The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-12-04

ships list of passengers after the shores
of Madeira had faded from view. The
nationality of these mites, born on the
high seas under the British nag and
of Portuguese parents is debatsble.
but there can be no question concern
ing two of the youngest among the new
Corners, one OF them was born after
the Suveric had tied up at the dock
and the other after the mother had
reached the immigration shed. These
are full born citizens OF Uncle Sam,
born under the Stars and Stripes and
one OF them eligible to aspire to the
presidency. The sex OF the other will
bar her from looking higher than to
be mistress of the White House.
BEING WELL LOOKED AFTER.
Last night the Immigrants were
happy without an exception. They
were comfortably housed at the immi-
grafton office. comfortable hunks had
heen prepared for the tired women and
children and all had been well and
generously fed. Inspector Sargent had
charge of them and he had worked in-
defatigably to see that the new corners
were treated well and were given
everything possible to make them COM
Portable during the one or two days
they will spend there.
In his work he was able assisted by
the quarantine and immigration off,
GERS. from r. C. Brown, temporarily
at the head of the immigration office,
down to the several local Portuguese
pressed into service temporarily as in
ouei of n Mr. SAr-
gent and many of the men went with
out their own dinners until late into
the night that the wants of the new
arrivals might not be neglected
! SECRETARY ATKINSON WELL
PLEASED.
Prominent among those at the i'm
I migration office last night was Secre-
tary Atkinson, working with the others
to make the immigrants comfortable.
He is well pleased with the people who
have arrived and regards their arrival
as only a foretaste of what Hawaii has
to expect of the new immigration
movement.
This is the beginning of what Is
going to be a great thing for the
Territory" he said. This Is the first
fruit of the work that will show to the
world whether Hawaii Is to go for
ward or back. For this we have every
reason to feel grateful to Mr.. Sargent,
who has been body and soul in this
movement, not for Hawaii alone but
for the whole mainland 1t is most
gratifying to Lear him say that he is
well satisfied with these people, for he
has been behind the movement from
the start.
This Is the beginning. The first
shipload of these people is here and the
work of the Board of Immigration, SO
far as they are concerned. Is done.
Now ii is up to the people to see that
they are treated with absolute fairness.
to see that they get square deal.
1t is up to the plantations which will
get them to treat them well so that
The reports they will send back will
bring us others like them.
st is up to the government, too. to
be liberal in it's land policy. I hope
to see the Legislature appropriate
money to open the public lands, put
ting surveyors into the fields and
treating the people in way that Will
be an example to the plantation own
ers.
This. too. is feather in the cap
of f. r. Stackable, who has success
fully carried out the work he engaged
upon"
HAD A GOOD VOYAGE.
Captain Shotton reports having made
a good voyage, the weather being
pleasant except for a short time near
~ ha had
little difficulty, the immigrants with
few exceptions protesting themselves
we'll satisfied with the treatment they
received. That they were so was shown
by the number who insisted on kissing
the captains hand as they said good
by to him at the foot of the gang
plank.
There had been some little difficulty
just before the vessel sailed from
Funchal, number coming aboard
drunk and expecting TO find things
running in a routine when the ships
crew We're trying to reduce order out
of chaos, Not getting the meal they
expected when they first went aboard.
some forty families left the ship.
Their loss was not felt, however, as IL
was found shortly after the vessel had
sailed that there We're no fewer than
two hundred stowaways on board. all
young men nearing eighteen years old.
who migrated to escape the compu-
sorry military service OF the Portuguese
government.
There had been, also, n miS-up re-
garding the matter of baggage, some
dissatisfaction being expressed among
the immigrants because they had not
had access to their boxes during the
voyage. The baggage of the ones who
had left the ship AT Funchal had not
been delivered TO them, either, and
this was another source OF trouble, as
reported in the Advertiser some time
ago, the captain having had to file a
bond for the safe return of these boxes.
The trouble is due altogether to the
immigrants themselves. All were sup
piled with metal tags with numbers,
and had been given labels for then
boxes numbered 10 correspond with
their tags. This was for the purpose of
Identification, but failed to work. the
passengers in most cases packing thar
labels and tags carefully away In
their boxes. leaving no mark OF identi-
hcation. A good deal OF confusion is
eNpected today for the same reason