The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-24
KELLY AT AVOCA
The Residents Turn Out in
Large Numbers.
Give Him and His Army a
Hearty Greeting.
THE GENERALS PLANS.
lie Has No Fear of Being
Run In.

AvocA, Iowa, April 24.-Kelly's re-
ception here last night was fully as
dattering as that accorded him at
Eeolo- The $500 inhabitants were
apparently all on the streets. and the
brawny-armed countrymen and buxom
maidens We'd with each other in do
ing them honor, many of them re-
ceived clothing all along the route,
and the army as it went into camp
presented a much better appearance
than at any time previous since the
start from the far West
Company {, which had been dis
banded at Nicola, rejoined the army
during the afternoon, and after
Rbject personal apology from each
into the service BY this quelling of
the little mutiny -the determined
young commander has secured an
even more firm hold upon his men, and
he with them now is a court of last
resort
Kelly consented TO outline to the
press represe NATIVE his plans for the
end of the journey Should his army
be refused approach TO the capitol, he
will upon his arrest in Washington,
he says, take four of his men and
make personal appeal to Congress
men Pence of Colorado, Mctiuire of
California and Senator Allen of Ne
bras<a- Through their effort she hopes
to draw up his men where the law
makers of the nation may see them
petitions from laborinr people have
been numerous and ineffective in the
past, " said Kelly, but the living PEI
tition Will be hard to pigeon hole
That is the reason l am leading these
men to the capitol Once there our
plans will be successfully carried OUT
.-Congrcssmen are already pledged
to present a memorial in our behalf.
That memorial is now being drawn
mp by a we'll known Washington firm
of constitutional lawyers and viii be
ready for US when we reach the jour
news end. Our demands as set forth
in the memorial will be about as fol-
lows: We ask that the commission al
ready in existence to look after the
redeeming of desert lands in the West
be instructed to proceed with the
work. We will ask that the men
in our army and the great army
of unemployed which we repre-
sent be put to work on this
irrigation Nv idea is that by
the time those arid wastes have been
wrested from the sage brush and jack
rabbit and have begun to bloom, the
men who have worked there will have
saved enough money to carry them
through their first year of farming.
They can settle on the lands they
have reclaimed. and within a short
period will have developed homes. be-
holders. That, in substance, will be
our demand. We will not attempt
to dictate what wages will be
paid. What we want is work If we
can only get TO Washington: if we can
let the lawmakers see that we are
bread-winne. honest and sincere, we
will be successful in our mission, for
our demands are not unreasonable
i have no connection with COxey- We
will com bine with his army if we can
reach Washington in time, but if not,
we will go alone"
To-day the army will go by wagons
to Atlantic. where they will remain a
dav for rest, and then move on toward
Des Moines.
General Kelly showed his roll-calls
to a press represe tative- They
showed that 1865 men marched into
Nicola; that twenty recruits were
cured at that place. and with the
fifty men who were discharged,
that 1880 men. exclusive of officers.
reached AvOca- Many men who have
attempted to enlist have been refused
owing to the belief that they were
tramps, but Kelly says that he will
take 5000 out of Chicago when he
leaves there for WASHINGTON