The Forrest City times., 1894-08-10
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creek and from the neo0QuafterS or Cne industrial army" at Arlington to Gen. Coxey's contingent at historic BladenburR-in other words, from "eend to eend"-through the flower bedecked paths of the rich and over the rugged hills and hollows of the poor.
 The place of attraction is the two houses of congress, and the galleries are crowded daily to witness the wran- gle over the tariff bill. The bomb thrown in their midst in the shape of 6 letter from the president, has in- voked curses loud and deep from all sides. Everybody you meet is author. ity on the tariff. But few stop to con- sider the difference between republi- cans interests and democratic interests. The republicans have only the manu- featuring interests of the north and east to subserye, while the democratic interests are deversified-every class look te them for protection-the man. ufacturers, the planters, the farmers, the mechanics, the people. All things considered, rapid progress has been made in tariff revision, aud in the end old democracy will come out with fy- ing colors.
 This wrangling and quarreling in the democratic ranks has brought about the old cry "the party is busted," etc. You have often seen cats on the back fence. with their bristles up and tail expanded, threatening each other with extermination, rowling and scratching and making the fur fy-result more cats. And so with democrats. All their wrangling ends in more demo- cratic votes.
 Arkansas can well be proud of her Representatives. Her senators are leaders. and her congressman hold their own with the best of them. Our little Mac is rapidly forging to the front, and keeps both eyes open to the inter. ests of his state.
 Within sight from the corridors of the capitol, near Arlington, on the Virginia side of the Potomac, rests the Industrial army" under command of Gen. Frye. Over 1000 men are gath. cred in the low swamp land, protected from the weather by huts rudely con- structed from limbs of trees and grass. lily clad and poorly fed, they are truly objects of pity, but they seem to have a purpose, and reject all offers of trans- pOrtation to other climes, and threaten to fight it out on that line. Begging was the only recourse they had to re- plenish their scanty commissary, and now that the city authorities "send up'' all mendicants, the question of what are you going to do about 1t" confronts the United States government. Besides this camp, Gen. Coxey has abont 400 men near Bladenburg, 8 few miles from the city, in about the same fix. It is claimed that Coxey has deserted them, but his army have implicit faith in him and await his return.
 I Down the Potomac about twelve miles rests the "father of his country" but visit to that beautiful place, dis pels all the reverence and patriotism one should feel at that sacred place. l"AdmissiOn 9 cents" is the first thing that confronts you as you approach rough board fence, that hides every thing but the deep blue sky. "No lunching on the grounds" sandwiches and ginger ale at the lunch stand" "hard boiled eggs," etc., escorts you almost to the mansion, where your footsteps are arrested by vendor of articles made from the identical cherry tree. at 25 cents apiece. We turn a deaf ear to him only to see in glaring colors fresh milk and lunch at the old kitchen" and "keep off the grass" are too numerous to mention. Every thing in the old mansion is kept as clean and bright as paint and vsrnish- Ing car keep them. thus destroying all their value as articles of antiquity. But for the cards attached to each ar ticles, designating when and where it was used by G. w., person would never guess their age. It reminds us of story about man who discovered a picture by one of the old artists hang ing in a secondhand store. He pur- chased it immediately, 6nd said he would send for it. The merchant noticing its dim and ancient appear.