Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-01-21

public schools Of Maryland. The next state
ment was about the resort TO the courts, and
what would have followed the appellant Can
derson's) success This is not refuted and
stands uncontradicted. So no Lie here again
Why did the Governor direct the Attorney
General to appear in the case, If the state
ment OF the Board that the success of the APP
peal was the destruction Of the public schools
OF the whole State, was not correct? Upon
no other ground could the Governor have in
terposed.
Now as to the 'insult'-who threw the
first stone? The very first official act Of this
Board was denounced in your columns as tan
outrage" only another word for insult
Was this no indignity2 Soon followed the
locking OF the door OF the Office an denial OF
access thereto. Was this no indignity2 End
The notice to the county collectors and the
Comptroller at Annapolis Was this no in
dignity 3rd. Then summons before the
Circuit Court Of Anna Arundel county, a for
eign Court. Was this no i1dignity? 4th.
Then the public denuuciation of the unfitness
OF our appontee, the worthy and efficient
Secretary, Treasurer and Examiner of this
Board. Was this no indignity2 9Th. And
then the prayer for injuncion-that we
should not be allowed to receive any of the
money OF the State or perform any of the
functions of the office to which we had been ap-
pointed. Was this no indignity2 9Th Verify,
never were more persistent efforts made pub
licly to brand board as unfit and unworthy
to discharge the dusties of the Office to which
they had been appointed.
But oh tie purity Of the judges, their up
rlghtness must not be contaminated by ap-
pointing County School Commissioners. They
must be clad in coat of mail and an armor
OF steel to save them from contact with the
people. How beautifully this will suit some
OF our would-be aspiran,s to the bench, and
how thoroughly in contrast with The habits of
our people and the genius of our govern
ment. Chief Justice Marshall and Chancel-
Tor Wright OF Virginia, delighted in their
day, when not on the bench, to coma down
among the people and serve them in State
conventions, and as electors of Presidents and
Vice-Presidents, and whoever dreamed that by
such service they either soiled their ermine or
impaired the uprightness Of the Judiciary.
Chief Justice Buchanan Of this State ac-
cepted an appointment by the Governor as one
OF the commissioners TO nego,is ste the SO, 0O0,-
900 loan, and no one dare suggest that by
that act he had exposed the judiciary to the
least suspicion of corruption. Judges Dorsey
and Chambers served in the Reform Conven-
ion OF 1850, and at home as trustees Of schools
colleges and banks, besides other civil trusts
and ppointments-Judge Carmichael the
same-and no one ever thought of calling
their integrity in question. Judge Brown
and Dobbin, of Baltimore, and the whole
bench of the Court of Appeals are now act
ing as Trustees of st. Johns College, and q
part them for the Johns Hopkins Unworthy,
both corporations like our public schools,
with large financial disbursement and SUPER
visions-a power not given to the judges over
the public schools
But still that big and convenient word fun
constitutional" Row il helps out speech
upon the hustngs, in the Senate or before the
Court, and certain lawyers at Rockville nd
Judge Alvey have pronounced the school law
unconstitutional. Let us test these opinions
by acts, and by that test, we find that % out
"a Judges Of the Circuit Courts of the State
are now and have been for the last ten years
making these appointments and executing
this law. More than this, we find under vari-
Gus forms this same law repeatedly brought
before the Court of Appeals, and in this
Montgomery case where the constitutional
question was raised and squarely met-we find
this same Judge whose opinion is 80 strongly
relied upon by the attorney sitting in the case
and not one word of dissent or complaint
about its being in conflict with the consttu-
ton. Is it not time to be done with this big
convenient word, Unconstitutional"
The BOARD.