The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-08
JUST FROM WASHIVgmI11
NEW YORK TRT1c
TO JUMP AND IT T1SSseNNAre

+ JUMP AND II JOMPss
The Revised, Amends ~
recognizable Wilson BIZ, Murdered, IN.
Mi tae Majority Have WELDED 90 Through
Especial Cor. PRoqaDss7v. 0'DeF Notes
~ WASH1NaToN, D. G., M fan,'l
On Thursday night an ND? "a.
meeting of New York b ~n lmmene
R RlutooFats was held at coope nsF 1I. and
order. Such men as CbarIas5 was IN
child chi l Oscar S. Stratus, James e e. FAN q
ter Frederick R. Coudert. an y Ca,
liam L. Trenholm made ana VII,
sum and substance was that 'I u.s. The
must act on the tariff bill and I'ugFess
once. "nu act at
The effect of this MEETING
able at once. We had been 't ISL 1Otlce'
the tariff racket would not oU wv That
the first of June or later. The n,o Osto'e
at Cooper Union changed the son mssIlAg
day morning the papers an Tus' IN,
that the Senate was ready to Vote uoS9
the fight was at an end. '0'7 and
Now what is the true inwar5,o
all this' How did the Senators baoooL
united so quickly9 The orators ~
Cooper Union meeting decIsroa we
the Senate must act to prevent ' AZ,
aster; that the country is ome W.
greatly for want of tariff lpoiolotu6
To the average greenhorn if on"aOu
that these New York men favor rt toa;s
reform; that they were uging Con1ra m
to act for the benefit of the whole Nv.
pie. Here are the facts: These Nv
Workers are high protectionists ..
heart, though some of them have ~
tilliated with the Democratic n.rtH
They opposed tariff reform until ~.
Wilson bill, sorry enough at first woo
cut all to pieces, murdered and left Fl,
dead; waited until it was in shane n
suit those who reap a golden harvest
out OF protection and then ordered
Congress to get a move on them. and
they all, with one accord, obeved tho
voice of their masters. The vote NAV
be taken at any time now.
In the Senate the majority have
yielded to the minority and the fraudu.
lent. tariff bill is the result. A majority
of the Senators were professedly tariff
reformers. But five or six were from
protection States and they were I'm.
yielding in the demands for protection,
The Sugar Trust made the first break
in the ranks and every other industry
followed. A select committee of de.
mons from hades might possibly con.
coct a fraud equal to the present tariff
bill, but they could not excel it.
The income tax feature has been cut
up and stricken out until it is worth.
less. Only corporations can bereached,
and we all know that the managers Of
corporations and trusts are frequently
the champion liars of the day and they
will not hesitate to swear anything or
do anything necessary to avoid the
tax.
Doubtless most Of your readers know
that Coxey and about 900 me- at
tempted to march up on the Capitol
steps last Tuesday. The police forced
them back, dubbed a few, and arrested
Coxey, Carl Brown and G. G. Jones,
three of the leaders. They gave bond
and the trial was set for Friday. Sena'
tor Allen, Congressman Pence and
Lawyer Lipscomb, of Washington
volunteered to defend the men. Mr.
Lipscomb held that Coxey did nothing
except try to reach the top OF the zap,
itol steps and make a speech, and 8alu
there was no constitutional law "
punish him or his associates OOn,
gresham Vorhis, of New YORK. '!u
the judge that there was nothing III"
except possibly slight damage to snfug
berry during the melee, but the JuuS'
overruled everything, and, as the m0l
asked for trial by jury, one was 0U
panelled.
The trial continued all day yestero'y
and to. day. One policeman teS'lngu
that he saw fully a thousand peop~
trampling down shrubbery, Ou' Un3
Coxey, Browne and Jones nave w.
arrested. Jones was discharged "uo!
and the trial of Coxey and brO"II n
continued over till Monday " WV
likely end in a farce, as the men ?"
guilty of no crime. lett
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