The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-11
COxEYISM is THEIR THEME.
SENATOR'S DBVoTE Two nouns TO a
DISCUSSION OF Tue sUBJECE

Me- Teller Refers ts Lore George aordon's
I,v.sio- 81 Psriis.sst VITA His Asti-
Popery Petition, s-a Inti-ates thst TIE
Co1ey Novs-ent May, Lihs tsst. RssuIt
., Riot sss Bieoe.hsa-Nr. Hosr We
hs-s-tiy R.buke. Mr.. Stewart for E.-
sevr-risG what He Terms the Msb
spir,t fro- ME seat IN the Senate.
WASHINGTON. May 10.-The leading event In
to-day's session Of the Senate was q two-hours'
debate on the resolution for a special COM
mittes to investigate the arrest and imprison-
ment OF Coxey. Browne and Jones. the leaders
of1the Commonweal army Before the debate
began Mr.. Allen POP, Neb.l introduced bill.
which was referred to the judiciary Com mittes.
10 repeal the act Of July l, 1882. to regulate
the use OF the Capitol grounds" the law under
which the arrests were made. and Mr.. Pener
tPop.. Kan.) offered . resolution. which went
over TIL tomorrow. providing for select
committee to consider the present condition
Of the country with special references to the
prevailing business depression and the large
number OF unemployed people and to report
what legislation IL necessary to afford relief
Mr.. Gordon Dem. Gal was the first speaker
on the Coxey resolution. He looked upon the
Coxey movement. he said. from Southern
standpoint. 1t appeared to him to teach
lesson which Senators might wisely and
sravely ponder. Tho movement had Its In
SEPARATION in patsrnalism. in that theory OF gov
ernmen which. II INDUCED In. would increase
the large brood Of similar movements and In
tensify the demands Of that class OF people on
Congress for relief Strangely enough the
movement had its origin In one ofthe great CEN
trial, populous. progressive States Of the Union.
Divisions and corps are moving on the cspi-
tai from every point OF the compass. save from
the South. This was marvellous fact The
reason for the isolation of the South was not
the absence OF poverty there for the people OF
the South were still poor. It was not the
abundance OF currency there. for In point OF
fact there was great dearth OF circulating
m edium among them. II was not because that
people had been supplied with pensions or
with bountics In their industries. The over
shadowinR reason was that the war and Its
lessons had taught that people. through the
most relentless Of all tnskmasters. the neces-
slty OF relying on their own msnhood-the
necessity OF relying not on the Government.
but on their own right arms The remedies
which he suggested for the present condition
OF things were two: First, to decsntralize tho
general Government as much rs possible and
empower the States to deal with It; and.
second, to dscentralizs the currency. rep cal
the 10 per cent tax on State banks and sna-
BILE the states to have currency supplied by
Mr. Teller tRep.. COLI treated tho question
involved AS an important one: There was
and q growing desire among them to come to
Washington for tho purpose. OF influencing
t tssi ao snd noSody oushs 70 eomplsin il s
done with proper decorum and decency,, But
stss A who S wsrs II %seont a and
sh"Sd %ieS, S Se%o conatiS Se
two or three hundred thousand people who
might come to WASHINGTON from nelghboring
And yet they were threatened with that and It
was not bright and happy outlook: The
discomfort and further 'Iissatis faction. This
Ing people had been stirred w By the question
e. Petition. In person ,n In l.So hSrd Ss9rSs
sTs1d tSsS s:Ssi:S; but SSs%9 ,a.,sS i;
great los. Of life. There wa. no reason
Of things did not threaten this capital with
something Of the same character. What then.
think. in view OF the. present conditions, that
the suggsstion made by the senator from
Continent 81 s com mittee to confer With those
men and explain to them the difficulties under
which Ieg.ati0n ls6CTed , and the difficulty Of
would have been. after oil. the best solution OF
the question.
q crank. His scheme was simply absurd. as
were great many other schemes that were
M f' T.r T lad Rss
ssnSss n.s sSs aos S sSss
Senate which from his lMr. Teiler'sl stand
point were Infinitely more Questionable. in
deiens ibie than Coxeys scheme, That scheme
part iot the distress which some legislation
IalludlnR to the Silver Demonstrating Actl had
spt distressed Condition Of the country. which
was unusual. and the present distressed con-
dition q the woTid: were the result Of positive
three nations could repeal the statutes on their
books and bring prosperity to the world. The
at least to lead tho America Congress to stop
and reflect and consider whether the present
bad legislation or OF a. failure 10 enact such
laws as ought to be enacted. refusal to do
% MI StsWart V Popi SevJ sSoks in sSppopa Of
the resolution. and declainsd against the DO:
lice an the police court for what he called
=, Mr.. Frye tRepr Me- broke In with a remark
that while many Senators might feel inclined
Mr.. Stewart was making would make it very
hard work foy them to DO SO.
He added that the feeling which had been pro-
yoked by tho action OF the police and OF the Do
lice court could only be allaysd by a fair inyes-
tiRation.
Mr.. Hoar rep. Massl thought that tho peo-
pie OF tho country understood what the Coxsy
army meant, and attempts TO appeal to public
which had been heard In the Senate
chamber would fall nat. Coxey mad come to
with a full knowledge that Con.
Ersss had passed law for tho regulation OF |
the Capitol grOunds. and had declared that hs |
had made M his mind that the law was not
valid and that he would not obey IL. Ii would |
not do now Tor CoSsy 20 turn round and mako
the poor whine" which the Senator from |
Nevada now made for him that his offence |
was q very little thing.
Mr.. Hoar went on to sneak OF the recent at |
tempts made u blow up the Houses OF PArlla- |
ment in London and the Palace OF the Legis- |
.Ative Assembly in Paris, as well as OF the |
murder OF two American Presidents-one In a |
crowd at railroad station, and one in . |
crowd at thsAtTs-and said that these were |
the acts OF misguided and fAnAtical persons |
to whom peAceAble assemblies had Afforded |
cover and chance Of escape. lie should dis- |
grace his own character IL he thought 1t neess- |
saIy to aifirm that he sympathiZed with the |
public distress as deeply as any ether Senator. |
He did sympAthize with II a great deal more |
han did those Senators who sought to make |
1t an instrument for their own political puT- |
pose or their own reckless political ambition.