Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-28

Of them, we assure you. with US and with
you in heart
Then follow these alleged signatures:
Geo. F. Hoar, Henry Cabot Lodge, David B.
Hill. William NJ. Stewart. ]. d. Cameron.
NJ; T. Quay. "A. p. German, H. NJ. Teller.
Allen. John Martin and Fred T. Dubois.
The so-called invitation did not fool Mr..
Coxey a little bit, and he simply winked
the other eye.
Guarding Gaithersburg.
Tonight the little town Of Gaithersburg
Is being patrolled by thirty Of its leading
citizens. with Mr.. Lee NJ. Lipscomb at the
head. who are going to keep watch to see
that no burglaries or other crimes are COM
mitted by members Of the commonweal or
by any persons attracted here by the
armys presence. The afternoons showers
put the Coxey cohorts to rout and brough.
on desperate scattering for shelter.
Brightwood to BE Reached Tomorrow.
Just before the army reached here today
Mr. Coxey and Marshal Browne finally set
tied their plans. which comprise a camp at
Rockville. on the fair grounds. tomorrow
evening. and an early start on Sunday
morning for Brightwood. The army is to
reach Brightwood by l o'clock Sunday,
when II will go Into camp on the Bright
wood race track, and will be ready to re-
cetve the heavy influx Of visitors expected.
-,
OF them properly fitted out with the requi-
site 10 cents or quarter. whichever 1t is de-
ciced to charge for admission to the
grounds.
The rumors of accessions to the army,
which are being received are of the most
varying quality. Jones with his little band
VIII reach Rockville almost as soon the
commonweaL There are tonight probably
fifty others waiting around Rockville.
Smith. the unknown" is at Rockville with
a little band, to whom he has issued a spe-
cial badge With him Is Cheeky" Childs,
the ex-advance agent OF the commonweal
This band will stay at Rockville for day
or SO and then move down to the city.
Childs told me this evening that this con-
monweal until the march into Washington
took place on May /, when II would fall
in behind Coxey's band.
smith to he Excluded From the
Parade.
In this connection Marshal Browne eased
his mind of a load this afternoon. IF
Smith and his crowd" he said, try to pa
rade with US. will do exactly as the mar
shall Of a Fourth OF July procession would
do. and request the police to put them out. !
Most Of the men Smith has with him are !
men who have been discharged from the I
commonweal for bad conduct AS 1 have /
already. said Smith Is a reincarnation Of
two souls, one good one, and the other a
bad one. These two souls are about evenly |
balanced naturally. The course this man
has been pursuing of late. however, shows
clearly that he Is being ruled by his bad
soul. II he would give his good soul a
chance it would lead him to a realization
that he is in the wrong and he would go
on somewhere and keep quiet
Where smith Will Camp.
Childs and Smith say they have received
an invitation to camp at Chevy Chase and
that they will probably do so with their con-
r bad ha nd do
sired a reconciliation with the leaders of the
commonweal and he said that it would be
desirable, in order to further the cause of
peace on earth. Smith expends most of his
time in Washington and lectures each even
ing In the yard of the Thyson House. while
Childs fits back and forth between Wash |
ington and Rockville. getting together the
500 men he claims to have concealed some |
where around in Montgomery county. The
claim, however, is almost as absurd as most |
of these two leaders, who evidently have |
two eyes apiece fastened on the mighty dol |
lar. Coxey says that ever since Smith first
Joined the commonweal his mind was intent |
on money making schemes and that he pro- |
posed several 10 him. which were refused.
VIII Lecture on ReincarnatiOn.
On Sunday afternoon at Br1ghtwood Carl
Browne will. in all probability. lecture on
reincarnation. and his views on this subject
and Mr.. Coxey's are not the least interest
ing portion Of this affair. Carl Browne is
the originator Of the reincarnation doc |
trines as taught to the commonweal and
expounded to the public. Mr.. Coxey |
is a disciple and a thorough one. After
diligent search / have been unable to dnd
another man in the army who understood
or believed in reincarnation or had anything |
more than a vague idea of what it meant. |
The men usually shake their heads when
reincarnation is mentioned, and their ex-
pressions vary from "hlanked answers to
well, / don't understand nothing about
this soul business, anyway"
The Commonwealers Described.
Now that this band of men Ii about to
enter the District Of Columbia 1t is Of i'm |
portance to the city to gain an estimate OF
the men in the ranks. There are marching |
behind the commonweal banners all sorts !
and conditions of men. The army tonight |
consists of less than 300 men. Some Of |
them are tramps. some Of them are work. |
ingmen anxious for job. Many of them |
belong to labor organizations, benevolent
and secret societies. Some of them are |
boys Nearly all of them have had check |
cred careers. There Is In all this, l believe, |
not a professional crook in the crowd. Some |
of the men have probably committed minor |
offenses and lots Of them will get drunk |
There are two men who claim to have been |
with Emma Goldman in New York, and |
these make up the anarchistic element and |
they are very weak representatives of an |
archy. 1 have not discovered a man in the |
crowd with slightest tendency toward no.
micidal crankism.
The men are dissatisfied with the present |
condition of affairs, and want something |
done. They understand little Of Mr.. Coxey's |
bills, but they have confidence in the man. |
/ have heard of one or two expressing the |
opinion that they were as much enlisted |
men as soldiers in any army, and would !
carry out Mr.. Coxey's ORDERS whatever they |
might be.
Most Of them, however. do not go so far, |
and do not look for any great trouble. |
Among themselves, however, and In talking |
with persons whom they trust, they are |
free with the prediction that this is only the |
beginning, and that war of some sort will |
be the result These men fairly we'll |
disciplined and obey orders. Some of them |
have come along in with the army simply to |
keep from begging while searching for |
work This element is apt to scatter before |
many days T. c. N.