Evening star., 1894-04-11
what to Do With Coxey.s Army.
the Editor of The Evening Star:

To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
In your editorial of last night Won as,,
What shall be done with 'Coxe,,'s arn,,s
when ii arrives, in case there are laros a.
ditions to the present contingent" yo,,
ask a remedy. Without going into To
much detail think a few sugeestians 7
may make, although they NAV no, M,
with the approval of the members of the
Peace unions" and national arbitratio,
societies, will nevertheless show sure ~,
TO give the army" somewhat more active
~crk than at present engaged in ana re-
move the idle from our midst on short no.
tice.
That the invasion Of any section Of ,ba
country py large number OF unemployed
men, no matter how peacefully they NAV
presume 10 De- Is fraught with danger is
without question. These men are human
and must eat in order to live. and IL goes
without saying hunger is a desperate foe
to deal with. To be brief. the outccmA 90
this question looks and smacls very ,oucn
like revolution, and that means civil strife
the most terrible of all In the r,rsss,,
condition OF the country's laboring classes
smoldering fire from which a conlagra-
ton may develop, the end of which nopa
but God alone can see.
Napoleon avoided civil strife when threat
tlACl Bg tutDtOednB llc QlScOn1pDfpl in his
armies and relieved the country bv setfinr
them at war with his neighbors II re-
neVed matters until times ifnproved. ana
the people became contented
II VIII take the country from one to two
years after a tariff bill is passed TO get its
industries fitted to il; in the meantirne
thousands are suffering for the necessartss
of life and nothing TO be gained thereby.
We have got to suffer; let us have a glory
with it 10 make it less monotonous. We
have had our share Of hauling down the
nag in the past year. Let us do some
'histing up Of Old Glory and when we
get her up mail her TO the mast" and
shoot the first man who attempts 70 haul
IL down" Cuba has long wished 10 he
free: why not free her? Hawaii stands
with outstretched hands waiting for our
grasp Of friendship. Why not proceed TO
grasp? England. in her control Of the
Bermudas, Is standing menace to our
eastern seaboard. and we might practice a
little on Twisting the British lions taiI'
by scooping them in. England might OBJ
ject but she has Collected" before and
II did her no good. Canada loves US dearly
and might also be invited to the feast
When Peary gets TO the north pole We
might accept that too, and il he raises the
stars and stripes up there we have at
least the consolatio Of knowing Cleveland
would have hard time getting some one
TO go up and haul IL down." You say all
this would bring interna tional compica-
tons. Well, that's nothing new. We have
had them for year and are beginning
to get used to it. We might lose a few
lives, but there is more fun to be got cut
Of dying with your boots on in FROM Of the
enemy than there is passing in your checks
in bed from starvation. The more compli-
cations We get the more men We will need
TO employ. Every workshop mill and IN
dustry in the country would be started up
inside Of thirty days. Our seaboard cities
would become patriotic enough to pay for
all the fortifications needed to protect them
without government help, or pay toll for
their shiftlessness. our regular army
would be engaged in other occupations than
dress paradess maybe not as ccngeniai,
but more enliVeuing at any rate. Our
tramps would have no excuse for such
methods Of gaining a livelihood. We could
enlist our anarchists and satisfy ther
thirst for gore. Ii would give us a chance
to try our war ships practically and de-
ternine their status and the strength OF
the 'arrnor plate" English ships have
stolen all our carrying trade" and we
will be able to see IL the American liners
would be able TO catch them and bfiag
them back TO us. Above ALL II would
House ana give them a chance to do-soins
'genuire flibustering" auc the tight
weighs" a chance to distinguish them
selves. In fact. all the conditions are ripe
for a first-class scrap ana from the TACT
that thirty years has not smoother out
the rufiles Of the last unpieasantness
among ourselves. while only a few days
rest suffice to cool our heated brows after
a little fracas with an outsider besides
giving us something 20 crow about. X Is
nv candid opinion that If we are 20 have
war IL would be far better 10 take our
spite out OF some one eisc's hide than TO
have a free-for-all among ourselves.
As a remedy for the Ills YOU complain
f. A. BRYANT,