Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-04-23
IN ANXIOUS STATE.
Congress Alarmed at the "0n to
Washington" Movement.
The Question Of Finance Also Dis'urbs Many
Of ths Members.

WAsHsGros, April o. Especial. J.
AL is serene, and the new rule for quorum
counting works well, especially when it il
not needed. In fact, the chief beauty OF
the rule seems to be thatit is seldom need
ed. But the majority can go on and easily
finish all needed legislation carly in June,
Mr.. Holman says, and it Is to be hoped
that this viii scryc as an effective hint to
tho senate.
We are, however, no sooner out Of one
trouble than we arc into another, for Cox
eys army Is ON the way, az arc several
other dctachmcnts, and that which was at
first a joke has gradually become matter
of serious concern. Congressman paid lit
tie or no attention 10 the movement except
TO laugh at it until the so called army had
got across the Aleghanies and had taken
to the canal. When it was added that
1900 "industrials" had been raiiroaded
from Utah to Iowa, that 600 more were on
their way from st Louis, / 900 from the
southwest and scattered bodies from other
places sufficient to bring the whole mum.
Der up to 5000 and all converging on
Washington, discussion took more gcri-
Gus turn. The District commissioners took
trict militia were in splendid shape that
the regular army artillery here could be
had on call and large detachmcnt3 could
be brought at short notice from Baltimore
and Fort Monroe. 1t was only q coinci-
dcnco that the District veterans Of lSG1-
those who volunteered to protect public
property against "A supposedly intended
dash Of the scccssionists-held their an
nual reunion about the same time but it
colniortcd many by recalling to their
minds that there arc 1000 or 5000 veter-
ans OF the civil war in and near this city,
and that the resident population could
turn out some Is, 600 ablebodicd men
still most people scarcely knew whether to
laugh at all this or To get alarmed, and
the opinions Of congressman were sought
with come anxiety.
Il Serious Matter.
In answer TO many questions General
GroSVenOr said: "Of course there could not
be anything like those uprisngs in Paris,
Vienna or In London, but still tho thing
33 serious enough. You will notice that
COxcy only promises to provide for his
army till it gets here; then his response
bility ceases, and the hungry, disorderly
crowd must look out for itself At first
view it does look strange as you say, that
everybody along the route Of the advanc-
ing columns should be feeding those fcI-
lows and helping them along, but it Is pure
scliishnc5s and not because they sympa.
thize with such gangs. Take those so
called far west industrials, for instance
California and Nevada were glad to get rid
of them and would not allow them to come
back, and so Utah had to send them on,
and the same with Wyoming and Nebras-
ga4fi ,-9,s IL Il l.
crybody Is down on them, and they have
the biggest strike in their history on their
handh If thcy had turned those fellows
adrif0 in the Wyoming desert, as suggest
cd, why, the canE would have robbed every
ranch along tho route, eaten up all the pro
visions and destroyed the railroads besides
Every official wanted to get them ou5 of
his bailiwick MS soon rs possible, and here
we shall simply have to feed them awhile
ana then ship them away, for they arc too
many for the ici,5 - hold" So far Cen
orai GroSvcnOrs opinion Ia substan, ial'y
that of most members bit many think if
the invaders arc not dealt with severely It
will establish u bad precedent encour ~
ing tho discontinued to march on Wash
inston.
tctivc oliver Men.
The silver men have broken cut In new
place. and their latest idea Is to have Gil-
vcr Is our rational money', but to rcco;.-
MIC g)ld as tie money of the Norli-5hct
is reserve it entirely fer furoigl exchange
and payment at the custom houses, SO far
ms Gove.nnon. l. compelled to have gold
for foreign uses. Ono OF the most conscr-
vative Of this class il Governor Gaorgc G.
Pcndlcton, representing tho SoTelth TS-;Gs
district wiio says:
80, -. &c ~,
worked untoil injury 10 tho pod ic0is Of
tho world ~ mcaSurng an increased vol
umc Of products with a dimial hing vol
umc Of money, thus carsing q steady do
cline in prices. Nor is Il possible to set any
limit to this decline. for the Use Ct gold in
the arts and ornaments is raining So ran
idly upon the production tina. in u few years
there will I've no addition whatever To tho
volume Tor mouo~, not even enough 10 sup
ply waste. Now, observe that products
raised and consumed entirely in the Unit
cd States, such as hav. smell fruitS and
Vegetables, butter e.tus and the like, hGve
not declined in price because We have been
continually addlnt 90 our volume of paper
money and to our silver until tho sherman
law was rNpoalcd. 1t is In everything of
which we sell the surplu; abroad in
gold market that prices have SO fear
fully declined. There is, however, u SYM
pathy in prices which will soon cause all
those things for which we ha'c n homo
market To decline unless some plan is de
viscd by congress to continue the increase
OF money volume. This gives rs the prop
or hint as 10 y;hct ought 10 Ike done.
Inequality of Prices.
COZ course oar legislation can only no
motoly aiioct prices in other countries, and
every ehort should he exhausted by our
government To sNvurc their cooperation in
the movement TO apply "a remedy. In the
meantime legislation should be directed to-
ward preventing conditions from getting
any wolsc and 10 battering them rs soon as
possible. Everybody knows by this time
that it is the surplus Of our corn, wheat,
cotton and SO forth sold abroad which fixes
the prico of all that is sold at home no
matter how small that surplus may be,
and this is the cause Of the strange in
equality in prices now prevailing. The de
cline las, however, begun 20 take effect on
,ycrything and the manufacturers arc in
tarci booause the farmers are..Es able 20
buy. 1t is no oXaggcration Il say that