The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
BOB JOYCE MADE
F0EsGLAD TO QUIT
Recently Appointed Justice of Peace
for Chillum District Has Mount
Rainier Tanned.
IS aBoss" OF THE WORKS

Gov. Goldsborough of Maryland. the
first Republican elected to the office In
that State since I,96. has reappointed
former Mayor Robert E. Joyce. Demo-
cratic boss of Mount Rainier. Justice
& the peace for the Chillum district.
taking in Mount Rainier.
Before his mayoralty term expired In
May, 1911. Joyce presided at mass
meeting called by citizens for the pur-
pose OF speaking their minds to him d.
rectly. Joyce. evidently anticipating
something more than words from the
crowd, carried n loaded revolver into the
town hall. He was caught with the
hardware on him, and has since been
known ss THE Gun-toting Mayor"
Republicans still WONDERING.
Tie Mount RainierItes are curious to
know how Boss Joyce persuaded the
Governor to appoint him. The Demo-
Gratis have been gathering In all the
State spoils for the last twelve years.
and TIE Republicans do not think 1t
fair 10 split the deal now. Scores of
them scrambled for the job Joyce got.
and Il took the Governor Eve months to
decide against his own partisans
Ioyce's opponents say he had his own
way about everything while Mayor, al
though they admitted that he invariably
extended to his council the courtesy of
consulting II. He was defeated for re-
election by Joseph Theophilus Kirk
Plant, Republican. q CLERK employed in
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
The new mayor tried to put a stop to
hoeing in the garden and milking cows
on Sunday. The first Sunday after his
order went into effect he went the rounds
and found nearly everybody engaged IN
some sort Of work-milking hoeing.
whitewashing. &c.-and accused his pred
ecessor of instigating it He found
Joyce and several guests sitting on
Ioyce's back porch watching his busy
ueighbors and listening to an anvil
chorus from the bIacksmith's shops. The
The reform Mayor.
Councilman Is Recalled.
The council that went in with Plant
stood three to one against Joyce. Last
month one of those three was recalled
on complaint of a lot of taxpayers led
by Joyce, and one of the Joyce hench-
men was elected in his place. This was
the first exercise of the recall in the
East. The Mayor and council were
ordered by the court TO hold a special
election within forty days 10 fill the
vacancy.
They kept putting It off until. at the
suggestion of Joyce, the mayor and many
of his friends were cited by the court
for contempt. This so angered the ad
ministration and its supporters that last
month, while the boss" was in New
York for a visit, they held a mass meet
ing to discuss ways and means of rum
ming him out Of town. He was denounced
in unique epithets, and a committee OF
five was appointed to wait on him at his
home and inform him that the past
would be forgiven If he would go away
and stay away Joyce's friends called
turn he waited to receive the committee,
but it did not show up. Next day
twenty-five warrants, all charging Grim
lnal conspiracy to defame and ruin him,
were sworn out, five being served.
Real Estate Values Decrease.
Upon this several families moved out
of Mount Rainer for good, and real
estate values went down. Influence was
brought TO bear on both the warning
factions to avert further trouble. When
the men were arraigned for trial, Joyce
made a patriotic speech and offered to
withdraw the charge provided the others
would waive any civil action against
him for damages. The warrants were
and later the contempt
charges were abandoned.
In one grand hurrah and the affair ended
with a love feast. Old foes swapped to-
bacco and the social clubs" of Mount
Rainier threw open their doors TO the
whole crowd.
So the town. after over fifteen months
Of constant strife. has settled down. But
with Justice Joyce again dispensing JUS
tice and in possession Of the best road
ster in the town. there is no telling how
long the dove of peace will hover over
the place. 1t may Fly the COOP to-
About the first Of the year the
political pot will commence to boil again.
Justice Joyce lives in what is known
as the Indian Territory section of
Mount Rainier, where mint Just can't
help but thrive. His home is noted for its
Justice Joyce's wife was Maud Mac |
eonald, daughter of the late Capt. George |
3. Macdonald of the British Army