on the
aggregate amount to be used in any
campaign. We believe that private
individuals should be prohibited from
unlimited amounts of
money in territorial campaigns.
Regulation of Foreign Corporations.
We favor the enactment of stringent
laws concerning the regulation of for
eign corporations selling and dealing
in securities within the territory, to
the end that the people of the terri
tory may be amply protected against
investments induced by unfounded
and fraudulent representations.
Surety Companies.
We recommend the passage of laws
by which the liability of corporations
under the laws of the ter
ritory to act as sureties for the faith
public officer shall not be permitted to
escape liability on technical grounds, |
nor be allowed to set up as a defense
to any suit brought to enforce liabil.
ity the fact that the officer whose
fidelity is guaranteed acted beyond
his statutory duties in defrauding his
We further recommend
the enactment of more stringent laws
for the purpose of insuring the solv- I
ency of surety companies permitted
to give indemnity bonds. /
of Insurance Companies.
We favor the adoption of laws re-
lating to fire insurance, and proyiG-
ing for the regulation and control of
rates of premium thereon. /
Citizen Labor.
We pledge all Republican senators
and representatives at the next ses-
sion of the legislature to memorabilia
the Congress of the United States to
the restriction of the employment up
on federal work to American citi-
sens or those eligible to become citi-
zens only, and pledge our delegate to
Congress to urge congressional action
to effectuate such restriction.
Plant and Fruit Industry.
We pledge ourselves to encourage
The plant and fruit industry in the
territory. We believe that ample ap.
preparation should be made to effec,
:ually assist in the campaign against
he Mediterranean fly and other pests.
Compensation Law.
We favor the enactment of a pro-
,ressive and modern law to provide
In exclusive remedy and compensa-
ion for accidental injury resulting in
disability or death to employees with
n the territory of Hawaii, so that
he families of working people will
,e relieved of misfortunes beyond