The herald., 1894-04-30

Aundred people passed around the
wagon with uplifted faces. Across the
race track In front of the improvised
platform the grand stand seats we're
filled with solid rowa Oh Inea and women
as on a race day. The track itself was
full OF carriages, in come OF which ladies
and gentlemen of the fashionable world
leaned back, shaded by paresols and
listening curiously.
Senators Manderson and Frye, with
their wives, were in handsome car
riages; Senator Coke and Representa-
tive Kilgore of Texes stood wedged in
by the populaee and the long, grey
beard of Senator Do.ph of Oregon showed
conspicuously.
Representative Dolliver was at the
head of another group of congressmen.
Mrs. Anna L. Diggs of Kansas. the Pop
ulist speaker, stood with baby in her
arms.
BROWNE MAKES A SPEECH.
The speech Of Carl Browne was q
strange mixture of theology and finance.
He acknowledged that he was a crank,
because it took crank to move any
thing, he said. The present condition
ofSthe country, he declared to be the
fulfllment of the revelation OF st. John.
The horns of the beast were the seven
conspiracies against the money of the
people; the ten horns were the ten
monopolies, foremost among them the
sugar trust. Grover Cleveland had
called an extra session of congress and
by the aid Of "that gray-headed rat
from Ohio" John Sherman, had been
able to heal the wounds OF the seventh
head by repeating the silver purchasing
BILL
Brownies speech was listened to with
impatience because the people wanted
to'hear Coxey.
CoxEY's SPEECH.
When finally the general scrambled
up awkwardly upon the wagon and was
introduced he waved his hat to each
quarter Of the compass. He launched
forth into his description OF the millions
of starving unemployed, shouting:
''We'll stay heresall summer until con-
gressltakes action on these bills" Great
applsuse.l
81, believe they will be passed in two
weeks. You have only to pick up the
papers to see what desperate straits
these men are coming TO to get to Wash
ington. Look at the trains that have
been seized. don't believe in lawlsss-
ness. No. far from it. 1t makes no diff
ference if they don't get here Tuesday,
we will go to the capitol and make our
demand and come back here to camp
and wait. This revolutionary spirit of |
'76 is making the money lenders tremble |
now Congress takes two years to vote |
on anything if left to itself. Twenty
millions, of people are hungry and can't
wait two years to eat. Four million idle
men for nine months-that's what
Grover Cleveland has cost this country.
IGreat spplause.l
SHERMAN and Tom Reed have helped
him, so the Republicans have not yet
got the horse on the Democrats. II
congress knows what the people need
and does not give it, congress is dis
honest. We propose to give then the
benefit of the doubt and show them the
way out Of the muddle."
In this strain he talked half an hour,
bareheaded under the hot eun, explain
ing his bill for good roads. plenty of
money and its companion piece. univer-
sal luxury, through non-interest- bearing
bonds. Every thrust at the plutoerats
was acceptuated by the clang OF bell,
and the crowd which listened was con-
stGntly changing, but altogether an
attentive one.
MISERABLE MEAL.
Meantime the army inside the canvas
had'bsen disposing OF a miserable meal.
The men lined up before a commissary
wagon, from which the squares of bread
which they!csll "punk" WAS dealt out
to them. This they took over to the
camp, fire, ON which several buckets of
uninviting hooking stew had been fixed. |
Each Commonwealth received a big |
spoonful of the stew on his bread and |
they sat about on the ground gnawing
this in famished way.
The gate receipts for the day are said |
to be only $40. General Coxey declares
his army will march to the capitol, hold |
its greatsmass meeting on the steps to
presentlits bills, and then return to wait |
for their passage.