The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-05-16
SENATE CONTINGENT
ON PORTO RIeLKs
THEY FIND THE PEOPLE FAIRLY
wELL-coNoTTloNEo At
QUARANTINE.
Good Reports From Plantations
Hopes for chiIdren-sensse Does
Some Cutting Down in Salaries of
Attorney Generals Department.

The Senate was present IN force
yesterday fully armed with the salary
pruning Ratchet.
The morning session was spent
largely in talk The committed report
relative 10 the Porto Ricans was re
ceived and is as follows:
Your special committee appointed
under the House Concurrent ResOlu-
ton which called for Joint committee
of the House and Senate to ylsi. the
quarantine station and investigate the
condition of lot of Porto Ricans that
had just been landed from the s. s
Colon. beg leave TO report that in COM
pany with the House COMMITTEES We
went yesterday TO the wharf OF Quar-
sntine Island but were not allowed by
the Federal officer in charge 10 50 10
the quarantine buildings We, how
ever. saw most of the Porto Ricans
on the quarantine wharf. as they en-
barked on the boats OF the Kinau.
which steamer was then nearly ready
to start for Maui and Hawaii pnr
ton of the Porto Ricans were shipped
to Hawaii on the Mauna Loa in the
forenoon, some were sent to planta .
tons on Oahu. and large number
were shipped on the kinau to Hawaii,
leaving only few at the quarantine
station.
The general appearance OF this lot OF
Porto Ricans was better than we anti
cipated, although thew bore evidence
of poor living in their own country,
and your committee should say that
about zen per cent of them were troubl-
ed with what the medical member of
your committee, DR.. Russell. calls
Tropical Worm" a complaint which
/ is more or less prevalent among the
working classes here on these Islands.
DR.. Russell also believed that two or
three of the Porto R;cans had cyphGid
fever. but he could see no reason why
they should be further detained on
quarantine island, inasGuch as about
nineteen days had elapsed since they
left Porto Rico, provided the Board
of Health could find no signs of in
fictitious disease among the immi-
grants and further provided that their
clothes and personal etfects wer> thor
oughly disinfected. In this opinion
your committee concurred-
Your committee on investigation as
certaine that the immigrants had
teen thoroughly examined ard that
under the supervision of Messrs Char
lock and McVeigh, oft efrs in charge of
the quarantine station, they had
thorough bath at Quarantine Island
and that their clothes and personal
effects were thorough! disinfecteG in
the government disinfecting steam
plant. certificate to which effect from
said officers is herewith attached.
The Porto Ricans appear to be mix
ture of the Spanish race and the abort
ginal inhabitants of Porto Rico and
are somewhat like the Portuguese,
though as a rule not so robust. The
Porto Riean has no negro blood in his
veins, although there were one or two
part negroes in the lot.
There was quite a large percentage
of children in the lot. These We he
lieve will grow up in this country TO
be good citizens and Industrious peo-
| pie.
The report of most of the managers
of the plantations where the Porto
Ricans have been employed that have
been imported the last few months is
that their physical condition has much
improved since they arrived on the
plantations, and although poor work
men at first they are now as rule CIV
ing good satisfaction.
In closing, your committee wish to
reiterate that the Board of Health
should, before allowing Porto Ricans
to land here. exercise every precaution
| TO prevent the introduction Of small
| pox or other infectious disease.
Respectfully submitted.
H. P. BALDWIN.
n. Russell
d. KALAUOKALANI
House bill appropriating $4,000 for
the expenses of the extra session pass
ed second reading.
An attempt was made to refer the
items in the Appropriation bill for the
Judiciary Department to the Judiciary
Committee, but il failed by the Sem
ate taking a recess
In the afternoon the senators went
at the Appropriation bin and this is
the way they mutilated the salaries:
Attorney Generals Department:
| Attorney General $4,000; Assistant
TO the Attorney General, stricken out;
Clerk. $500: Clerk to High Sheriff.
| $1,000; Deputy High Sheriff. $4,000;
Lierk to Deputy High Sheriff. So 600;
Sheriff of Hawaii, $500; Deputy Sher-
i'll of Maui. $500; Deputy Sherin of
Hama. $500; Deputy Sheriff of Kauai,
| $500; Deputy Sheriff of Koolaupoko
$1,000: Deputy Sheriff Of Koolauloa.
81, 900.
The pay OF the Hawaii. Maui and
Kauai police was referred TO special
committee consisting Of c. Brown,
Paris. Nakapaahu and White
The pay of the Oahu police was re
ferred to another special committee
One or two other items were re-
ferred TO special committees, but final
". in the midst OF tumult of objec-
tons. the Senate adjourned
Copper deposits in the province of
e panto. near Mount Data, P. L, have
n