Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-02-26


able for It's misleading statements.
Leo 10 pass without reply. But now
that we are making n review, your
readers would probably think II
strange IL / should let 10 60 BY again.
20 we win touch upon 10 briefly. II
complained that my letter would lead
sne 70 Imagine that the audience (af
the annual meeting) was . regular
mass meeting OF deeply interested
lishiers," &c. He ignored the fact
hat whether the number present was
large or small, and composed Of do
ners or directors or medical doctors
or just plain citizens OF the State OF
Maryland, they were there for specific
purposes, one OF which vas to hear
the Annual Report of the Treasurer oil
81 Mary's Hospital Association,
which report under the laws of the
Association they were entitled TO hear.
AS justification for his failure 10 make
this report he asserted that the Presi-
dent Of the Association knew al about
It's finances, which was not true and
even II it were true that would not
justify the Treasurer in disobeying
the law which requires that he give an
annual account of his Stewardship.
fhe people we're entitled TO it, the
County Commissioners were entitled 20
il, the Governor of the State was en-
titled to it, and the bold fact remained
that no report was made and no ex-
cuse given-for the failure TO make 1t,
exceptths the gentleman had forgotten
20 bring with him 70 the meeting q
copy OF report which he said he had
sent to the Board OF State Aid and
Charities for the fiscal year ending
Sept. Ii, 1913. This report TO Sept.
30th, 1913, Of course would not and
could not be made TO take the place OF
the Annual Report required TO be
made 10 the Annual meeting held on
Jany 9Th, 1914. Nothing complex
about that. It Is plain to anyone.
But we got no report and my expressed
regret was sincere, because I hoped l.
would clear up some matters I had
been hearing about rs to strained re.
lations between our Treasurer and the
Board OF State Aid and Charities,
owing, IL was said, to our Treasurer
failure TO make his reports at the
times and in the manner required by
law. AS TO the outcome of oil this we
are still in the dark. Let US hope for
light.
Now the gentleman's worry as shown
in his last weeks letter, is because
was disposed to express pleasure ai
his change OF heart and mind, and his
ability TO accomplish the same In the
short space of q month. I confess
did somewhat underate his agility, for
we should know that while some men
10 matter so momentus would have
saken two months and others Nigh,
Rave taken three, Mr.. Enoch B. Abel.
with his profound knowledge of the
law and OF everything pertaining n
ne conduct OF incorporated bodies OF
legalized organizations could IL he pu,
MS mind to it, after having cast aside
al frothy nonsense and utter bosh and
thus being free TO use his accredited
knowledge OF ordinary business trans
actions without any brazen efFrontery
or anything highly discreditable tc
him as ,piously renowned gentleman
or one not given TO vituperation or q
the use OF poetical quotations or latir
squibs. without consulting good tasts
in the application of them, he could,
say, with his great legal mind have
done the thing in q week and into the
bargain he could have safely thrown
in the bond, for the New Board /.
either legal or it is not, and IL it bs
illegal its bond could not indemnify
him. So there you are Mr.. Abel, Il
country logic holds good.
| For that new and additional kind ol
legal existance given the New Board
by the lats Treasurer and by him
called quasi, the board is deeply great.
full.
The quasi existance added to the
natural existance should make IL q
very efficient and long lived Board.
thank you, Mr.. Editor, for the
space given me, and / apologize to
your readers for imposing on them SO
long q letter. ] would have been q
little shorter, but ! could not resis,
the temptation to string together for
their amusement thatremarkablea array
OF big words furnished us lately by
your correspondent, Enoch B. Abel,
who by the way, / note, is neither the
Secretary nor the Editor. So follow
ing the rule that each of these Abells
must be considered . separate and
distinct person, we now have three oil
them. So be IL. This good old world
10 large enough and patient enough to
hold US all.
With great respect,
| Yours trulv