The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-05-03
WHY SUCH A SCARE?
Is 1T GUILTY CONSCIENCE THAT
CAUSES SUCH A FRIGHT OVER
COxEYs
why is 1T That Men on Foot are so Much
More Formidable than Men on Pullman
Cars What Does 1t all Mean?

(Spec- to THE CAUCAsfAN.)
Washington, d. C., April 30-''The wick
ed flee when none pursueth." 1t is inter
esting to witness the cowardIiness of this
administration and the officials in authority
in Washington over the news that few
hundred unarmed and peaceful citizens are
marching TO Washington on foot, preferring
this mode of travel to riding in Pullman
palace cars. The Chief of Police and the
District Commissioners have become panic
stricken on account of the approach of these
men within the District of Columbia. The
Sargeants-a Arms of the House of Repre-
sentatives and Senate are trembling like the
aspen from fright, Cleveland and his Cabi-
net are frightened almost out of their senses
on account of the visit of these unemployed
men. Nearly three hundred extra police
men have been appointed to make places
aud give employment for relatives and
friends of Democrants Senators and Mem
bers of Congress All of the entrances to
the Capitol building are closed except the
four main ones. The public galleries of the
Senate and House are closed to those who
cannot pass prescribed police inspect ion.
large number of extra detectives are on
duty, mingling with visitors to find out If
there are any of Coxey's followers around
The other day the Grand Lodge of Odd Eel
lows which met in this city, was not allow
ed to pass along in procession the paths and
carriage ways of the Capitol grounds with
their banners bearing the insignia of the
three-linked order of Friendship, Love
and Truth. They We're met at the approach
es to the grounds and ordered by the police
to desist from passing through. This is the
first time in the history of this free nation
tina, peaceful citizens have been refused the
permission to pass through the grounds of
their nations Capitol.
What would the spirit of Washington
Adams, Jackson and others say to this Dem
occatic autocracy prohibiting a free people
in free country passing over this highway
for which our forefathers gave their lives
The Secretary of the Treasury has ordered
extra locks and bars to be placed on the
Treasury vaults and guards armed with ri
| files, pistols and clubs keep watch over that
| building. No person is allowed to enter
within the walls of the Treasury building
with any suspicious looking bundle on their
person. The White House is already guard
ed front and rear by fifteen Metropolitan
police while on the inside are corps of de-
tectives in citizens clothes. The Secretary of
| v ar has ordered the cavalry companies to
| move out from the city into Maryland. He
explained that it was to give men and ami
mails recreation. They move and camp on
the road over which Coxey's army is ex-
pected to enter the city. He has also Or
dered guns from the various arsenals to be
shipped to Washington.
The question arises, what does all this
mean? The answer is plain. a few un-
armed men, as peaceful citizens, have seen
cause to march to Washington on foot,
There is no evidence that this body of citi-
zens have ever made any threat against the
Government, Congress or any of the citizens
of the District of Columbia. 1t is yet to be
reported that these men have robbed sin
gle hen-roost or pigpen on their march
They have paid their way like honest men
whenever it has been required of them.
With these facts known why should the
| Democratic administration feel such deer
concern? If they have committed no of
fense toward these men, why such alarm
They are not marching with red flag
Haunting as a symbol of anarchism, nor are
they armed with dynamite. They are
marching along under the emblem of free
dOm-the stals and stripes.
The oldest inhabitants say that this Dem
Qcratic scare-crow reminds them of the stir
ring times of 1861, when the country was or
the verge of civil war. Then there wa.
cause to be afraid; but now there is none
A guilty conscience needs no accuser "Tt
your tents oh Israel" J. NJ