The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1900-10-05
DENVER IETTE f.
DISGRACE OF COLORADO BY DEMOCRATIC RI
OTERs IN VICTOR AND SALIDA.
Outside of These Two Places Roosevelts Trip Through the
State Was Continued Ovation, end Great Good Has
Been Done-O,her Speakers Coming Colorado


the open letter addressed to him by
the governor of Colorado.
Mob violence is always born OF
frenzy. This open letter of our gov
ernor appears to have had the same
| origin.
Both have been injurious to the
state, and both should be rebuked by
the people of the state
The Leadville Herald Democrat is
even more severe. 1t says:
Following what they understood to
| be the promptines of Charles $. Thorn
as, governor of Colorado. and Thomas
| NJ. Patterson, editor of one of the lead
| Ing newspapers in this state, both of
whom have gone out of their way for
this express purpose, gang of hood
| lumS in Victor assaulted Governor
| Theodore Roosevelt last night. and
| brought eternal shame on the state of
| Colorado.
"The governor of Colorado and the
editor confined themselves to language.
| their followers in Victor took to more
aggressive measures. They stoned and
in every way they could think of, in
suited and placed the personal safety
of a very distinguished citizen of the
United States Republic, in grave dan
| ger of his life.
1T may be argued that Messrs. Pat
| terson and Thomas did not instruct
| their followers TO use violence, but the
| people at large will understand that
| the violent men We're encouraged by
| two men. whose sole desire seems to be
to reach the United States Senate ut all
hazards, including the good name and
reputation of their state.
1.-The insulting letter of Governor
Thomas to the distinguished citizen of
. tattl. t..t,n .ly.N.
guest of Colorado. and the equally I'M
pertinent demands of the Patterson or
gan. the Rocky Mountain News, and
the insinuaticns contained in the letter
and the newspaper, were responsible
| for the foul outrage perpetrated in Vic
| tor. These two men are to be held re-
| sponsiblc more than all others com
bined. They We're the lnstigntOrs and
expected to be the gamers from the
outrageous attack"
The people of the state are begin
ming to realize that this year we are
in the United States. -Four years
ago Colorado was let alone. for it was
| Joined to the idols. and there was no
use in making any attempt AT a cam
paign. This year we have already
had "A number of speakers of national
prominence. and we are to have sever
nj more. Senator Stewart has made
a great impression. not only because
of his ability and force-nnd lie is II
very forceful speaker-but because he
has been n silver man so long that no
body can accuse him of disregard for
the interests of the white metal. He
was a silver man many years before
MIR. Bryan knew there was money
question. and he is silver man yet;
but he is patriot and he does not
D pi N md To
the armed enemies of the United
States; he is an eNpansionist and does
not believe i'll hauling down the flag
where IL has once Heated as an EN-
Diein OF the sovereign authority oil
the United states. IN making these
considerations controlling. he is sim
| ply taking MIR. Bryan at his word. and
accepting his paramount issue.
Among the other speakers expected
here before long are the Hon. Francis
y. Schoonmaker of New York. Senator
Foraker of Ohio, Ex-Governor Charles
| Foster of Ohio. Senator SpoOner of
| Wisconsin. whose speech on the Phil
| ippincs is the greatest ever delivered
on that question: and General Stewart
l.. Woodford of New York, who is
one of the finest campaign orators the
country has ever produced. General
! Noodfords experience as minister to
Spain just before the outbreak of the
war makes him especially familiar
with all the phases of the war and
what grew out of it.
Speeches from such men as these.
and Senator Lodge and Governor
Roosevelt and Mr.. Guild and Mr..
Clarke and Others who have been
here, certainly make n Colorado man
feel that he is once more keeping step
to the music of the Union, and lives
in a state that may not hereafter be
classed with Arkansas and Texas in