The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-12
JUMBo,s FOURTH OF JULY.
The Washington Wealers In the farci
cal Parade at the Capital.


cal Parade at the Capital.
Washington City Post, July ).
Representatives of various Western
armies were in the line, including those of
the North western army, under the lead of
Mr.. T. P. Cantwell. called Jumbo
whose banner announced that they had
come as the advance of 1000 strong from
Washington state to Washington City.
looking tor work. A commune OF Indiana
Wealers declared by their banners that
the battle of Armageddon was now on, and
that the spectator should keep his eyes on
Pullman. The California men displayed
on their banners the fact that they had
come thousands of miles, and that they
proposed 10 stay till congress provided
them with work. The rear of the process
sion was brought up by the colored contin-
gent.
The strange parade reached the district
line shortly after 10 o'clock, and was met
by squad of mounted policemen, under
the command of Lieut. McCathran. They
proceeded under their police escort down
Maryland avenue. With flying flags and
martial music they kept on out h street to
First. northwest, when they deployed
south toward the monument.
There were those who expected that an
attempt would be made to go through the
capitol grounds, but the police seem TO
have been differently informed. and shortly
before the flowing robes of the goddess
appeared in sight two wagon loads of
buecoats from the Second and Seventh
precincts were driven down 10 the Peace
monument, where they were stationed.
The crowd began to gather at this point.
and it looked as though there might be
difficulty In preserving order. The army.
however, continued its march up the ave-
nue. to Sixth street, where a command
TO right about face was given with for
ward march, aud the return tramp was
made.
When they were within a few rods of
the Peace monument the goddess prepared
for the climax. Having gracefully dis
pensed smiles along the line of march, she
became suddenly serious, and raised her
eyes TO the bronze figure Of Liberty on the
dome of the capitol. Then with one hand
raised aloft, she spoke in an impressive
voice. and the Commonwealers who had
mot seen how completely Carl Browne had
deceived them recognized their leader,
stripped of all his hirsute facial adorn-
ment, in an eloquent apostrophe to free
dom. Raising himself in the saddle, he in
voked the names of Washington, Lafay-
cite, and other heroes of the Revolution
whom he had ever heard of as having
danced the benign goddess upon their
knees when she was but an infant, and by
devotion and patriotism reared her as the
symbol OF q great nation. Although Mr..
Browne spoke with fervor, his
voice grew somewha; husky and his eyes
fell from the heights as he forgot for the
moment his apotheosis, and scared on the
subject of his Imprisonment In the jail, the
goldbug senators, and the present railroad
war. Recurring again to his theme, he
declared that she leaned upon a two-edged
sword. which was better adapted to cut
the threats of the masses, and the cloak
which covered her divine form was only
to conceal hypocrisy. II die today" be
continued, referring TO himself as the god
dess, which was soon followed with q good
word for the police who enforced the
unjust laws without Ill will for the
'Wealers.
After the chief marshal, in the garb of
the goddess, had spoken for some minutes
in this fashion, he closed with prophecy
full of dire forebodings, and pronouncing
tragically that Liberty was dead, fell as IN
a trance from his milk-white stced. Okla
homa Sam was at his side, as though
waiting for this elimination OF the play,
and with two or three other strong soldiers,
lifted the fallen GOODIES IN their arms The
curtains of he liberty car were pulled
aside slightly, and the dropping form
placed inside. Then they were tightly
pulled together again. The curtains
opened again, following q rustling inside
as though some one was making hurried
change of clothing, and. like jumping
jack, Carl Browne appeared as the world
had always known hlm. IN his leathern
jerkin and high-top boots.