The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1880-02-11

TIE Elections are over and the character
cg the ueSt Legislature IS determined. Three
whites alose represent the fo-eign element.
They sre Me<<zs> 65bscu, Wilcox ard Woods,
They srs men whose <1ccess ia their own af-
fairs Indicates that they are hrted 70 attend 10
rubic business Two CT them are new IS
Legislators. The bGlk Cs the House Is eosn-
POSED cf persuns utterly unks 10 perform the
duties Of the position As the coUu.ry draws
nearer II scrEirealsu. and coaGiCioos 20 the
enlightened r.sti0ns q the world, Legislative
functions bsccUs OF greater Importance bet
the capacity ef the House does rot keep pace
with the public requirement.. tn,lesG Il Is not
vhelly beyond question whether the present
HccSe Is rcs below the standard Of urany
which have heretofore SAL. Who. IN this
House. can properly perform the duties o. :
Jutiiciary Comui.tee. or Finance. Education
OF Sanitary CouulitteeS What member Of
this EoGSe Is fitted 10 construct and engineer
shroGSa t1S several stages, : LAX bill 6g for the
general requirement. Who Is able 70 cope
with the question Of the eonstitnsioaAlisy OF
the sc-ealies war oEee Without further
discussion 1s % The possibilities more
rrupsriy perhAps-Su1p0sSi bSiitiss Of the CON-
ing session. II Is Sting 10 review the elections
methods used and influence hroGshE 70 bear
upon voters 70 secure the election og f1yorite
candidates
Nc independent ard Intelligent person would
allow his vote 70 De Influenced by the fact that
as TAX receipt was IN the hands Of 5 candidate
&c wc1ld compel is return Or procure du-
pl5ca,e; bcs there Is no doubt that the posses
sion Of : receip5 carries with II the vote Of
nearly every native Hawaiian. and there IS no
Goab5 that 4 large majority Of the native mem
bers returned owed ghefr election 10 the pos
session Of ! certain uursbsr Of TAX receipts.
IL Is very likely aa Infringement Of the law
relative 70 the influencing Of elections, and
whoever b5s collected LAX receipts may be la
BE 10 punishment NOs by any Hledns the
lel<s Of methods WIS the free use Of liluor, and
i5 was employed not only II H01olUlV but all
over the group, If we are 70 Judge from reports
received from every part 0f the Islands, Some
what similar 70 the frst mentioned, II has It's
Influence with the lowest and most Gsbased,
who are by no means snail minority Of our
voters There are other methods, but the
above are the principal ones employed at the
laSs election Their use has resulted IN
practical deprivation Of property from repre-
senFatiQG In the next House Al persons have
) right 70 expect that If the Government tries
u iufusHcs elections, is influence shall be used
N favor Of persons Of Fsspect4bilIsy, possessed
cE intellizence. and Of sufScisHt information
and enlightenment 70 deal with whatever CUES
tlans Of public poEcy may arse. The sane
8pplI5s 70 all persons II authority, and lust 50
far as saeh in1rsHce Is used for Incompetent
and Unworthy persons, l. the public justified
In a Hlthdraw4I af moral support snd influence,
70 say nothing worse Tbsre Is Nc fORbs that
the pubic Is co1yince,i thai 50 far as Hoaalglu
l. concerned, part II least Of It's representa-
L u. =
authority, BY the Ess OF Absolutely uRJGsti-
fable usans; and that the anEe-eIecti0r
uGuifesE1es are not and never were the
s1ianaEi01s Of the candidates II whose
and they were issued Their very issuance
should have condemned and defeated those
candidates, for they show eonclgsiyely that
thCse persons ars utterly united for the duty
Of lsEIsI15grs. We ara b9rue ont BY the facts
when We say that the dissatisfaction Of the
public = deep ard widespread II the result
Of cur election This feeling Is l0UdesE among
the Intelligent native HGEIiI1ns, and II will
not be al4yed, # ! report circulating the
streets yestErday as 70 the appointment Of two
n1blss- Is true Not cue OF the four members
fgE HgCClUlC l. II any sense Fitted for the
position Is Is hEudiItiCu 20 have the out
side world know that the wealth and InteIIi-
gence 0f Honolulu IS 20 represented, nor can
Do represent the town for very large major
isy Of the voters were Cpgosed 20 them The
highest number Of votes cast for che candidate
was but 5+3 cut Of l,4sG polIed. The Minister
Of Finance II his admirable remarks II the
meeting the evening before election Justly
said that k1uuilkza Is 10 more fitted 10 repre-
sent HouoJ1l1 than ! sucking child for he L.
indeed Jzst about that, Is he Is living under a
gzartizn- Il Is 70 Be regretted tE1t 50 large
and respectable 4 body Of people as admire
Queen Emma, sho1lt not have sslzetzd seue
0Es from their midst N soue sense i1tsd for
the position. for uEigCbseil! such person
EuGlt have reserved the sane vote Of c1uluIi-
ment u Hsr A4essy ''Ehou the Gods
would 6sssrUy, they first make mad" Il N
old saying but ever true Il applies with
force &c. the present case, ard Is ! nAsigu We
nay rest assured, when ve show that our
ElI1nsss L such, that Ecue bGt the iEa0rzu-,
Incompetent ard had are pat Up 10 make our
. laws wiser people viii step in and take
fUm - the preci0Gs boou Of Independence
4 u4<icu L respected when worthy of respect.