The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-09-21
AN OPIUM REPORT.

On the 9th July last statement
was made in the Legislature alleging
that some opium said to have been
seized at EVA had turned into dirt
in the hands of the Deputy Sheriff.
The matter was proposed to be re-
ferred for investigation to the select
committee on opium already ap
pointed and which was then sup
posed to be investigating the sub
ject. Hon. j E. Bush and others of
that ilk objected on the grounds that
the said committee had done, were
doing, and would do nothing, and
would find out nothing if it was left
to them. Hon. j. HI. Waipuilani
moved for the appointment of an
other select committee on opium,
which was agreed to, Mr.. Bush pro-
missing with his usual braggadocio
and self-esteem that he would sift
the scandals relating to opium to
the bottom, clear up the mysteries
and miracles, and bring home the
guilt to the proper parties, if he
were entrusted with the investiga-
ton. He claimed he already knew
who were engaged in the traffic, al
though his evidence was not pro-
ducible Immediately. The commit
tee appointed was j. E. Bush, chair
man, j. III. Waipuilani, j. n. Ka-
pahu, d. w. Pua and VIM. White.
The chairman Immediately inserted
, an advertisement in his own paper
and in the Advertiser that he would
receive all Information from any
party or parties, that will lead to the
obtaining and collection Of such
facts as will check smuggling and
the illicit use and sale of opium in
the country"
After about eight weeks of no
] doubt protracted and severe labor
on his part, though it does not seem
| to have resulted in brain fever as
e yet, as the result of the inyestiga-
$ tions Mr.. Bush came into the Legis-
lature yesterday with, in one hand
: about 35 tins of opium obtained sur
+ reptitiously by a bogus deal on the
part of his spies with some China
men, and, in the other, a printed
pamphlet of about 26 pages, IL ol
which are taken up by a history OF
= the drug and its effects in all coun
tries from "the remotest antiquity
l., down to the present day, probably
inserted to distract attention from
the scarcity Of real results and in
crease the amount of the printer
% % bill. This pamphlet containing tn,
q result of the lucubrations of Mr.
,r Bush's or some one else's brains 60
l. their joint efforts perhaps) deserves
. for it's English style and spelling t.
" be embalmed in history with 9Th
Third Warning Voice" and "Englisl
as She is Spoke" Its contents dis
play in an immense amount of verbi
!, age tina. the committee have succeed
ed in nothing that they promised t.
- do. After all those weeks of blatan
promise of what he would rake up
and sift, and prove, with their trai
Sc of expense and public appeals fo
ed help, he says nothing about tn
W special reason for which the commit
o o. tee was appointed-the EVA matte
d., but promises report ON that late
,e In fact the whole may be summe
up as, "The mountain in labo
brought forth a mousse" or, as til
Scotch say, "muckle din and littl
'oo."
The following extract, which
written in more correct English tina
the greater part of the eifusion, wi
show in Mr.. Bush's own languag
of his opinion of what he has done 9TH
,et italics are ours):
ey Your Committee has therefor
'fe considered it duty to direct all i
efforts to the unrayelling of the my
teries of the opium trade in tn
>. country and throw some Light on I'll
:" daily reported violations of the law
av Its Chairman has apdited himself
he every means Of getting to the truth an
nd has been willing to receive and II!
to any information, to examine al
,o man who might be willing to testil
' ON the subject, as is proven by Il
advertisements he inserted to th
j. effect in all the local papers; we ha'