The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-27

| States to Kansas City will be regarded
much in the light of a picnic by these peo-
pie. Wagon journeytng is a popular way
OF spending the summer vacation in the
| West. Parties go from Kansas City down
| into Arkansas. Oklahoma, or the Indian
Territory in wagons fitted for the purpose,
| and often travel one thousand miles before
their holiday is ended. Sometimes cara
van of four or five wagons is formed for
this gypsying, and the party lives on the
country, buying chickens, butter, eggs,
fruit and milk from the farmers by the
wayside.
The prairie schooner delegates will jog
along the roads comfortably. meeting with
their kind at cross roads and camping in
parties by the roadside at night. When
they stop for the night they will set up
their sheet14ron stoves out Of doors and
cook theirrr simple food. roll up in their
blankets when dark comes and get under
way again at rnnrise. But ii will be hot
and dusty Journey along the shadel.ss
prairie roads, and the prairie schooner"
delegates viii doubtless be very glad to go
into camp for few days when they reach
the Convention city.
Camp In the City.
In Kansas City these wanderers will go
into campSn the vacant lots near the Cen
vention Hail.. In the city they will sleep
in their wagons. but cook out of doors in
true camp style, and it is possible they will
be more comfortable than their brethren in
the hot and crowded hotels.
feature of the parades in Kansas City
during the convention will be section
composed of prairie schooners." with ban
ners on their sides. bearing Democratic slo-
gans of more or less intensity. This Will
arouse the enthusiasm of the Westerners
and amaze the Eastern, men.
One of the most remarkable delegates to
National Convention is the Westchester
county New York; Populist representa-
tive. Capt. George W. Lloyd, who left his
home in New Rochelle for Cincinnati last
Monday. There are $50 Populists in West
chester county and these got together re-
Gently and nominated Captain Lloyd This
is a time honored custom. Lloyd being
perpetual Populist delegate. When they
had nominated him each man reached into
his pocket and fished out new silver dol
lar. These were thrown into a pile on a
table and turned over to Captain Lloyd, as
a fund to pay his expenses. on his promise
to spend nothing but silver on his journey,
and to travel both ways in the smoking
cars Oh tue AS l<iUyu
loathes paper money and gold, and believes
Pullman cars to belong to the plutocracy,
he readily promised
Captain Lloyd is quaint character and
one of the best known men in westchester
county. He is also well known TO a great
many. New York people. who have often
patronized his little catboat when on fish
ing trips on Long Island Sound. For sew
eral years Lloyd has been the skipper on
the 10 to L. and she has earned him a
living. He lives in house belonging TO
Mr. c. Oliver Iselin. and which belonged to
the late Adrian 1selin. who gave Captain
Lioyds wife permission to live in it al
ways without cost. II is quaint old place
in yard in the rear of two houses. The
yard is fun of flower beds, and there are
bsds of violets all around the house, bor-
dered with clam shells.
Captain Lloyd is noted as a street speak
er. with very radical views on number
of subjects. He is custodian of the grave
of Tom Paine. who was buried in North
Street in New Rochelle. and he is an ex-
ponent of Paine's doctrines He is ia
nous flute player. and has taken his flute
with him to Cincinnati. where he will en-
terrain his fellow delegates. At Omaha,
during the last Populist National Conven-
ton. he piayed for the delegates. One of
the newspapers of the day reported the in
cident as follows: AT this juncture a gen.
tleman from the East arose and electrified
the audience by playing Yankee Doodle
on a flute.,'1 But Captain Lloyds piece de
resistance, is Home. Sweet Home" with
which he often draws crowd in the
streets, in order that he may enlighten il
on popuiism and socialism.
Captain Lloyd originally came from Ala
bama. and during the war he vas known
in New Rochelle as 1.-The rebel In 1864
he disappeared, and 1t was not until after |
the war that it was learned that he had |
been a spy in the Confederate Army. He |
returned TO New Rochelle when the war |
was over. badly wounded.
In spite of the fact that Captain Lloyd |
was Confederate spy, he is now All ar |
dent American. He is one of the Commits
sioners, OF Hudson Park in New Rochelle. |
and has erected 4 flagstaff and placed a |
cannon there which he fires on all ration
al holidays. He is Beer sympathizer. and ]
during the Cuban revolution he sold Gu
ban coffee TO aid the Cuban cause.
Captain Lloyd is more than eighty years |
Did. but extremely vigorous and energetic
In him the East win furnish quite as pic
uresque a character as Convention dele
gate as any that will come out Of the West.
When he passed through town last Mon
lay on his way to the Convention he was
iressed in long linen buster and his head
vas covered with big straw hat with the
egend. ''i6 to !. painted on the front |
lie stopped long enough TO lay bunch of
toilets, plucked in his own garden. in the
ap OF the statue of Peter Cooper. at the
ieves to have been the original Popuiist.