Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-01


ken pistol In consideration of the nature
or the weapon no charge of concealed
weapons was preferred against him.
Mr.. Muliowney agreed that the men might
De released on $50 collateral each.
HE TAKES OUT A LICENSE.
To Charge an Admission Fee to the
New Camp Grounds.
From the grounds Mr. Coxey drove i'm
mediately to the District building, where
his arrival created considerable of a sensa-
ton. He Immediately went to the Com
missioners and requested a permit to
charge an admittance fee at the M street
camp without the payment of any license,
on the grounds that the entire receipts
were to be used for charitable purposes;
that is. in feeding and clothing the men,
bers Of the commonweal. The Commits
sioners said that they would take the re-
quest under advisement, and thought Mr..
Coxey had better take out a regular H.
cense to charge admittance for the present
until they could reach a decision.
Mr.. Coxey then went down stairs and Sc
cured In the routine manner a permit for
today. From the District building he drove
back to the grounds, where he will make a
speech this afternoon and another one this
evening.
Mr.. Coxey said to a Star reporter that the
protest which he had entered would answer
all the purposes of test case in the courts
to decide whether any law could so far
peaceable assemblage Of the American pub
lie on any grounds for the purpose Of petit
toning Congress.
At the White House.
Affairs at the White House and the
neighboring executive departments were
quiet and serene today, and nothing oc-
Cured to disturb the official routine The
guards and watchmen did not relax their
vigilance in the least, however, and showed
complete readiness to meet any emergency
The entire force of watchmen were on
duty, and there were several extra police
men in the White House grounds The
officials may have been secretly apprehen-
sive OF trouble. but they gave no visible
sign Of 1t.
The cabinet met at the White House. as
usual, at IL o'clock, and were quietly dis
cussing the general state OF the country
when Coxey's misguided army Of unfor-
Inmates were on their fruitless and pitt
fully comical march to the Capitol
Nearly the entire force of secret service
men under the Treasury, have been sum-
Tcned to Washington from all parts of
the country, and several of them spent
part of the day in and around the Ex-
ecutivs Mansion.
ME-. COxey's Protest.
The protest which Mr. Coxey endeavored
to have the captain of the Capitol police re-
ceive in the name Of the commonweal was
given to the newspaper men. 1t reads as
follows:
The Constitution Of the United States
guarantees to all citizens the right to peace
fully assemble and petition for redress of
grievances, and, Furthermore. declares that
the right of free speech shall not be
abridged.
We stand here today to test these guar
antees Of our Constitution. We chose this
place of assemblage because it Is the prop
erty of the people. and IL it be true that
the right OF the people to peacefully assem-
BILE upon their own premises and with their
petitions has been abridged by the passage
of laws in direct violation of the Constitu-
ton We are here to draw the eyes of the
nation to this shameful fact.
Here. rather than at any spot upon the
continent 1t Is fitting that we should come
to mourn over our dead liberties. and by our
protest arouse the imperiled nation to such
action as shall rescue the Constitution and
resurrect our liberty. Upon these steps
where We stand has been spread a carpet
for the royal feet of a foreign princess the
cost Of whose lavish entertainment was
taken from the public treasury without the
consent or the approval of the people
UP these steps the lobbyists of trusts
lenged on their way to committee rooms
to which We, the representatives of the
toiling wealth producers, have been de-
MED. We stand here today in behalf of
millions of toilers whose petitions
have been buried in committee rooms
whose prayers have been unresponded to-
and whose opportunities for honest re-
munerative productive labor have been
taken from them by unjust legislation,
which protects idlers, SPECTATORS and
gamblers. We come to remind Congress
here assembled Of the declarations Of
United States Senator that for quarter
of a century the rich have been growing
richer, the poor poorer, and that by the
close of the present century the middle
class will have disappeared, as the struggle
for existence becomes fierce and relentless
We stand here to remind Congress of its
promise of returning prosperity should the
Sherman act be repealed.
We stand here to declare by our march
Of over 500 miles through difficulties and
distress, a march unstained by even the
slightest act which will bring the blush Of
shame to any, that we are law abiding cit
liens, and as such our actions speak louder
than words. We are here to petition for
legislation which will furnish employment
for very man able and willing to work. for
legislation which will bring universal pros
perity and emancipate our beloved country
from financial bondage to the descendants
Of King George.
I'VE have come to the only source which
is competent to aid the people in their day
of dire distress. We are here to tell our
representatives, who hold their seats by
grace Of our ballots, that the struggle for
existence has become too fierce and re-
lentless. We come and throw UP our de-