Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 27, 1 July 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

After more th*n five monthB of ex.rteoce the provifioiial givernro«nt of Hawaii ha? fina!ly admitted that there yel exiet Hawaiiana in the country and that they perbap« bave oome elaim to have a voice in the ruling of the country, in that Mr. John Ena hae heen elected a member of the eouneile. The atep taken we unheeitatingly conBid*-r the wis--«l act yet perfortned by that remarkably eon§tituted b«)dy of men whooonslitute the P. G. It has been nece»sary for them to sufftr a humiliating defeat in Wasbington to reaiizelhe hlunder lhey committed in trampling on and sgnoring the civil rigbts of the Hawaiians. They have bad toinvent ihe most w<>rthless and easily disproved lies first to make it appear aa if they had the support ofthe Hawaiian v>ter*. tben ae if the Hawaiiana were indifferent to whatever was done with their country, and finally ae if the Hawaiian* were a semi-barbarous people and shouldn't be consulted anyhow. But the unanimoua voioe of tbe liberty-loving people of the United States of all partie» and of all elaeeea re«f*onded constantly it ia no uae —the majority muet rule, we eannol take a country againet the will of the j>eople. And even Thuraton wrole then to his polilieal op[H)iients among the Hawaiiana and told them that withoul the consent of the i*eople annexation whk an impos»ibility. But ihe P. G. continued their hoeiile and iusulting attitude de(>ending on the vagranta and crlmmals, whom they, in an evil moment for themselvee, had furnished with arms and ammumlion to defsnd them agamet the people of Hawaii. We have more tban onee quot*>d the remark of Lorrin A. Thurston in the great spe«ch whieh he niade ag>iinst the McFarlaue Cabinet in October 189*2 when he, in denying an accusation againet him as heing an annexationiet, aaid; "The United State* of Amerira wiU nerer nnnei the llnieoiinn Jtlandt ngaintt the wiil of the Ilawuiian i*ovlc. ' Eveut» have pmven that he was righi in hie judgment of the tireat Republie tben, bul why he and his party bave tried tne game further anyhow we eannol eee. Mr. John Ena’a «ppointment is ae a whole s«tistacU>ry. He is a conaervative and shrewd busines«» man. and he is as stubb«rn ae a mule. He will undoubtedly join the intelligent wing of the oouneiie whieh will increase the majority of that party. The rabid wing wi<l los« a voto whieh will niake them eliil more oul of sight than they lately have been. Mr. Ena i» of coursenotarepresentativeHaw«iian us he has no inAuenee and following among hie countrymen and bis career in the lael l>egislature wae eueh th#t be killed himselt polilieally with the men who elected him. But as neither political iutegrity nor »ny other politic»l quslities sr« necessary to *it in our seilelecled Lcgi*lature Mr. Ena’s past poliiieal f*ithles*nees »ud «rror* u»ed uol be r«membered at the present time.