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


TO his ruling by voting either to sus
present age--a tendency justified by
j, experience and study-is to couple
! with punishment inflicted for violation
of law endeavors to reform the Grim
tinaI, we advocate the passage of laws
seeking to accomplish this end. Par
J 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. s.~.
| 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 its 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
tcxieating liquors; false swearing be.
fore said commissioners to be punish
ed as perjury. L.. -. ~.
We pledge our representatives In
the legislature to grant to the liquor
commissioners this added power.
Political Contributions. Ii Es
We favor the enactment of laws re.
curing that, full publicity shall be
given contributions to political com.
.mittees In aeharge 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
contributing 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
authorized under the laws of the ter
ritory to act as sureties for the faith |
full performance of the duties of a
public officer shall not be permitted to
escape liability on technical grounds,
nor be allowed to set up as defense
to any suit brought to enforce liabil.
ity the fact that the officer whose
fidelity is guaranteed acted beyond
his statutory duties in defraHding his
principal We further recommend
the enactment of more stringent laws
for the purpose of insuring the solv
ency of surety companies permitted
to give indemnity bonds. ..~~-
Regulation Of Insurance Companies.
We favor the adoption Of laws re-
lating to fire Insurance, and proyid
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 memorialize
the Congress of the United States to
the restriction of the employment up
on federal work to American citi-
zens or those eligible to become citi-
zens only, and pledge our delegate to
Congress to urge congressional action
to effectuate such restriction. q
Plant and Fruit Industry s&.>.
We pledge ourselves to- encourage
the plant and fruit industry in the
territory. We believe that ample ap
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