The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-10-05


Welt. and everybody has been talking
of the disgrace brought upon the state
by the rutians in Victor and Salidn,
who attempted to break up his meet
ings in those places, and in victor
made an assault upon him and his par
ty, which was only prevented from 40
ing them serious bodily harm by the va
liant fight put up against the rioters
by Roosevclt's Rough Rider guard. Inc
most remarkable part of the thing, anu
the most disgraceful 10 Colorado, is
that the assaults have been virtually
approved by Governor Thomas ana me
Rocky Mountain News. Thomas be
gan by publishing an insulting open
letter. to Governor Roosevelt. ana the
News says that Roosevelt could en-
pect nothing else when he went with
Senator Wolcott. In this sort of talk
the News is thoroughly nj home ohc
of its specialties for years has been IN
citing men to riot. In this case, ii i'm
plies. if it does not say directly, that
such treatment rs was accorded 10 MT.
Roosevelts party in Victor would nave
been perfectly proper If applied 10
Senator Wolcott alone. In other
words, ii believes, not in giving to
your opponent n fair hearing, but III
hooting him, throwing stones mt INN,
and running him out of town if posi-
BILE. Everybody is aware that these are
Democratic methods of campaigning
in some states. but it is unusual to
hear and see them endorsed as proper
by high Democratic authority.
But this is only Il repetition of the
treatment of four years ago. There
were not Il dozen towns of any size Ill
the state. in 1896. where Republican
would have been permitted to make Il
speech without personal assault IT
was Il common expression. hehru an
over the state and just as much in the
streets of Denver as in the back coun-
ties. that any man who would vote Tor
Mckinley ought to be run out OF the
state 1t is an indication of the great
change that has come over Colorado i'll
four years that there were only two
places in which that feeling apparently
now exists. Governor Thomas and i.
NJ. Patterson have been doing their ut
most to stir up the lawless spirit again.
but they have not yet succeeded rs
doubtless they had hoped to-
As for Governor Roosevelt himself,
he bore the assault with the firnnesS
and courage which have always been
among the strongest attributes OF ms
character, Mr.. H. |. Cleveland of the
Chicago Times-Herald. who is one OF
the journalists on the Roosevelt traili'
secured the following statement from
the vice presidential candidate AFTER
"1'hose poor. misguided men ut Vie
tor are more to he pitied than CON
demned. breaking is never Il good
polltic;il game. l can s'hhd an tilS
kind of thing they choose to give. It's
the very sort OF thing that | am fight
ing against as candidate Tor ONCE
reason ana PATRIOTISM against the RUE
of the mob
Senator Henry cabot Lodge tells the
facts very PLAINLY III MS statement pun
lished in the Boston Journal, rs fol-
lows:
Il was in the crowd nj victor, both
going and coming from the hail. ana
was in the hall, on the PLATFORM dur-
ing the entire meeting. The meeting
WAS broken up by large body of dis
orderly men, who went there for that
purpose. They shouted and made such
disturbance that it was impossible
for anyone TO speak. | have never Wit
messed such n scene i'll any public
meeting in tie United States. General
Hale. who commanded the Colorado
troops i'll the Philippines. and is n dis
tinguishcd soldier. was Missed when he
was introduced as n soldier. anu was
constantly interrupted. When lie made
an appeal for the flag, upon which he
laid his hand, he was hooted, and there
were cries of Occur d'Alene' and Bull
pen 1t was directed, not against the
man, but against the flag and the uni
represented
The disorder i'll the streets was very
great. There was an element present,
evidently determined on trouble. They
struck at Governor Roosevelt with the
poles OF the Bryan banners, and stoned
the ear on which the governor stood as
the train drew out.