Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-04-27
TIE COXEY MOVEMENT.

Coxey's army crossed the line OF
Montgomery county, Nd, yesterday
afternoon and is now less than thirty
miles from the national capital. That
distance will be covered by short
marches, of which that to Gaithersburg
to-day, l3 miles, will be the longest.
The five miles between Gaithersburg
and Rockville will be covered to-mor-
row and the forces of Commander-in-
chief Coxey will probably remain at the
county seat Of Montgomery until early
Monday morning.
Mr.. Coxey said last night that the
plan will be to march straight into
Washington and down Pennsylvania
avenue next Tuesday morning, the
movements of the commonweal being
timed so as to bring it to the steps OF
the Capitol at noon. Mr. Coxey would
not say how man men he expected to
have there. He expects very large
body, however, for A. E. Redstone, the
Washington agent, has promised the
cOmmonweal an escort of $1,000 men.
The army at roll-call yesterday after
noon numbered 279, all told.
Mr.. CoXey says he anticipates no OPP
position to the army assembling on the
Capitol steps, for he will claim the right
to visit the Capitol. a mass meeting
will be held. Speeches will be made by
himself and Marshal Carl Browne.
The petitions in favor of his good-roads
and on-interest-bearing-bond bills will
be read and a committee will then be
appointed, of which he will be a mem
Der, if not chairman, to lay these petit
tions before the Senate and ask for
them the consideration of that body.
The petitions will be laid before the
Senate, because the two bills bearing
Mr.. CoXey's name are now before that
body, having been introduced by Sena-
tor PETER. Mr.. Coxey thinks, however,
that the bills should have been intro
duced i'll the House, as that is the body
supposed TO represent the people, al
though he claims that the Senate rep
resents them better and is in closer
touch with them than is the House, be-
cause the Senate fought so strongly
against the repeal Of the Sherman sill
yer law and is now opposing the Will
son tariff bill. I'VE do not expect the
Senate to pay much attention to writ
Ten petitions" said Mr.. Coxey "But
the body of men we will take to the
Capitol will be living petition, and
no legislative body can afford to ignore
living petition. After we have pre-
scented ourselves and our papers We
will 90 into camp and wait for Con-
eress to act On our bills, and this is the
thing that worries those fellows in
Washington. We are going to stay
there.
George Francis Train arrived in
Washington from New York yesterday
to participate il the movement. 1--WE
are on the verge Of the biggest revolu-
ton the world has ever SEEN" he said
''and that .Jcj. Davis matter won't BE-
an item in comparison with it. 1t is
the same Old movement-a conspiracy
against this government, backed by
English money
General Ordway, commanding the
District National Guard, intends TO be
fully prepared should the militia be or.
dered out to quell any disturbance
created by the arrival of Coxey and his
followers A general order has been
issued from the headquarters of the
militia directing ali officers to report al
the armory Saturday evening, when
militia operations, the quelling of street
riots and the best means to adopt tc
prevent disturbances by lawless bodies
of men in the city will be considered
The consultation will probably be at
tended also by some Of the regular army
officers.
The Philadelphia division, which
passed through Baltimore on Tuesday
entered Montgomery county yesterday
camping at Sandy Springs.