Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-27

Mississippi and enrolled himself at
Canton. The warden of the work
house there, which stood just across
the street from the Coxey camp, saw
that Andrews was not supplied with a
good Oyercoat, and that his hat was
ventilated by the removal of the entire
crown, 80 he gave Andrews an old
rain coat that barely missed draggin G
the ground, so long was it, and high
hat with a high weed. When An.
drews had donned these articles of ap-
parel, he looked little way off like a
dude clad in the height of fashion, al
though his stylish clothes were indeed
bit rusty. When he had pinned up
on his manly chest a large yellow
flower. he was the most extraordinary
looking creature Of the organization.
SENSIBLE MEN DRIVEN AWAY.
How many men of comparative
good sense Brownies blasphemous lun-
acy has driven away from the Coxey
standard it would be impossible to say.
/ have personal knowledge of a score
or more OF honest workingmen who
have not had employment for months
who intended to join the march, but
gave it up on seeing Brownies banners
and his personal uncleanliness and
listening to his illogical addresses.
The weather was so cold at the be-
ginning and the arrangements for
comfortable sleeping so utterly made
quate that it is wonder that any,
even the most toughened tramp, could
find it in his heart to continue OH the
march. The discomforts, however,
did not include short rations even at
the start. The forager OF the party, a
lank, ex-cowboy, dubbed Oklahoma
Sam, found no difficulty any day in
securing from persons living near the
encampment of the previous night a
larger quantity of substantial provi-
sions than Coxey's tramps could eat.
The most exaggerated ideas of the size
and splendor of the procession were
found daily by correspondents who
drove on ahead to obtain contribu-
lions from the farmers along the route.
One patriarchal agriculturist near Sa-
lem, o., asked eagerly of carriage
load of newspaper men:
"How many bands have they got?
What kind of uniforms do they wear?
When do they show the pictures of
the panorama"
LUCID EXPLANATION.
The panorama to which the :armer
referred, by the way, is the most i'm
possible thing that the mind of man
ever conceived or the hand of man
ever executed. 1t may be best
described in the words of an awe
stricken tramp who said:
"That there panorama is a serious
OF paragorical paintings showing how
We downtrodden workingmen are kept
down in the mud by the pus proud
plutocrafts. That there man Browne"
he went on, "is great man to use
big words, but he amt got half so
much sense as the "Great Un-
known"
The mention of the Great Un.
known" brings to mind the one
strong man OF the whole outfit. Al
the present writing no one knows who
he is. though possibly his identity will
have been discovered by the time this
letter sees the light. He certainly
has genius for commanding men.
No one without it could have main-
tanned the remarkable discipline
which he possessed over the Coxey
men during the early part of the
expedition. He was we'll dressed in
military fashion, he rode and walked
and gave his commands in true mill
tary style, and whenever he directed q
commonwealth to do anything it was
done with the alacrity that is born
of abject terror. 1t is not apparent
what the poor wretches were afraid OF,
for the man never threatened and
never used profane language, but
there was in his tones that peculiar
note that means " I am to be obeyed."
KEEPS HIS OWN COUNSEL.
Louis Smith was the name he gave
to the correspondents, with the state
ment that that was not his name, and
all sorts of conjectures became rife at
once as to what and who he is. One
correspondent dubbed him Major
Corns, on the basis that probably
Smith was a corn doctor who hoped to
get advanced advertising enough out
of the Coxey trip to sell his pedal
remedy in great quantities after the
trip is over. Later the correspondent
renounced that view of it. Perhaps
the most improbable speculation as to
the "Great Unknown's" identity is
the one that makes him out an agent
OF the nihilists. Whatever he is and
whoever he is, he is certainly decidedly
sane and perfectly able to take care OF
himself and to keep his own council.
What will be the ultimate outcome
of Coxey's advance to the Potomac?
Who can predict? If any consider
able number of bona fide unemployed
workingmen join the parade, it will be
strange if they do not force the tramps
who began with Coxey to fall out by
the wayside. 1.-THE increase of tramps
concludes as it begun, Mr.. Coxey may
find it Impossible, even with assistance
OF the unknown Smith, to keep order
and there may be trouble OF a most
deplorable sort. Coxey himself sees
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