St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-28
AT ALLIANCE.
Grand Reception and Feast
rendered the Army.

Grand Reception and Feast
rendered the Army.
ALLIANCE, O., March 27.-Coxey's
commonweal army reached the out
skirts of this city at 12:45 today. The
streets were crowded with people, ali
anxious to- get glimpse of the now
famous president of the Good Roads as
sociation and his followers. The march
ing column was met by twenty mounted
men about twenty miles west of here
and escorted TO Rock Hill park. where
they went into camp. Intense excite
ment prevailed during the march
through the streets, which were
thronged by great crowds of people.
The lady who claimed to be the wife OF
The unknown marshal of the common
veal purchased ticket for Cleveland
and left for the latter city.
Twelve miles of the longest free
lunch route on record was mapped out
for the Coxey caravan today. January
weather was also on the programme. but
the sympathy of the people along the
line OF march is making it possible for
the men to progress without any partic-
ular hardship. They were cheered this
morning by sausage, ham, dry bread
and black coffee. Soap is still among
the invisible things, and there is no
danger than anybody is going to mis-
take this for turnout of plutocrats.
Only the hobo contingent are provided
with soap. and they are not particular
about using it. All luxuries are care
fully treasured. The health of the
marchers has been remarkably good,
considering their experience. Meals
that are irregular when they are pro-
vided at all, aud sleeping on frozen
ground with
A SCANT COVERING
Of straw IS not ordinarily considered
cond Icive to man'S physical we'll
being. There is no physician in camp,
unless DR.. Kirkland, the nervous little
Pittsburg astrO oyer. with a big gray
mysterious Individual who is the mill
tary head of the enterprise, has cold,
attended with a husky voice. His clear,
ringing tones are less penetrating today
than they have been. Smiths attire is
still immaculate, but defects have been
discovered in his military leadership.
He has the erect and decisive bearing of
a man accustomed 10 command, but his
system varies little from Upton's
tactics. He can start and bait the
column, direct them to right-face and
left-wheel, but he cannot direct the
execution of more intricate movements.
Not only is he unknown, but the big,
shaggy dog that accompanies him is
without Il name. He is savage in de-
nunciation of the plutocrats and the
subsidized press, and reckons that they
VIII all be swept away. Smith is man
OF very positive temperament, and is i'll
tense i'll his hatred OF those who have
money.
At noon the coDmonweal arrived at
Maxine, the capital of Washington
township. Walking was an agreeable
experience, but the riders had chilly
time Of it. Marshal Brown led his
stallion over large part of the route.
The territory trayersed presented de-
serted appearance. A thin covering of
snow was on the fields. and not to ex-
ceed dozen people had assembled in
the streets TO see the commonWeal pass
oy. Flocks Of chickens SIruttiug around
the big red barns of this section were
the subject OF remark, but no man un-
dertook to modest them.
ARMY SONGS
we're rendered under the direction of
Astrologer Kirtland's newly organized
glee club.
On the way the army passed the
lonely camp of Honore JaXOu, the Chi
cagO half-breed. He is the oueerest
character in the camp, but there Is
method in his madness, and the end
sought is free advertising. He started
from Masslllon with only a sack of oat-
meal as his food supply. His plan is to
keep few hours ahead of the eXpedi-
ton, and he is looked upon as a
forerunner. Last night he began his
lonely tramp from Louisville at 10
o'clock. His fur cape. wooden coat,
blanket and moccasins served as an ex-
cellent protection against the weather,
and he carried light ak to be used
for carving firewood and possibly
tranlpS. His camp was seen in a
dense brush near the road leading to
MaXimO. but he had passed on to Ali.
ance. He had cut down a lot of
tree branches for the construction of a
rude cabin, and beside it were the en-
bers of his campfire. He has been
to relate the story Of his life
to the newspaper men since he joined |
the expedition, but has not succeeded |
in getting them all together yet. He
now proposes to furnish them with a
narrative Of the expert |
ences in the Riel rebellion.
AS rule people viewed the caravan
from their houses, and not to exceed a
dozen viswed 1t from the roadside. AT
Maximo about fifty men had assembled,
and owing to the small number the
plan of holding a meeting was aban-
doned. The march is conducted at the
rate of about three miles per hour. At
the end OF almost every Wlle 9 halt is