Mr. Chairman. a great deal of friction has arisen in the administration of the present immigration law. It has occurred chiefly between the commissioners of immigration and the collectors of the ports. There seems to be a unanimous voice on the part of the old commissioners of immigration of New York. on the part of the present superintendent of immigration at New York and his assistants. and of gentlemen who have paid attention to this question all over the country. that immigration should be placed under the control of one official head. some one officer disassociated from any other office of the Government. For instance. it has cost this Government $9.000 in the last six months to pay for the care and watching over of detained immigrants. whom the superintendent has decided to retain until he can receive the approval or rej ection on the part of the collector of customs of his decision in that matter. There has been since 1882 up to this hour a constant friction. so much so that Secretary Manning himselfsaid that the present system ought to be abolished.
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