The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-05-08

numbering 1900 men. Coming from
Boston are 800 men under the lead
of Swift, the agitator who was sat
upon by Governor Greenbalge
when he insisted upon taking bis
tramps into the State House and de
livering from the gallery speech to
the Massachusetts, Legislature.
From Connecticut a column mum
bering 300 is on the way, command.
ed by a crank preacher and hermit.
Paterson, y. j. sends 300 striking
silk weavers. There are 1000 com
ing from the northern Pacific coast
aud intermediate points. The larg-
est contingent thus far gat il
from Cincinnati, numbering 500
unemployed men, under the leader.
ship of John II. Grover. the Popu.
list candidate Tor Mayor.
In the cities along the different
routes the people have given the
tramps food aud other supplies to
get rid of them. They cannot be
disposed OF thus in Washington.
Labor organizations have endorsed
the movement and hir, d lawyers to
defend the army against legal pro-
ceedings. II the men are permitted
to- come without control. they will
scatter over the town hegging and a
vcritable reign Of terror will eusuc
IL must further he considered that
with them will come every tough,
burglar aud foot pad in the country
who can get there. Wherever there
is disorder they are re- To flock.
The police will bp entirely unable to
control the situation.
There is law under which. when
there is riot or disorder, or even ap.
prehension Of such evils, the Com
missiouers or the United States Mar.
shall Of the District may call un the
President Of tn. United States for
the services Of the National Guard.
The army on its arrival will b. es.
corted into a suitable camp aud kept
there under guard, 80 iha, il cauuvt
scatter Thus ia. police will be at
liberty to devote their attention to
dealing with the crooks. Still the
very serious question would remain
a. Ia how the thousands of men
were To he fed
Fortunately the city ~ Washing.
ton was built expressly for security
in case Of riot. Il wa. planned u,
French engineer named L'Enfani.
who had had experience with the
mobs Of Paris and Versailles. The
town is so laid out that single guu
will sweep three or four avenues
radia'ihg, from common point.
nan doIen guns placed at the
Capltoi ana treasury would com.
MANI all the principal avenues 81
IN" Guy. Barrlrai"s OF Til" old.
fashioned sort cannot br put up
,hfe; y" stones Tor missiles ar" e.
De pluckrh from III" aNphaltnm
s'fe" pavement
The National Guards number
1900 An order issued AT any mo.
Inrnt will produce within ninety
minutes 1000 m"u unhrr arrus, with
blankets, field equipments aud iUu
rounds 81 ammunition. The whole
brigad. Is tn" m",, expert rife
shooting CORPS in ia. tnitrd States.
Two hundred Of it, members arc
among the finest ,IuIi,iary mnrksmru
~ W" wor'h' hey can hit the
hS"f" "t man mn" time. out OF
Ten AZ a distance oi 6Jo yards, which
~ ABOUT me extreme rang" of a
SprnVh"ia rihc' ihr", hundred
n,her men al u" brigade can hit
IN" sam" man nine tunes "n' al ton
~ rang" ~ JIM yards,
Til" army proposes to stay in
Washington until Congress Adopt
til. legislation il wants f,r the EN-.
ploymrnt Of tn" unemployed. The
demand is that the Government
shall prnvid. Tor such employment,
by issuing S5WOO0Um of bonds
These bonds are not To bear interest
aud are not Ia h. sold. They are "a
he held in the Treasury ~ collateral
Tor the issue of s5OJ,OOOWn II green
backs. BY this ingenious plan that
sum 81 money is To. b. created out
OF nothing. II is equivalent to III,
coming II a vacuum. /, j. linaucl.r
al INV "'b '"'''"S ~
ne r.aSury officials, while Il :.