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

lASnt " say Wudt 1 Olu. IL seems Il
me that while my name was not men
toned, at the same time You could
stell that was the one for whom al
lthis was meant. | felt this way; thai
could not stand here and be insultel
{ in any such way. l may have acted
hastily and want to apologize to the
Board for what | said; but I believe
feeling as l do, any member of the
Board would have acted Just as | did
n BY Mr.. Hill: Mr. President, | would
like 10 say that l am exceedingly sorry
that this difference, which is purely
a personal matter should have led tC
the disgraceful fracus that arose in
your presence and ii | am in any
way responsible, l want to apologize
abject,y Tor insulting you in this mat
ter. | want to say. however, Gen
tlemen, there Is misapprehensior
here. That man there who takes sc
/ much 10 heart, .his personal affairs
~ have never had any hard feeling
Il against him. This has not been done
by me aiming at Mr. Hamley, But God
1 knows it has been purely and simply to
correct what I consider an evil. How
are those things ever to 'De corrected
I or brought to the proper authorities
4 unless some man han Tpanbood encast
about him TO say they exist. Ii ha,
been the subject of comment by tho
members OF the Board; the extrav-
/ agance OF East Carroll Parish. Ye
when ! say that extravaganza exists
when I myself. was placed before n.
IN, oh ht- NOR,
sibility / am accused OF insnuation.
against my cOnferees on this Board
| am one OF the members of this Board
from East Carroll Parish; j am as re
sponsi5le for the acts of this Boart
kas any other man. and when the public
/ expenditures for this Parish, which art
the occasion of comment throughout
| the entire District, is brought up ant
( Is shown TO be so much greater thar
it is in any other Parish, |, as one
/ the members rom that Parish, an
shOulCered with the responsibility o
doing what IS known have always oil
! jected &c. Ny object was to let the
/ burden fail where it belongs. He ma.
/ be able to explain to the BOlrd II
/ Justice OF the expense incurred in h.
/ half CT yhe Parish. Can't You see IN.
| position?
! By Nj. Rhodes: Mr.. Hill l. don
think you have acred in proper man
ner in regard 10 this matter; IL yol
we're satisfied there were useless ex
penditufes that caused the bills t;
noun; UP. the proper thing would
have been to make a report to such
effect and then you should have caused
sn investigation of the expense made
as according to the report it woulc
show the expense of the whole Par
ish, and you are a member from that
Parish and would have been, as you
stated, equally to blame for any ex-
travagance. You should have called
the matter to the attention of thu
Board and asked that the bills be sep
arated. instead of rushing into pri1'
Immediately thereafter, and denounc
ing TIE whole Board for wasting mon
ey and building political machines. Il
you were satisfied that this was being
done in your District you should have
asked for an investigation. -
BY Mr. Young: l move that a Com
mittee OF three. none of whom are
members of the Board, and none Of
whom are residents Of East Carroll
Parish. be appointed by the Pres
ident. for the purpose of investigating
the expenditures in the Parish of East
~arroll. during the recent high water
ight Seconded by Mr.. Hill.
BY Mr.. Rhodes: I favor that motion
but would have Mr.. Mcfarland exam
;na that report.
BY Mr.. Hill: Before this motion is
nassed I'll would like to say this: In
Parish, ! do not know but what all
re honest and clean: these bills are
prof. ably all right. The only point
want to have brought out. is the Gus
tom CT practice of the loose. slipshod
method of conducting these fights,
known as high water fights by the
purchase of irresponsible parties of the
various things in the Parish. Neither
of us may DE responsible for the pnr-
chase o. all these things. Mr.. Hamley
may have left that after these things
had been bought they should be paid
for and suppose he paid some bills
he knew nothing about and had moth
ing to Go with. | o. KID some I knew
nothing about The thing ! criticise, is
the making of the bill, and not the
paying of 1t. And as | understand it.
the Committee to be appointed, would
be TO cover this.
Ply Mr.. Rhodes: have no idea of
investigating how it was expended;
simply for the purpose of investiga-
ting if there was any extravaganza. If
irresponsible parties buy, if irrespon-
sible parties spent our money, and If
the money spent. should not have been
spent: or if materials were bought that
should not have been bought. That
is what | want. All in favor of the
motion say aye. motion was carried.)
BY Mr.. Young: My idea was to have
an investigation to satisfy the people
was all
By Mr.. Mcclellan: understand
that Mr.. Hill recites that the money
being used was for political ends; that
would enter very largely into the ex-
animation and should be the basis of
each examination | think.
BY Mr.. Young: We are spending
the public's money for a most import |
ant purpose, and it is up to us to see
it is properly expended. and not for
foolish purchases; II that is ascer.
tanned it should be reported. 1t has
been charged that the money spent in |
East Carroll Parish was improperly
spent; that it was spent for building |
ND a political machine This would /