The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-04-28
coxeYs ARMY.

] hllINitNlt OF OllilOu rs 70 WHut ~ lUt Ifhl
object Of coxoy's movement and as 70 whether
Il Will cut any figure In the history OF the coun-
try. DO you think there Is any danger In ~
Will any good result from ~ M
As Mr.. Coxey and ourscf hail from
the same state. we take deep interest
in his movement Ne OF cours have
been at a loss to know what Mr.. Coxey
and his army propose to do after they
get to Washington, but after all they
may have as much prospect Of getting
what they go after as the army Of UNI
employed Office seekers who make Il
pilgrimage 10 Washington every four
years. We understand that Coxey's
leading demand is that the government
go into the road business In order. prin-
cipally, to furnish employment to the
unemployed. We do not understand
that either Mr.. Coxcy or his fellow
travellers expect to work the roads them
selves even If they get their scheme UNI
der way. They simply go in the capaci-
" Of lobbyists. 1t must not be expected
that they. any more than any other body
Of wandering statesmen, will really think
Of getting down TO grinding toll Still
when we come to think about IL, if the
ronds are to be worked MS they used to be
worked in Ohio, grand road working
scheme would come as near reducing toll
to a minimum as anything we know Of
We used to work the roads in Ohio
oursef We have whiled away many
happy hours working the roads under
the pleasant shade of large beech tree
m company with the competent road
a showing we used 10 dump few loads
here and there where they would do
: the most harm. We would then lay n
number of logs and rails across the
places where there was good driving
and compel the traveller to drive over
the fresh made hills OF new earth The
experience was very trying to the
traveller. We have seen many a man
r who. just before he struck place
I where the road had been worked, -
e could read his title clear to mansions
in the skies but after he had crossed
the worked places it was close ques
ton whether he wasn't still in the gal
Of bitterness and bonds of iniquty
While II the traveller was an unregen
o crate man his profanity was simply
:, frighiful 20 hear.
10 We have said we do not have an,
= very clear idea what Mr. Coxey and hi
10 army intend to do after they get f
h Washington. neither do we think thu
most Of them care TO the extent of al
imprecation Of TINT wandering artisan
u formerly known as tinker Thu
10 provcnder that they gather by the way
O. side as they journey on to Washington
:. is of more Importance TO them thar
what congress will do with the road
70 bill after they get there. Still | cal
, see that this army may strike respon
sive chord in the hearts of the majority
:, in congress- CoNcy and his army sa,
they want to build roads. A good roa'
- is just what the democratic majorit.
\ want and anybody who can sugges
how to make a good road or even roa'
- that is Just middling, ought to be haile'
= with delight by Mr.. Cleveland and hi
cabinet. The road Mr. Cleveland. hi
= cabinet and the majority in congress
had to travel from the first was no
only rocky. but the surroundings wer
unpleasant. 1t ran along the edge q
:, "A cliT as IL were, guarded ON one sid
!. by his satanic majesty and thrcatene
on the other by the roaring breaker
n Of tn, deep, deep sea. 1t was SO fu
y. of chuck-holes that the band WACO
"A very near upset several times. BIZ
=. even that road has run out. Mr.. Clcv'
n land and his congress are now In III
. woods without even a COW path
sight II General CoNey and his force
A.. Can show them how 20 make a road OF
:. they will hail him with ecstatic 10,
:, II Mr. Coxey can assure congress thu
\. he can manufacture n highway eith'
:, macadamized or unmacadamized whic
. will let them out Of the heavy unde
brush he can have his appropriate
Of $500. 600 There will not be,
=, a matter Of fact, so much diiicren,
a, after all between CoNcys mob and Il
~, mob they will find at Washington ca
~ ing itself congress, IL they ever Z
n. there The chief difference will
that the congressional mob will apr
=, pirate 5000 per year and mileage al
clerk hire for each member of
~ Coxeys mob will probably appropria
~. everything they can lay their hands
~. IL they think they have any use for il.
~ No. 4. NJ, we don't apprehend a
!, danger from Mr. Coxcy or his arm
~ II the picking remains short II is pr,
able not over hundred Of them "
-. even reach Washington and they '.
III. be taken for delegation OF Nilsson
m. ans looking for postoiilces. II
worst should come TO tho worst a
Mr.. Coxey's army should become p
ing digions in size and threaten congre
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