The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-04-11
new CRUSADE BY
JOSEPH SECULAR COXEl
Plans Circus Campaign For NOn-Inter
eSt-BeaTing Bond Ideas.
CRITICISES PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Mr.. COxey Says: Il Expect Soon To B,
Worth Several Million Dollars and
Am Preparing To Take Up My Cam
paign Where l Was Forced To Leav,
1t Several Years Ago"

New York Especially - Joseph
Schler Coxey, of the "Coxey Army
of 1894, is planning another great
national crusade on new and sensa.
tlonal lines, and he may commence
operations the present year. It all
oepends on the outcome of his invest.
ments, which now look exceedingly
promising. Since he went through
bankruptcy two years ago, followine
the failure of the steel mill which he
mad built at his home in Mount Yer.
non, Ohio, he has been engaged in
retrieving his fortune.
MT. Coxey, the erstwhile General
Oh the commonwealth, was in New
york several days ago, and said:
expect soon to be worth sew
tral million dollars and I am prepar.
ing to take up my campaign of edu.
cation where l was forced to leave
lt several years ago. 1 shall conduct
thls campaign on new and original
nneS and In a way that will be GER
tain to attract the attention of the
nation l will travel with an entire
Craln or cars and a tent capable of
seatlng many thousands, and my
| coming Will be advertised in ad-
vance, exactly like a great circus I
VIII also carry with me a complete
company of high-priced performers,
who will furnish entertainment for
the cowds during the hours when 1
am not speaking, so that 'Coxey Day
VIII be a general holiday for miles
| around every town I visit.
This country is becoming ripe for
Just such great movement. The in
dications point that way. Look at
Roosevelt. In some respects he is
more radical than ever dared to be.
and he is the head of the great con-
servative party OF the country. Take
his attitude for instance. on the
bond and currency question and note
the peculiar coincidence as to dates.
March 20 last, the thirteenth aniver-
Sary or my march to Washington,
Mr.. Roosevelt's Secretary of the
treasury issued an order permitting
Government bonds to be deposited
III natlonal banks on the mere Sc
curity Of railroad bonds.
"Supposing that during the hard
times Of 1898 and 1894 when the
people were crying for circulating
medium l had proposed that the Gov
ernment release currency to the pub
lie on the deposit of railway bonds,
what would have been said of me?
You know what was said of me for
proposing the issuing of money based
on Notwithstanding State, muni-
cipal and township bonds. was
called crazy and an anarchist. And
yet today, when the stock jobbers
In Wall Street want a little more
money to gamble with, President
Roosevelt gives it to them on the
precarious security of railroad bonds.
But this isn't the only evidence
OF radical tendencies now being
shown by Mr.. Roosevelt and others.
Inc President is just now busy try
ing to make it appear that he is
being prosecuted by a conspiracy of
corporation magnates. He is doing
| this because 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 If
we could believe that the President
is sincere. But is he sincere? In
view of the revelations in relation
to his dealing with Hartman, talk
Ing his own statements for our evil
dence, we have a right to entertain
doubts. 1 will believe in his sinceri-
ty when, and only when. a few of
the railroad magnates who have vio-
lated the laws are in the penitenti-
aries.
In my crusade shall advocate nv
Notwithstanding bond plan, which
would furnish an elastic CURRENCY
that would forever Danish the danger
of money stringency, as it would
allow States, municipalities and town
ships to utilize and legalize their
own credit. I would also advocate
the Government ownership of public
utilities. 1 am 10 years ahead of
Mr.. Bryan on this platform. I refer
to my testimony before the Ways and
means Committee in Washington in
1895, when I said that the great
question was whether the railroads
are going to own this Government
or the Government is going to own
the railways, and 1 predicted in 10
years the great issue OF Government
ownership would come to a head"