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


that we have come to the following
conclusions:
That the smuggling of opium in
this country has grown to such pro
portions, so many prominent on infu-
entidl citizens are said to be engaged
For interested in it, and its profits are
so large, that it is next to impossible
to obtain any substantial informa
tion or to find any man willing, sim
ply for virtues sake, to run the risks |
of incurring the wrath and ven
geance of those engaged in the |
opium rings, who are bound TO use |
every effort to procure the acq'littal |
of such of their accomTlices who
may be discovered. In a word. your
Committee met with The same diff
culties and obstacles which rendered
impotent the similar Committees
appointed during the present and
last sessions of the Hawaiian
Legislature, to investigate into
the marvellous transformation of
opium into bricks, while on its
way between the Police Station
and the Custom House. The
men who manipulated that daring
| lpHtE-0e-lltln are sSJlll III bOWH dnll
in the same business, and> belieUed to
be still in government service. But
all that the seekers after truth can OBJ
tain, are the "ondits" current among
the public, the rumors that may leak
out from time to time mainly
through the rivality of the various
rings. But, from these alone, to-
gether with the fact that so many
police or custom officer, while on the
tract of some smuggled goods, has
been taken away from it and sent off
in a wrong direction on some fools
errand, we feel justified IN fedylessly
asserting that opium-smuggling has
now reached to be an organized
traffic in which several ships are en-
gagged, that two rings at least, il not
t more, actually exist, to which belong
not only wealthy traders, but also
many of the government custom and
police officials, that is to say the
t very officers whose duty it would be
= to check it; and the general Suspi-
= cions are such that higher members of
the government, lawyers, merchants and
eren men in banking business are pub
i licly charged of being connected
t with it, thereby rendering possible
@ the permanence in office Of suspect
! ed officials; more than that, the
:, evils extend even unto the very steps
u of the Throne, as it is boldly as
IL serted by those who take into con
l. sideration the notorious favor
i, the extraordinary and unjustifable
:, though undisglised intimacy exist
> ing between persons of the highest
% rank and some noted, well-knowr
# opium who do not deny
20 but rather glorify themselves in be
,s ing such!!
" But we repeat that, in presence O
le the completely and connivence of Sc
lie many persons of influence, in pre-
a. sence of the incapacity of veal
~, administration and ofthe sldckncsS o
, the judiciW department, it is impossi
" BILE to obtain any information sucl
o. as would lead to judicial condem
t. nation.
T. He says he "has availed himself o
a erery means of getting to the truth,
e. but that "aH that the seekers afte
sd truth can obtain are the ondts cur
er rent among the public, the rumor
Ia that may leak out" Nevertheless
~ on these shadowy grounds alone h'
ne does not hesitate to state that 'w,
N feel justified in asserting" tha
ld ''many of the Government custom
IN and police officials" ''higher mem
bers of the Government, lawyers
40 merchants and even men in banking
OF business" are guilty of completely il
IN the Illicit and iniquitous traffic
as nay, he docs not hesitate to attac
"a the Throne and The judiciary on tn
Is same bas, less suspicious. Did an
III, one ever before see such gray
If charges SO palpably manufacture
he ''out of whole cloth" as these are
Ia He says in effect we found these RI
ed mors and after eight weeks of il
OF yestigation we leave them still {
OF rumors, having found no proof c
IN foundation for them. In a word, til
y widest imaginings heard on til
'ly streets are used, under cover {
'h Legislative privilege, to SANDER ne
~ only the Throne, the judiciary an
ri the Government service (Which w;
he to be expected from his conduct
lf' the past), but also the respectful
(or professional and business classes
yes the community without the shade
TO of a scintilla of proof to back hi
ne up. AS has been seen so often b
lsh fore, Mr.. Bush's idea of siftir
us scandal and bringing the guilty pa
pl- ties to the bar of public opinio
ea- is shown to consist in taking up Il
10 ISLANDERS of the slums, clothing the
'hl in extravagant and exaggerated di
up ton, putting them into permane
am form in print, and scattering the
lor broadcast around the world to OF
Ihe rage and shame a community, who
Ut chief evil is that it has to support
Ter its midst creatures of Mr.. Busl
Ler' stamp, who, from behind an alleg'
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