 In 1890, Ebara was elected in the 1890 Japanese general election to the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan and served as a member of the Liberal Party, the "Kenseikai", and the "Rikken Seiyūkai".In 1912, he was appointed to the House of Peers.He was sent to the United States to try to ease tension over California's Alien Land Law of 1913.