The evening world., 1894-05-01

that they had received permission Ia
maIcn 10 the Capitol grounds, where
v vhey must disSand and enter as indi.
VIII be permitted to speak, 1 cannot
y he added, but you must be care.
tui 70 preserve the peace.
our ne g we VIII reform and march to
provided. This demonstration viii be
more powerful than force, than guns OF
cheered wildly.
Little Interest In the Army.
Meanwhile. down in the city, although
me Gay was a typical warm, sunshiny
appearance and there was nothing 10
Indicate that the city Of professions was
eager to view the quecrest ia rade that
hau ever tramped the bad asphalt OF
pennsylvania avenue. A little curious
interest was manifest In the parade, hut
thai, was all. 1t takes brass buttons and
5ands, and many, of them. to stir a
nant pipers and drummers could not
cause even the vagrant negro population
to get downtown beforehand.
A. lo.i5 o'clock the army was ready and
out OF the Brishtwood Driving Park
II started for town. AS the caravan
wound tbs way down through the mile
stretch Of woods to the city, 1t was
the most fantastic array ever conceived
In a dream. Nine mounted policemen
rode on ahead, clearing the way. Thee,
came Carl Browne. in his buckskiu
SUIT mounted on his big gray Percheron
STATION, ana waving a small flag.
Goddess of Peace in Line.
Next was a creamy white prancing
circus steed; bearing the feature of the
the role of the Goddess OF Peace. She
Is a slender, really handsome girl of
seventeen years; with long golden hair
pure white riding habit, which streamed
after her as the tall horse on which she
mad been perched pranced to the music
OF the band; Her head was covered by
httle rimless blue cap, and she shad-
ed her face with a tiny p~arasol. Alto
gether, she was a picture of such unusu-
al beauty that u spontaneous cheer
srfeeted me Unexpected appearance all
The Goddess o, p was followed
by Oklahoma Sam, the cowboy. on an
and three other marshals. Thatcher,
the bugler, rode next. emitting frequent
blasts from his cornet and fol-
lowed by d big mapping American flag.
carried by a stalwdrt mmonweal
Next the C~ommonweal army band OF six
pieces, mostly bass drum and cymDals,
pounding dsterminedly in an attempt at
Marching Through Georgia"
The Coxcy Family.
The banner. with a portrait OF Carl
but death to interest on bonds" was
borne after n light buggy decorated
with, flags. drawn by two black horses.
III which sat Gen. .Coxey himself, beside
Mrs. CoXey, a rather handsome woman
In Il tan-colored tailor-made gown, shad-
Ing with a pardsol the whito-robed in
rant. Legal Tender Coxey, aged two
years.
Then. marching two by two, came the
regular communes of the army. Before
.ach was a cOmmissary wagon
drawn, by two Percherons, the wagon
weird allegorical Illustrations of the
curse OF National Banks"
small 1ags futtered in the hands of the
bore thei. white, peace flags, and SYM.
bolic, financial banners, fearfully and
wonderfully made. were sprinkled along
Finally a long, weird shrek of the
bagpipes .heralded the Philadelphia
Commune. From the city of Brotherly
Love came also a Goddess of Peace.
Her Identity was hidden. She was an
other unknown"
An 'Unknown'' Goddess.
A heavy brown wagon horse selected
Tor his dooility carried her. She was a
good,looking plump, red-cheeked maiden
OF eighteen, draped in the Stars and
Stripes with not inartistic effect, a gilt
dark hair streaming down her back.
Her escort was the leader of the Phila-
delphians, Christopher Columbus Jones,
a small, dried-up old man with long gray
ancient beaver hat.
Jones was perched high on the back of
a cavorting coal-black stallion, to which
In his face. Behind him was his secre-
tary. Clinton. also on a black horse. a
az: slim man with another d~ilapidated
indicated that the destlnies of the
nation rested on his shoulders. After
him was dragged a MISUNDERSTANDING
Ta n P Isbellea . Goxe ye"TT' IRE sixty q m P5iia1
dragging their cart, brought up
the rear. Most OF the men carried tin
or canteens strapped over their
Along the roadside through the woods
were groups of uniformed veterans from
he Soldiers Home, a mile distant.
.ne of them contained Congressman
Sibley, of Pennsylvania, himself a
5reenbacker like Coxey, with his fam
lily.
March on Country Roads.
The first mile Of the march lay up hill
road. from whose sides knots OF curious
people with a few arrivals from
he city watched the procession: From J
Mount Pleasant to the Capitol Grounds {
the men marched. between rows OF peo- {
pie. three deep. draw to the scene by I
die curiosity. About 400 Commonwealers !
. vi iltle
At intervals the crowd cheered the
Goddess of Peace. Coxey and the buck
Marshal Browne. Scatter
ed among the followers of the army
we're about a score Of oficial represent,
atives Of labor organizations OF various
titles, and as many more detectives
from New York. Philadelphia, Balti-
more. Chicago and other cities.
The men marched two abreast.
For n Goddess's Comfort.
AS they left camp some one cried out
hat the Goodies of Peace was unpro- :
ected by the sun. and a b%ystander i'm I
media tely secured a parasol for her. On $
he line of march q local sympathizer ]
out of the GROVE to present a !
an. I
The increase of the crowd as the army .
down Fourteenth street and |
INTO the business part of town inter- !