The Washington times., 1894-07-30
RANDALL'S REMEDY.
Expansion Of Currency, demonstration Of
Silver and Work for Unemployed
the panacea for Social Ills

Expansion of Currency, Reconciliation Of
Silver and Work for Unemployed
the Panacea for Social Ills.
"There are thirty or forty members Of Con
, gress," said Hon. F. A. Coffeen of Wyoming
at the Randall meeting at the Peoples
Church yesterday afternoon" who are anxi.
GUS to pass laws by which the present fnan-
cial troubles shall be adjusted, and work pro-
vided for those who are now unemployed and
desire to become wage-earners, but the ma
jorities against US are 80 immense that We are
unable tc do anything. 1t is very easy" said
he, smiling toward Gen. Randall, ''to throw
but 1t is well to remember that there are some
members who would soon relieve the prevail
ing distress if it were In their power to do
so."
Mr.. Coffeen presided at the meeting, but
the above remarks were made alter Gen.
randall had concluded a long speech on ''the
causes of the present depression and the
remedy" The audience was email in num-
bers, but was made up Of well-dressed and in
teliigent men with sprinkling Of ladies.
Before beginning his address Gen. Ran
dali read letter signed by c. +. MCGEE and
125 members of the Commonweal Army. at
Highlands, Md, declaring that Gen. !"
Coxey has not deserted his followers, and
that they believed the report that he had done
SO was started to weaken the Generals" in
Auence with the Senatorial committee, whose
members have promised to give him a hear
ing on his scheme of relief at a future day.
Gen. Randall spoke Interestingly of the
flnancial history OF England at the close ofthe
Napoleonic war in 1916. and OF the financial
legislation by Congress during the war and
since that period. and claimed that the latter
pf hA fnrr xr-bi bin,
in both cases had led to riot, strikes violence,
and depression throughout each country.
Thomas Jefferson, said Gen. Randall, pre-
dicted that If the financial system suggested
by Alexander Hamilton. which was adopted.
became the basis of the financial system OF
our government disaster would eventually
ensue. and the result has proven that Jef1er-
son was right.
Coming down to the present troubles and
the presence Of the commonweaiers aud in
dustrias in the vicinity OF Washington. he
said: "A vast army Is on the verge of starva-
ton and because few Of the laboring people
OF this country have determined to put them
selves under the noses of Congressman and
give them an example OF how thousands are
suffering throughout the United States, there
are persons who have cried out that they
ought to be hung" The remedy for the de-
preston. he said, was to be found il, the ex-
pansion OF the currency, in the remonetiZa-
tion Of silver. and the providing Of work by
the government Ioc the unemployed. To-day
we are "a nation that is paraiyZed from center
TO circumference. and is virtually at war with
Itself.
Gen. Randall predicted that the men who
grow cotton in The South, but can make moth
ing at it. will at the ensuing elections unite
with the farmers Of the West who cannot get
more than so cents bushei for wheat as
against Sl.5O few years ago. and send men
to the House OF Representatives and 20 the
Senate, and In 1896 will place man in
the Presidential chair who will be able to
grasp the existing troubles and settle them
for the public good.
Mr.. Gordon Clark. formerly editor of the
North American Review, also made a short
address, in which be asked for contributions
in aid of Gen. Randall, who desires to return
TO Chicago. stopping en- route 20 explain his
views TO the people of the various cities and
towns through which ne shall pass. 1t is
Gen. Randalrs intention to drive the entire
distance provided he has enough money
given him with which he can purchase a
wagon, and employ one or two musicians to
take along.