The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-04
COxEYS ARRIVAL AT THE CAPITAL

C0XEY'S ARRIVAL AT THE CAPITAL I
Citizen Jacob S. Coxey and three hun
lred and fifty miserably looking, woe ;
DegOne, grlmhlImg specimens Of human t
Itv arrived mt Washington last Sunday
and went into camp at the Park. Crowds
Of people of every class including many =
senators, Judges, and
other prominent men, and many ladies
made their way out to see the show.
This. then, is the army which was 10
have numbered fifty thousand men by the
time it reached Washington.
The second day Of the cOmmUnweal army
in Washington was spent hy Command
er COxey in making arrangements with
the authorities for his May day demon
stration and by the men in the miserable
little camp at BrightwoOd in grumblng
at the poor fare provided for them The
long advertised procession will start to-
morrow morning at 9 o'clock. If the ,
programme is carried out the good roads .
army will march past the White House,
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Nlne nlo"h'e" l,oii1eiAen "o''','0r
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procession If the army attemps to |
march into the capitol grounds it will be |
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some u 'he eolii'"L " e'iolS iil''iLl'''' '''',
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ulFl'''ial6 ah't 'lleli II" 'ncli
under the great statute OF Christopher Co
lumbus on the stems. 'If they dc, ," saws
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Having hnlshed their pHnlCdcmohstfa-
tiOn, the cummonweal soldiers will march
to a vacant lot ,t Second and NJ streets.
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So"'ii"cS'' "DVle '""E Will l'''0'' '''.''
tents, The leaders announce that this
will he the permanent camp of the army
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| ny congress- 'theF coiIlltgehlH are cA-
| pected to Join them, they SAY.
Coxcv went at 4 o'rlpcl, to the office of
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with letter OF introduction from the
| chief of police to Colonel Bright He said
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remains 10 us p"l 10 mike an aIhic""i'
We will NOT insist On MARCHING into the
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VIII tell the boys to break ranks anu
march i'll like other citiZCus.'
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suppose the sergeaut-at-armR oDicCtsF
HE con not object. We can hold ON
uaatino thor,. ,s +hr cnI,.titu+io,, o,,,.
us IIEhI /" ""' IL Mo"lu N' "hoL"c
a thing if we undertook to come inside u
the buiIdinr and hold a meeting, but tia
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e
Il 1ou VIII attempt The meeting theH, !!
the face Of official ObicCtIOn?'
eyes and regardless Of fine law h,
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# Chiefof Police O'Mara of Pittsburg is i
II consultation with Mayor Moore tonight
A score of out-of-towu detectives fro1
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e Visible evidences OF preparation Tor til
~ Coxeyites were to be seen in the halls an
eorridors of CONGRESS todoy, bnt ever,
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g. Ihiie HIS Deei "oilo 50 'l"ieO'H '"'. III
is same serenity prevailed us that OF an
"a ordinary day. A double force of officer
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a. ''o VI u"'S '''',''' GNU l,'o, y,
it tenant watkins haFlhE charge ol u
te senate end and Lieutenant Burns beln
f. i'll charge at the hOuse end. The dOubl
he force of priVates gave men for all Il
70 entrances to the capitol and for the ma
" assembling points. Two men were in tt
main rOtnnda. Each OF the main doc
nv and the basement entrances had All of