The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-02
THEOLOGY AND FINANCE.
Some Unique Deductions by Carl
BrOwne-Coxey's Sentiments.

Some Unique Deductions by Carl
Browne-Coxey's Sentiments.
The speech Of Carl Brown was a
strange mixture of theology and finance
He acknowledged that he was a crank
because it took a crank to move any
thing, as he said. The present condition
of the country he declared to be the full
hllment of the revelation to st. John.
The seven heads of the beast were the
seven conSpiracieS against the money Of
the people, the ten horns were the ten
monOpolies. foremost among them the
sugar trust. Grover Cleveland had
called an extra session of congress, and
by the aid of that gray-headed rat from
Ohio, John Sherman" had been able to
heal the wounds of the seventh head
by repeating the silver purchasing clause.
Brownies speech was listened to with
impatience, because the people wanted
to hear Coxey. When finally the gen.
eral scrambled awkwardly upon the
wagon and was introduced, he waved
his hat to each quarter of the compass
The citizen launched into his descrip-
tion OF the millions of starving unem-
plOyed, shouting, We'll stay here all
summer until congress takes action on
these bills" Great applause, with bell
accompaniment)
4 believe they win be passed in two
weeks. You only have to pick up the
papers to see what desperate straits
these men are coming to, to get to Wash
ington. Look at the trains that have
been seized. / don't believe in lawless-
ness. No, far from it. 1t makes no
difference if they don't get here Tuesday,
we will go to the capitol steps and make
camp and wait. This revolutionary
spirit of '76 is making the money-lenders
tremble now. Congress takes two years
to vote anything if left to itself. Twenty
millions of people are hungry and can't
wait two years to eat. -Four million
men idle for nine months. That's what
Grover Cleveland has cost this country.
Great applauSe.) Sherman and Tom
Reed have helped him, so the republicans
have not got the horse on the democrats.
More applause) If congress knows
what the people need and does not give
it, congress is dishonest. We propose to
give them the benefit of the doubt and
show them the way out of the hole"
In this strain CoXey talked for half
and hour, bare-headed under the hot sun,
explaining his bill for good roads, for
plenty of money and its companion
piece for universal luxury through nom
interest-bearing bonds. Every thrust at
the plutocrats was accentuated by the
clang Of the bell and the crowd which
listened was a constantly changing, but
altogether an attentive one. Meantime
the army inside the canvass had been
disposing of a miserable meal. The men
lined up before a cOmmiSSary wagon
from which squares of the bread which
they call ''pUnk'' was dealt out to them.
This they took over to the camp fire,
where several buckets Of uninViting-
looking meat stew had been concocted.
Each wealer received a big spoonful of
the stew on his bread and they sat about
on the ground gnawing this ration in
a famished way.
A much more elaborate meal was pre-
pared for the leaders in the head
quarters tent. The gate receipts for the
day are said to be but so. Gen. Coxey
declares that his army will march to the
capitol Tuesday noon, hold it's great
mass meeting on the steps to demand
the passage of his bills and then return
to camp to wait until they become law.
The start CT the army from Rockville
on the final stage of its march was de-
layed this morning by the need of pro-
visions for seven sick members Of the
army The only provision possible was
attendance in the aims house of Mont
gomern county, of which Rockville is
the county seat. When it was learned
by the sick men that they must be cared
for at the poor house, six of them re-
fused to go there, but would march the
last half mile with the ranks if they
might ride on the wagons up to that
point. This they did, but the seventh
man was so crippled by rheumatism re-
sulting from exposure that he could ex-
ercise no option as to his course.