The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-21
GATHER AT THE JAIL.
Coxeyite sympathizers Surround
the County Jail.
CHEERING FOR IMPRISONED HEN.
Sensational Speeches Made by speak
ers mt the COxey AeadquAr6er~-
Wealers Parade the Streets

GE1 mt the COx0y HS4u4M1E ~C&~
Wealers Parade the Streets
The crowd was not large at Populist
headquarters last evening when the in
dustrialist's home reserve "mass meet
ing" was called to order by Captain Ell
mer Hunter. Col Vinette of the Cali
fornia regiment was also on the rostrum-
The mum Der at the meeting did not ex-
coed fifty, but there was a certain degree
of enthusiasm throughout the speeches
that broke loose once or twice in roar
that seemed impossible from so small a
crowd There were only three or four
women present.
None Of the local Populistic guns were
there, and the first person to address the
meeting was Col Vinette. He wore a
cream colored coat and vest The first
part of his speech was devoted to men
ton of the hardships endured during tie
trip from California He warmed up
pretty soon however, and got down to the
downtrodden condition of American
workmen. "We have the right to vote
today and yet we are slaves" he said,
and then he thought of woman suffrage.
"The women may get the right to vote,
but they will still be slaves. 1t is better
to be horse than to be a wage slave.
(Applause.) The slave of thirty-fve
years ago was better off than we are to-
was provided for, and that his food
would be ready for him the next day.
s'As you well know we are on our way
to Washington. We 60 there as dele
gates representing thousands OF our fell
low workers. We are on a strike. We
are striking for certain things and until
we get them we will not work. cloud
applausel. We demand the right to live
In accordance with our nineteenth CEN
fury civilization, and we will not work
until we get it. More applause) We
will not see our women and children toll
and starve for these Shylocks. these mon
sters who control the labor of this coun-
try with 9 despotic hand. We want a
bill from congress paying all labOrers for
their work according to their share of
the work done, and unless the bill we
get suits US we will keep up the strike.
(Wild applausel
at has been said that Kelly's army
has been offered work. 1t was probably
offered like work was offered us-at 81
a day for 80 worth of work and to re-
place union men. We won't work to re-
place union men nor home laborers. If
you should offer US work here would
say, You have idle men here who need
the work. Give it to them. We have
work. We are working to get to Wash
ington-' LApplause.l
The people must run their own insti-
tutions. The cry is and should be, Ma
tionalize all useful institutions and di-
vide the results on the exchange of la
Dor inciple-each man to get for his
share what he put in in labor" The
colonel sat down amid much enthusiasm
and felt encouraged that he called for
his Trough and Ready" Quartette and
sang the solos himself.
Moses Harmon was then called on and
arose with his falling beard and mis-
rising infection and talked for a few
minutes.
% a r-cTr rrr.ffr Of
tional law in the interest of all. Women
a. well as men. / am rejoiced at the
stand the POpulists have taken on the
suffrage question"
There was one else to speak just
then and Captain Hunter ventured to
make a few observations in introducing
by way of a starter a recommendation
for a resolution of coincidence to the
twenty-fOur Sanders men in jail here.
The applause at this was vociferOus.
In the course of his remarks Hunter
said: ssThey are there for riding on a
train that was theirs already because
they had paid for it in taxation many
times, as was the case of the Union Pa
cifc. 1t is all right for the railroads to
crush US. but all wrong for US to crush
back / am tired of it,
The speaker then turned his attention
to the Hon Joe Waters. "He was going
to get them out of Jail at once. But
when IL came to a showdown where was
her He is Republican, that's all there
is to jos Waters
"The jury was composed of men who
were against US. / have seen that jury
racket worked before. They are against
us because Wall street said, Those men
must not come to Washington and they
are trying to stop US, but they'll never do
it." The speaker then recited little
family history about Republican Jury
packing in the Indian territory and said,
81 hope the Republicans here are better
than those in the territory for those
down there are no better than dogs.
"We intend to drill. The other fell
lows are getting ready to use firearms.
The court house here is full of Win
chesters now to shoot Populists with.
Missouri miners marched INTO Leaven-
worth the other day and what did Crosier
and Nicely and those fellows do? Went
after them with firearms and the miners
had not a weapon to defend themselves
with If they get guns. we'll get guns.
We haven't yet, but we will" At this
point the speaker was interrupted by
wild cheers and a dog that was inter
ested in the proceedings set up
such dismal howl that the
speaker thought it was good
chance to make point so he said. "That
dog is like the Republicans He don't
know what he is bowling about" This
called for more applause and the speaker,
for fear his unsupported word might not
be taken, read a newspaper clipping to
prove his Leavenworth assertion. In
speaking of military drill he further re-
marked, "IIl say that not two-thirds of
the old soldiers are in the Republican
party today"
The resolution formerly asked for was
then read as follows:
"Resolved, That the imprisonment of
the unemployed is contrary to the spirit