Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-02
BOURBON PLANK
RAPS MILITARY
TRAINING Plan
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the islands. has unfortunately been
/ followed by the present national Dem
ocratie administration 10 the detri-
i ment and dissatisfaction Of both par
ties. As citizens OF the United States
( the entire Democratic party joins
with all parties and factions in fla
wall to resent the unjust and unwaT.
Tanted implication that the electorate
of Hawaii is unable to supply Capable
public servants able to discharge sat.
+ isfactorily the duties devolV.ng upon
/ them as citizens and men Of public
affairs. The Democratic party as an
organization will in the future, as in
/ the past, exert .eyeFy endeayor to
bring about the correction OF this liz
F.! Justice, urging that our right to home
! rule is a right that should not be de-
nied. . "... .: ~
CONGRESSIONAL REPRE5EN-
-....- -. TATloN .~".-- II.
| We again cali attention to the re-
! peated and long continued absence
of the. Republican delegate to Con:
gress from his duties in Washington
as the official representative of the
people. We deprecate the system
whereby the affairs of the territory,
SO far as they depend On the acts OF
] Congress. are and long have been in
the hands of = paid servant of the
invisible government that continues
to rule these islands. We cite the
s.,sl of he far ia
! in the benefits of important national
legislation through the anefficiency
CT cur present delegate and offer to
the voters of Hawaii the services of
a delegate to Congress who, by this
platform, is pledged to the faithful
and continuous fulftlment of his du-
ties as delegate during the period
when Congress is in session.
MILITARY TRAINING IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS ~ .<..~
The Democratic party is opposed to
the effort made ny the legislature at
its last session to institute compul-
sorry military training of mere child
rem in the public schools of the terri
tory While recognizing the duty and
privilege of every adult citizen to be
prepared to do his part in uphoiding
the principles and ideals of our coun-
try in times of stress, we do not be-
lieve that the wholesale compulsion
of minors. obliging them to take part
in occasional drills. will materially adj
vance st,he object sought by many
stanch advocates of excessive mill
tarism.
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
We reiterate our belief in the prin-
ciple Of the government ownership of
public utilities and cite the Honolulu
Rapid Transit &. Land Company as
corporation enjoying the free use Of
the public streets. that has so con-
sistently manipulated its charter so
as to deprive the Epeople of their just
share of the benefits accruing from.
the operationSof a generous franchise.
We recommend as a settled policy
that on. the expiration of the franchise
the street railway system in Honolulu
be taken OYER by the city and county
and administered in the interests OF
the people.
FREE PORT FOR HAWAII
With the commercial bodies of
such cities as New York, Baltimore
and Oakland alive to their opportu-
nifty and urging the advantages of the
free port for these important CONNER
cial eenters on the mainland, we con-
f'denty reaffirm the plank in our 1914
platform calling for the establishment
of a free port in Hawaii.
We contend thai the next, Iegisla-
ture should lead the way for CONNER
cial expansion by reducing the abnor-
NAL port charges now imposed in Ha-
waiian harbors and, in addition,
should memorable Congress to the
end that such laws will be enacted
and treaties secured with interested
nations as will open Hawaii's forti
fled harbors, owned and administered
by America, on equal terms with the
commerce of all nations that Will
bind themselves to respect the neu-
traliZation of Pacific commerce and
the Observation-Disclosures of these is
land ports as safe and convenient
distributing center for the Pacific.
By reason of her isolation such n
port maintained in Hawaii will in no.
way interfere with our import laws
oH tirS ihdiilldnu. AS d Tree port ia
waii would rapidly become a great
commercial and industrial clearing
house as well as the International
warehouse and distributing center for
this great ocean. 1...
Merchandise can be brought free Of
duty into the free port. stored in
warehouses, repacked, mixed or man
ufactured, and again exported: for
eign merchants can maintain samples
or consignments Of stocks free from
the harasslVe control OF customs Oh
Gcnrc thlIc- 10 Al,