The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-27

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the "REMINISCENCES LEES DIPLOMACY.
4, ,ho 90 Commissioner Mcdonald Lee it
IN Nv VIZ :, unthinkable that The Times-Dis-
in castilch in its efforts to protect the
chuirlfarc of Virginia, to uphold its laws.
never y to further the interest of the
Griscomter industry. can be actuated by
W. N.Y. other motive than personal
Coloneleen or private interests This
s so,e .ysthod of argument is familiar logic.
I'VE 4 this sort of waiing salves the
Woodrulings of Commissioner Lee, by all
s ~ let him indulge it, but we are
Mr. expressing ourselves to the people of
the mefginia whose rights have been
senunsglected All that Virginia wants is
sn',, .ults and the mismanagenent of the
MIR. 6uhle in James River gives small
ment tpe of ever getting results from the
49, tesent administration by the Fish
heard ees Commission of this state.
that CtT was MOI forced intoya truce and
Win It's prepared to resist the violators
ruff the law" Numbered Commissioner
y tie Yet the presence of some tongers
so o,. 90 lose four-s score tnaves in buckram
unwarI powerfully worked upon the imagi-
ever ktion of virsinia's ranking naval
Inc Ger that the admirable expedient
shairm surrender was adopted.
resentfCfucial period" Unnamed masses
Ifublic workers." answering law
n,nii as,IlSers with shrapnel," carnage on
ing It's, ! water" these are the horrible
dore 4ginngs that flashed across the
parry md of the rear-admiral Of the ar
to-dayred tonger. Commodore Maury. And
plunge Commissioner Lee is satisfied that
CONNIE truce was extorted from himA SO
a aleags it.
of theYet. over against this statement
the Pnnds the facts stated by Commits
,nnari ner Lee, in his own letter TO The
MT Trenes-Dispatch, that the tongers
to a He'd some stakes on or about August
ou1rIs,,th and under the tact, not cod
s.rat,ng," of the Commissioner the tong
static promised to pun no more stakes If
cation planters We're prevented from
Repre,king legal use of their leases
,'alu Meanwhile the tongers were not TO
SION kent from making legal use of their
Troy aging permits. and it nowhere APP
statears that it was not as easy for tho
Z
crow Ter the stakes We're pulled as it
suld have been for the planters to
&c on the public grounds under the
me conditions. This concession the
EaEers accented gracefully and some
-eks afterwards, according to Com
TT7ssioner Lee five hundred men ant.
w ienty women met and threatened to
II stakes again. The same .'tact, not
hdllng, which enabled Commissioners
&C. IN ms own language, to act with
Thu 'iomacy, that did not, tarnish the
Enf1esty of the law" again came to his
Chscue' and in order TO placate a class
gichich had already committed legal
ssongs, and was threatening to commit
Oyhers' the Commissioner of the BOARD
Bin Fisheries deliberately revoked tbo
we.enses TO planters who vHre n,..
fortown to be:off th.Gr legal ground In
ssStifying:his" fight to revoke these
ehses Commissioner Lee said
'redginS is drastic and IRRITATING.
sthod of operating, and the LegisIa :
re wisely endowed the Oyster Com
ssioner with arbitrary power n
sue or revoke such licenses because
the menace to the public property
d the public peace"
doubtless dredging is Irritating" %
commissioner Who has promised 10
thhold legal rights from those oner-
ing under leases from the State es
c1ally when those parties to the one
led contract rebelled But dredging
IS no more Irritating or drastic for
oyster or the public the day
fore Commissioner Lee revo1s "a
hcenses than it was last winter
n ,han 1t viii be when Virginia has a
Moper oyster administration.
NW me truth Is that the Board of risb :
NNses is allowed to revoke - droa,.ar..
hA iense as a drastic means for com
liins the dredgers 10 observe no
MWs OF the land. But when a dreare,
- not known TO have committed any
Fons. to indiscrimnately revoke the
'ense OF all because the Fish Com.
Hissioner is unable to deal win !,
TN(W individual cases is of itself n sun
Hent evidence of incompetencv an ~
rt Of the man charged with the
Ties OF the Commissioner of 1stsh-
a les Tor the State of Virginia.
commissioner Lee asks for oyido,,a
iaconipetency. He could want nd
s,ter proof than his own actions bayo
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