Omaha daily bee., 1894-04-16

| NllBUl DC bllOWtu 10 remain IN the city tOf
a day. Thev had boon cooped up in boz
cars ever since "Wednesday and he thought
a little rest and a change TO. stsetCh their
legs would be acceptable. Hazen replied
that 1t was the wish OF the citizens that the
army move on as quickly as possible. and he
did not think they would be willing 10 have
ii remain here any length Of time, for fear
that a REPETITION Of thc lawless acts AZ
Ogden and other western places might take
place. He informed Mr.. Kelly that the
governor had put at bis control several COM
panies of militia, with Instructions to use
them, If necessary, ~ prevent any depreda-
tions on the part of the men.
In reply Kelly denied That there had been
anything lawless in the army's actions at
any time since the eastward movement was
Pacific freight train was no capture at all,
for the railway company had put the train
at the army's disposal and it was taken with
the company's full consent. In all his
conversation with the sheriff, General Kelly
was courteous, and showed no disposition to
%browbeat or bulldoze. In fact, anything of
that kind seems to be the very farthest
thing from his makeup, and in all his deal
ings with his men and with the public he
maintained the same polite denleanor. He
asked the sheriff, as the representative Of
the city of Council Bluffs, to provide his
men with a train that they might leave the
city. Hazen replied that he could promise
nothing Of the sort. but If any such arrange
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know as soon as possible.
BREAKFAST AND REST.
Even before this conference had ended
the men had left the train and were build
ing fires by the side Of the track, hurrying
to and fro with big pals of water, washing
and preparing breakfast. Blankets were
thrown from the cars, and in Il short time
hundreds of tired men were resting beneath
the rays of a warm April sun. Some slept,
while others gathered about the camp fires
and read the morning papers and told tales
of the journey over the mountains, now and
then injecting references to homes and little
ones in The eastern states. After a rest of
an hour the order to prepare breakfast was
given and there was a hurrying to the com
missary department, from which beef, bread,
pies and coffee were issued to the cooks OF
each of the companies of the army. In a
short time the combination of a morning and
midday meal was spread, after which the
men fell to and ate with as much s%atisfac-
ton as though they had been showing their
feet under the mahogany of the Grand. The
meal having been finished, many OF the men
called upon the barber, where boards which
had been started on the Pacific coast gave
way to razors. Improvised barber chairs
consisted of railway ties, boxes, pals and the
railroad track.
After the members of the army had fin
ished their toilet they were ready to receive
callers, and from that time until they de-
parted for the east they were kept busy, as
it is estimated that so, 900 persons called at
the camp during the day and evening. The
Council Bluffs people turned out in full force
while the Omaha contingent threatened TO
swamp the carrying capacity OF the motor
lines. All of the closed cars of the company
were pressed into the service during the
early part of the day, and before noon the
company was compelled to press the summer
cars into the service. Trains were run hVe
minutes apart, with two and three III each
section. each running on one trains time
At an early hour it became apparent that
Governor Jackson's soldiers would not De
needed, and before noon most oil them hau
ouartered themselves under the sheds of the
passenger depot or, around the uptown
hotels, Others of the young soldiers, ana
especially those who were out for a time.
fingered about the open watering places OF
the prohibition town, or else nlrteu WIN
the maidens who had wandered into camp
without chaperones and were intent upon
seeing an army of genuine Commonwealers.
WANTED NO TRAMPS.
When the army of 'Commonwealers pulled
over the Union Pacific bridge and landed on
Iowa soil it was predicted that all OF the
tramps and Migrants of both Omaha anu
Council Bluffs would become KellyiZed and
take up the trail leading toward Washing
ton. This prediction however, never ma
for General Kelly was on to his
job and at once set about discouragins
any movement of the kind. From the door
OF the COIllllSSdly a hV iiNt 49, 80
nouncement that he would handle all of the
recruits who cared to enlist for the cam
paign against monopoly, but he would NOT
tolerate the presence of a tramp. what he
wanted, he said, were honorable men ana
no others. He had had a few tramps, but
had got rid of them as soon as they made
their identity known, dumping them at way
This announcement dampened
the ardor of the gentlemen who We're con-
stitutionally opposed to work, and they
,yop1ad their Vny hack to the two towns 1
from whence they came.
In speaking of this matter with the Com
monweal representative of The Bee, General
Kelly remarked that he would not allow
a tramp to enlist, if he knew the man was
A tramp. If he discovered that he was
one after he had gotten into the army, he |
would at once call a drumhead court-mar-
and, if the fellow was convicted, he
would be driven out of the army in dis
grace. I'VE want men" continued the gem
eral, who, when they line up in Washing
will have as much responsibility as
The senators and representatives them !
selves, and if l can keep the army in its
present social and moral condition the rep
of the states will not feel
of our coming. 1t is true that we
ire not as rich as some of the members
If congress-, but we are as respectable and
nave the same kind of rich blood flowing
through our veins. Besides this, we all
ire from the same original and common
The busiest man in the whole army was
he commanding officer, General Kelly.
While he had everything Town to a system,
Ill of his under officers apparently wanted
lis consent and advice before making the
simplest move. This fact was the cause of
lis being on the go from early morning
Until night. He gave orders how to unload,
to cook the meat and how to repack
he baggage, besides ~devoting considerable
ime to trying to make traffic arrangements
or the movement of the army toward the
rational capital.
KELLY'S EARNEST ADDRESS.
During the afternoon repeated calls were
made for the general, as the vast assem-
'lage wanted to know something of the
ability Of the leader who had
1900 men over the Rocky noun
aims. Responding to the calls, a slight
man,, wearing a box suit of blue, his head
urmounted by a yachting cap, appeared at
he side door of the commissary car and was
with a rousing round of cheers.
he man was General Kelly, and, dofing
is cap, he said:
Ladies and gentlemen, we come to you
oday, not as a body of tramps, but as
onest, would-be self-supporting laboring
len, all free citizens of the United States.
We do not belong to the. class termed vag-
ants, but instead, there is not a man
mong us who would not be willing to earn
is bread by the sweat of honest toll, pro-
iding the employment vas furnished. We
ave among us men. OF every trade. men
Tho have followed professions and men who
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