The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-30

track itself was full Of carriages, In some
of which ladies and gentlemen of the fash
ionable world leaned back shaded by par
asols and listening curiously. Blcyclers
dismounted and leaned on their wheels.
Carl Browne probably In his adventur
Gus life had never faced such an audience
as this one which greeted him with very
faint demonstration of jeering applause
when he barred his head and announced a
text from Revelations.
Senators Masterson and Frye, with their
wives, were in handsome carriages; Sena-
tor Coke and Representative Buckley Kill
gore, of Texas. stood wedgcd in by tho
populace; the long gray beard of Senator
Dolph shone conspicuously; Representa-
tive Dolliver, the young protectionist from
Iowa, was at the head Of another group of
congressman; Mrs. Anna L. Diggs.of Kan.
sas, the Populist speaker, stood with baby
In her arms, and beside her, gorgeous in
their satins, with long brads hanging
down their backs. and red buttons of the
nobility on their skull caps. were two
Orientals from the Chinese legation.
The speech of Carl Browne was
strange mixture of theology aud finance.
He acknowledged that he was crank, be-
cause it took a crank to move anything,
as he said. A crowd Of men perched in tho
judges stand of the race course led the
cheers, and whenever Browne scored
point they changed the sharp tongued bell
there with great effect. Brownies speech
was listened to with impatiencs, because
the people wanted to hear Coxcy
When finally the general scrambled up
awkwardly upon the wagon and was in
troduced he waived his hat to each quar-
ter of the compass. He was proceeding to
unbosom himself of some eloquent periods
upon the completion Of tho greatest march
of the Nineteenth century when some
skeptic bawled out! where's yer 500, 900
| meps" '@-'
| This interruption was not dignifed with
reply. The citizen launched into his de-
scription of the millions of starving un-
employed, shouting; "We'll stay here nil
summer until congress takes action on
these bills. Ibelieye they will be passed
In two weeks. You only have TO pick up
the papers to see what desperate straits
these men are coming to to get to Wash
ington. Look at the trains that have been
seized. don't believe in lawlessness. No,
/ far from It. II makes no difference If they
don't get here Tuesday. We will go to the
Capitol steps and make our demands and
come back here to camp and wait. This
revolutionary spirit Of 20 is making the
money lenders trembe now. Congress
takes two years to vote on anything If left
to itself Twenty millions of people arc
hungry and cannot Walt two years to eat.
Four million men idle for nine months.
That's what Grover Cleveland has cost
this country. Sherman and Tom Reed
have helped him, so the Republicans have
not got the horse on the Democrats"
In this strain Coxey talked for half an
hour. Every thrust at the plutocrats was
accentuated by the clhng OF tho bell, and
tho crowd which listened was constantly
changing but altogether an attentive one.
Meantime the army inside the canvas had
been disposlng of miserable meal. The
men lined up before a oommissary wagon,
from which squares of the bread, which
they call punk, was dealt out to them.
This they took over to the camp fire,
where several buckets of uninviting look
ing meat stew had been concocted. Each
wealer received a big spoonful of the stew
on his bread, and they sat about on the
ground gnawing this ration in famishcd
way
Although theIN is much humor about
the affair, the sight of such Sunday din.
ner and Vt the ravenous way the men
fought over 1t was not humorous one
looking wrttches stretched out on the
bare ground in the blazing sun. poorly
! clad. although all Of them were clean
shaven. A'much more elaborate meal
! was prepared for the leaders in the head
quarters tent Some of the men had
money, and procured sandwiches at th,
roadside tents, but most of them stayed
by tho camp.
Visitors came until dark, inspected tn,
, camp, looked at CoEey's handsome horse.
| In the stables near by and went home with
) whatever fears they may have entertained
of iawless outbreak from the men pretty
thoroughly quelled. The gate receipts fol
the day are said to be but $40.
General Coxey came into the city to
night and registered at one OF the bcst
hotels. He declared that his army will
| march TO the Capitol tomorrow, hold it.
, great mass meeting on the steps to demant
the passage of his bills and then return tt
J camp to wait until they become law.