St. Paul daily globe., 1894-05-06

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finish-more than enough for bathing.
purposes.
Mr.. Coxey has certainly not been a
close reader of history, otherwise he
would have known that the great mil.
itary leaders of the world have been
hardy fell0ws-men who continued to
hold power over their companions in
arms because they were always ready
to take their own share of the rough
and tumble Of each and every cam
paiRn. One Of Gen. Grants private
soldiers was heard to remark during the
siege OF Vicksburg: "Do you know the
reason love Old Ullss? Well, it's be-
cause he always looks just as slouchy as
do myself. l was ready to storm any
battery around Vicksburg that he Or
dered me to this morning because l saw
him put his hand into his bosom and
scratch" Napoleon slept without shelter
the night before Lodi. and it was not
until the decline of his star, in the re-
treat from Moscow. that the emperor
INDUCED in luXuries while his men
were enduring hardships.
All accounts coincide in saying that
Messrs. Coxey and Browne never missed
square meal or failed to secure night
OF sheltered sleep on the jaunt from
Massillon to the national capital. In
stead of trudging at the head of his
Falstaffian brigade of starvelings, "Gen-
eral' CoXey must have carriage and
take his ease. When he arrives in
Washington he is as neat and clean as
any member of congress, and perfumed
like the kings messenger to Hotspur.
Is this the metal for moulding leader
of modern Industrial crusade? Are
the workless toilers of America-hard-
handed, sweat-scented, strong and
rugged-to submit their destinies to
eoxcomb. follow the leadership OF a
man-milliner. and take orders from a
carpet knight? Denis Kearney, rascal
and self-seeker as he was, was in accord
with the rule of the universe. Ignorant,
brutal. and untrue to his class, he yet
belonged to that class, and when his
name is mentioned the mIpd of intel
iigence and culture instinctively reverts
to Jack Cade. Robin Hood. Dick Turpin
and Capt Kidd, and the Orator of the
Sand Lots with an army of discomfort
behind him becomes as comprehensive
as TOussalnt POuverture, or Fred Doug
lass. or Tecumseh or Sitting Bull. His
representative position clothed him with
certain dignity and nobility, because
he belonged with and stood for certain
number of human beings who had suf-
fered from the supposed Injustice of
their fellows.
But this capitalist parading in the
borrowed plumage of downtrodden
labor! Faugh-it smells of rank pre-
tense. The law of the eternal fitness
of things protests against this mas
querade. If Mr.. Coxey is in dead
earnest. let him now pay his bill at the
first-class hotel where he riots in lux
urlous living. ship his wife and baby
back to the safe and comfortable home
in Massillon, and pitch his tent in the
fever-infected camp ON the Potomac
Flats. He has carried those misguided
meu on FOOLS errand. The exampIe
is liable to become contagious, and take
other ''armies" of innocents to starve or
beg in Washington. ''By their fruits
ye shall know them!" and "General"
Coxey, having created worldwide sen
sation by marching his "army" on foot
while he rode at his ease, dressed In
clean apparel-weil fed and fat, while
the privates were lean, dirty and hungry
should now enter into touch with his
canaille. He should come down from
the throne for moment, aud learn how
the proletaire actually live when they
have no money. and no means OF
getting it,