Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1894-08-23
BROWN AND HIS TRAMPs.
|Tbe Leader of Bum Tramps
WhOOps 1t up tor John VIII.
cox. Crank Candidate for Con-

Ne
h gress.
H Carl Brown, second King of the
|HTramps, with about fifty greasy, dirty,
#lazv bum tramps have been camping
mn on the old rink lot, and Saturday
MIGHT. and Sunday afternoon and
sevening he gave a harangue to the
8neople, urging support to John Will
scox crank candidate for Congress.
The tramp gang were looked upon
with considerable curic sity by many
zpeople, as they laid about on the
Ground yesterday and cooked the
|setnff that they had been able to beg
from door to door. "Col." Brown
Twas more fortunate. He was enter
|atained at the home of the Populist
|Scandidate.
III The outfit of the tramps consisted Of
two or three tents, a couple of wag-
Bons and four miserable looking old
horses. They pitched their tents up,
on the lot, stuck up lot of signs and
then laid around smoking pipes loaded
with bad tobacco.
IA Saturday night In big tent, Brown
made a political address. That is
what he called 1t, and a big crowd of
|&people listened out of curiosity to the
#harangue.
ii Brown appeared upon the crude
In a leather coat with fringed
edges, corduroy pants stuck in the top
8of his boots. He is pretty slick fell
how who has determined to make
#lying by his wits rather than work,
land he Is we'll calculated to do it. He
talks entertainingly about matters and
and keeps the audiencr In good humor,
and to those who do not think, he is
convinsing although he makes no at
tempt to argue single point.
III Brown, like Ccxey, has two ideas
rattling around In his head. One is
the good roads proposition, which he
would have built by the Govern
ment at an expense of $500. 900, 900, the
money to be issued by Treasury de-
apartment In paper. The workingmen
Ito receive 81 so per day and work 8
Hhours.
n The second proposition is to do
away with interest upon bonds, and
while he does not undertake to tell
how this can be done, he carries the
Enon.thinking audience with him. BE
illustrates his gush by badly painted
Hpictures, which he has the courage to
own was from his own brush.
Ii Most of the time occupied by the
Second King of the Tramps is in bitter
#denunciation of the old political par
tiles. He refers to the President as
"Hog" Cleveland. and speaks of Sena-
tor Sherman as that gray old rat"
and walking shadow from Ohio"
81 The Colonel would have the people
believe he is aiMoses leading the peo-
pile from darkness to light. He places
|himself among the martyrs of the
country, and endeavors to appeal to
fhe sympathies of the people.
+ Brown has no use for newspapers.
|He fairly hates the reporters. And
we'll ne should. If he could prevent
an Intelligent people from reading the
newspapers he could teach his fool
Eneories very easily. He referred per-
senally to the newspapers here, claim.
|ed they were owned by monopolies
md controlled by Wall street. He re.
erred to newswaper men as "lying
reporters" and declared that there
Fas no truth In them.
He fairly lampooned Al. Lanipg and
MS Chronicle. He made a wicked look
ng cartoon of him and then said If
parwln wanted to fad the missing
pnk ne should lasso Laning.
| sunday afternoon there was big
yrowd present to hear Carl preach. 1t
hollow mockery upon religion to
ave such a man read the Scripture
fno comment upon 1t. Only Saturday
fown was In the PIONEER office curs-
ng like a demon. and yesterday he
vas posing as saint
sunday night he made an attempt to
over his political meeting with re-
s'ous cloak. He simply talked poll
0s Tree and simple and such meet
= was a reflection upon any religious
humanity, right adjoining a church
no haranging politics to a large
'wo OF people. The authorities
|noulo never have permitted such a
'0ne before the boys of this country.
.ne whole flair is disgusting and
"'nsome. Even II Brown Is smart
oaRh TO make an impression upon a
0uoious audience, what must be the
ohhg OF the people when they look
oon tue lazy loafers surrounding him