Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-05-17

explicit. They direct the immis, alton
| officials TO 20 through every steamer bring
| ing immigrants, to examine the condition Of
the passengers. ans. If they find any convict,
lunate, idiot, or any person unable to take
care OF himself or herself without becoming
pnbhc charge. they shall report the same
IN writing To the collector Of the port. and
such persons shall not be permitted tn land. :
Furthermore, "the expense of the return o.
persons not permitted to land .Sal be horne
b. the owi.ers Of the vessels in which they
came. Clearly, II any paupers are landed
al Boston. or anywhere else il is the fault OF
the officials IN charge. Governor Batter
says III were convinced that il was in
the powereof this commonwealth to prevent
their landing | should deem il ny duty to DO
50. II happens to he in the power of the
commonwealth to prevent il, and It also
happens that Governor Bu;ler has deemed
u his duty TO throw all the obstacles he can
IN the way of the execution Of that power.
Secretary Folger. acting under the pro
visions of the statute, has made a contract
with the Massachusetts, Board of Health.
Lanacy and Charity b, which they are put
m charge Of the immigration at the ports of
the State. Governor Butler refuses to- pass
thc warrants for the salaries and expenses
of the officers Of the Board. and 80 whlle
be writes TO Secretary Fnlgcr bewaiIing the
intaA Of paurers, he refuses a paw the very
officers whose duty it is to keep the paupers
out Bat It seems there have been no pau
per> TO Keep ont. The Governor evidently
wrote without lnquiring about The facts.
~ the time he wrote not only one but
two cargo.s Of .nssi,led Immigrants" had
been landed at Boston. Two DAYS before
be wrote his letter. April 26. the Superin-
tendent of the Poor made an official report
TO the State Board Of Health On the charac-
ter ofahese arrivals. In it he said that the
two cargoes comprised 7j7 persons, 1873 Of
whom were under fifteen wears of age, 233
between the ages Of fifteen and twenty five.
and 1879 between the ages OF twenty-five
and fifty-two. OF their condition the >u-
perutendeni SAYS;
All Of these people were supplied with
tickets to their several places nf destination.
and m addition thereto furnished with sums
of none, averaging about q sterling to
each individual FIVE hundred and ninety
three were iIcketed hc,ond thu State. and
al claimed 70 have friends at their various
places OF destination. Their points Of en-
haFkaiIon were Mov!ic Black>oa BAv and
Gal~a,. Their physical condition va. fully
up 10 the average standard Of immigrants.
three other cArgo,s ha,- arrived SINCE
tins report was made. Careful examination
ha, been made Of all Of them. ala the result
l. thus recorded b, the Ba,faH ifcerfiser
80 iAr a. ran be a>cerlancd ~ person of
the five different arrivals Of assisted na>,cu-
gers reaching tbs pari since Apr, 3 hA, be-
come burden tn the State. though ali
have paid the head none, Of half a dollar"
There j. not much len cf the Govern
ors' letter lie wrote that pauper- were be-
Ing emptied into the State IS cargo,,. and
be would deem Il nd, duty ID prevent il II
he had the power. The fact, Are that no
paalers have been ..ndrI that the State
has ample power tp prevent an, from be-
INK landed. anil ihIi Butter /, the ou,, Obj
stl,tr {" the cNrriuu ot that ps~er. Iai,
seems 20 b. another case .u which the Gov
crn"r. A. FranN BID! put, il. "ha> made a
b.anA foo. Of himself Bat hr ia, had ns.
name mentioned III the House " Com
mon, and j. prohaht satisfied With the Sue
cc,~ Of tal, characteristics nar,, II 'di.nl-
fed" craftsmanship. y }. Tltaae