Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 181, 6 August 1894 — FESTINA LENTE. [ARTICLE]

FESTINA LENTE.

The Advertūer'B editorial writor. is tbis moming nrging the peeple to attend to tbeir political Juties. and asking tbem to mako ha~te to get their names pUcc-J apon the register of votors. He aUo says. tbat LunJreJs of good citizens are giving themselves over to tho indn!gence of their favorite vice, procrastinat, ing, postponing. It is to be hoped that those gi>oJ citizens - whoever they may be—will appreciate Uie terms in whieh they are apoken of. Under the existing unsettleJ state of affairs, the non-recogni-tiou— beyonJ that extended to a provisionnl gnvernmont— of the aJministr.ition at pre.sent at the bead of the goverument it is hanl to »ee how, those “goc'J citizens” c.in very well eome forward nnJ tako the oath as pre8criboJ in Article 101 of the CoūstitotioD, anJ register themselveu ns voters. Nor ean it be seen how thos« alieus who wish to become citizens of aiul lend their support to tiie constitulion of a gOTerninent whieh is not yet recognizeJ as an inJependeot und (>ennanent’govenmiont, eau Jo ro either. To be plainer, how in the namo of eoimuou senso ean a citizen eomo forwarJ anJ qualify himself to snppurt the coustitutiou, laws anJ goverument, of a government wliieh Joes notexist. Can thoso mercenaries auJ officials of thc provisional govern- i ment who have aIroaJy takcu the J now oath be tormeJ “good citi- j zens?” HarJIy uot. Is it not a caso of strainiog at a guat anJ »wallowiiig a eamel ? Or in other words, the oath is takou for tbe sako of the “Brcnd aml Buttor’’ aiul other |ilunJer whieh is attuehcJ to it. lt therefore behoovcs all “good citizons” not to make haste to havo his unuio placeJ on the register of voters. In all probability the first eleeiion provided for in the documout lately road from tbo stops of the Palaee bnilding will not take plaee. .