New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-04
CLARKE REPLIES TO INQUIRE.
THE WELL KNOWN LAWYER WHO WAS
WITH ROOSEVELT AT VICTOR PICKS
TO PIECES HIS STATEMENT.

Nothing that Mr.. Mcguire, Of the Democratic
State Committee, or Thomas NJ. Patterson. OF The
Rocky Mountain News. say at this time Will
change the fact that the mob that attacked Gov
ernor Roosevelts party in the town OF Victor Col
gang Of savage. sullen ruffians, paid by the
Democratic campaign managers Of Colorado to
break up our meeting and stife the free speech
Of the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate"
This was the comment made yesterday by John
Proctor Clarke, who accompanied Governor Roose-
welt through Colorado. IN answer to a long wnded
and palpably insncere statement sent out by James
x MCGUIRE chairman of the Executive Committee
Of the Democratic State Committee. who last week
INDUCED in a lot Of coarse abuse Of Governor
Roosevelt account of the insults and bad treat
ment accorded the Governor and his party in Victor
Quick to detect the disfavor with which his at
tack on Governor Roosevelt was received Mr.. Nc
CURE has been casting about for the last week
trying to square himself for his exhibition of
bad temper and coarse words Yesterday he
produced long letter from Thomas NJ. Patterson
Of The Rocky Mountain News a rampant Bryan
free silver organ Of he Centennial State in which
Patterson says that Colorado has been basey
libeed by the stories Of the attack on Governor
Roosevelt; that the anger OF the crowd was d.
rected toward Senator Wolcott who is regarded as
a traitor to the cause of silver by the Democrats
of Colorado; that the crowd Victor was a roll
licking. good-natured crowd of boys; that there
would have been no trouble had not Senator VOL
colts nerves been unstrung from being up too
late nights, and that the street fight. in which
rocks and sticks were hurled at the Governor and
his party. all the result Of a rather remarkable
misunderstanding which Mr.. Patterson tries to
explain.
When Mr.. Clarke saw the McGure-Patterson ex-
PLANTATION yesterday. he said:
Let il be clearly understood that az time
were Governor Roosevelt Senator Wolcott myself
or in fact any Of the members of our party, afraid
OF losing our lives. There was no shooting done
1t looked several times If revolvers would be
drawn. We all expected to hear q revolver shot
TharA No mis-
temper and purpose of the crowd of Bryanites who
met at the station at Victor. however. They were
a sullen. ignorant. savage lot of men, many of
ing country, who had been inspired by Bryan 8
doctrine Of hate TO a point where they believed IN
violence. Above everything else reprehensible was
the deliberate attempt of this paid mob to suppress
the right of free speech so dear to every American
the Vice-Presdency Of free speech was made with
the Preneditated knowledge Of Patterson and
hOoted US had in many cases lettered hats with
Bryan on them and several Of them afterWard ad-
mitted that they had been hired TO do what they
did. The fact should steadily be kept IN mind that
under Mr.. Bryan's teaching Of class hatred these
men and boys of Victor had reached a point where
they viciously and violently deprived US Of the
right OF free speech. These men we
reached the town They had three on horses
the outskirts Of the village doing sentinel duty
galloped Victor and marshalled their friends.
They met al the depot with ieers and foul cpl
to the train they hurled stones and sticks at US.
I know what IN talking about. at the
car fusiIlade of rocks struck the car. passing
close TO heads. It needed only spark, a re-
satisfied With nothing less than bloodshed But as
I said before the great thing the significant thing,
was the unveiled, determined effort by savage and
of the right Of free speech. 1t was logical IN
pistak bic AND highly significant object lesson Of
their fellow men,