Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-15
unsavory Record Of the Leader of
the Hawaiian Rebels.
BUSH AND HIS PALS
Vain Efforts to- lacite the Natives
-,...4 to Violence. $685. :.
PRESIDENTS INTERMEDIATES
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

"agitated' by the arrest, examination and
committal for trial of band Of consplra-
tors during the past three weeks Their
combination was Wretchedly 1ncapaple
one. Yet, as the outcome OF alarmist
rumors for the past three months, it calls
for repeating.
Some seven persons in all were arrested
during the middle Of the month for being
in a plot to overthrow the government of
the republic and restore the monarchy.
Two were spies, nominally arrested, and
two have been discharged for lack of suf-
ficient evidence. Three have been COM
mitted for trial. Bush, Crick and Nawahi.
The evidence against them is conclusive.
1t was corroborated by the finding OF
number Of rifles secreted behind false
partition in Bush's house, well as other
guns secreted elsewhere, together with am
nutrition
The chief conspirator, John E. Bush is a
notorious half-Whtte of variegated and I'M
savory record, who has been conspicuous
In political life for the past fifteen years.
Although totally incompetent to fill high
ONCE, he occupied such offices during much
of kalakaua reign. He was first the
governor OF the island of Kauai, and
member of the house of mobiles. Later he
was minister Of interior with the notorious
Moreno, and at the close OF the latter's
three days incumbency acted in his place
as minister of foreign affairs, in which
office he grossly Numbered. A printer by
trade, he was generally Interested more or
less in editing and publishing some sour
rilous native or native and English weekly
paper, on the royal side, reviling the re-
form party and the missionaries" His
position was weakened by the death of his
wife some ten years ago. but the king and
Gibson sent him in 1856 on their famous
battle ship kaimiloa, as ambassador to
King Malietoa Of Samoa, with whom kaia-
kaua sought to contract treaty of aln-
INNS prai in
In Religious Role.
Bush came back to find the reform party,
the missionaries" in power. and himself
out in the cold. He then took up reli-
,,ious role, joined some Seventh-day Adj
ventists, who were working in Honolulu.
was immersed, aud became a strict OBJ
server of Saturday as the Sabbath. He
built small chapel on his premises in
Printers lane" Whsre- he held forth, and
became known as s:Elder Bush" He also
became quite absuneng. and fairly decent
in life. He soon started weekly native
paper. devoted to reviing the reform party
and missionaries" Its name was ka
Leo ka Lahui'' (The Voice of the Ma
tion). 1t grew in time to be small-paged
daily, and has for years had separate edi-
tons in both languages.
Bush actively conspired with Bob wilcox
in his instruction of 1882 but at the mo-
ment of action hid himself and escaped
with immunity. Herenained loyal to IA
lakaua, but after NiIrUokalanfs accession
became ;alienated from, her, and extremely
bitter al ainst the QUEENS favorte, Marshal
c. +. Wilson, the capable Tahitfan half
white. Bush was elected TO the legislature
of 1852 as "hbsralss': There he and Will
cox all through the long session worked
against the queen and Wilson, aud their
national party, and helped the reform
party to GUST three successive cabinets and
install the trusted Wilcox-Jones cabinet:
II hos he If no la g n
1892 Bush in the legislature constantly
used the foulest language about the
queens relations with Wilcox, and employ
ed similar terms in his paper, ka Leo.
Why He Supported the Queen.
Just at the last Bush and Wilcox be-
came disgruntled with the reform cabinet.
because they did not hasten to remove Will
son from the Office of marshal, not think
ing it wise to take severe measures in
haste against the queens desires. They
helped at the close of the session to vote
the cabinet out, and Bush supported the
queen in her extreme proceedings "nicn
caused her deposition From that time he
resumed his old attitude as an actlFe sup
porter of royalty.
Thus the queen is. no longer strumpet
in Bush's estimation. She has become
sacred being, above all constitutions ana
laws. Bush has reverted from a white
reviler of royalty to his other heredlty
as a Polynesian worshiper of the divine
chiefess.
Trying to Incite the Natives.
Since that time IA Leo has taken the
lead of the three or four dirty sheets en-
gagged in firing the Kanaka heart against
the provisional government and Its success
sor the republic of Hawaii. Its leading
burdens of denunciation have been that the
writes are robbing the natives of their
country to give it away to the United
States; that they are about to deprive the
natives of their lands and drive them into
the mountain Businesses; that they nave
stolen the kingdom from the queen; that
they are turning all the natives OUT o. the
public offices, that the constitution OF the
republic disfranchises the natives, ETC. II
does not matter that all these ailesatlons
are prepcsterously false the changes are
so rung upon them and tney are SO null W.
the Kanakas, credulous and unthlnklng,
very widely believe in their truth
Besides this, there has been in Ia Leo
in common with other royal!st papers, but
with more INSCRIPTIONS confidence OF as
sertion than in any other, contlnuaf
stream of announcements, ever since
Blounts commission was heard OF, tnat
restored to her lost throne by the United
States when condign vengeance would
| be visited upon all disaffeeted Hawa1ians
| THESE assertions did net cease even win
| disavowing the Presidents Hawaiian pol
| icy. They went on with undated vigor all
| through our constitutional convention, and
survived the proclamation of the republic
| or July 4. Even Mr.. Glevelands recognl-
| ton of the republic was explained away.
| He was still intending to restore the queen
| The Hawaiians must. at all hazards, be
| kept terrorzed, so that they may not yield
allegiance 20 the new regime. But at last
| the accumulated recoanitions by all the
great powers presented4oo overwhelming
| mass of evidence that any 'restorat ton from
| abroad was hopeless. The queens commits
| sioners, Widemann and Cummings, re-
| turned from Washington from an nnayail-
| ing errand. Bush and Ka Leo could no
| longer keep up a Successful pretense-
After that returnaof The queens commits
| sion the tune changed. Nov the Hawaiiars
| must help themselvesF IA Leo became
| charged with half-veiied reasonable utter
| ances, summoning the people to action. re-
preaching them as daStardS, who would
| not unite to fire out their oppressors. From
| that time, early in September, rumors of
| conspiracy to overtnrp the. government be-
| came rife. and ka Leo was the head cen
| ter of disturbance. B Ishs former record
| hardly favored the theory that he would
| actually engage in so dangerous a. thing
| as an active conspiracy. But the evidences
| Of his intention to attempt such a move
ment so accumulated in the police depart