The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-04
COxEY IN THE SENATE.
Senators Vest and woicott Make Some
FOrcibie Remarks.

Senators Vest and wolcott Make Some
Forcibie Remarks.
The resolution of Senator Allen, of
Nebraska, asserting the right of the
Coxey army to visit Washington and
enter the capitol grounds or capitol if
they desired and should not be dis
turbed, so long as they did not disturb
or hinder the transactions of congress-
came up in the senate on the 26th and
Mr.. Vest of Missouri, opposed it He
said these people should be treated the
same as all other citizens of the United
States If they did not violate any
laws they would not be molested, but
he deprecated the introduction of such
a resolution, because it intimated a
want of confidence in the institutions
and the laws of the land; their right to
come here and visit the capitol was so
plain, SO evident, that any suspicion
about it was reflection on the intelli-
gence of the country. He was op-
posed to the preamble. however, if it
meant to include those men who
had trampled on the laws, injured pri-
vate property and undertaken to secure
transportation to the city by force OF
arms, for then he emphatically dis
sented from it. He declared the men
who were marching to Washington
would be protected in their rights, but
they would havo to learn to abide by
the laws of the land. and if congress
for one instant, compromised with
them, it would open a crevasse which
would end in flood and final destruc-
tion. If anyone wanted 20 come here,
whether they were employed or unem-
ployed, to inspect the public buildings
and visit congress. their rights would
be respected, but when they seized
trains to come on, when they violated
the laws of the country and trampled
on the rights of the people, congress
ought not to treat with them.
woLCoTT PROTESTS.
Mr.. Wolcott, of Colorado, entered a
vigorous protest against passing the
resolution. He was at a loss to under
stand the purpose of the resolution,
which did not change the law in any
respect, but simply extended cring-
ing invitation to those men calling
themselves unemployed some of whom
were coming by begging, some by
their overpowering force, and some on
stolen trains The only excuse for
such lawless action as had been recent
ly enacted had been the utter
ances of men in high places
holding office Members of the
senate who had spoken of a
servile police force and a paid soldiery
seemed to think it proper to denounce
in the senate men sworn to do their
duty. 1t was to be regretted the gov
ernors of certain states had been SO un-
wise as to urge these men to make a
descent on the capital of the United
States His own state of Colorado had
the misfortune to have one of these
governors, whose antics had brought
discredit and dishonOr to his common
wealth and sullied her fair name.
Mr.. Wolcott said he was tired of deal
ing with these methods of administra-
ton. The times were out of joint, but
what made them so might be attributed
to one cause or another. He believed
most of the men in Coxey's army might
be honest, but they were led by men
who were cranks, insane or vicious.
But their methods of righting wrongs
could result in no good; this
could only come from tba
natural beneficence of mankind,
which as the world grew better.
made men more humane and kind
There should be no man suffering for
bread in this broad domain of the
United States who was willing to work.
There was to-day no man who sincere
ly desired to work for the support Of
himself and his family who could not
get work or bread to put into the
mouths of himself and little ones until
work could be found.
81 am tired of this talk of national
demonstration" he said. "In Colorado
to-day, crushed and hurniliated as she
is by the action of congress, l venture
to say no man is suffering because he
can find no work, or no willing hands
to assist in supporting him until work
can be found for him l believe the
time has come when those of us who
are in public life ought to
begin to cultivate more regard
for the perpetuity of republican
institutions and to pander less to that
miscalled portion of the labor vote,
whose labor is with throats and never
with their hands. 1t is time we stood
up for American manhood, for the
right of every man to work if he wants
to, if it takes the whole army of the
United States to enable him to do So
The right of every man is to enjoy equal
liberty with every other man, and that
means he shall have such liberty as is
not inconsistent with equal rights of
his neighbor; the right to hold and en-
joy the property which the laws of the
country have enabled him to secure.
1t is time we had the courage to stand
together against this socialism, popu-
lism and paternalism which is running
riot in this country and which must
end (if not crushed) in the destruction
of liberties which the laws give us,
liberties which should be dearer to US
than life itself"
Mr.. Allen defended his action in in
Producing the resolution and spoke for
some time. In the course of his speech
he called these gatherings the ''spon-
taneous uprising of American citizens
against wrong and oppression" He
denied it was a socialistic movement
Whether it was populistic he did not
know, because he did not know wheth-
er any populists were engaged in it 1t
was, he said. peaceable gathering OF
men engaged in a peaceable project
SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC.
Fifteen Deaths Reported at Texarkana