The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-22
COXEY TO LEAD new
ARMY TO CAPITOL
General SObs on Waldorf Cush-
ions for the "DOwntrOd
and Oppressed"
LADY HOBOES TO GO ALONG
Will Cheer Unemployed on the
Way-Beware, You Rail-
road Owners!
LADY HOBOES TO GO ALONG

The new and natty cravat Of Gen. Jacob
8 Coxey rose and fell emotionally and
tears we're on the verge OF splashing down
10 dim the big garnet and diamonds OF
his stickpin as the General. reclining amid
the luxurious cushions OF the Waldorf yes
terday afternoon. told OF the latest wrongs
that are being inflicted upon the Downtrod
and Oppressed.
He is going to lead a new Coxey's Army
on to Washington to right these wrongs,
the General is, and 50 he asked all the
newspapers to have reporters come TO the
Waldorf where he lives when not actively
helping his fellow sufferers, in order that
he might tell why the army Is going to
Washington. when. and what Is to be done
once the first battery Of Keep on the
Grass" signs on Capitol Hill has been
spntered.
we are sitting on a volcano" cried
the General as he saulrmed un-
easily In mis- seat In Peacock Alley.
I'VE are facing a. great struggle.
tremendous crisis. tell you.
No one is needing the warning that is all
about u.s. Nobody sees It. 1 see it,
That Openlng Sentence.
Ever since Link Steffens first began to
down graft in Cos Cob and nearby Green
Slch and then spread his wor., until he
had saved the entire nation. 1t has been
the custom OF his speechmakng and maya
zine writing followers In the Link Steffens
National Brass Band OF Hope always to
begin as every one knows, with a concrete
opening sentence.
Then follow in speech or article a few
terrifying generalities that set audience
Or readers trembling. And Just as the
more panicly are racing to the windows
and doors to bar them for the night, Link
and his school, some place well up near the
opening paragraph. bang you In the eye
with concrete statement that backs up
all the generalities and leaves you
wreck. Then the schools formula is to
taper of with few words OF reinsurance
81 the close. thus permitting you to get
at least some sleep toward morning
Gen. Coxey closely followed the classic
formula yesterday. What can be more
concrete than sitting on n volcano? Then
came the seneralities about a great crisis
that left reporters with hands SO trembly
that they could hardly make notes In
their gilt edged note books with their gold
pencils And next without a word OF
warning came the concrete knockout that
brought the danger right to the audi
ences front door.
City May he Consumed.
listen to me-" cried the General tre-
mendously. This great conflict may be
80 close upon us-perhaps this very year
that the great city Of New York may
be reduced to ashes before you can turn
around"
II a boa constructor had lungsd out of
the Waldorf bar at the head OF band Of
sfar ha Eaa H. il,,ss ~.
greater CONSERVATION. Everybody hastily
buttoned up his watch. Within the bar
voices OF the though;less could be heard
amid the uncanny silence out in the cor
r!dOr around the General. One could hear
Ned Cullinane:
oh. Sam Blythe your grandmother!
Whatn 1t be? Sam always was a nut"
We" resumed Gen. Coxey. now In
ca!ner but very tense tones. ARE now
going through the experiences OF the
Eomans Of C@sar's day. When Cesar
found that the taxes Of the Romans were
as high as +s per cent what did he do?
He reduced them to ~ per cent
And the Roman empire hit the tobog-
gan right after that. didn't II, 9eneral?"
ZONE one asked timidly.
That's because they killed him."
stormed Gen. Coxey. You can't beat the
General.
Now the General took up in detail why
he Is going to ride to Washington In a
pteton at the head of "a nationwide
army OF unemployed" tina, will walk.
lie will use the same phGton, he said.
that ne rode In when his first army entered
Washington March 26, 1894. He Is now
having 1t put into commission again
painted and generally fixed up, after
twenty years OF being out OF commission.
Are the horses dead?' he was asked.
Yes" he sighed. "the horses are dead.
j shall haya new Onea"
Five Milliea U.enployeA.
Where there were 100000 unemployed
IN the country year ago there are
now. says the General, 100000. And
why' Because 'vanderlip and his crowd.
Baker, the Rockefellers and the whole
railroad group" deliberately set out a
unemployed.
AND In doing this" Gen. Coxey inter-
polated with much heat they've almost
completely knocked down my own busi-
ness. I'm in sand.
ITO ruin U,ners so that they could
thereby swell their own fortunes" the
General continued, this group set out to
90 Ave things. First, to get a currency
olll favorable to them. and they've got 1t,
These Vanderbilt. ROckefellers. Bakers
81 al. pretended to oppose the currency
oil But who was selected by Wilson to
oThw up the bilIy None other than Pr0f.
Henry Parker willis so It's Wall Street
bin
Secondly. they started In TO force the
Interstate Commerce Commission to grant
) per cent. increase Of freight rates.
Thirdly. they stopped purchasing rail-
road and other equipment thereby caus-
ing manufacturers to shut down their
plants until the manufacturers were
forced to sell, because Of slack times. at
80 per cent. less to these railroad people.
"Fourthly. by closing the plants the
group created an army Of unemployed.
which means unjustinable competition In
labor, which means lower wages to be
paid
"Firhly and lastly. this group 10 forced
Gown stocks that now they can buy for
% cents or rs cents at the most the
stocks the group unloaded year ago
a. ""
Army - Gather At. Centres.
What the new Coxey's army IL going 20
% is form regiments at all the indus
trial centres OF th> country and. accord
Ing to the distance Of the starting point
from Washington. head for the capital
N time to converge At the Washington
city limits on May Is next. where the
General will lead them In person up to the
Keep on tho Grass" stOckades--and. no
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