Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-05-11

The long march Of the Coxey,s Common
veal Army TO Washington was followed by
a purade through the streets Of the Nationa
Caritgl and an attempt of the leaders tt
speak from the steps of the Capitol, in which
Congress was at the ttmo assembled.
Washington dispatch gives these particulars
The parade of Jacob S. COXpy, OF Mas
sillon, Ohio. and his Commonweal Army froI
BrightwOod Park came to a conclusion a
the Capitol where ita leader was ordered
off the Capitol steps and out o.
the grounds when he attempted tC
make his speech, but was not arrested.
His marshal. Carl BROWNE, who was more
Obstreperous, was placed under arrest after
a struggle with the crowd and taken to &
police station. The four hundred marching
men composed the army of the Common.
veal of Christ" The march was the close
Of the long journey which began at Mas
silIOn, Ohio, five weeks before.
The Capital never before beheld such pa
rade as that which passed down Pennsyl.
vania avenue under banners bearing the
name "CommOnweal of Christ but known
far and wide as "Coxey's Army. There
were about 400 men in line. All Washington
turr ed out to see the sight,
At 1915 o'clock the army was ready and
out of the Brightwood Driving Park it start.
ed for town. Nine mounted policemen rode
on ahead. clearing the way. Then came Carl
Browne, in his buckskin suit, mounted on
his big gray Percheron stallion and waving
q small flag.
Next was a creamy white prancing steed
bearing Miss Mamie COxey, i'll the role Of the
Goddess of Peace. She IS a slender, really
handsome girl Of seventeen years. with
long golden hair drifting down her back.
She wore pure white riding habit, which
Streamed after her as the tall horse OF
which she was perched prance1 to
the music of the band. Her head was COW
cred by q littG rimlesS blue cap, and she
shaded her face with Il tiny parasol. Alto
gether, she was picture of such unusual
beauty that Il spontaneous cheer greeted tho
unexpected appearance all along the line.
The Goddess of Peace was followed by
Oklahoma Sam. the cowboy, on another big
stallion. Then came Roy Kirk. and three
other marshals Thatcher the bugler. rode
next, emitting frequent blasts rom his cor
net, and followed by big American flag,
carried by q staIwart COmmOnWealer. Next
the Commonweal army band Of six pieces,
mostly bass drum AMI cymbals, playing
"Mal ching Through Georgia
The banner with a portrait Of Carl
Browne. and tho legend, He is Risen. but
Death to Interest on Bonds" was borne af
ter a light buggy decorated with flags, drawn
by two black horses, i'll which sat General
Coxey himself, beside Mrs. Coxey. a rather
handsome woman, iii a tan-cOlOred tailor
made gown. shading with parasoI the
white rObed infant, Legal Tender COGey,
aged Two months.
Then, marching two by two, came tho
regular divisions Of the army. Before each
body was n commtssary wagon drawn by two
PercherOns, tho wagon decorated on its
white canvas cover with allegOrical tllu5tri-
tions of the Course of National Banks"
Small flags futtered in the hands of the
marshals, who galloped alongside the men
bore their white peace flags, and symbolic
financial banners were sprinkled along at in
tervals.
Finally the bagpipas heralded tho Phila-
delphia detachment. From the City OF
Brotherly Love came the other Go !dess of
Peace. A heavy brown wagon horse, selected
for his dOciltty. carried her She was q good
looking plump, red-cheeked maiden OF
eighteen, draped in the Stars and Stripes,
with not inartistiC effect gilt star flashing
from her blue turban and dark hair stream
ing down her back. Her escort was the
leader of tho Phiadelphians, Christopher
Columbus Jones
Jones was on II coal-black stallion. Be
hind him was his secretary. Clinton, also on
black horse. After him was dragged 4
white bulldog, wearing maroon blanket,
labeled COxey. The sixty Philadelphtans,
dragging their cart, brought up the rear
Most of the men carried tin cups or canteens
strapped over their shoulders.
The soldiers of the army carried slaves for
weapons and all sorts of things for banners.
1nPS seemed TO Culnh Iilil the great CIOWuS
which lined the famous avenue and which
they SAW ahead of them at the Capitol as
thick as blades of grass were sym-
pathizers in their cause. When, however, they
attempted as an army to march into the
Capitol grounds they were dubbed back by
mounted and unmounted policemen, who
seemed to rise out of the ground everywhere,
and when their leader attempted to make the
speech he came 700 miles to make he was ell
bowed down the steps and outside the
grounds by the Captain of the Capitol pO-
lice He was not arrested and he was not
maltreated but he did not make the speech
that he had come to make.
Carl Browne attempted to exercise his
rights as he expressed it, and in spite OF
the warnings of the police he urged his horse
to Jump the coping that confines the Capitol
lawn, aad resisted tho attempt Of the Of
ticers to repress him. He was jostlei and
pushed, but not clubbed, and finally he was
arrested and thrown into Jail. At O'Clock
p. m. he secured bail. christopher Columbus
Jones was also arrested.
As for the rank and file of the Common
wealers, they hung about the Capitol
grounds until the great sweterinS crowds
had melted away, and then, under the lead
of Coxey, they marched away to their new
camp down in one corner of the dumping
c~ound part of the city, alongside Of an old
stagant canal. where they will remain. their
leader says, until the re-Pnforcoments now
marching from every corner of the United
States shall be here in such strength that
Congress will be compelled to listen to their
demands for legislation.