Daily Republican., 1880-06-17
SECOND EDITION.
IME PIExsOA OUrRAGE.
Tho Lodge Endorses His Action
m 0mbe m Protest.


Some weeks ago Joun l.. Pisrsop, a
member of Delaware Lodge No. l, l. 0.
o. F., grossly insulted reporters of the
REPUBLICAN and Every Evening" by
eisc.iug them from the banquet given
BY the lodge on Wednesday evening,
May 26. Unwilling to have the un,
warranted outrage so unrebuked,
aud not DESTROYS OF allowing The
stigma which Persons action placed
upon the lodge tr remain, some mem
bers at tn next mseting had commit
tee appointed to examine into the mat
ter. The Committee consisted of Messrs
John H. Graham, Thomas W. S.immell,
/ aac Woe irow, Theodore Stratton and
James P Hayes.
1t examined the two reporters and
received from them written statements,
duly attested, and also took the evi
dence OF other witnesses and even that
Of the man Pierson himself, who was
being investigated. Last Monday nigh,
the committee presented to the Lodge q
unauinous report, c-nsuriDg Pierson
for his conduct and making him alone
responsible.
The Lodge to considerable length dis
olssed the report. Among those who
opposed its adoption was German d.
LinoolB, who had sent the tickets on
which the reporters attended the ban
auet. ID the newspaper Offices. He de-
tended Pierson, making the palpably
unreasonable explanation that only the
editors Of the papers were expected to
attend. Fierson was there in person
and with all power defended himself.
He manifested the same disposition as
on the evening OF the banquet, when
after foroibly expelling the reporters
he threatened violence if they put it
in the paper, and also on the next
morning when brother advised him to
apologize, he declared IL at he'd "be
- fhe would !"
Finally the Lodge, to the committees
surprise and indignation, rejected the
report by close vote, and endorsed
Persons actions.
Immediately the committee and seven
other men bers entered a most solemn
protest, and, it being disrsgarded, with
drew from the Lodge. They then drew
up the following paper which has been
furnished for publication:
We. the Undersigned, members of Della.
ware Lodge, No. l, l. o. o. f., hereby public
ely declare that we do emphatcally condemn
the course pursued by, John L. Pierson in
ejecting II. s. Brown, local editor of he nE-
PUBLICAN, and H. G. Bsttolette, reporter of
Every Evening" from tire banquetlpg room
on the occasion Of the tiitieth anniversary OF
Delaware Lodge, held on the 18th OF May,
1880; and that tho language used b. Pierson
after they had beon removed rom the BAN
quet; was ungentiemanly, uncallet for COW.
ardly, and uDhecOming an Odd Fellow. and
we as Odd Fellows, representatives OF said
Lodge, condemn the act, not only as men in.
dividually, but collectively, as an outrage and
Q shame, believing as we do that 1t will be q
lasting disgrd ce to Delaware Lodge, in whose
behalf and for whom he was acting. Others
may take the responsibility and approve of 1t;
we will not These gentlemen were at the
banquet MS right, admitted on compl men
tary tickets sent by the committee (of which
PtersOn was oDe) to the papers named, as
compliments of the Lodge.
JOHN II. GRAHAM.
THOMAS w. STlMMELL.
ISAAC WOODROW.
THEODORE SlRATTIE,
JAMES p. HAYES,
l. ADAIF,
JosErR MCBRIDE,
A ID. CLAYTON,
STEWARD HoPToN,
tZEKIEL KNIGHT,
FRANK HORIZON,
WIN W. WOODWARD.