The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-12-20
OFFICIAL IN DILEMMA
immigration Commissioner Cam
not Bring Himself to 0rdeP
a Mother Deported.
LAW SAYS SHE MUST GO BACK


Z to Little Ones and Refused to Her.
New York Authority Refers Case to
Washington For Decision.
New York, Dec 90. Robert q.
Watchorn is commissioner of immigra-
ton, but Mr. Watchorn is father.
That's why the commissioner of immi-
grafton for the first time in his life
has refused to obey the law, and that
is why little Jewish mother is not
yet torn away from the bosom of her
family, as the law prescribes she shall
be-
Commissioner Watchorn as an Of
fetal decided that as the mother was
suffering from a contagious disease
of the eyes she would have to be de-
ported. He has tried three tiQes to
carry out his duty to the government,
but each time his feelings as man
and father have baked him.
He just can't do it, so he Is going to
let the man higher up" in &shing-
ton pass final judgment upon ne fate
of the unfortunate woman.
Itg'g yzl erg is a prosperous tailor
in ABBY ia ea5e here five years
NO wn sgt daug ter, WHO has
kept ho5fse f3g ANA ever inee. Weiss
berg app cd for aaship papers and
recently decided TO send for bis wife,
Goldie who arrived last week on the
steamer Rhein, bringing with her four
Young children.
Father Comes to Gress Fairly.
Weissberg was at Ellis IS id to
greet his family. His face was ceath-
ed in smiles when be saw his younger
children, but he thought it strange
that his Ni5e was behind bars and NOT
permitted to greet him prAberiy.
The doctors told the tafor that his
wife was suffering from trachoma and
could not land. The four children
might stay, they said, but the wife
must go back to Europe.
"But abe has nobody there" he
cried. "She has no home nowhere to
CO."
Mr.. Watchorn. the Official. heard the
case IN the board room. He saw the
little woman with the hair straaked
with gray, with the sad appealing
eyes and the mute. trembling lips The
official saw the little family at her
side, ana he saw the father aud the
eldest daughter in the other corner Of
the room.
Must Abide by Law.
The fatherly WatchoRu lip began to
tEemble The majesty OF the law was
in peril The official watchorn lip grew
as rigid as death. 'Take them away
Ssaid the official Wstchorn. '.shen
have to go back And as though squar-
ing accounts with something within
his heart the Official added:
Il can't help it.
So II was arranged that the woman
should be returned on the steamer
Yorck. The representative of the law
in blue uniform and brass buttons took
the little woman toward the steamboat
that was going to transfer her to the
Yorck
as brass buttons told. the Hide Rus
sian mother that she might say good
" W 1Oul tHtlSAlCn LID
official Watchorn came in. The mother
caught sight Of him. and before he
realized what had happened she was
on her knees and begging him between
sobs not to part her from her chill.
dren.
Golden Rule Above Statute.
Watchorn thought of section some
thing or other, which made it manda-
tory upon him to deport the woman
That was the official Watchorn. The
unofficial Watchorn thought of gold
en- rule be once learned in Sunday
school,
Twice after that the start of the wo
man for the steamship was made. but
each time the official Watcher let sem
timent get the better of duty, and the
little Russian mother still is separated
from her family and waiting to be de
ported.
But if she is to be deportsd some
body in Washington viii have to do it,
for -Watchorn the man will not let
Watchorn the official obey orders,