Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-23

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Vinette's statement, n II be true, and
that is that his men are wording for
their board. That may lead them 10
do better than 10 bum, beg and steal ,as
the advance guard h said to be doing
Instead OF engaging In homes. lab5t
But q strong DOUBT IL thrown On bic
statement 10 this respect, as his other
assertions DO not lear the stamp VI
consistency. For instance, he pledges
bis men ito maintain law and order"
and at the same time says they are
"musiefed into the service Of the
United States" when there IL no law
iul authority for the musteflng--an uu.
usual style Of maintaining the law.
Tho demand that Congfeas Will restore
10 them their "oonitltulional right Of
lifn" is particularly silly since they
have never been deprived Of n; aud
quite ~ much 20 10 the pfop9sl.
ton 10 "supply the nccessafies Of
life 10 the 100000 idle and
hungry people OF this nation" by an
army which IL itself "wlthout a day's
ration, "and In tue midst Of "privalions
which are daily growing more intoler.
abie.D
We are afraid that the notion Of
getting out and working 10 support
themselves Il wholly unpala,abie 10
the leading spirits OF this affair such
a. Browne aud Frey, tho latter Of
whom will be remembered rs the per-
son who worked this fraud Of petition.
ing various cities on tho coas, for aid
for Sin FRnclsco's unomf ljyod, aud
who once lived In this city. They
prefer to work up an agitation and live
by tho sweet Of other mems brows; and
while there may be- In the army many
men who afo sincere In their desire 10
nnd work for wages, II Ia to bs TO.
gretted, aud II IL certainly n surprise,
that such should have been 10 easily
deceived. Ia assuming that Congress
eau do anything for them In the line
they request, they forget that that
body has limited aud delegated powers,
and eau neither give the men work as
demanded, nor dole out 10 them the
nations money without an equivalent;
hence that the demands u the army
are unconstitutional aud unreasonable,
aud must fail
As TO the eastern dignliariei ia the
movement, sketch Of their person.
ality may not DO uninicre.iing. Tho
commander Of the OHIO contingent, j..
J. CoHey, was born on Easter Sunday,
1864, Ia Pennsylvanla. He has been
quite successful In his business enter.
prise, and seems ~ be OF religious
turn Of mind, a fac, which account.
fof tho dssign on his banner, vlE., n
picture Of Christ with this legend
addedi "Peaco ON earth; god will
toward monl lilo hath riscnl ~ But
death 10 interest on bOndsl" In OK.
PLANTATION Of this design he saysthAt the
great NaIarene was simply a reforms =,
lilo won't about, like Mr. Browne, doing
all the good Ho could and preached
against those who live upon Interest
aud percent but A. these controlled
tho masses then as now, they caused
HE death on tho cross.
Mr.. Browne, tho gentleman referred
TO, Is the real organizer OF the army.
To newspaper reporter no volunteered
tho statement that part Of tho soul Of
Christ happened TO come into his body
by reincarnatlon, aud tina, another part
thereof went 10 Coxey. Thousands OF
people In the United States, hs said,
are similarly endowed, which accounts
for the Tremendous response 90 his call
Tor an army 10 battle for peace aud
prosperity. The accomplishment OF
these things means, according 10 his
view, tho second coming Of Christ, no
only In enc single form but IA th,
whole people.
All this gives the startling sugges.
ton that there must DO some religious
fauaticism at the bottom OF the aingu
lar current, aud II will receive adde's
force ia proportion as this IL mixed
with sincerity. Yet, 1t Is but too plain
that according to the Arrangements
made, tho body Of the band will b.
subjected to much suffering without
the possibility Of accomplishing any.
thing. The commander, expect a
following Of many thousands but have
only one tent TO sleep In, large enough
10 accommodate few hundred. They
expect tho mulliiudes 10 look out foi
themselves ON the road. What THU
means may DO Imagined, II the case be
supposed that several thousand
hungry men nnd themselves with
out provisions and money 10 the
vicinity Of farm, aud villages
where stores may be found Compare.
lively unprotected. And then no ar.
raugements ate made Tor the return Of
the host from Washington, that Is, Il
It ever reaches tho capital, but each
one must fnd his way back as best he
can. Looking at all these circum.
slances, every sensible person must
pronounee the whole scheme the WORK
Of a mailman or an impla,or ltought
to be killed in H. inoiplenoy Ia tue la.