The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-04-30

Good Roads Army Of Che Commonweal,
StHndtuR- on wagon In tha uenter OF the
Brightwood Driving park, waving aloft
his Alpine hat to one Of thu most cosmo-
politano and extensive audiepoes even
gathered in Washington, ,announced yes
terday afternoon that the greatest march
of the Nineteenth qentury had been &C
oompiished. az
The march had been acebnpfhhed, Ss
Citizen Coxey said, but Its ending was in
pitifulsacontrast 90 the messing of the
thousands Of unefnpieyeJth that It's projeoz
tors had nrophesied. Three hundred and.
a half of miserably dressed swoehegene,
grumbling, out at, the. elbows and run
down at ths heels specimens of humanity,
who bore striking, though perhaps -un-
deserved, Resemblance ito the familiar
genus tramp marched into the park, led
by wheeEy apology for 4 band pitched
tents and stretched themselvesin the sun
Thousands from the oity turned out to
make a holiday of it and inspect the curl
GUS aggregation. Ehey listened to the
weird talk Of Marshal Carl Browne and
the Populistie speech of Coxeys Then they
turned toward home in haze of mental
wonderment at the whole queer perform
ance, the perseverance, with which il had
been carried out and the notoriety it had
attained, .. t
Thick clouds of dust overhung the two
roads leading to Brightwoods from the
city all day leng, and they were plowed
with more travel than cristomarily beats
them in months. Two endless procesSions
swept along the roads all day, with such
variety of travellers as had never turned
out in Washington since war times. There
were pretentiurrs carriages b0w1ing along
with senators. frepresentatives and Their
families swells Of the .foraiyn 1egaf3on
monocled with their legs encased in long
riding boots. astride Of steeds With closely
cropped tails. derkies with their dra1ight
mules hitched to the most unioue vehicles.
into wliiei2 they fhad p1Iedi afrSendsg ma
neiahb6rs of their 1o5w own 5o6ior,o Il sges and
t,rngeTs WACO o,,io, 1sy+as III
young people. tsIlyfois' with irhJftr1sn
backed like ssrdipes -en-tbe tons pedss-
triaus F66hsasi,d 6aH CTd60dEdS ttIiSrigh
the three miles Of dust. t.anri-dartinV among
the rb%dg We're fbfgtclePg Il pBf63Tg foFt6e
rood roads of Wasliitfrton makes II the
/ wheelman's naradis4FS 5|tsa74 oiltfSsf
/ Every Horse and Wheel vehicle m the
/ eity hdrappSfsp iy7beei9 a1res sed si,ito,t the
/ aeryicp. -whiley tbe little tpollev railway
line. which was built rforitberbenefit,o
suburban .residents, was Tidieulnusly in
adeouate to the demands upor it,, All its
car were hidden under the peonle wbo
alambered over them IolinnpinnIpi 10 tbe
windows an d lperched 1pon the Ifoofs. Tbe
same corporation which rims the electric
road owns Brightvood park and Il was
remarked that she COMPANY could well,ak
ford to keep the commonwealsrs ali sum.
pner payiur sheir1oxpenses. and fat div.
idends would accrue. st1tGibE s1i8fRW Z
Lining the entrances to the park en- ter
prisinn eoloyed citizens had established
their booths for In Gingerbread and
sweeteued water. which passed current
updsr the oriise of Lemonade. The sem.
blapce TO n .irons levout veaa further an.
forced by the thimble riepers and sb eli
men suFkfng about the outskirts OF thu
crowd 2 Fut when, tlIe peorle norITed infc
the bark enclosure, the suggestion Of cir
| Gus dav was full blown. In the center OF
the half mile race track aanped thec6pVas
| enclosure which encircled the quarters OF
| the Cop11,,o Syeali iartnv 1EJ u. Ea1f 81
Half 4 dozen weather rbeaten larniy tsrIt,
| stood about the canvas drawn circle. wifi
Eseveral canvas covered commissarv yag
! ons The fents ana WAGONS were ooy
! cred with black painted daubs legend,
| which were 4Tdupet tbfhfdra of @Goo.
| Roads" ." "Reincarbatfon't and "Finance. )
IITbe dfeAt Perebgro sh{6Tsgs WITH ,sB aIahali;
| fetIocks were tethered. about the Twag6Iis
| Nehf ,by We're fastened tJ5o qlafa3e~ 4naari
| Dan 'fIaags An" tbee e1mblemaatic bapner,
were piled on the ground, '''toi1 M
| Most interestirIg of. the si9 bts, boFyeygear. Vel
were the llulmII,R,tRS lementso the TaIik ane
lrdle Of the Ouixotie sarny.' the mon fy.h,
had norma tbs- -hrnptl Of thar mud an,
-storr1 - and cold TlTbev, were, the nbs
UNIQUE eandlinexplicahlea aggregation eve,
rbronaht t51atlrer. % Some 6f tl,ern we're a
werIE csbout The tents md tws6ons,nothsv3
! eurled updn tho damn, ground 1e1n6bint
" ~
Stretched s ed Sleeping in ~ the 5 sun lH With tael
I1heads pillowed on rolled up coats. Fash
| ionly dressed ladies' stood about stryevfut
the men comm sntihq unon their Annear.
anee with no apruarent realization ~ IN
| fnct, ,tbat, tbe snbieets Of their ootnment
were human beings who could, hear an,
understand, them. n s3oa s.u1 Wsu sdI 70
i Thedaestien which has most asitate,