The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-06-16
ONE ALL THAT IS NEEDED.
Two Boards of Election Supervisors Meet
ae Towson-Court will Have to De-
termine Which is the Right One.


termine Which is the Right One.
It was expected that one Board of Election
SuPervisors would meet at Towson on Tues.
gay, but as the day advanced it was disclosed
tnat there were actually two Boards assembled,
eacn Claiming to be legally constituted. One
6oard consisted of Messrs VIM. A. Slade and
Cnarles H. Wise, Democrats, and the other of
MI. Thomas M: Hill and DR.. Purnell F. Sap
pington, Republicans.
The first named Board elected Thomas ].
nunter, temporary secretary, and Arthur P.
Snanklin. counsel. while the second Board
eiected w. w. g. Stewart, secretary, and j.
Goodman Boyd. counsel
Some time since the Governor appointed
Messrs. Slade Wise and Hill as Board of
Election Supervisors for this county. AT the
time Of bis appointment Mr.. Wise was sick
with typhoid fever and was unable to get here
ana qualify before the expiration of the thirty
Gays IN which be was by law required to take
the oath of office, and his commission was re-
turned to the Governor, who reappOinted Mr..
wise. In the meantime Messrs Slade and
hiii partly organized the Board by the election
OF Mr.: Slade, president, and continuing tenn
porariy W. w. @. Stewart as secretary. Tues
DAY morning Mr.. Wise took the oath of office
ana took his seat in the Board room. DR..
Sappington, who was a member of the former
board, and ]. Goodman Boyd, counsel for that
board also, appeared in the room and took
seats at the table.
Mr.. Boyd claimed that Mr.. Wise was not
member of the Board and that DR.. Sapping-
ton was entitled to his seat. This stand was
taken upon the ground that Judges Fowler
and Burke, in 1893, had refused the applica-
ton of DR.. Sappington for writ of mandam-
rs to compel William n. Mays to surrender
TO him the Office of Supervisor of Elections.
DR.. Sappington had been appointed to succeed
Mr. Mays, whose term had expired after the
adjournment of the Legislature. The State
Senate had held up the nomination of Angus
fUAmeron. who had been nominated for the
position by the Governor to succeed Mr.. Mays.
On receipt Of his commission DIR. Sappington
made demand on Mr.. Mays TO surrender the
office to him. Mr.. Mays, on the advice of j.
Goodman Boyd, counsel to the supervisors,
refused 10 comply with the demand on the
ground hat the Governor had no right to
make disappointment to the office during
recess of the Legislature, except in the case of
vacancy caused by death, resignation or re-
moval. He claimed that under the law he
could remain in Office until his successor could
be legally appointed and qualified:
Judge Fowler in this case said that the de-
case clearly defined that the Governor OF the
State could not appoint to office without the
consent of the Senate except in cases where
vacancies existed, and therefore as DIR. Sap
pington had no legal title to the office the ap-
| plication for the mandamus was dismissed.
| Under this decision Mr.. Mays remained in
Office until the meeting. Of the Legislature.
DR.. Sappington was afterward legally ap-
| pointed and qualified.
Mr. Boyd claimed that Mr.. Wises appoint
ment was recess appointment that it came
within the decision given in the Mays case,
/ and that DIR. Sappington was entitled to the
seat instead Of Mr.. Wise.
Soon after the meeting of the Board Mr..
Wise moved that Arthur P. Shanklin be
elected counsel. DR.. Sappington attempted to
place in nomination ]. Goodman Boyd, where
| upon Mr.. John Grason, who was present, ad-
vised Mr.. Slade, who was presiding. not to
recognize any motions made by DR.. Sapping-
ton, as he was not member of the Board.
Mr. Slade declared Mr. Shanklin elected, he
having received his and Mr.. Wise's votes.
DR.. Sappington asked that the negative vote be
taken, but Mr.. Slade would not recognize him.
| Mr.. Hill was asked to put the question upon
the nomination of Mr.. Boyd. He did SO and
he and DR.. Sappington voted for Mr. Boyd,
who was declared elected by them.
MIR. Stewart was then placed in nomination
for secretary OF the Board. Mr.. Hill and DR..
Sappington voted for Mr.. Stewart and he was
| declared elected by Mr.. Hill.
Nothing more was done for time, each APP
parently waiting for someone else to take
| action of one sort or another. Finally Messrs.
Slade and Wise concluded to adjourn and left
the room, but they soon after returned.
AS soon as they left Mr.. Boyd remarked that
as the president Mr.. Slade, had left the room
! without the consent of the other two members
| of the Board, Mr.. Hill and DR.. Sappington,
the office should be declared vacant. A mo-
ton to this effect was made and carried Mr..
| Hill then, on motion of DR.. Sappington, was
elected president of the Board, which ad-
| journed until next Tuesday
| It was stated that when the Republican
| members meet next week they will appoint
the Judges OF election who are to serve as regis
tiers, of voters, allowing MIR. Slade, who is
Recognized by DR.. Sappington and Mr.. Hill as
| the minority member of the Board, to name
Jf7g'hp5h Chg 9agaiR ocrats to snow tnas ne
| is nor legally a member of the Board, while
| the Democrats assert that his claim to be a
member of the Board has no foundation what
ever. So the court may again be called upon
to solve the problem:
Messrs Slade and Wise, the Democratic
Supervisors, held another meeting on Wednes-
| day and adjourned to meet again on Monday,
| June 18th, alto A. NJ, when, it is said, they
will proceed to appoint registration officers
Mr.. Hill, Republican, will be requested to at
tend this meeting. The Democrats have pos
session of the room in which the Board meets
but Mr. Stewart holds the key to the cases in
which the registration books and other para
| phernaia Of the Board are locked.
Messrs. Hill and Sappington, will meet at
Towson on Tuesday morning, 18th instant.
The Oldest Protestant Episcopal Parish
1t is not generally known that the oldest
parish in MARYLAND is that of St. Johns, Balti-
| more and Hartford counties, says the Baltimore
| Meas. As proof of its antiquity it receives
| the interest from a small fund left by certain
Mr.. jeremiah Eaton, who directed in bis will
| that it should be bestowed on the first estab-
| lished parish in the State. 1t is proposed now
to erect tablet in the present church in COM
memoration of that event. Many other par.
| ishes claim this distinction, but possession of
the Eaton fund is not only nine pointsin favor
OF st. Johns. but establishes its right to the
coveted honor beyond dispute.
The church now occupied is the successor OF
the one at Joppa, Hartford county, the original
site OF Baltimore Town, which was burned to
the ground. After the removal from Joppa,
another edifice was built on land donated by
brother of Ishmael Day, whose refusal to haul
down the Union flag during the war from his
residence on the road between Kingsville and
Fork, now the "Model road" is matter OF
history.
The old church was abandoned few years
ago having become untenantabe from age
and decay. but is still used as Sunday school,
and its plain interior, uncomfortable high
backed pews, with two immense stoves at each
end, around which the congregation sat on
cold days, has given place to more modern
structure. This was built in accordance with
plans prepared by Mr.. George Archer, the
architect Of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and
other prominent structures, and is regarded as
one OF the most beautiful and tasteful rural
churches in Maryland. Il is constructed of
Port Deposit granite in gothic style, and cost
complete with interior fittings, about 81, 000
There is still debt of So 900 remaining to be
paid off, and this the rector, the Rev. j. w.
Larmour, is making an effort to provide for.
Among the rectors of st Johns have been
the Rev. John Reeder Keech, whose pastorate
extended over As years the Rev. Adolphus I.
Pindell, now of Sherwood Church, Jockeys
ville the Rev. A. ]. Barrow, and the Rev.
Edward Wroth.
It is related of one of the rectors Of the
original church at Joppa, that during an al
tercation with member of the vestry he was
Knocked down by the latter and roughly
handled. Not long afterward he was given
leave Of absence to go abroad and utilized his
vacation studying the manly art, in which he
became so proficient that on his return he
sought out the victorious vestryman and pro-
ceeded to chastise him, which he did with
neatness and dispatch. The location of the
residence Of this representative of the church
militant is still pointed out to visitors.
This Man Should be Arrested.-Mis
Emma Courier, daughter Of Mr.. g. 7. Courier,
farmer near Ashland, 8th district, had an
exciting experience with a colored man on
Monday night while driving to her home. She
states that while passing lonely place on the
York turnpike the man attempted to get in
the carriage Miss Courier said she whipped
her horse and he made a jump which
caused the man to fall to the ground. He