St. Paul daily globe., 1894-07-04
gen." COXEY IS ON DECK.
THE COMM0NWEAL ARMY LEADER IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
SUBMITS TO AN INTERVIEW
And Talks Freely to the Globe OF
the Pullman Boycott and the
Other Issues of the Day-The
Solution OF the Strike Lies in
the Passage OF His Two Bills
Now Before Congress.


A slender man of medium height,
with brownish hair and moustuche,
calm gray eyes. shaded by gold-bowed
spectacles, attired in gray suit and
straw hat, such is the manner in whic
"Gen." James S. Coxey, the head Of the
appeared as he regis
tered at the West hotel yesterday morn
ing. Gen. Coxey arrived direct from
OHIO. and he Will speak at the indus
trial celebration at MinUehaha park
this afternoon. His manner is unob-
trusive, and he has nothing of the
typical crank in his appearance.
Seen by GLOBE reporter yesterday
afternoon he talked tluently on the
issues of the day, and did not hesitate
to express himself OIL every subject.
Regarding the present boycott of the
Pullman company and its far-reaching
effects. he said he had not as yet had
time TO probe into the matter very
deeply, but that, so lar as he had inyes-
tigated, he thought the fight is now be-
tween the state, the railroad managers
and the A. K. U. The members of the
latter would try to reach Pullman by
combining all OF the organized forces OF
labor. The industrial element, he said,
had a precedent in this from the work.
ings of the trusts and monOpOlies, and
it looked as if they had learned some
thing from the object lessons presented.
Speaking OF the Pullmans, he alluded
faceliously to the sOaping OF the tracks
in st. Paul, and in this connection he
said that formerly the soap" had been
applied III Washington, but that the
men out West had learned to apply 1t
differently.
II am opposed" he said, ITO the use
of violence in the settlement OF these
questions, ana it has always been my
aim to keep within the law. The proper
redress is in congress, which should
enact laws to remove the cause of all
these disturbances.
Referring to his twenty days. i'm
prisoumenU in Washington for walking
on the grass, he said that our admins
tratiOn had run to monarchical forms
of government, and that in his case
there was no use If going through the
farce of a trial, as there was no possible
chance for him TO escape. The powers
at Washington, he continued, con-
trolled the courts, which he illustrated
by citing the restraining order issued in
This order, he said, came from Cleve-
land. and it had to be obeyed, just as
other orders in the interests of the
money powers were obeyed.
Regarding the main army of the COM
monwealers, he said there were a bout
800 now III Washington, and daily ac-
cesSiOns were being made. The two
bills now before congress, the good
roads bill and the non-interest-bea airing
bond bill, in his Judgment offered So
luton of the whole difficulty.
THE REMEDY.
On this subject he said:
"The two bills which we have pre-
sented to congress will solve the money
question and the industrial question by
giving employment TO the unemployed
and creating moueY upon the value that
the men created In making the public
improvements, and paying them with
this money, which will be full legal
tender for all debts. In that way we
will submit full legal tender money in
place of confidence money and notes
that the manufacturers have taken in,
payment for their products the years
previous to this, but which have now
disappeared on account of there not be-
ing actual money enough in the banks
to discount them.
1.-The bills provide, first, that the gov.
ernment create all issue Of $500, 900, 00O
of full legal tender money and appro-
pirate to each state and territory. pro
rata with the number of miles OF roads.
at the rate of S20.G00,000 per month, TO
furnish work TO the unemployed i'll
making good roads throughout the
country.
"Tne other bill is the nom interest
bond bill, which allows all states, coun-
ties and townships. municipalities,
towns or villages to issue their non-in-
terest- bearing twenty-five-year bonds,
not to exceed the assessed valuation OF
their property, and to deposit those
bonds with the secretary of the treas
ury at Washington, when it shall be
mandatory upon him to issue the face
value OF those bonds In full legal ten
der treasury money, retaining l per
cent, the actual cost of printing and
engraving the same, forward 80 per
cent to the corporations, they agreeing
to repay the government at the rate OF
per cent per annum or in twenty-five
annual inStallmentS, without interest.
This money to be used exclusively to
make all public improvements. This
will substitute actual money instead Of
the confidence money that disappeared
last year and put this country down 10
a cash basis. 1t will drive out English
money and substitute in its place tull
American money to develop the re-
sources of this country, and save in i'll
terest alone $3y0,0OO,0 900 annually"
II want to show that the whole
national government is manipulated by
foreign money. | will illustrate it in
this way. The fact of my arrest, con-
vlction and sentence to twenty days III
Jail by Cleveland district attorney.
jury aud judge aud police, shows that
the whole network only points the way
straight to Jail. When this confidence
mon~ J disappeared the manufacturing
establishments shut down, that is what
made them close, and not the repeal of
the tariff BILL"
Regarding the progress of the bills he
said that last week he appeared before
the senate committee OH education, and
that next week he hoped to be heard
before the committee OIL finance, and
that congress might also take hold of
the bills next week.
The treatment of the Coxey army, he
said, had been shameful, which was
partially dae to the Misrepresentation
of the press. The army had been
advertised as body Of tramps, and
people were more ready to receive them
with Shotguns than open arms. The
press, lie luOuElt, WAS EoSpOuSiUIo IUC
the financial panic, aud it had ridiculed
where calm and fair discussion should
have prevailed. In his judgment the
newspapers dared not TO be independent
for the reason that they catered To the
money powers. If the papers were boy
cotted 10y the class that read ADVERTISE
ments, then the merchants would quit
advertising and the proprietors would
be brought 10 terms.
The Kelly and other branches of the
army, he said, acted independently, al
though they all united 10 advance the
good of a common cause. which meant
relief for the thousands of unemployed.
Asked as to the strength of the coul-
monwealers, lie said it is impossible to
tell, as it is difficult to find man who
is not CoXeYlte.
ADDRESSES THE A. II. U.