The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-05
.GDEEY WOULD LEAD
ANOTHER ARMY
THE GENERAL" SAYS HE WILL
SOON BE WORTH MILLIONS
AND WILL LEAD AGAIN.

SAULT STE MARIE, Mich, August
15.-Gen. Jacob Schiller CoXey, leader
of the famous hobo" march across
the country to Washington in 1894. is
planning to start a new pilgrimage,
but he refused to tell its destination
or it's purpose.
1t has been announced that Coxey
was planning another great national
crusade on new and sensational lines.
and might commence operations the
present year.
Mr.. Coxey is quoted as saying:
L expect soon to be worth several
million dollars and l am preparing to
take up my campaign of education
where l was forced to leave it several
years ago. 1 shall conduct this cam
paign on new and original lines and
in a way that will be certain to at
tract the attention of the nations. l
will travel with an entire train of cars
and a tent capable of seating many
thousands, and my coming will be ad-
vertised in advance, exactly like a
great circus. l will also carry with
me a complete company of high-priced
performers, who will furnish enter
tainment for the crowds during the
hours when l am not speaking, so
that "Coxey day" will be a general
holiday for miles around every town
visit.
This country is becoming ripe for
just such a great movement. The in
dications point that way. Look at
Roosevelt. In some respects he is
more radical than l ever dared to be,
and he is the head of the great con-
| servative party of the country. The
President is just now busy trying to
/ make it appear that he is being per-
secuted by a conspiracy of corpora
ton magnates. He is doing this be-
cause he knows that it is the popular
thing to do, that the people are in the
humor to demand radical actions, and
all this would be very pleasing and
| satisfactory ii We could believe that
the Presluent is sincere. But is he
| sincere? in view OF the revelaCions
/ IN relation to MS dealing with Harrl-
man, taxing his own statements Tor
| our evidence, We nave ugnt 70 en-
/
sincerity wnen, ana only wnen, a few
Oh the railroad magnates VINO nave
violated the laws are III the penlUen-
| tiarles.
In my crusades l shall advocate
my nOnlnJeresC-DearIng Donu plan,
which would furnish an elastic cur
| rency that would forever banlsn the
| danger oil money strlngency, as II
would allow state, municipalities and
| townships 10 uullze and legallze theu
| own credit. l would also advocate
the government ownership OF public
| utilities. L am ten years ahead OF
Mr.. Bryan on this platform. l refer
to my testimony before the ways and
means committee in Washington in
| 1895, when l said that the great ques-
ton was whether the railroads are
going to own this government or the
government is going to own the rail
ways, and l predicted in ten years the
great issue of government ownership
would come to a head. In the mean
time, l said the country would expert
ment with government control until
it found that government control
would not control. My words are be-
ing fulfilled, and you will see that they
| will be fulfilled to the end. In eight
or ten years from today CoXey will
not be considered such a radical as he
has been in the past"