The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05
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 2 I-nder':tbe administration of his prede cessof' the office remained open until D. m. : and as already stated there was no eoInpIaint:
 masters of vessels which have the mis- fortune to arrive with passengers from foreign: ports at other than the ofnce hours of. the Commissioner or 1mmigra- .ierf: In such cases 1t is not practicable for the masters to send special Commits sioners over to Oakland to dig up the official in order that the passengers may be allowed to land, after they have been passed upon by the quarantine officer and the custom house officials. In fact there would De no loss if the office were to be abolished rather than to be mismanaged so grossly as 1t has been under the so- called administration of Lawyer North.
 The latest complaint is made by Cap tain L. H. Hubbard of the American brigantine S: N. Castle. The vessel ar rived from Honolulu last Sunday night, May 29, at 10 o'clock. She was boarded by the quarantine and custom officials, who declared the ship and the six passen- gers free from disease and entitled to free pratique and the privilege of dock ing and landing. But the Commissioner of Immigration was represented neither in person nor by deputy. The law re- quires that upon the arrival of a vessel from a foreign port and carrying passen- gers, the passengers shall be examined by the Commissioner of Immigration and Immediately allowed to land if there be no lawful objection.
 The passengers on board the Castle were American citizens. all returning from a trip to Honolulu. They were A. H. Me Cherney,. Charles Rhodes, s. M. Corke, Mearle Rhodes, Mrs. M. B. Rhodes and Dr. c. M. Pease, all of them reputable and well-to-do citizens. Dr. Pease Is from Los Angeles and had taken a sea voyage for the benefit of his health.
 They naturally chafed under the delay and Captain Hubbard. who spares no pains to make his passengers comfortable attendance of Commissioner North or one of his deputies. At o'clock on the fol- lowing morning, which was Memorial Day, he dispatched his mate to the office the office was closed. He could not be found In the Mills building, he could not be discovered anywhere in San Fran cisco.
 wanderings, visited the Custom-house. where he found Deputy Surveyor St John. who telephoned, for the Commis- cluding the boxing thereof. But the Com missioner could not be located. The mate returned to the ship and made his re- again, all to no purpose. The captain re- gardful of the rights of his passengers. allowed them to land about noon of that day.
 MT. North's office was opened for busi- ness on Tuesday by his three deputies, and when he learned that Captain Hub
 
 gers prisoners for more than thirty-six hours to suit the leisure of the Commis- sioner he was indignant and caused to be transmitted to the captain a typewriter demand for six thousand dollars penalty for discharging passengers without leave Captain Hubbard has refused to pay the six thousand dollars for the purpose of gliding the dignity of an absentee Com missioner. and will contest the matter in the courts. so that the question may be settled as to whether the travelling public Is to be subject to the whims and caprices of a derelict and incompetent Commis- sioner
 Shortly after the appointment of MT. North 1t was stated in confidence by some of. his friends that he did not intend to give up his law practice because of the duties devolving upon him as a Federal .appointee. that he would not tie himself :to the Federal office, but would continue . his law practice as usual, and thus draw down remuneration from his clients and the Government at the same time. -; The Commissioner office in the Fed eral' building was visited yesterday after Snoon at 1:30 o'clock but the door was locked and the Saturday noon closing mo- tice stared visitors In the face Twenty minutes later his partner in the law of fee in the Mills building informed the visitor that MT. North, both Commits sioner and lawyer, had gone home for the day.