The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-16

arc considerably less than tho 100000 In
sum represents the amount received by tb,
Auditor In that period; but the board toet
5sab n.y. fSesa e zee to
shsu, s b paid Into the treasury during IN.
sitie showing. This can be ,substantiated
a: least some si5 900 or $4,000. septembsr
receipts should be three or four times as
large as those or any other month. and thi.
report includes practically tho revenues Of
/ two Septembers.
This may not be any new information to
you. but as you asked me to give you any,
assuring you that shall always be glad 10
aiice can in the protection OF these IN
dutrics with which our people arc so deep
" eon ..vs,S ,lu, am .o,..
wv. A. JONES"
On February 18th Mr.. Rev received
the following letter from Mr.. Jones:
MY Dear Mr.. Rew.--1 received letter
from the Hon. II. II. Houston on yesterday
stating that you had read in executive ses-
sion portion OF letter received from me.
| In which attacked the Board OF Fisheries
and Its report He said It's contents were OF
such nature that. in his Judgment, It
OF the letter 'in toto with authority to him
| to use II outside OF executive scsslon.'
replied AZ once and send you herewith copy
| OF my letter.
mot having heard from you on this sub
| ject do not know what portion OF my let
ter you read, but do know that y contained
did contain criticism Of the financial state
nent set forth In the report but that report
| right that any other citizen of Virginia had
and shall never hesitate to exercise 1t. to
criticize any public document which think
| subject to IT, To-day's Times Dispatch
| contains some rather vicious and. think,
wholly unJusthable attacks upon me- hold
myself responsible for my criticisms Of this
report. They both legitimate and
proper and have not as yet observed that
ANYBODY who has taken exception TO them
cular In which they were unfoundad
Nobody knows better than Mr.. Lee tina.
/ did not sec the editorial in tina, paper. 10
which he and others seem to object 80 siren
ue usly. for several days after It's publication
ana i had no knowledge that 1t would ap-
| pear. I presume that SIR. Lees purpose In
| cnGeavoring 20 connect me with II Is 10 di-
yer, attention from my perfectly legitimate
and proper comm ents upon the report OF
the Board OF Fisheries. which no honest and
fair-minded man would describe as an at
| tack upon tho board. II shall ever find II
necessary to make an attack upon any mem
Der of the board shall not hesitate to do
80. but shall do 1t over my own signature
81 have good reason for believing that Al
least 90 per cent of the receipts from the
fish and oyster industry for the month OF
september, 1907. were paid Into the treasury
before the la. of October. and. therefore.
embraced in the last report of the Board Of
Fisheries. also believe that largely more
| than 30 per cent OF the receipts for the
this report. / think am Justified. there
fore, in saying that practically all the re-
ccjpts for these two months are embraced
In this report know the inspectors were
urged TO pay In their collections for 1907
| before the LIST of October. and that in the
| second and more urgent request made upon
them by Chairman Lee he insisted that the
l@r. ~. t., t,.fA t,A TT Mt
tober. and suggested that the reports might
fellow. But need not repeat what I have
| already written You upon this subject
II stand ready to make good my state
ments in regard to this matter, or at least
to produce the evidence upon which they
! are based, and which believe amply sup
ports them. But. as I have said. the records
OF the board kept in Richmond city VIII set
Ito 1t. and hope that you. as chairman Of
Tributaries, Will have the boards messenger
produce these books before you 30 that YOU
may examine them for yourself.
II have not the slightest objection to t'ie
publication OF the letter which wrote you.
and my reason for writing Mr.. Houston that
declined for the present to send him
copy. as he requested. was that was hour
ly expecting TO receive letter from you
on the subject. As my letter was in re-
1t would not be doing you justice to publish
1T without first obtaining your consent 1
much of IL you had read, and as much OF
1t did not relate to the report of the Board
OF Fisheries. and none OF 1t could be con
Was proper to decline to permit its puhica-
ten. Now that It has been stated In print
beard. desire its publication. and shall
be glad to have you turn 1t over to Tho
Times Dispatch for this purpose l have no
letter. or the hrst letter which wrote you
in response to your telegram, and these are
Only do not object TO having all the
world know that favor preserving inTio-
late the natural oyster rocks of Virginia as
the state. but wish 1t known that shall
be- willing at any time TO use every particles
OF Influence which may possess with any
member Of the Legislature In order 10 secure
to the peops OF Virginia their inalienabie
right to such natural oyster rocks.
1.-The charge that Is made to the effect
that I attempted In my letter to you to i'm
properly Influence legislation. and that L
am. therefore. doing myself what ! mayo
he: etoforc criticized by another. Is paipaeis
attempt to obscure the issue by creating
an absolutely false impression Such inssn
untions as these will never deter me from
doing what I can with the Legislature OF
Virginia to protect what believe TO be the
hest and highest interests Of the people who
Eave so long honored me with their conn.,
derce and support
IF the reports which come to me are true.
the man who has constituted himself my
critic In this regard has not only been in
Richmond during most of this session OF the
Legislature for the purpose of intluencins
LEGISLATION hu, he has been there ior ,ns
money into his own pocket In nothing that
I have written you so far have undertaken
to Influence legislation but stand ready
to do so to the extent OF my ability when
in my Judgment, the interests OF the peo-
pie who have so long honored me. and
among whom live, are attacked, whether
the attack comes from within OF without
T:dewater Virginia.
IT trust for the reasons I have given
YOU. that you will consent to the publica-
ton OF my letter to you and Il you think
the public will feel any interest IN ANYTHING
/ have said in this. I shall be glad to have
you publish 1t also Indeed. its publication
would explain why / declined to send MI
Houston copy OF my last letter to you.
Again assuring you o, OF my willns n ST, 70
tee. the Ash and oyster Interests of Tide
water Virginia, I am, as ever,
Your friend. ". A JONES"
The letter OF Mr.. Houston referred
to by Mr.. Jones was as follows:
Dear Sir,-I have your letter OF February
sth in which you say that the Hon. John
r. Rew.in executive session read part
OF a letter from you (me) addressed to him:
in which you (1) attacked the Board of
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