The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-17
COXEY Is VERY VAIN.
Exhibits That Characteristic Many
Times in His Conversation.
JOURNAL REPORTER MEETS HIN.

He Refuses TO Talk About His Daugh-
ter Mamie" Who EIoped With Carl
Browne.
The first man to greet General Jacob
s COxey when he stepped from a Santa
Fe train last evening was JOURNAL re-
porter. The committee from the Populisr
league expected to find the famous lead
er of the Commonweal in q day coach.
The reporter did not and so walked to
the rear of the train and was near at
hand when Mr.. Coxey himself was as
sisted from the car by a Pullman porter.
There was rather disappointed look
on the generals" face for he evidently
expected something of a demonstration.
He had supposed that large delegation
OF Wheelmen would be present to meet
him aud they were not there. He was
met by brass bands in Texas.
One would think by looking at the
pictures of Coxey which have been used
on the badges of his ''army" and in the
newspapers, that he is a large man with
very large head, but on the other hand
he is slight of form. His manner is rest
less but his appearance somewhat dig
nifed His face would not be considered
| altogether pleasant His mouth is not
small and his teeth are large and promi-
nent. His eyes are rather little aud the
corners have a droop like those of Gel
estiaL The upper part of his face III
dicates resolution and shows that he ia
an organizer. His voice is strong and
rather agreeable in conversation.
Mr. Coxey has unlimited confidence in
| himself and he would rather talk about
Coxey than anyone else. THE people in
| Texas were 0aIiChted said he
81 heard a man on the train who had
attended one of my meetings say that it
was the finest thing he had ever heard"
| When Coxey entered the carriage to
| be driven to the hotel a curious crowd
had collected to catch a glimpse of the
| general" and for the first time his face
| wore a smile of satisfaction. On the
way to the hotel his attention was called
| to the fine streets, and he said:
Eyes, the streets in town are all right,
! but how are they in the country? They
ought to be good in a city of this size.
| What we need is good roads in the coun-
| try. You should get the wheelmen
interested with you. They will be
directly benefited by my plan
and they should be interested in the
project to have better roads. I wish
they could have turned out. 1t would
have been just the thing if demonstra-
/
J. NJ. Hart, who WAS managing the
lecture, said that he did not want the
wheelmen to turn out if part of them
| objected. 81 did not want to hear any
! jeers or anything Of the kind"
81 wouldn't care g snap for any one
making fun of me-" replied Coxey. 81
got used to that some time ago"
Then "Generdl" Coxey talked about
his great commonweaI movement What
/ I J Z
| ton of congress from the tariff They
were wasting the peoples time, and
wanted to do something that would turn
their attention to the financial question,
| aud l succeeded did not expect to ac-
complish much more. The army has
| been scattered aud I do not think there
| will ever be another such movement, It
was all right. 1t educated the people
and that is something. The leaders
have disappeared and I have lost track
of them"
"What has become of Carl Browne?"
There was a panied look on Coxey's
face as the subject of Browne, whom he
had kept and made famous and who at
terward eIoped with his daughter, was
mentioned.
81 think he is in Washington" said he.
81 do not know, but I suppose he is
there. He started in the movement
Wild me ana StayeO WIN me- assisting III
meetings, but I know nothing about him
now"
Then the general" dropped the sub
ject aud refused to be drawn back to it
"We did not bring the children with uG
on this trip" continued Coxey. LEG a
Tender is at home and well with the res
of the children. Mrs. COxey stopped il
Guthrie and 1 will return there tonight
The general" is not making the triI
for profit. He only asks that his expenses
be paid when he makes a speech and tina
pass on the railroads be secured fol
him or his fare paid Like all politician
he says he hopes to be elected this fall
Il am going to get a big VOTE" said he
sand l will not be surprised if l an
elected governor of Ohio AS soon as
get home l shall go into the campaign il
earnest 1 made a great many speeches
before left"