Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-01-21
SLATED
TOLOSE HEAD.
immigration Commissioner at
San Francisco Will Be
Displaced.

WASHINGTON, January o'-rleS'-
der. Taft and Secretary OF Commerce
and Labor Nagel have finally decioeo
/ that Hart II. North, Immigration Coih- (,
missioner at San Francisco, must 60
North was suspended last May tpen"-
ing the investigation of charges lhaC
had heen made against him, ana MS
fricnd, have nut up Il strong but los"
limo fght TO secure his reinstatement
and Vindication
The reports of the agents sent W
SAN Francisco to investigate Norln
conduct of the Office were all against
Ibim and he has been informed thaC
he must so. Secretary Mayer 'aNo'
tho Ground that under the Hart reg
i,nc fine immigration Office nj oan
Tr,ncisco has been subjected TO SO
much criticism and there has been SO
much dissatisfaction that the loioo
has Lecomc demoralized, ana lhaI W
retain North in office Would oe "
invite n continuation of the scandal
ous conditions that have so long eX-
listed on the Pacific coast
President Taft is thoroughly III ac-
cord with the decision of the oecre-
torv and the friends of North rea-
lize that they cannot save nm. for-
NAL notification OF his removal lioh
office will be sent to North at once
His friends have already Wlreo HIN
that he is to be ousted.
If Is not likely that Norths sue
cegsor will be named immedlately'
certainly not until the California
Senators have had an opportunity 10
agree mon = man for the place.
If is stated that North's charges
against Or. Gardiner Interpreter anu
inspector at San Francisco, 1alieu vi
subS,antiation.
The investigation Of the San FRAN
cisco station will continue under the
direction of Acting Commissioner Lu-
thor c. Steward, now in charge
Tho above report from Washington
i, commented on by the San Francisco
Chronicle in part as follows
Almost from the first day that Nor'h
was named for the Office OF lmlnlera-
ton Commissioner in this city he mas
been in trouble with the local CUSTOMS
officials and with his subordinates Ill
the Immigration bureau. He has peeh
continually in hot water with MS as
socia, cs, and his troubles finally cul-
\ Minated in the filing of charge against
| glim last May by Inspector Frank ~
/ AineWorth Just what these charges
/ were has never been disclosed, puC
l thew included allegations of lncom-
4 nctency and fayoring the admission
| OF Ilndoos.
I!indGOs Start Trouble.
| II was The quarrel over the admls-
| sion of Hndoos that was primarily
l RESPONSIBLE for the downfall OF North.
| Ainsworth was chairman Of board
larpointed to pass upon the eligibility
of Asiatic immigrants, Last April the
board decided that a band OF thirty
| FIVE Hindoos We're Objectionable under
the law, and should be deported. I'M
mediately following this decision
North conferred with inspectors Crit
| fifth and Robinson, the other members
of the board, and they then reversed
thcir decision Ainsworth protested,
| and was promptly removed from the
| board and assigned to duty at Melggs
| wharf.
l Ainsvomh retalliated by filing
| charges against North with the Sec
| retarv of Commerce and Labor. This
\ was in May, and on October Z'th
4 North was suspended on the report OF
Samuel Bond confidential agent OF
| the department, who had been sent 10
San Francisco to make a secret in
1 vestigatiOn
| Pestcrcd Washington.
| North had an unfortunate habit OF
| Fostering the authorities at Washing
| ton with complaints about anybody
| and everybody who incurred his dis
4 pleasure. lie complained about Col
lcctor of Port f. S. Stratton repeated
l " and was sharply reprmanded for
his trouble.
North could not be located yester-
| day, but he has repeatedly declared
that he would not resign. Conse-
quently it looks Us though he would
l be removed from office
There will be no dearth of candi-
] dates for the position of immigration
Commissioner. The appointment if
| for four years and pays $4,000 wear
Some of those most prominently men
| toned for the place are W. v Stat
| ford, president Of the I1arbor Com
mission John W. Mott, Arthur Mac
Arthur and John McNab of Mendo-
1 elmo county. .H,.