Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-24

The Audit OF Accounts.
We believe that the present laws
i with regard to auditing OF public &C.
counts are Inadequate. and should be
: amended. We believe In the principle
OF a territorial audit bureau, whereby
the accounts of The territorial depart
ments and the county departments
may be efficiently and thoroughly aud
tied from time to time.
Marriage Licenses.
We condemn tue present arbitrary
manner OF appointing marriage license
agents by the territorial treasurer,
and pledge our party to the enact
ment of a law authorizing the several
county treasurerS TO handle the issu-
ance OF marriage licenses. the fees
from which should become county
realizations.
Minimum Wage.
! We pledge our candidates to the
! legislature TO work for n law which
will make the minimum wage two dol
lars per day for all unskilled labor
performed by territorial. county and
municipal government employees.
Citizen Labor on Federal
Public Work. 49,.
We pledge our candidate for Dele.
gate TO Congress to work for such
measures as viii prevent the employ
ment CT any but citizen labor on fed.
eral government work in Hawaii.
Public Administrator.
We favor the passage of a law by
which the duties of. public admins.
traitor shall be added to those of coun.
ty treasurer, who. with the advice and
assistance of the county attorney
! shall act as the local officer of the
county in performaing the duties of
public administrator, without fee or
reward, except his salary as county
treasurer, as provided for by law.
Equal Suffrage.
4 We believe in the principle of equal
suffrage. We are thoroughly in SYM
pathy with the movement toward that
end, both on the mainland of the Unit
ed States and in this Territory. We
pledge our candidate for Delegate to
Congress to work for an amendment
to the Organic Act, so as to promote
such legislation as will give the wo-
men of this Territory right to vote.
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legislation should be undertaken,
plebiscite to determine the wishes OF
/ the voters on this question should be
held in this Territory. We are COM
PEELED to view with suspicion the
modesty and timidity of the Republi-
can party in reference to this CUES.
ton. @sh ,.|
Cemeteries. a* -
i We believe that the reservation or
requirement of suitable plots OF
ground. convenient to the centers of
population should be made in each
county for the burial OF the INDECENT
, dead. The cemetery conditions Of the
city of Honolulu require thoughtful
consideration. PROPER regulation
should be made, enabling the poor to
bury their dead without being com.
PEELED to pay such exQfbitant charges
as are usually exacted by private
cemetery companies. ....~
County Government. ri
We again reiterate our belief in
county government, and we pledge
our representatives and senators to
the enactment of such legislation as
may be necessary for the extension
of the powers of the different county
governments. We favor the creation
of an office in each, county where
deeds, mortgages. ETC., shall be re-
corded. and provision made for some
Official of the county to have charge
Of the same or that new elective
office be created for that purpose
Taxation. -. .-.s.... -"....~. i.
We believe that the present system
! of taxation is wrong in theory and
! in the way 1t works out in practice.
! We believe that valuation of all the
property in the Territory, for assess
menI purposes, should first be made,
and that after this valuation, budget
year, both territorial and county,
should be made, and upon such as.
sessed valuation and such proposed
budget the rate Of taxation should
be based. 49,.
Fisheries. .:.--
/ In our platform Of 1912 the follow.
! ing recommendation was made: we
urge upon Congress, and we pledge
our candidate FOR Delegate to Con-
gress so to do, the necessity of APP
propriating money and to acquire by
condemnation if necessary all vested
, private fishing rights in this Terri
tory, and to open the same for public
USE" ..".... ... 49,.
] We further demand enforcement, BIZ
| the territorial government, of sec
tions ninety-five t95) and ninety-stx
| 1861 of the Organic Act, and we urge
Congress to provide means to. promote
fish culture in the seawaters of the
Territory.
| Statehood.
The repeated assertion in the ma.
tional platforms of the Democratic
party, that the United States should
/ acquire no territory except that which
! is ultimately destined for statehood
strengthens our confidence in ulti-
mate statehood for Hawaii We
charge insincerity on the part of the
Republican party in making state
ments favoring statehood. as express
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