Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-04
GENERAL COXEY
TELLS HOW DRYS
WILL BE BOXED
| eader of Army of 1894" Is
Thinking of Another De-
scent on Washington

Within two weeks and thirty-five
days from the time the next special
session of congress is called prohi-
b1tion will have been defeated, in
fact if not in theory, labor and cap
ital shall have Joined hands for all
time and every senator and represen-
tative will know that henceforth he
will be held personally responsible
for his actions directly by the people.
or else a militant army of ten per
cent of the citizens of the United
States will be camped in Washing
ton, were some of the predictions
made by General Jacob Sechler
Coxey before the central federated
unions in New York the other day.
The two weeks, explained Mr.;
Coxey, commander of "Coxey's army"
in 1894, will be taken by him in but
tonholing members of congress In
Washington. The additional thirty
five days will be allowed for the
militant ten per cent to reach Wash
ington in case the generals" but
tonholing is not effective, and he
sends out the call. The whole army
will then camp in Washington un-
til General CoXey's amendment, pro-
yiding for the initiative and refer
endum becomes law.
"There is no doubt of the success
of these plans" declared General
| Coxey.
"Fight on Already"
He continued:
| five thousand to help finance this
movement. Today l spent eight hun
dred dollars having cards printed
for general distribution explaining
! the plan. You can see that already
the fight is on. In brief, the scheme
| is to have ten per cent of the mem
bership of all labor unions await a
| call from me, also ten per cent OF
| every other organization which wants
| to safeguard the personal liberty OF
| the citizens of the United States, ana
others who can come, begin a march
| from all parts of the country TO
Washington when I issue the call.
They will come on foot, on passenger
and freight trains, in airplanes ana
automobiles. We will then camp IN
| Washington until my initiative and
| referendum measure becomes law.
Then we will have the means to re-
There is no doubt of the amend
ment being repealed. I have talked
with people all over the country.
| Unions, brewers and business men IN
more than a hundred lines are with
| me''
Twill your amendment. stop the
spread Of Bolshevism? the "gener-
all was asked.
at will" he answered. People
have lost hope in their government,
but their regaining personal liberty
will give them hope and faith. AS
things are, they find themselves con-
fronted by terrible possibilities.
1.-THE regaining OF personal ltber-
ty is only one of the objects my
amendment will obtain. The govern
ment should own the railroads, they
can print more paper money, buy
| dc 1tTiO
| ing interest on bonds and stocks.
This would save more than one hun
| dred million dollars a month in OPP
Grating expenses. Wages could be
raised enormously and at the same
| time freight and passenger rates re-
| duced to a mere fraction of what
they now are.
warns the Brewers.
"Take the brewers, for instance II
! they take the advice of El1hu Root
and manufacture 2.75 per cent beer,
} every one of them is headed straight
for the penitentiary. Elihu Root
gave them that advice for the Zee
he got; ,,,. howe
| to go to Jail with them, he would
not have given them that advice.
| sistent, he will help me put this
over He was the man who granted
myself and my army hearing TWEEN
! ty-four years ago and recently ne
| said, through a New York paper, that
he was in favor of the initiative anq
| referendum. I shall align myself
with the manufacturers in this
movement, and while 1 am in Wash ash
| tngton my son will run our rock
| quarry In Massillon, Ohio"
General" Coxey said he has estab-
J 1ished his headquarters in the Wal
| dorf Astoria hotel. 1870,
| Following Mr.. Coxey's address Will
liam Kohn, chairman of the recon,
| struction committee of the Central
Federated union, said:
although no definite action has
been taken at this meeting, organ
lied labor Is intellectually with
General" Coxey's plan and can be
counted upon to send ten per cent
| of it's membership to Washington
while the remaining ninety per cent
| St VS. at work for the purpose OF
supporting them in their fight for
| personal liberty"