The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-16
.LEVEE TROUBLES BOTHER GOVERNOR Pro'eSt Is Made Against Gov-
 ernor NoePs Appointment BOARD IS IN A DEADLOCK
Director Rowland of the Department of Archives and History Receives Letter From Maine With a
 Tribute to Stephen D. Lee.

Jackson, Miss, July 15.-(Special.) )-Gov- crnor Noel is beset with levee board trou- bles again, same having broken out in q new place last night or today, when Messrs. Woods and Hebron of the Mis- sissippi levee district arrived in the city and entered a solemn protest against the action of the governor In having appoint ed Dr. R. P. Crump of Sharkey county president of the board. Governor Noel was informed last night that there was Q tie-up in this levee board-that the six members were evenly divided and unable 10 elect a president. The governor wired the appointment of Dr. Crump, and the opposition takes issue with him, declaring that his appointment is only temporary, and pending the election of a president by the board. However, there does not seem to be any prospect of such an cleo ton, the members of the board being evenly divided, and unless there should be a change on one side or the other, thus breaking the deadlock, the appointment of the governor will be pretty apt to stand. In view of the fact that three of these levee board commissioners were ap pointed by Governor Vardaman and three by Governor Noel there is small chance of any assertions from the ranks of either side, though Noel appointee Is support ing a Vardaman appointee for president, and vice versa, as both candidates for president were appointed by Vardaman.
 Messrs. Woods and Hebron conferred with the governor and consulted with the
 
 Jackson, but no conclusions satisfactory to them were reached, and 1t Is possibls that some kind of legal proceedings will be instituted to settle the matter of the right of the governor to make the appoint ment of a president, and which he claims under section 2372 (e) of the code of 1906. There being vacancy he filled 1t, and even if he had not Dr. Crump would have simply held over until his successor was elected and qualified.
 Director Dunbar Rowland of the depart ment of archives and history is in receipt of letter from Dr. Henry s. Burrage, historian of the state of Maine asking for a copy of his sixth annual report, and saying 'I have your earlier reports, and have been most favorably impressel by what have learned in these reports concerning the good work you have donc for the state of Mississippi. The Maine IllStOTlCdl uepdTtlHtHl IS three OTI lOuT years younger than the Mississippi de- partment, and has been built up very largely on the experiences of the depart ment here.
 In concluding his letter Dr. Burrage pays the following tribute to Gen. s. D. Lee, recently deceased:
 CT also wish to say that I can well un- 6erstand what loss you have suffered in the death of Gen. S. D. Lee l was with Grant at Vicksburg. When the Massachu- setts monument at Vicksburg was un- yelled in 1903 General Lee was present and made an address as patriotic as 1t was forceful. It deeply stirred my heart as read 1t, and 1 sat down and wrote him thanking him for its noble utterances. still have his noble reply. God bless him We cannot be too grateful that we have 1 had such men,