The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-04
idnir (Ioiral Lar % d, M0uls, Capital.

Every day that man followa this
army he bus loss respect for ]. without
there being any particular reason than
the whole thing continues to dawn
upon him as piece OF monumental
folly. Every day that q man follows it,
and every day no soes thocrowds gather
around Kolly and his black horse with
the rod surcingles, he thinks OF what
tho great American Snowman aaid, that
tho American people love to DO hum
bu2Sed.
This army Is now getting down to o
purely business basis. Wo do not in
tend to starve, nor do We intend TO
work, and we do not intend to walk
unleas We cannot help 1t. Our advance
agents arc about twenty.four hours
ahead OF US all tho time, making ar.
rangoments Tor the necessary supplies
on the contribution plan, which sup
plies shall protect US from deciding
whether we shall work or starve. Our
advance agents arc growing more and
more business like in their methods.
They begin to levy their contributions
with some show OF authority. They are
getting SO they do notnsk; they suggest.
We arc getting along SO we'll that We
have been led to wonder why this plan
OF civilization had not been thought OF
before. Possibly Adam had 1t in tho
Garden OF Eden. We do not know "a
to that. We arc living on the fat OF the
land. We arc mot in the streets OF
every village by the multitude. Fair
ladies gather to 200 US 90 by. We give
three cheers for the women OF our land.
We are not robbing anybody; We arc
obeying tho laws OF our country. Wo
arc not killing anybody; we arc not set
ting torch to anybody's habIta,ion.
We could not afford to do these things,
as General Kelly says, and General
Kelly knows what We eau afford to do.
When we march into town we sing
Marching Through Georgia." and that
makesa good impression in every town.
We carry the star spangled banner
that pleases ou.lookers. Sometimes
around our camp-fres somo OF our OK.
cellent singers sing Nearer. My God,
TO Thee" and Jesus, Lover OF My
Soul" Those selections take well and
impress tho honest farmers who are
feeding US with our good intentions.
We are not ordinary tramps. II We
tramped us individuals, the farmers
would set their dogs on US. So long az
we tramp ostensibly in tho name OF
great cause, with flags flying and bug.
Ter at tho front, they receive US rs il We
were heroes. 1t makes some difference
whether We go singly or in droves OF
thousand.
Before marching into Adair ycster-
day, our forces halted outside aud We
marched in q body. We campod In
beautiful grove just east OF tho town
OF Adair, where wo could look down
tho railroad deep cut whore nineteen
years ngo Jesse James and his followers
shot poor Jack Rafferty,, tho engineer,
as no stood with his hand on the throt-
tie, and where they made bullets play
through tho coat..ails Of Billy Smith,
then the conductor, now long since
gathered to his heavenly homo.
Jesse James's mon said they were
robbing the rich to give to the poor
The James brothors, am compelled to
think, as I sit here on the grcensward,
wero not on to their Job. They did not
conduct their PROFESSIONS with SALIVA
ton Army attachments. They were
foolish enough to pass for just what
they were. 1t ia probably we'll for
Jesse James that he passed away before
he saw his methods so much improved
upon. Blessed aro tho ways of peace.
The farmer that rode with to-day
told mo that he owned l60 acres OF land
in western Iowa; that he had it all
under cultivation, and that it was paid
for. His son is student at Ames. Hc
said he located in tho Midale River val.
leyin $50. Tho average wages OF the
farm baud at that time wns S. to IS per
month when there was any demand for
farm hands at all. The foolish farmer
told me that he had been pegging away
on that farm from that time until tho
present. He had worked hard; he had
paid his honest debts; ho had been
blessed with considerable family OF
children, some OF whom slept beneath
the greensward on the hillside. He had
discharged his every duty to the gov
ernmcnt; he had been law-abiding
citizen: He had not marched in any
procession; no had sought his political
remedies at the ballot-box. He had
shared the prosperity and the adversely
OF his country Gnd his kind. He had
not threatened any revolution. He
never had started away from home,
leaving his wife and children unpro-
tectedi on the prairie. He had never
gone away from home without having
money to pay for his food and his sus
tenance while on route,
When told by member OF our army
whom he was hauling for nothing that
he had surrendered n job in California
OF sd week, our farmer friend mar
yelled, and wondered il no was really
getting behind tho procession.
Another farmer who hauled some OF
our army offered one OF our faithful SOL
diers $50 month, including board and
washing, to stop aud work for tho pres.
ont summer. Our gallant and loyal SOL
dier refused tho oIer and romans with
us.
We have been glad to notice on our
entire march that we have the sympathy
oilaboring men generally. The trades.
unions hive been passing resolutions in
our favor. While those large labor or
CARNATIONS endorse us and stand by us,
it can readily be seon that criticism
from the press and everybody Is shut
oft We have attached ourselves to
that large body Of respectable working
men and women so that no one can
criticise us without criticising them.'
This is Il part OF our general policy.
Wo moan to get into good society so
that those who desire to call us tramps
will hesitate TO do 50, because infercnt-
ally they thereby class among US the
honest workingmcn who are helping to
support ~ in illeaess,