New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-06
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washington I'm conjunction with CoXey ana
Coxeyism presents the country with curious
spcctacle. or rather we should say with series
of curious spcctaccs. for they change ALMOST
every day. Before CoXcy arrived he was an Oh
icct of terror People expected that MS ""-
vent would usher in period OF cnaoS' '>o'
only the local but the Federal authorizes were
uncosv while the citizens may be sald 10 hHNc
hordercd ON panic Then COXcy arrived, n me-
,bodical crank. very careful OF his personal
comfort garrllous. persistent and Troublesome
Int evidently avcrSc TO martyrdon' anu punt
sentiment changed again. Those who hau pe'h
alarmed few days before were now dlSpoS'd
To NE Factions The appearance" OF '"N'3
"arrny" amused them. They began I" AuEh III
themselves for having taken such a t0rlorh SCI
Of ragamufns seriously
Sill more recently however. there has pc"h
another transmutation. II il beginning I" "'Nh
upon the thoughtful mind that CoXry haroorS
designs which he has not yet dlScloseh. y"
second thought II seems Incredible that he could
hovc come all the way 10 Washington Win II"
larger 4 scheme than appears upon the surface
Inspected carefully. he strikes one aS MIN
who is waiting for something lie mas Hh'n
I'D permanent quarters ~ good hotcl' h"NI"E
his wretchcd followers huddlcd In camp s'ln'-
where as though they had served the Only pur-
nose he had i'm view for theIn ana lc wears
nvcry air Of a man who Is biding MS ou''.
There is no longer prctcncc that Inc or1Elii'I
Coxev "army" now I'm Washington Is looked
unon even by Coxcy himself rs factor oil III!
consequence Yet Coxcy remains. his plo'S an"
conferences multiply. and his attitude OF 'N'
notation intensifics as the days pass by.
So II GOES Washington changes from alarm
IN contcmptuous mcrriment and then DacN
again 10 vague but agonzlng terror l"ih"r
row # nav be- laughing and the next dhy
Inc more aghast than ever. The only man III ne
whole Capital who seems 10 have been OF one
mind from the beginning Is he ZION. "I"N''
Clov.Iond Whether II IS because his intel
leotual processes are not nimblo. or because III
stands outside the circle Of public feeling III"
cannot therefore be affected by It's changing
moods we do not undertake 10 say. we KNOW
simply that he never shows himSch "u'Siu'
,hc White House that he has counicrmahd'u
the preparations for going To his country pI'''
near Washington. and that the grounds Oh 'i'
Executive MansIon-to say nothing ot me cor
ridors 81 the building Itself fairly swarm "''h
the officers Of his bodyguarl lie holcs long
aud on,ious consultations daily with his mill
tory conndant MajorGencral Daniel : Ia
| mont and all invitations requiring him I" pass
beyond the portals are stcrnly and invariably
declined.
Meanwhile the real encouragement II not th'
| only cause If the Coxey cbulliton, remains III
| full and pcsiilcnt activity Congress da!li"S
| with work IL had better not touch AT all. ana
thus not only prolongs the commercial ana IN
dustrial paralysis, but inspires the threatening
manifestations OF which COxcy, Kelly Frye
Swift and others Of that Tx are the leaders ana
| representatives If Congress would abandon
the dsgraccful burlesquc Of tariff revision. DO
something else. no matter how idiotc. and dis
perse. business men would come TO the end or
| their suspense, and Coxeyism with nothing 10
refer 10 or appeal to would vanish. Without the
| Aliens the PETERS, the I.afe Fences ana the
| Van Voorhises to encourage and uphold
them, the Coxeys would have no incentive
| to concentrate themselves N Washington
The origin Of all this pcrilous frenzy Is to
be found in the folly, the futlity ana the IN
horcnt worthlcssncss of the Democratic party.
The prevalent discomfort Is the fruit OF public
distress. and that distress has been created by
Democratic cowardice and imbccility.