, 1874-07-10
Wonderful Statements Of the Peti-
tion Filed by Garland.
Continuation OF. the Brown Trial.


and local jurisdiction thereof, aud that sal
church ia, aai has boon for tho last ton yoare,
corporation crcatcd by tho authority OF tle Stat
OF Illinois. and having a. Board Of TruBtoea au'
oshor officers, pursuant to tho provisions OF ith
| statute in such caaeB made aud provided.
Tho petition further ayors that tho Office o
Trustee in satd church is ono Of
GREAT TnuBT AND PROMINENCE
touching the govornmont mud afrairu OF said cor
| poration, and the administration Of tho tenpora
] and financial concerns Of tho said church, ;
ue further atatcs that, vacancy having 90
Cured In sasd Board OF TrustooH, md 1t llayiuf
become necessary to Ill sud vacancy, aud cleo
. Trnstpe for that pnrposo, tho ro1Rtor was, 0,
! or nbout the LIST day Of August. 1879,
LAWFULLY ELECTED AND QUALIFIED
Us ono Of tho Tguatoos Of tho church, and, on
membor Of aaid Board OF Truatoes, tho relate.
accepted, and hsia, and oxsoutod Baltl Office Ut
| to the prcaont time. aud has 1tovor bean In ans
mannor legally or properly removed from Haid
office, and that ho has mot resigned or forfeited
the same and ho is now, as ho verify believes,
lawfully omitted to t1so and exerotan satt Office,
and In tho due and.propor exercise Of tho aamo,
HG further avera that. according to The rules
regulations, uuatotns n!id uanRes Of said church.
there ia, and ot right ought to he, =
AN ANNUAL ELECTION
for members Of tho Board Of Trustees, in the
month Of March Of oach yoar, and II no Board Is
elacsod In Mnrch tllen tho 1uembera Of the acting
their respective o1ioos respectively, until tho
month Of March next following, and Until their
nuccoaaors aro o'eoted and qualified.
Ho aeaorta that thora vas no election Of Txus-
teoH hold In tho church In March, 1874, and that
the acting Trustoos hold over, and wore ontitlotl
to retaln Inch positions for the ensuing year,
and that according to tho rt1lcs, regulations and
oustoma OF said church, tho Office Of Truatoa ia
only an annual one, md no person can bo law
fully elected for moro thnn ono year, md that
tito discipline and laws Of said church cxpressly
provide that tho Trustoes shall bo elected in tho
aame 1naunor ga State and county oaieers.
Under tho rlleB Of the church eaoh Trustee
shal1 DO
NOMINATED NJ MALE 1tEMuEn
OF tho church, and elected by ballot by tue male
momboyB, ana tho fomale mombers cnunot, aud
are not allowed, to vote for aaid Trustoes or for
my othor officer OF Raid church, and That mon
only arc allowed to vote for uny purpose,
By tho law and discipline Of tho church, not
moro shan nfne nor loss tltan threo Trusteos
ahall bo elected, to servo Tor ono year, or until
their auccesaorH aro elected and qualified.
Tho petitioner avors that on the 27th Of May
lust ono ". @. Dandy, whom
GOD IN Ills 1NscnuTAnLK WISDOM
has permitted to curHe said church with his
nainlstration rs paator thereof since Sop.
tember, 1878, called q meeting Of his partt-
sans to assemble ut tho church, and cnu6cd
himself to bo nude chairman Of enid meeting,
and said Dandy then arbitrarily and unawiuly
appointed committee of fiyo paraons to soloct
laws and usagos Of the church. then and there
INSTRUCTED said Committee In sort Of political
speech to soloct nino TruHtoes for tho church,
three Of them to aoryo for tho period Of throo
year. Tho aaid Committee, being 10 wrougfnlly
and wfokoaiy instructed, did then mud there
neicot nino TrnHteeB, M follows: ARBalom B.
Moore. Horny Crippen, and EbonozorJo Jonnuga to
$A- Tn1...
/, Pattiaon, and J. s. Fulton to servo for two
years; and Charles Palmer, Jesse Craven, and
Samuel Brown for one yenr, and upon such
selection boing made by tio said Committee, Gle
said Dandy alao falso1y and wrongfully
INSTRUCTED THE WOMEN
and femn1e members present to vote for Haid
niue persons go SOLICITED, and stated that tIoY
were tho peraons to be voted for ~ Trustees,
and thorcupon all the female memlorA then
present voted for the said persons. aH instructed
said niue pctaonH duly oooted as 1ruBtees of tho
church, and no wrltton OF printed notieo Of aaid
election was given, posted or published.
TIE PETITIONER FUATAER AyEn8
that thetaottonB and conduct Of said Dandy ut
torly prevented o fair and free election Of frns-
teoa at said meeting, and CAUSED to DO eelectotl
partlaana and admirers Of himself, who would
ba in favor Of retainlnghtn anether Conference;
that Lis conduct IN tho promises was directed to
that end and Tor that purpose and was and is
In the church.
Tho potItiopor atatca thet there wore only four
vacancies in tho Board Of Trustoos on the 27th
OF May last, when said
iH0s
werc he}d BY said Dandy aud bis partlsana, and
that no loyal election could be held for more
than four Trustees until h1arcl, 1876, as no gon-
eraI election could bo hold until that tinle
He declares Tint tho election OF uino Truatoos
WIS fraudulent aud Illegal, and o groyous fraud
and oppression upon tho rights and intoresta Of
the members OF said church, mud thRt sud elgc-
ton, enginoored aud conducted in tho mnnner
aforesaid, was, aud is, utterly illegal and void,
and that said nine persons were voted tor by
women aud olocted by femalo yotos.
The petitioner further Bota forth that
THE sA1D NINE rEnsoNB
| above uamed Aaye unlHwfu1lY takou upon thom-
| selves tho dutioa Of IruRtoea, and layo uulaw-
fully usnrped and in.rudoa Into said otlco, and
functions sad d'duties OF the sa,ne, and NOW ua-
lawfully hold and execute said Office, and un-
lawfully proclaim themselves as the Board Of
Thorctore, the petitioner, at the instance ot
the relator, prayH that tho said Henry Crihhel,.
Abgalom D. Moore, Ebenezor Jonpings, john
| Draidwool, -Jamos L, PattAon, ]. 3. Fulton,
Charles Palmer. Jesao Craven, aud Samuel
brown, bo made darondanta herein, and that His
Honor viii er;ans leaye to tho potitionor to flo
quo warranto, in tho narso Of thc Pooplo
Of tho State Of Illinois, ngalnBt said defendants.
and that process iss,o out Of tho Court to conf
| pel said dofonlanta to answer by plea or otlor-
! swise, by nhort day, to bo txoa by btu Honor,
Judge FarWell entered
| TIE FOLLOWING ORDER
| Immediately utter the roallng Of tho petition:
pcopla OF rcl Thonina g. Garland w. IIerry Orlbbpn
| John Dradwood Ebouezer Ienpings, James l. Pull.
sou j. L. Fulton, ChurlcA Palmer. Jesse Ceaycu aa1n-
uol Drown. Upon reafng aid al!ng tho petition and
n1Dlaytt OF Thomas o. dar1un0, tho rclatoe hoyetu
nnd on motion Of Charles II. le01, States Attorney
ordered by the Court that the RESPONDENTS Henry
| Urbbon John urnawooii, EDcnDzor Jonnings, james
/, pataaon, J. l.. Fulton. Charles palsner, Josst
| Craven Batuel brown, ahoW tauao befort this Court
| On Mol.day mosAng noxt, 1n1y ID H. D. 1H7a why nj
Information III tho NAtare Of quo WarEANto shout
| not bo A!uA against them in this causo.
! THE IRA BROWN TRIAL.
! The trial ct Ira Brown, Trustee OF tue Adj
Street Methodist Church, charged with ofronce'
against hla paator and people, was contlnact
lAnt evening. There WAS a good aud!enc" l,
attorltlnnoe, tho proportion boing about two Il
oao In favor Of tho ladies'. There WAS aotn
delay baoa11ao at tho absonoo OF q mombor, bn
tho Chairman Anal'y ,nado tue ruling tint, aa
majority Of tho Oommittoo would dooIdo th
case, majority was oon,petont to hoat It, 80 til
trial proceeded.
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