Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-19
THE CITY COXEYFIED
THE ACITATOR FOR GOOD ROADS
IN TOWN.
j. ). Coxey Speaks at the Opera House to
ing Bonds his Principal Theory.

The INDEPENDENT announced Fri
day evening that j. 5. Coxey, Of
Commonweal faIae was to deliver an ad
dress at the opera house on the issues
OF the day. 1t was not given much
credit until the bills announcing the
fact were scattered on the streets. 1t
was worth treat to see how the citi-
zens watched him as he came up from
the depot, and realized that he looked like
the majority of us common mortals.
The wild west procllvilies looked for
were not there, nor did he wear a cow
boy suit or long hair, and have haunt
ed look in his eyes. Mr.. Coxey was not
very faEorably impressed with the re-
ception be received at the depot, as the
committee of the populist party sue
ceeded in meeting him about half way
up town.
But when the show was to commence,
the opera house was crowded from the
bottom to the top. There were great
many disappointments Saturday night.
A larger number of the people went to
the opera house through mere curiosity.
a large number were disappointed in
his appearance, believing man who
had created such sensation as he had,
who had been ordered off the steps Of
the u. s. capitol and also been put in
prison for twenty days for the sake of
opinion and also the nerve to express it,
must be marked by some peculiar
feature to denote the presence of the
"Ferris wheel" he was supposed to have
in his head.
Then again those who went there for
the purpose of hearing an illlterate
man, were disappointed, as he is a man
of considerable intelligence. Coxey
used greenbacks and what is known as
comercial paper to emphasize his argu
ments, and it cannot be denied that his
theory is plausible. He proved beyond
a doubt to those who were there for
the purpose of gaming information,
that his plan of non-interest bearing
bonds would give sufficient money to do
business with. The trial would of
course be necessary to prove it the best.
The greatest trouble with his speech
was his mode of reiterating.
One thing that surprised the greater
number of those present, was the fact,
that not once in that 11a hours speech
l. 70 kc nd on
coinage of silver He also gave the
story of his trip to Washington with
the army; his reason for so doing, and
his reception, incarceration and trial.
There were number of truths uttered
by Mr.. Coxey Saturday night and they
proved distasteful to both republicans
and democrats.
Before the commencement of his
lecture it was amusing to watch the
different represe sentativ es of the two old
parties, and the different spirit mani
tested. There were Mayor Swindell and
Brad Southworth, who, when they en-
tered the hall, took sneak toward the
rear of the room. When Judge Hess
came in he walked defiantly up 10 the
front row. The Hon. Ii. G.. Thayer got
in little late and was compelled to
take reserve seat against the side of
the wall. Attorney n. Stevens walked
clear around the hall and set down on
the west side of the opera house among
large gathering of free silverites.
Pete Ktuyer got in a little late, and
played square bluff on pat hand
walking to the front and leaning against
the stage. The representative of the
Republican took the front row, and be-
fore the speaker got down TO his work,
got up and SLEW his kite
No better place could have been
found to study human nature along
political lines.
Shortly after Coxey commenced his
speech, he Lit into Grover Cleveland
and the democratic party in way that
would raise hair on an egg. We looked
over at Kruger and he had Strengthened
up and looked daggers at poor Coxey.
Over on the east side the Hon. III. q.
Thayer was applauding to the echo,
while Swindell and Southworth were
holding their sides and laughing for all
it was worth.
But when Coxey turned like flash
and commenced berating the republican
party, the sudden change was ludicrous.
Pete Kruger smiled broad smile and
those on the other side of the fence
looked at the speaker with contempt
plainly depicted on their faces.