The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-21
Porto Ricans Due
To Reach Here
Today.
THE EXAMINERS
USUAL HORROR
The Yellow Journal Tries To
Scare Them From
Sailing.

night the cars In winch the llo
l. Porto Ricans en- route to Hawaii
are slowed were, in obedience to a
late order, attached to a freight train
at Indio and started north. 1t is under
stood that they will arrive here about
10 o'clock a. m. today and that they
will be hauled from Los Angeles to
Oakland by a special engine.
The Rio de Janeiro, on which it has
been planned to embark the company
for Honolulu, is advertised to sail from
San Francisco at l o'clock next Friday
afternoon, SO that it is clear the three
carloads of exiles will have to be
rushed from Indio to Oakland on ely
: err time in order to connect with the
steamship. To appreciate the signifi-
canoe of this it is essential to have in
mind these facts:
First-From New Orleans to Indio the
cars occupied by the Porto Ricans were
attached to freight trains-now to one,
again to another, hauled slowly, not
'halting for considerable time at any
city of Importance.
Second-At Ndio the cars were side
tracked last Sunday morning. They
ihave been there ever since.
Third-Indio is little oasis in a vast
desert. 1t is mere hamlet. 1t can be
!, reached only by trains of the Southern
lPacific system; is not accessible by tele-
!phone, and Is one of the most isolated
railway stations In America. sN
Fourth-The stay in Indio was not re-
/ 'quired by any needs OF the Porto Rf-
Jeans. "a.
Fifth-The delay at Indio necessitates
abandonment of the freight-train plan
and obliges the railway people, in order
to get the travellers to Oakland in sea-
: son for sailing on the Rio de Janeiro, to
rush them. through the populated re-
lgions of California on fast passenger
time without stops en- route sufficient
v Ito permit them to get into communica-
tion with persons who would be dis
|posed to investigate the case.
AFRAID OF PUBLICITY.
The slave traders are afraid of pub
.ilicity -
u Things done well and with care
le exempt themselves from fear" but
e, here there is palpable shrinking from
It the digest, and the speed Of a Southern
:, Pacific locomotive is apparently de-
pended upon as their principal protec-
le ton from further injury.
z, I say their principal protection" be-
Is cause manifestly they are counting or
the childishness and ignorance of theil
Victims as an important aid to the enc
10 they have in view-just as they have
ne counted on them to accomplish tina
s. which has already been accomplished.
~ It is we'll that this last proposition
ly be distinctly understood.
OF These Porto Ricans are by heredit.
x irresolute. They are temperamentall.
r. prone to postpone every difficult duty
s. every large decision, co the uttermos
ly moment In that they are strfctl,
We Spanish Thus it is that instead Of TAX
r. ing a stand forthwith for their right
20 (as they conceive them to be) they ar
Ideferring action until the Termination
al of the railroad Journey.
a Again, they are temperamentally gay
10 light misunderstanding trouble in tn
as face only spasmodica1ly as rule.
N, this they are strikingly like our South
wv ,ern negroes. SO 1t happens that the
y. are easily diverted from considerable
en- of plight which when they think of
d. fills some eyes with tears and puts
n others the gleam Of fierce resentment.
,e' DENSELY IGNORANT OF LAW.
n Furthermore they are densely ignoi
ant of our laws, can speak no languag
20 but Spanish. and. having thus far bee
prohibited from free communicative
with Spanish-speaking inhabitants
the United States, have only an ea
Itremely vague notion OF what the
to ought to do to accomplish their gres
idesire-escape from the men VINO nav
,,.s deceived them. Another point worth
of attention In this regard is the
ny want of organization. their mon-hH
ne ne qualities. They do not comprenen
RAJ RAJ the need of concert of action any mol
ct. than unframed children would compr'
rn- hend.
the Plainly. 1t should not be difficult
ers nlace them aboard the Rio de Janeir
raj as the plan now stands-eager thous
tea they are tonight to return to Porto r
'o ~. co. They will be interested by the rap
as ride through California and stunned
the hustle and strangeness at the raj
road terminus. Hustled by men tn
the are intelligent and more determine
ced than AIves and Rumble, they will
er- aboard ship before they fairly knc
what Is or has been happening.
mr. Notwithstanding the threats of t