The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-10-31

Mr.. Garrett All Right On the Oyster
QUESTIONABLE. Robert 7. Garrett one of the
Republican nominees for the House of Dele
gates in Baltimore county, has written letter
to the Baltimore Sun in which he says:
II received some time ago your communica-
ton concerning my attitude, as a candidate
for the Legislature, upon the two impor-
tant questions of the oyster industry and the
legislation that may be requested by the Wa
bash Railroad to complete its establishment
of terminal facilities on the shore of the
Patapsco.
lowing to my absence from the city until
October 9TH was unable to send you my reply
within the time given in your letter. Since
then / have assumed, through a misunder-
standing, that it was not necessary to answer
the questions put to me, especially since my
views on these very points have been published
in the San.
80 far as the oyster question is concerned,
am unequivocally in favor of legislation that
will develop the barren oyster bottoms of the
Chesapeake, in order that this great source of
revenue to individuals and to the State may be
awaited of. In addition to the actual monetary
value of this mine of wealth, believe that the
Legislature should recognize the great impor-
lance of supplying means of employment to
hundreds of thousands of men instead of the
So 900 or so who are now supported by the In
dustry. On the other hand believe that every
care should be taken to prevent few individ-
uals or corporations from holding so many
control the industry. A tendency toward
monopoly should be avoided at all costs.
1.-The entrance of the Wabash Railroad to
tidewater in our State WILL believe, be great
benefit to it in many ways. If am elected to
the Legislature | will favor any proper legisla-
ton to that end that may introduced there"
Court Gould Not Agree in the Stabler
Superintendent Edmund Stabler, of
the Baltimore Manual Labor School, will have
to be tried a second time on the charge of as
saulting John Barrus, Judges Fowler and
Burke having failed to agree upon a verdict
in the Circuit Court here on Thursday.
The evidence was closed Wednesday after
noon and, without hearing arguments of coun-
sci, the case was submitted and held under adj
visement by the court. The case having been
heard without jury. the two judges held a
long consultation after adjournment and also
before the court convened Thursday morning,
but no agreement could be reached. Neither
Of them gave out any statement of his position.
but the general impression was that Chief
Judge Fowler stood for acquittal and Judge
Burke for a verdict of guilty of common as
sault. Upon this latter verdict Mr.. Stabler
could have been sent to Jail or fine imposed.
States Attorney Grason Immediately asked
that the case be removed to another court for
a second trial. He gave as his reasons the fact
| that the case had been tried before the court
without a Jury and that therefore the same
evidence would have to be heard again before
the same bench With the same result anu
also that, as he was about to retire from office
and was familiar with the facts, it would be
best to have hearing in some county where
the docket is not so crowded.
| In the affidavit for removal, filed by Mr..
Grason, it was sworn that the prosecution
could not get "a fair and impartial trial" but
! this is not meant as any reflection on the court,
as it is the usual wording of all applications
! for removals.
Tue case will probably be removed to an adj
| joining county. Col. d. G. Mcintosh is coun-
sci for the accused
Will Build Vestibule and Steeple to
! Church.-The members of Grace NJ. 2.
Church, Chestnut Ridge, held meeting on
Monday evening last, with the pastor, Rev
J. r. Straughn, in the chair, at which it
was determined to build a vestibule and steeple
to the church, and the following were appoin-
ted a committee to take charge of the work :
| Messrs. Orrick w. Gent, Charles H. Long
! William d. Griffith, E. H. Sven and George
W. Dearholt.
The ladies of the above church will hold an
oyster supper at the church. on Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday evenings of next week.
to raise funds to assist in paying for the con-
templated Improvements