Evening star., 1894-03-26
REOSTONE is SANGUINE
The Poor Start Of Gen. Coxey's Army
Doesn't Bother Him.
A Startling Cartoon Displayed at the
Headquarters in This City
senator Stewards Letter.

The most predominant object in Rechabite
Hall, where Coxey's Good Roads Associa-
tion has its Washington headquarters was
at noon today threatening looking car
toon that lay spread cut upon the table be-
hlnd which Col Redstone, the gentleman in
charge of the headquarters. usually sits.
II represented what appeared to be a fat
poached egg, labeled "Rothschilds," from
which number of appalliny-,ooking
streamers ran out to curl up around MANY
prominent spots on the page, having the
names OF various countries printed In them.
together with the amounts of he resDec-
i've public debts of the nations lnnabiting
them. The whole affair was explained in a
ilne CT black letter type reading: .'The
Ehglish octopus-it feeds on gold alone"
or words to that effect
Two or three weary looking men sazed
al tne cartoon severally and together and
nIauuIpiy discussed finance, the tariff and
political economy generally They toI5 The
star reporter that about twenty-five or
thlrty other men had called during the
nloiIllils lI's 10 inquire about the movement and
expressed the intention of joining Mr.
SoNeE cohorts when they arrived here
one caller had the draft of a proposed ma
uonal banking bill, which he discoursed
upon Upon ieafhedly for half an hour ana an
other VISITOR brought with him the manu-
script of book on economic suI,iacts
which he wanted to have published hv so,,,a
one who had the Necessary where,xi;hal
Capitol. - 'iie
sim SanEuine
He said that he was not disannoInfed a.
the poor showing made by the army of the
commonweal in its first days march iowa rd
the national capital
Il did not expect" he said Ito see a .,erv
large crowd go from Massillon. but at
ReederDurn, where the army is to formally
organize, the numbers will be swalled /
suppose the cold, d!sagreeable weather " as
disadvantage to the army at its start. but
1 had dispatch from Gen. Coxey. telling
me that he had started, and that e;ery-
thing was en- couraging"
Col. Redstone's manner today is less en-
thusiasuc than ii has been, and he evil
IDENTIFY does not feel as hopeful as his state
ments would indicate.
Senator Stewards Letter.
Senator Stewart has written a letter TO I
5. Coxey, calling his attention to the ballo;
as the best means by which the sovereign
people can retain the rights acquired by the
patriots who established the government.
and stating that an opportunity would be
presented in November for the people 10
strike for liberty. In the course of the long
epiStle he says:
Every movement of the people 10 obtain
relief outside of the forms of law will be
denounced as anarchy. The attempt
or starving multitude to march to Wash
ington will furnish an excuse for using the
power OF the governments of the states and
or the United States to put down anarchy
and insurrection. The vigor with which the
laws will be executed against starving peo-
pie will be an argument in the next election
for continuing in power concentrated capt.
tai as necessity for the maintenance OF
law and order. There is but enc
battlefield where the forces of liberty and
equality can meet and overthrow the enemy
OF human rights. There is no law now on
the statute books authorizing the President
OF the United States to march an army
against the people at the ballot box. Every
attempt to place the ballot under the con-
troll of federal authority has thus far been
successfully resisted. Let yohr army be re-
inforced by the millions of the UNEMPLOYED
and by the wealth producers OF the nation.
and be thoroughly modified for the hattie
in November, when victory for the rights
or man against the despotism of banks and
bonds is possible
Abandon the folly of marching an un-
armed multitude of starving laborers
against the modern appliances of war under
the control of a soulless money trust. such
folly will augment the power of the oppres-
sor and endanger the safety of the ballot
box itself. Disorder is all that is required
TO insure the supremacy of the armed forces
OF the money powers at the polls.''
Demand Stores
The War Department has heard from the
Coxey movement on the capital in the shape
of letters demanding the issue OF govern
mont tents and rations for the benefit of
the army. These things are not requested
They are demanded 'in the name of the
people