Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-05-05
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II General Cox y had be, n permitted
to have his say from the steps of the Ma
i NAL Cspitul ii was hi. pu pose to declare
that be spoke ''in behalf of millions Of
ioilers." II, would haze endeavored
in sIi,it of bravado, to ignore the
humiisting issco of hi. "Comm"nweai."
movement, in giving utterance to this pal
pable and absurd fsls.h,od. M. Coxey
does not and has not repr septed the ''toil-
RS" of this great republic. His so-call,d
army wss chiefly composed of men
Who make business of sponging
their live ihood off from the in
dustrious portion of the COM
munity. They are gentlemen of leisure. ,
They despise toll and look down in con-
mpt upon those who engage in it. I'm
word they are for the most part, according
to all testimony, very cheap collection If
buns, dead beats. and professional tramps.
What roaring farce! What travesty,
for such conglomeraton to essay to rep
resent the industrious wo,kingm N and
women of thi, great republic Could an.
greater insult be offered the honest industr.
Of our landI 1t is about ii ne the mask wa
fully stripped from the face of such i,iaa
p etension and the men who for the mos
plrt make up the "armies" now marchlnQ
upon Washington exhibited t, the country
in their true light. Such persons have no
right whstever to speak in the name of 1.-THE
people" of this country. They repre-
s-nt no one save themselves. The,e
i. no authority lodged in the
dictum of any miscellaneous of person.
in this broad land. We live in II pubic
The people have opportunity to express
their views at the polls. 1t is here that
.the voice of the American" people is
heard clearly and definitely and not out Of
the mouths of cranks of the Coxey
order. The people of this country
elect men to represent them in Congress
If they prove false TO the trut, their con-
stituents have the power to send other men
in tn, ir p!ace, at the next election. In this
may the power that adheres in the masses
make itself felt in matters of national legis
lation.
1t is true that the incompetency Of
the Democratic party which has brought
about the hardest times ever know
in the history of our country.
i, largely responsible for the growth of th'
Coxey movement. There is wide spread
want and destitution among the masses of
the people. They are discontinued an
restless, and while they do not participate
in such demonstrations, they do not
trorn them down in the vigorous wa,
thst they we're wont to in the hspp,
days OF Republican prosperity. Such move
ments exist only in the liberation of the
public. and it is startling commentary
upon the sad results which have come abou'
in the reign of Grover the first
and we trust the last-Then the
people can look with Indifference upon
movements OF LUIS CllaTdCttT. L ut ldtt
that Coxey made bis long march from Ohio
to Washington without any material aces:
sions to his forces, is the strongest possible
proof that he is, in no sense representa-
tive of the American people" He is
crank, visionary, an impractical,
feather Drained gabber, eager for cheap
notoliety. His "crusade' is farce,
an inglorious tiasco. When he gets through
with the Washington police courts, he will
probably fade again into the obscurity from
which he so recently emerged.
1t is about time that the law abiding lib
erty lovirg people of this country, irrespec-
tive of par references or affiliations,
united in frown NC down frothy, mouthy,
communistic nd anarchical elements, that
have taken advantage of these Democratic
hard times to gain little cheap and tenn
praIy notorie'y.