Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-26

will get there sooner or later. and unless
Congress has acted in the meantime, they
will find US waiting there for them
Carl Browne said that the commonweal
was in no way responsible for any Of the
reported disturbances. That so far as this
body was concerned every possible care had
been taken to prevent any trouble. and
rome had occurred. II would rather" said
Marshal Browne, "enter Washington with
only 200 men. men who I could rely on to
preserve the peace. than have many thou
sands who are not under control. This
movement has been started and Will be
carried out inside of the constitutional laws
Of the land. and the only thing that can re-
tard its immediate success will be the IN
discreet action Of somebody in the way Of
disturbance"
The marshal was also jubilant over the
news from Chicago. and said the contin-
gent would be organized into new COM
munity.
The speechmakinE.
There was a large crowd inside the in
closure when the speechmaking COM
menced, and the audience was much more
enthusiastic than any yet encountered, and
the applause was quite frequent. The
speakers also entered into the occasion and
threw considerable ginger into their re-
marks.
Mr. Coxey prophesied that the country
had seen the last Of Understanding bonds.
and the prophecy was spplauded. He
further said that the unemployed people
of the county had nothing else to do, and
ton as anywhere else. If they must starve.
said the speaker. the best place to do 1t
was under the eyes of the legislators who
were responsible for the condition.
Browne. In his speech, was caustic In his
comments on the financial theories of
Senator Sherman and Secretary Morton.
One of his expressions was remarkable.
He spoke of this government being on
ha n
old country. Changes could be brought
about here by the ballot box. and not by
bloodshed.
A Remarkable Utterance.
1--WE are now said Browne. trying to
prevent by peaceable means one Of the
most terrible revolutions the world has
ever seen, which will surely come II Con-
gress does not take favorable action on
the proposed legislation
The excitement of the evening over the
rumored conflicts in the west brings up
anew and with greater force the question
of what these men would do In case of
trouble. Neither Coxey nor Browne outside
of general expressions will go an inch into
explaining their plans past the stage of
petitioning Congress. holding meetings and
camping at Washington. Ambiguous gen.
eralities as to revolution and trouble are
all that can be gathered past that point.
As matter of fact, there Is no definite
plan past the program already laid out.
The army Is to be taken to Washington, II
is to be camped, a meeting is to be held
and a demand made on Congress. There
the program ends and the future is to be
left to develop itself. The action will
probably depend entirely On the number of
men massed at Washington. If Coxey and
Browne are able to concentrate the different
bodies of men who will probably be pres
ent In Washington into united advocacy
of the Coxey bills, and Congress takes ad-
verse action or adtourns. there is grave
danger certainly in the situation.
Government Work for the Idle.
At present the different bodies Of men
are all working on the general idea Of hav-
ing the government provide work for the
unemployed, but with different specific
plans. Even with this so the situation
would be critical Hungry, disappointed
men are not amiable, and that is what
these men will certainly be If no relief is
obtained from Congress.
In that case, and supposing Coxey and
Browne to be the leaders of the combined
mass of men in Washington, would these
leaders, even if they had the power quietly
give up the struggle?
The Two Leaders.
There is little in Coxey's past to lead to
any conclusion. He has been a successful
business man and has been looked upon as
man of tndomitable will. He claims
himself to have in him the characteristics
of Andrew jackson and he expresses grave
fears Of the consequences If Congress does
not pass his measures.
Browne also is a man of strong will power
and not easily turned aside He hints
more openly at revolution of some sort II
his demands are not acceded to. Browne
has been an agitator all his life and his
past operations may give a hint of what
the future might develop In California
Browne has taken part in every movement
OF popul1stic tendency during the past fif-
teen years. During the anti-Chinese agi-
tation he was Kearney's right-hand man
and published paper in the interest of
that cause. He accompanied Kearney on
his famous eastern trip and witnessed his
leaders famous interview with Ben Butler
Speaking From the Capitol Steps.
Kearney and Browne on this trip were in
Washington, and Browne says Kearney
made speech from the steps of the Capi-
toll. He told me the story in this way:
I'VE were anxious to speak in front of
the Capitol but through our friends in
Washington we learned that there would be
opposition from the authorities This was
in the summer Of 1878. and we arranged
that the people We could rely on should be
informed to be at the Capitol in the even
Ing and We would slip in II possible. This
was done, and one evening after dark
kearney and / came into Washington
quietly We were met at the train by a
friend and went up to the Capitol 1t was
grizzly night, but there was big crowd
waiting. Capt Blackford of the police force
and his men were watching for u.s. and be-
fore we reached the crowd Capt. Blackford
recognized the friend with us and supposed
that one or the others was Kearney. He
however, mistook me for Kearney and
walking up to us he said to me: Mr. Kear-
ney, have orders to prevent any speaking
here tonight Kearney was quick to see
w
gagged Blackford in conversation Kearney
slipped through the crowd and the first
thing we heard was a burst of applause, and
Kearney was speaking The police made no
effort to stop us further, and later on I
read some resolutions that were adopted"
T. c. N.
Naval Movements.