The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-05-18
: THE COMMONWRALRRS

--. - THE C0M10NWnAL1RS.
Where the DiRereat Bsanches Are
and What they Are Doing.
Washington, May 0.-The three lead
frs of the commonweal, Coxey, Browne
nnd Christopher Columbus Jones, have
been found guilty Of violating the laws
to submit to n sentence hereafter to be
imposed by the court for their recent
demonstration ON the capitol grounds.
Thus ends what its leaders styled .'the
greatest march of the nineteenth CEN
tury." All three Of the accused were
convicted on the first count of the in-
tlictment which charged them with dis
playing a banner designed to bring into
public notice the j. .. Coxey Good Roads
association. Jones of Philadelphia was
acquitted on the second count, which &C.
cuscd them of treading on the grass,
but Coxey and Browne were convicted
Attorney Lipscombe Immediately ell
tered a motion for u new trial and all
other in arrest Of judgment. Judge Mill
or gave him four days to file the formal
paper. Two weeks may elapse, during
which the trio will be free on bail, b.
fore the motion for IL new trial il argued
and decided. The penalty provided by
law is the same fol- each offense, viz, Il
fine not to exceed 500 and imprisonment
in jail for not more than sixty days, or
both, within the discretion of the court.
Accordingly, the maximum punishment
which may be meted out to Coxey and
Browne is $500 and 12O days, while
Christopher Columbus Jones il subject
to 500 and sixty days.
BY II curious congressional error in
recent bill which reorganized the district
courts there is no appellate court to
which Il police court case Gun be carried.
The only method of appealing from Judge
Mill"r's sentence will be am application
to higher court for writs Of habeas
corpus and certiorari. Attorney Lips
-conlbe has announced that he will take
this step if Judge Miller ovcrrules the
motion for new trial. However, such
IL petition will not operate as Il stay of
Judgment to keep the defendants from
serving their sentences while it is pend
ing.
Des Moines, May 8. - Gen. Kclly's
coats are almost completed. and the
army will s.Mn make Il start from D..s
AhSy uuNG lVuu euVuEu Iut
three days. Oskal0osa wills send 1,(ND
loavcs of bread and coffee and meat be-
si,les. The start will he sort of gala
procession. aud the army is in better
spirits than it has been for several ,lays.
Washington. May 10. - After hearing
Gen. COxey to-day the house committee
on labor, by IL vote of Z to 2. decided to
report II resolution for joint invrstiga-
tion by IL special committee of the senate
and house of the Coxey movement and
the depressed condition of labor in seI-
cral. This decision was hailed with sat
isfaction by Messrs Coxey and Browne
anl hy II number of prominent POpulists
and Farmers Alliance leaders and the
chairman aud secretary of the Peoples
party. I'll. vote to report the resolution
was:
Ayes-Erdnan Pa.). Wells (Wis,.
Ryan IN. W. Table rt Is. O.. Democrats;
Pence Wolo.). Populist: Phillips PaD.
kiefer (Aiinn.), Republicans.
Nays-Dunn Den., N. J.), Apslcy
Qtep. Mass.)
Chairman McGann says the favorable
report will be made tomorrow and he
will soon thereafter press for II suspension
of the rules and an immediate pass ig..
Of the resolution. Mr.. Dunn says there
will hc u minority report.
The district health officers have decided
tho CoXey camp to he IL nuisance and
dial serous to health. = The district COM
m'ssicncrs have given Coxey AID his fol
lowers forty-eght hours ITO abate the
LuisaEce' This doubtless means that
they must break camp within that time.
Salina. Kan, May 11.-'r'hc "war" IL
over. The intrepid Colorado contingent
of the conmonweal which has kept Col
orldo and Kansas in an uproar for two
days has surrendered Internationally 10
Marshal Nceley. They were $50 strong
and every man put under arrest. The sur
Tender was mad. rcaU ably and the ell
tire almy Is being taken to Topeka for
trial.
The special train il row cn rout. with
the captured train md is making rapi!
time on ts 'etarn trip.
Washington. My lit is not lpp;,-
IL nled her. that United States Marsn,l
Neeley will have any great difficulty in
recapturilg the stolen train and arresting
the thieves. If, however, the marshal
finds that he il not strong enough to
serve the processes Of the court it il rpa-
sonable to believe. in view of the action
Of the government in similar cases. that
IL suifici mt force of troops will be or
dcrcd out 20 serve the writs aud TO pro-
tect private and public property. 1t is
known that the governmcnc is becoming
somewhat annoyed mt these repeated acls
of vobbery on the part Of these so-callcd
'aifsAes Of peace" and is likely 10 use
heroic measures to stop them.
Minneapolis. May II. - The advance
guard of Coxeyites, making uR the Mon-
tana division Of the colnHlNnwcal, arrived
IN Minneapolis this morning Oh freight
trains over the Great Northern ami
Northern Pacific: There are abou, fifty
nll told headed by Commander john
Wilson. Lieut.. Charles Rolfc. Montall:,
"Stotty,N . lieutcnant Of the Montana
division; G"ors. Burns, alni several eth
crs who show authority. Judging from
the appearance Of the officers the div ision
is not in very hard luck. as the chiefs
seem to b. well dressed aud " hav"
plenty Of money. They registered at the
Wilbur house, un First street north, and
immediately aftcrwari the flags of thy
command. the regulation standards, We're
hung from the windows uf- the hotel.
Across the face 4f the flags are strips
bearing the legend ''Coxcy's army head
quarters, John Wilson commander"
Wilson and his aides have heeA rus,llag
aroand to-day making arrangements for
the accommodation af tho l.is crowd eH-
pected ia sift in!a Minneapolis tomorrow
from the surrounding towns. From what
could be gathered there are 100 men In
the various small towns within radius
of fifty miles of Minneapolis. and the ex-
pectation is that !Gost Of them will get
here by s4lnc means or other befur~ to-
n40rr9w night.
Change of Dates for Congress.
Washington, May 12.-The bill Of Rep
fcsentative Grain of Texas to change the
date for the assembling of congress was
favorably reported to the house to-day.
Democrats and Republicans joined in IL
Unanimous report. The bill provides that
the first session of each congress shall
lcsin the first Tuesday in March. The
second session is TO begin on the first
Monday in January instead Of December,
as u. present.
Women's Rights Talk In Kansas.