Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-06-07
FROM A COXEY GUARD
A Wandering Willie Gives His
Views on National Questions.
NEAR WASHINGTON, May 25.
(On retreat

(On fetfeal)
MISTER EDITOR:
| am an industrial soljer-that sounds
better than tramp-and am just return
in from Washington where few of us
went on bizness. of importance to the
country, but which did not pan out ex-
ackly as it orter. Our great general is
in Jail for tredin' on the government
grass, and a shOwin' of signs. Our
schemes are busted and every industrul
has got to look out for his self Every
man of us is as much at sea as our con-
gressmen is and can't seem to suit the
publik, nor draw any more satisfacshun
out of life and bizness than they can.
We could get work in the coal mines,
but that is too hard, and besides lot of
foreners is a howlin' mob and won't let
us respectable citizens take their places
if we wanted to. We might work on
farms, but there is no satisfacshun in
one fellow workin' by his self in an out
of the way place. Life on the farm is
not suited to us industruls, we want
something differenter; and here let me
say that the majority of people is a
Workln too hard. They is cuttin' short
their lives by burnin' the candle at
polli SIido. IHC ISINOuS SHSlSN uScu
up in actual bizness is frightful, and is
a lesson to us to be moderate in all
doins and never to work more than
eight hours a day. But the question
with us fellows is which way shall we
go? No special inducement to go back
to the west, the south is too hot in sum-
mer; we can't be useful in Washington,
and we are afraid if we get into New
England we shall have to work. So we
are considerin' our future movements.
We voted for Grover, all of us did, and
expected that the remainder of our days
would be spent in eatin' bread and
honey; but there has been a slip up
somewhere along the line and we may
be obliged to work yet. Personally /
have come to the conclushun that | had
better go into the newspaper bizness,
bein' more or less familiar with the
questions of the day and an educated
tramp, and besides, it won't be so hard
as some kinds of work. 1t grieves gme
that our great General Coxey after
havin' drove to Washington in style be-
fittin' soljer and statesman, should
finish his trip with his lieutenantS in a
Black Maria and should be confined in
the work house for 20 days when he is
every whit as well fitted to be in the
senate as some of those fellers there who
is talking aginst time and patchin' and
tinkerin' of the tarif bill till nobody
can tell whether it is a Democratic, Pop
ulist, Republican meshure or not, with
its 400 amendments pinned to its tail.
| claim tnat it are and believe in the
meshure, specially the income tax
part. Every industrial thinks like me
people has no right to earn $4,000 a year
unless they pays part of it to support
us who is constushnaly prohibited
from making eny eXershion of mind
or body which might help us to get
livin.' And more than that, if man
is foolish enuf to work Is hours day
and live SO prudent that he can make
for his self an income of $4,000, he orter
to be willin to be taxed for it. That is
protecshun-to industruls and such.
Hoora for the Democrat populistic con-
gress! They will pass the income tax,
tariff bill and ALL Even Hill will vote
for it when the time comes, and the
star of Democracy will shine like a
japanese lantern on a close line. Let
me know if there is eny way for indus
truls to live in New England without
a workin'? Excuse the spellin', it is
not ignorance on my part but am tryin'
to get in line with them senators who
is preparin' bill to hav a general go
as you pleas spellin' law passed.
| am, your most obejent servent,
1NDUsTRUL.