Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-24
Of the Co1ey Army Politically De-
soribed by Marshal Browne.
THE ARRIVAL OF ACCREDITED AGENTS.
They Intend to Stay Here Until
Their Comrades Arrive.
SEVERE ON THE UNKNOWN.

Good Roads Association Of the United
States, now officially known as the Com
monweal of Christ, threw the sympathizers
of the movement in this city into state
of pleasurable excitement last night. The
new corners were Messrs. w. D. White and
r. ]. White, and they were armed with an
official letter of introduction from Carl
Browne to Citizen Redstone. They left the
army at Hagerstown last Saturday morn
ing and tramped the entire distance over
the route which the commonweal will fol-
low on its journey to Washington. Both
men agreed that the sympathies of the
people in the country through which they
passed were greatly in favor of the move
ment they represented, and they found this
sentiment especially predominant in Fred
erick, where the citizens were emphatic in
their criticism of the town mayor for his
utterances IN relation to the approach OF
the army and his announced intention Of
treating II in a severe manner.
Mr.. w. d. White is no stranger to Wash
ington. For nine years past and up to the
time of the well-remembered fire in the cold
storage warehouse in the Chicago exposi-
tion he was an electrician in the employ
of the Westinghouse Electric Light Com
pany. He was engaged upon the work OF
placing the electric plant In the navy yard.
as well in the building and equipment Of
the electric road to Glen Echo. He was
also with the company in Chicago. and in
the confiagration before mentioned he was
severely injured. three of his ribs being
fractured and his left arm broken. During
the war he was a sergeant in the nine
teenth Ohio volunteers, and Senator Man.
derson was, his old commander. He is a
very intelligent man and talked interest
ingly about the movement and it's progress
in this direction. He was rather amused
at the interview that appeared in The Star
yesterday with Unknown Smith.
Rather Severe ON Smith.
This man Smith, Pizzaro. or what
ever his name is'' said NJ. White. lis
merely using the army movement for his
personal advantage. Ever since he was
expelled from the army in the mountains
beyond Cumberland he has been travelling
along the route that will be followed by the
commonweal making speeches and taking
up collections. None of the money thus re-
ceived by him has found its way to the
treasurer OF the commonweal and Smiths s
entire mission has been to sap the source
| Of supplies along the route for his own
purposes entirely, and to the injury of the
movement he processes to be such a cham
! pion Of. There will be. am sure no con-
/ ciiation between Coxey and Browne and
| the unknown. He Is an individual of
/ the rule or ruin description, and the men
| who are interested in the success of our
! movement don't want any Of that genus
| to be connected with it." Mr.. White was
asked IL CoXey or Browne or any of the
men connected with the movement had any
knOWIeUge OF what the common
veal would do after its arrival in Wash
ington, and in case Congress refused to
/ listen or accede to its demands for legisla-
| ton.
sidered that question" said Mr. White
but so far they have not made any public
announcement Of their intentions sub
| sequent to their arrival in Washington AS
Tor myself, l shall remain here for some
| time, no matter what may be the reception
accorded to us by Congress"
DO you think the proclamation of the
| District Commissioners will have the effect
Of impeding the entrance of the army into
washington asked the reporter
Il don't see how 1t can have" said Mr.
White. "A society or an organization COM
ing to Washington with entirely peaceabIe
intentions, and In a quiet and orderly
manner, cannot, 1 believe, be interfered
with or turned back. 1 am perfectly salts
neo that Mr. CoNey will enter Washington
In accordance with his program and that
his companions will come with him. There
are no buns or bad characters i'm the ranks
oi Ine commonweal- All of them are
american citizens. No man has been ac-
cepted as recruit without careful ex-
animation, and from the beginning of the
march TO the present moment not a single
comrade has been guilty of the slightest in
fraction OF law of any Character Had oil
those who offered been enrolled in the
army II would have now consisted of sey
@ elai thousand men. l do not think the
people OF Washington need have any un-
easiness about the coming of the common
veal The exaggerations of the news
paper press have had a great deal to do
win the raise impression that exists in the
| objects" anu IT'S
Fought With the South.
Mr. r. j. White coincided fully with the
views of his comrade. This Mr.. White u,a 9
a soldier in the confederate army a nr,va "a
in company 1, sixty-first Virginia infantry
He was proud of being one of Mabone,s
men, and expressed his intention of caIlng
on his old beloved commander before he
ieit the CITY. he was in the hottest part
! OF tne nght at the crater, and his right
arm Is minus one of it's small bones IN
consequence of his presence there. He is
/ a Virginian by birth, and has been a wan
oerer from choice. Both gentlemen have
! been the recipients of Considerable atten~
ion since their arrival in Washington
but are modest and unassuming and ey
press strong dislike for anything like no.
until the commonweal reaches its rendez
/ Vous near this city. Both of them are of
the opinion that Glen Echo will be selected
as the place for the District encampment.
put tnis has not been decided upon def
nitely. ~
The letter of Introduction which the
Messrs. White brought with them is given
veroaum ct hteratim. to illustrate the
manner in which Carl Browne engineers
,he literary end Of the commonweal. Here
| 1t is:
| Good Roads. Good Money. Plenty of Work,
| Chief Marshals Headquarters
| OF the
Commonweal of Christ
| In the Field, Camp Medhurst
| April 21, "a.
Comrade Redstone, Washington Agent.
Commonweal of Christ
| Dear Bro:
This will please introduce to you Bro
| w. D. White of commune G, Chicago COM
| munity of the commonweal of Christ also
Bro. X. j. White of commune r of the
! commonweal of Christ They represent the
| advance guard, the only authorized advance
4 guards or heralds of our coming They
also represent in their persons the union of
blue and gray" Bro. w. ID. White was
! sergeant in company A, nineteenth Ohio
| Z. 5. A, during the war of the rebellion
and Bro r. j. White was private in COM
pany /, sixty-first Virginia, c. S. A, same
war. They have marched over the mount
| aims with u.s. stopping with old comrades,
| or paying their own expenses. Their pres
ence with us emphasizes the fact that the
war of the rebellion is over. Treat them
well until our arrival there, when they will
return to our camp on the banks of the
| Potomac, again in the field, not for war,
but for peace
(SignedD CARL BROWNE,
Chief Marshal of the Commonweal of
| Christ.
| banner From Kansas City.
The headquarters in Rechabite Hall was
Respondent this morning with a silken