The Washington times., 1894-07-23
BUILDING JAlLS HIS REMEDY
How Coxcy Proposes to Find Work
for the Unemployed.
SEND THEN ALL TO WASHINGTON
The Commonweal Leader and Father McGlynn
Address a Large Populist Meeting-No
Hope for the Industrial Masses Save in
the Success Of the Populist Party.

New YORK, July 22.-Gen. ]. S. Coxey, Of
the army Of the commonweal, was at Ridge
wood Park, L. l.. to-day, where reception
was tendered him by the representatives Of
the Peoples party, who were holding pic
ME there. Gen. Coxey made an address at the
big afternoon meeting.
II represent a party" he said, "that does
not want money that is redesmable in gold
exclusively, but money that is redeemable in
everything that is used ia this country"
Gen. Coxey then unfolded the details of his
good roads scheme, which he said would give
employment to every workman in this coun-
try and make theUnited States the most power
full country in the world He then took up
the railroad troubles. referring to George NJ.
Pullman as king George w."
..Let the people OF the United States con-
denim the railroads" said he, land compel
the government to buy them. II the railroad
people can condemn your property when they
are building railroad on the ground that it
is for the common benefit. you in turn should
condemn their property and operate the rail-
SET THEM TO BUILDING JAILs.
Continuing. he said: 1.-The only place for
you to strike at is Washington. Go through
your public parks and marshal the tramps
and unemployed workmen, tell them the
cushions down in Washington are as soft as
they are here. and tell them 1 have plan to
feed them down there. l don't mind telling
my plan. When the men get down there
they will be sent to Jail as was The Jail in
Washington can only accommodate 800 per-
sons. 1t is full now, so the men will have to
be put to work building jails to imprison
themselves in. If cannot get them work at
one thing 1 can get them work at another"
In CLOSING the commonweal general again
urged upon his hearers to marshal the unem-
pioyed OF New York and Brooklyn and march
in body to CONGRESS- and demand that the
good roads plan be put into shape for practi-
cal legislation.
Rev DIR. Edward McGlynn then addressed
the assemblage. after which the following res
olutions were adopted:
PEOPLES PARTY OFFERS RELIEF.
"Resolved. That the time has come when
no further hope can be held out of any rem
edies for our present industrial distress from
either the Republican or the Democratic
party: that they are both dominated by the
money power that they are both agreed on
using tho military, not TO queil law
breaking. but to make positive alliance with
capital; that they are one in the policy Of
contracting the currency to a point of i'm
poverishment for four-fifths OF the people;
that they are one in the matter of land
monopolies theft of unearned incomes on
land values and refusal of State aid to the
unemploysd in fact. in all essential questions
which continue the present miserable condi-
tions they are merely separated into two
wings through the necessity OF waging a
sham battle for the division OF spoiis;
Resolved That the one and only remedy
for the present inequality of conditions that
causes so much suffering and want is for the
industrial masses themselves to seize the
government and administer it in the sole in
terests of those who produce all wealth.
Resolved. That TO this end We call on
every workman and every working-class SYM
pathizer to come out on tie first Tuesday after
the first Monday of November next and
strike at the ballot-box on the programme
laid down by the Peoples party"