The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-07

which stood just across tho street from
the Coxey camp, saw that Andrews was
not supplied with good overcoat, and
that his hat was ventilated by the re-
moyal of the entire crown SO he gave
Andrews an old rain coat that barely
missed dragging the ground, SO long
was it, and high hat with high
weed. When Andrews had domned these
articles of apparel, he looked little way
off like dude clad i'll tho height of fash
ion, although his stylish clothes were in
deed bit rusty. When Hc had pinned
upon his manly chest n large yellow
flower, he was tho most extraordinary
looking creature.of the organization.
Sensible Mon Driven Away.
How many men Of comparative good
sense Brownies blasphemous lunacy has
driven away from the Coxcy standard it
would be impossible to say have per
sonal knowledge of score or more of
honest workingmen who have not had
employment for months who intended to
join the march, but gave it up OH seeing
Brownies banners and his personal I'M
cleanliness and listening to his illogical
addresses
The weather was so y. at the be-
ginning and the arrangements for com
Portable sleeping so utterly inadequate
that it is II wonder that any, even the
most toughcncd tramp, could find it in
his heart to continue on the march The
discomfOrts, however, did not include
short rations even ut the start. Tho for
ager of tho party, Il lank cx-cowboy,
dubbed Oklahoma Sam, found 10 diff
Guilty any day in securing from persons
living near tho encampmcnt of the pre-
vious night larger quantity of substan-
tial provisions than Coxey's tramps
could eat The most exaggerated ideas
of the size and splendor of the process
sion wero found daily by correspondents
who drove on ahead to obtain among
tho farmers along the route One patri-
archal agriculturist near Salem, O.,
asked eagerly of carriage load of news
paper men:
How many bands have they got?
What kind of uniforms do they wear?
When do they show the pictures of tho
panorama"
Lucid Explanation.
The panorama to which the farmer
referred by the way, is the most impos-
siblc thing that the mind of man over
conceived or the hand of man ever exc
cutcd. 1t may DC best described in the
words of an awcstrickcn tramp who
said:
That there panorama is Il serious of
paragorical paintings showing how we
downroddcn workingmcn are kept
down III the mud by the pns proud plu-
tocraitS. That there man Browne, - he
went on, ''is IL great man to use big
words, but he amt got half so much
sense rs the Great Unknown
The mention of the Great Unknown''
brings to mind the one strong man of
the whole outfit. At the present writing
no one knows who he is, though possibly
his identity will have been discovered
by the time this letter secs the light.
He certainly has Il genius for command
ing mon No one without it could have
maintained the remarkable discipline
winch he possessed over the Coxey mcn
during the early part of the expedition
He was well dressed III military fash
ION, he rode and walked and gave his
commands i'll true military style, and
whenever he directed commonwealth
to do anything it was done with the
alacrity that is born of abjcct terror.
1t IL net apparent what the poor
Wrctchcs We're afraid of, for the man
never threatened and never used profanc
language, but there was in his tones
that peculiar note that means Il am to
be obcycd. "