Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-25
GRANT MEMORIAL SERVICES.


At the meeting held last evening at the
Federal Court room for the purpose OF
making proper arrangements for public
| demonstration and holding services on
the day of General Grants funeral, there
were many representative business and
public men present, but owing to some
misunderstanding in regard to the time
the meeting was to take place the attend
ance was not near so large as it would
have been otherwise. Among those pres
ent We're: Governor Murray, General Nc
Cook, Secretary Thomas, General P. E.
Conner, Mayor Sharp, Bishop Preston,
John 7. Lynch, Major Wilkes, Rev. j. B.
Thrall, IL, G. Mcmillan, Frank Hoffman,
+. A. Butterield, and many others.
Rev. j. b. Thrall, upon being called to
preside as Chairman, made few feeling
and highly eulogistic remarks upon Gem
eral Grant, and of the reverence and re-
spect that was and should be accorded
him for the part he had taken in the
affairs OF the nation, together with his
high standard of morality and inestima-
BILE Christian virtues.
Secretary Thomas moved that the
chairman be given the authority to APP
point committee of seven, the chairman
to be an ex-oficio member and repre-
sentative of the clergy, to make the
necessary preparations for a memorial
meeting. The motion was carried by
reclamation, and the chairman said it
was his desire to select the committee
from the most representative men, and he
wished the necessary time required for a
thorough consideration as to the selec-
tons.
The chairman was then voted the per-
missien of making the announcement as
to who the selections for the committee
should be this morning General Con-
nor stated that he had talked with Gen
eral McCook in regard to the cooperation
OF the military with the citizens, and he
had offered to bring down his regiment
and meet the citizens at any point they
might designate, to take part in the sub
sequent exercises. He also said he was
willing to make arrangements to- have
minute or half minute guns fired, or rem
der any other assistance in his power.
The following gentlemen are those Sc
lected to act as the committee of arrange
ments: General p Z. Conner, chairman
Mayor James Sharp, George M. Scott,
Major Edmund Wilkes, Farley L. Will
liams, Frank Hoffman and Rev. ]. B.
Thrall. Secretary Thomas was appoint
ed on the committee, but declined to
serve, as he wished the business men of
this city to be fully represented.
G. 4. R. RESOLUTIONS,
At meeting of the James B. Mexican
Post, g. A. R., held last evening, the fol- |
lowing resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, The death of our honored COM
rade, General Ulysses s. Grant, has cast a |
gloom over the whole of the land, and
WHEREAS, 1t is becoming that his surviv- |
ing comrades should in some appropriate |
manner memorable the sad event, and
WHEREAS, The President of the United !
States, and the Governor of Utah have, by |
advised such suitable action |
to be taken by the citizens of the United |
States and of the Territors of Utah; now.
be it
Resolred, By the James B. Mexican Post
OF the q. A. K. of Salt Lake City, that APP
memorial exercises be held by this
Post upon the day the funeral of our dead |
comrade and chief may take place, at such
time and place as may hereafter be deemed |
advisable.
Resolved, That a committee of On seven
members of this Post (the Commander to
be the Chairman) be appointed by the Com
mander to make all necessary arrangements
prepare programme, etc., in order to fully
carry out the foregoing resolutions.
The following comrades were appoint
ed as the committee designated in the
above resolution: Frank Hoffman. E. M.
Bynon, Eli III. Murray, Justus Witherell.
Henry Page, E. T. Sprague and Elijah
Sells.