Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-14
GLEN ECHO TO THEFORE
Bids Defiance to Attorney Gen.
eral Bonaparte.
COUNCIL SUPPORTS MAYOR
Criticism of Maj Spencer Cosby's
Published Opinion.
NUMBER OF ARRESTS IN VIEW
Prosecution of Alleged Offenders in
Rockville Court Threatened.
Collins in the Saddle.

Gen Echo ionned its fighting toys last
night. and there promises TO be rare do
ngs before the controversy incident To
Attorney General Bonaparte's opinion con-
corning Jurisdiction over the Conduit road
Is ended. The town council OF Glen Echo
held special meeting last night and tie
entire matter was thrashed out In detail.
and II was unanimously decided that the
town will stand by its guns to the finish
In addition to thoroughly dissecting the
Attorney Generals opinion the municipal
fathers voted to reduce the speed limit for
automobiles and all other vehicles passing
along the Conduit road. or any otner piece
OF the town to six miles an hour. Marshal
Collins. who handed his resignation to
Mayor Garrett a week ago tonight and
who subsequently reconsidered, was pres
ent at the meeting, and the council not
only voted to reinstate him, but declared
themselves thoroughly in harmony with all
OF Collins official acts
Warrants Galore.
Still a2other sensational feature OF the
evening was the announcement by Mayor
Garrett that he had placed in Collins hands
a total Of 1872 warrants for the arrest OF
all persons who have violated the Glen
Echo speed ordinance. who have deposited
collateral and forfeited 1t by falling to
appear for a trial. The mayor insists that
all these cases shall be terminated by trial.
and any who have not been arrested before
the next meeting of the Montgomery
county grand jury will be indicted by that
body and requisttion papers issued to have
them brought to the Montgomery jurisdic-
ton for disposition of their
Such cases will be heard in the circuit
court at Rockville, Judge James B. Hen
derson presiding.
When the town council assembled last
evening MavOr Garrett called f Rrnce
Aldrich to take the chair. and taking the
floor his honor gave an extensive resume
Of Attorney General Bonaparte's opinion,
and upon his suggestion the council as
stated. voted unanimously to fight any test
case that may be brought. Mr.. Garrett
also stated that he had received assurance
from States Attorney Robert e. Peter OF
Rockville to the effect that the state of
Maryland will give any assistance. finan-
cial or legal. that Glen Echo may need to
carry the matter through.
The Attorney General Scored.
Mayor Garrett was particularly severe
in his structures Of the Attorney Generals
opinion. and declared that 1t must have
been written by either the janitor of the
Department Of Justice or the Office boy"
He said that all that portion Of the opin-
ion. excepting the first few paragraphs
referring to the judicial powers of the
mayor was a verbatim copy Of the brief
filed by the Automobile Club OF WASH
ington in the test case of MahIon A. Win
ter. This brief came before Judge Morris
Of the federal court in Baltimore and was
overruled by him, the mayor declared. 1t
was also before Judge Advocate General
Davis. who threw 1t out, he said
He also cited the opinion of Corporation
Counsel e. H. Thomas of the District OF
Columbia, in which 1t was held that Mary
land and the District Of Columbia hold
Jurisdiction in all criminal cases on the
Conduit road. Mayor Garrett said the
state Of Maryland and the District OF Co.
lumbia have exercised this Jurisdiction for
fifty years. and that there are prisoners
now in jail and in the penitentiarfes pay
ing the penalties for offenses committed
on the Conduit road.
Referring to the Attorney Generals al
legged declaration that the judicial powers
of mayors in Maryland had been repealed
by the legislature, Mayor Garrett stated
that in 1904 the legislature had conferred
the body that did the repeating has author
ity to reverse or amend former enactments.
Maj. Cosby, Also.
Maj. Spencer Cosby also came in for
severe criticism, and he was characterized
as the instigator of all the troubles over
this case. The mayor referred to the re-
cent arrest Of one Of Maj. Cosby's friends
for violation Of the speeding rules, and
he openly stated that this was undoubtedly
one Of the principal reasons for the major
seeking to cancel Glen Echo's police power
over its principal thoroughfare.
The mayor characterized Maj. Cosby
the lawmaker of Conduit road should
Gen. Bonaparte's opinion prevail.