Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-14
RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION.
Expression OF the Pubic Wrath on
Senator Casrssss's Action


Tue report pus.hshed II gna TK-s0EAN
yesterday regarding the ASTON of senator
C0-tlss. al Lansing. Ia refusing a. remain IL
the Legislature hall while the chaplain
prayed for General Grant and deellnlng ~
vote on ti.s resolutions of sylapathS for the
dslns warrior, created INTENSE sxoltolnenl
and Indignation among cuzens of al
Glasses duung the day aad ~ss the almost
universal theme Of conversation. kxpfos
sions of tht seyerest condemnation Of his
ooGrse were heard CA every hand. and the
general feeling was that he had disgTaoed
the city, and thai has course should be pub
hoiy condemned NO action Was tsken,
however and 40 call Tor a publls nsee tng
made but last night, a. II inspired by a
single impulse, nearly three hundred men
assembled IN the Circuit Coart room 10 talk
the matter over and decide WhaI should be
done under Lle circumstances to remove the
odinm thai had been placed upon she
reputation of our city hy her newly elected
Mayor. After quiet discussion of the sub
ject for few minutes the meeting Was called
10 order and Mr.. Z. {. Rood elected chair
man and Joseph Penny secretary. The
chairman requested some one 10 state the
object of the meeting and MIR. Penny said
the meeting had assembled IA an informal
manner. He, himself. came by accident and
the most of the others had probably come IN
the same way. lie had found large mum
Der Of our citizens expressing their intense
indignation at the course of Senstor Curtiss
with reference 10 General Grant he had
withheld his own wrath an lac should hear
from AR. Curtiss. not wishing 10 cOBcemn
him without a hearing. but the day
had passed and no denial had
been made. Mr.. Curtiss had been m the
city all day and yet his mouthpiece, the
Leader, had gwen no explanation whatever,
or had called for suspension of sentence
upon him, and he now felt hks expressing
the Indignation which was due. lie beliet 81
the meeting instead Of being the limited
number there present would have been
numbered by thousands had a proper call
been issued. He believed that meeting
should be called that would come together
properly prepared 10 appropriately express
the public Indignation at the action Of
Senator Curtiss, and their sympathy with
the dying hero of AppomRtox.
A. L. Worden moved that a committee
consisting of two from each ward be ap-
pointed TO formulate a call. prepare suitable
resolutions and secure hall for a meeting
TO be held TO night. The following were
aunoiutea 70 serve a. zasd committee.
A. L. Worden. Chairman.
First Ward-Dennis l.. Campau. Jonn
Steketee.
Second ward-w r. Tolford, Freeman
Godfrey.
Third ward-Dr. c. B. Smith. Hon. J. C.
FitzGerald
Fourth ward-Gen ". r. lnnes, Cor
nelins Clarke.
Fifth ward-Capt. Patrick Walsh. v. O..
Mestfall.
Sixth Ward-H J. Felker. J. d. NcKaye
Seventh Nard-Charles Petersen, Benja
min G. Girdler.
Eighth ward--F. b. wallin. J. \. Davis.
A motion was then made that the commit
tee be instructed 10 procure either Red
mond's Opera House or Isuce's Hall for the
meeting tonight upon which Mr.. Luce an
nounced that they could have free use Of his
hall for the next thirty days II necessary and
they wanted IT, The committee. after
short consultation, reported IN favor Of
Luce's Hall ss the place for meeting, and
o-night al O'Clock a. the time.
The members Of the committee are re
quested TO meet at TO O'Clock tins
morning at the Circuit Court Room.