The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-14
UPHOLD The MAYOR
Glen Echo Council Defies
the Attorney General.
SPEED LIMIT IS CUT DOWN
Ohendcrs Who Put Up Collateral
and Failed to Appear VIII BE
Caught by Deputies-Indictme
Are Likely to Follow in November.
County Ready TO Finance Fight.

It IS war to the knife between Mayor
Garrett and the Automobile Club, war be-
tween Mayor Garrett and Secretary Bo-
naparte. war between Mayor Garrett and
Maj. Spencer Cosby, Of the War Depart-
ment.
And the state of Maryland is behind the
mayor.
After that official had concluded an i'm.
passioned speech before the town council
last night. that body voted unanimously
to uphold the mayor. and it further de-
cided:
That the speed limit through Glen Echo
would be reduced from twelve 10 six
miles an hour.
That deputies be posted along all the
principal thoroughfares leading to Glen
Echo. " -e-'
That every person who has been ar
rested and who has left collateral with
out appearing for trial be rearrested and
fined.
That if all the delinquents are not
brought before Mayor Garrett bv .Novern-
Der l. they win be indicted by the Mary
land grand jury ana be forced 10 appear
through requisition pepers.
me faet that Mayer Garrett is in ear-
nest and. VIII fight the battle 10 The end
was clear from his speech last night
and he is greatly encouraged bT The fact
that States Attorney Robert Peter of
montgomery County. is as fun Of agbt ae
iilIhseiI. and has assured him that all the
FUNDS necessary viii be forthcoming
RidicuIes Decision.
At the beginning Of the meeting Les,
night. Mayor Garrett relinoufSbs5 fhe
chair to Ernest B. Aldrich and tool, A.
floor He characterized the opinion ~
secretary Bonaparte as ridiculous. and
said that its logic led him to believe tbst
the Attorney General had intrusted the
writing Of it to some one unfamiliar with
lAw- He said that in his opinion If MS
not decision, bur a poor opinion and
tnat the Secretary had not formulated r.
as 1t should have been, but as he wanted
II TO be. and as the automobile c1,,b
wanted 1t to be.
lie showed that, with the exception Of
one or two clauses, the decision vs.
loehlleal 10 the plea of the automobile
cIuo' Which was thrown out of court bv
Judge Morris. OF Baltimore. and the brief
which received Ike treatment from J,,des
Advocate General Davis.
The mayor affirmed thar I7o,arou.
ei''leF concealed n number Of authorities
OF mad made careless investigation of
Ihehl' Tor he qucsed many cases to bear
out MS opinion When, had he looked a bit
tuI tAer IN the same authors book. he
opinions - al
10 bear out this point, Mayor Garrett
gave many Illustrations.
lie continued, saying that if Mr.. Bona
p'Ite Wished 10 throw out a certain sec
tloh OF the act Of 1853, giving the mavor
the oilcIal power over the road, he should
nave thrown out the entire act, which was
clearly unconstitutional
Fears Riots Might oeeur
CARROTS concluding argument was that
If there was no restraining power IN tho
Conduit road that highway would bacor,o
a hotbed of crime. and the prone7.r,, -,
lives Of the citizens living neal. it would
be in constant jeopsrdy. He argued that
the criminal committing any misdeads nm
the road would be free from nolestation
and said that this was clearly against an
common sense. on which he contended all
law was based.
He asked: why has the Attorney Cen
eral allowed the prisoners who were ar
rested by the county authorities on the
road to remain in their cells, if they were
arrested without authority
Both Mr.. Bonaparte and Cosby. and ALI
the other War Department officials. must
have known that there was no authority
for years. Why have they taken no
action until now? Why was not all this
taken into consideration. and why were
not the prisoners in the penitentiary re-
iecl-ef?
Maj. Cosby has been keeping up the
agitation against Glen Echo because a
friend Of his was arrested.
1T certainly is singular that the major
has allowed walks put up for the con
venience Of speak-easies and other men
aces, but refused to allow the citizens
Of Glen Echo to grade the road so they
can get out of their houses.'