Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-16

sN"e uoS pdSSeu DtlNtcH' MT. Hi
and myself on this matter. wrote Mr.
t19Ie.
!, "Consueio, La,
April 10Th, 1916. :
Hon. r. L. Hill.
Lake Providence. La.
Dear Sir
Il was sorry to see by your letter
published In Times Picayune of 18th
that you had resigned from the Levet
Board
! Your letter states that you are moi
in harmony with the Board and cas- {.
reflections on the acts of the Board q.
whole. without particularizing.
In justice to the Board as a body
think 1t Is due that you state the
reason for your resignation
Yours truly, -
"F. C. RHODES,
| N"President,
Fifth Louisiana LeTee Board
Hr. Hill replied as follows:
Lake Providence, La.
April 2-end, 1916
MI. f. C. Rhodes. Pres.
| "Consuela, La.
my Dear Mi. Rhodes.
| Your letter referring t0 what ycu
term reflections upon the Board as q
whole in my resignation is received
My personal esteem for all the mem
bers of the Board is such that.I do not
think the airing OF my political differ
lences with majority thereof can sub
serve any good purpose at the pres
ent time
Yours very truly.
''R. l.. HILL"
In reply to thai, on the 29th | wrote
Mr.. Hill as follows
Coasuelo. La.
April 29th, 1916.
Hon. r. l.. Hill. u
Lake Providence. La.
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 22nd just reached me
yesterday. II does no; eatisfa ctorily
explain your letter of resignation
You state in your oDen letter, 4
disapprOve Of the methods persued by
the Fifth District Levee Board and
have been unable to q anything to
"oi lttS ~ u SOliiI OIL.
II have no recollection OF your CD
jecting TO measures tbs: were passed
by the Board and tN'nii the records
will bear me out, thai every resolution
offered by you (since the primary or
ganization of the board) received the
support of the majority of tia mem
bers. You further state. Sine | haze
no sympathy with political machines
and the waste Of the peoples Money to
further private political ends This
sentence. especially demands IN ey-
PLANTATION, If there is any of the
Boards money being expended for
building up political machines. and TO
further private political ends; you
should specify in what manner. that
an investigation may be made.
The Board will demand that these
charges be cleared up. To my know
ledge no politics has ever entered into
the actions of the Board.
Awaiting an early reply, am
Yours very truly.
&c. RHODES,
President.
Mr.. Hills reply to that letter on
May 18th, is as follows:
Lake Providence, La, May 18th, 1916.
Hon. E C. Rhodes,
Consuelo, La.
Dear Sir
81 had expected to see yon this week
but find ! have been unable to do so
In reference 70 the matter Of my res g
nation from the Levee Board and tie
charges which you seem 10 think rs
stated in your letter of Jbe 99th y +.
demands moSe complete cxc,anati n.
! will say that have no desire 10 IT.
tack any one member OF tho Boa d.
The complacency with which tie
Board as q whole received your fg-
ures on the expenditures for high
water. showing expenses in some Par
ishes three or four times as much as
in others. with no explanation as to
the reasons therefor, | thought sig
nificant-implying an Indifference as
to how the peoples money was being
spent or as not wishing an attempted
with each members
of spending whatever he
pleased for high water expenses. I
cChCfC thlo vi the al
lowing each member to spend the
Boards fund AID libitum. without
question by anybody, is rotten. The
Board is to be blamed Another thing
Mr.. Rhodes. did not like. Why did
You not give the expenditures to the
public in such shape that each men,
ber's expenditures would be shown? l
certainly am not responsible for any
Dne's acts except my own
Yours truly, =
"R. L. HILL"
By Mr. Young: Mr. Rhodes, could
The expenditures of East Carroll be
ascertained so as to show the different
spent in the different por-
ions of the Parish?
By Mr.. Rhodes: Yes. there is one
pill that was approved jointly. /
couldn't say if that bill would show
{. In others l think we have the
separated. There were
wo bills. In the bill approved by the
Board. ] could not say to which part
If the Parish it applies
BY Mr.. Mcclellan: Mr.. President,
n the answers that Mr.. Hill made to
he interrogatories of Mr.. Young, it
eems to me that this Board has moth
ng to do with this matter whatsoever.
lie absolutely disclaims any intention
II insinuating or rejecting on the |
Board. His statement read today in
which he does not call names. speaks
II his colleague, and every one knows
1ho he means. 1t calls for either a |
amage suit or a shot gun. They |
hould not bring it here and mess the |