The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-04-29

least my with for Tho Board and
its affairs
The laugIagc used bY my letter the Governor
may have been no: well chosen. may produce loss of
confidence in The Board Mr. Hill mysclf) but have
fear that perfectly honest and truthful mt will
diminish the confidence anyone has in me.
As 30 the Board being political machine, will say
this: There fractional alignm the very first
meeting when the Board W. organized faction had
evidently caucuSsed and arranged a of t meeting
complete program toput through felt that whatever the
Board did then. well AL times should result from
open and free dis usSon by members that each should
have opportunity present his views in advance of
decisions every question In fact this the only course
If the welfare of the svee interest had been paramount to
To political interests. protested strpnuoIsly and as
vehementy could against any persons involved but
against the methods employed in conducting the affairs OF
the Board felt that the body in which thought would
have a voice and whice hal hoped to be of little
service to the taxpayers of the District machine in the
running Of VIII n my photograph would doubtless be
ee my person. should have resigned hit then
but for the fact that there few things had my
heart doing and hated quit without pshng
thing aIso reasoned that machines sometime bowup; that
Arguments made to meet political situations;
that the strongest political today political bed
fellows You will agree with that the recent
sgnments this District of influential members the
Board amply uses the will say by way of
that do not believe in either faction running things for
political purposes against both factions factions
when TO the officers employees and management Of
of service the sole qualification considered
Nov word Is to things wanted to help bring about
When wen; On the Board found there certain lands
suits penn the lover of the District where title
lands. reu- /, have been taken from the Levee Board
illegally wa II d. wanted these suits pushed be-
heved If private held lands of the Board illegally they
should be dsposesed ard lands buing
purposes The facts of the claimants having paid
Of five cents and small advaorem for number of
years did not make valid title done what could
To ,rot ,oottar l,,o
ton, but the now before the Supreme Court
Another matter had my heart set on was the enlarge
ment of BInches Bend Wilson Point and Cottonwood evees
in upper part Of East Carroll which with the exceo
ton of Red Bigg in Madison, regarded this long
eVee north OF Providence the the whole District
when | went the Board While tn Levee Boari and
State has done little nave been able get the Mississippi
liver Commission to take hold of this much needed project
and enlargement is now IN process OF construction.
Still another matter very near to ny heart; the
matter particularly wanted to improved This was the
cost OF high water fighting In the high water Of this wear
the first since have been the Board when the Board
made the fight and bore the expense he fight
was borne by the L. s. in 1913 by agreement to divide
territory East Carroll had charge the Board in the
half of the parish learned under the system of
the Board rather the lack system here is presented
opportunity for the full display of that fine called political
fence building Do any take advantage the opportunity?
ID ducks swim? And the most discourging thing in nv
efforts to get little value for what spending was the
evident lack of support by the people illustrate how they
cit, or rather how many felt will relate what heard
passed between two young in Providence few days
after the high water fight ended One two jealous friends
OF mine suggested to the other that of appreca
ton of efforts and holding the levee line in the
upper half of the parish given to me and he wod
suggest gold watch The other although he knew had
spent between five and six thousand the repv
Bob Hill has not spent money enough to entitle him to
Waterbury,
R. L. HILL
n cor Oy1oiIto
Mr.. Robert Hill, member of the Fifth Lou
isiana Levee Board The letter was
prompted by the comments that appeared in
the JOURNAL last week regarding the charge
made by Mr.. Hill that 1.-The peoples tax
money was being wasted 20 further private
political ends" and ard that for that reason
ne desired to resign from the board.
The JOURNAL called upon Mr.. Hill to
specify in what manner the peoples money
had been wrongly appropriated and asked
that ne give in detail the grounds for the
structures accompanying his resignation.
We submit to the people of the district
MIR. Hills answer, if answer it can be called;
the people can Judge from readingit whether
or not the charges made by Mr.. Hill are
justified or explained
We have no comments to make further
than to say that it must be gratifying to the
citizens of the district TO know that the
charges made by Mr.. Hill which at one
time looked serious have developed into
nothing more than trivialtieS that can be |.
dismissed with little concern. They belong
20 that type of attack, made up of glaringt
gencralties, that no longer demand serious
consideration. Mr.. Hills resignation on the
rx,.o,nd that ho ic not Gin ,-,,,1 r,,n III