The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-10-23
STONES FOR
ROOSEVELT
Lively Experience In
Fort Wayne.
.ROUCHS ON WAR PATH
The Right of Free Speech Inter-
sered With by DisorderIy
Indiana Bryanites.

{ FORT WAYNE, Ind, oct. 1O.-Hood
lums of Fort Wayne tonight attacked
; Governor Roosevelt's party. In Calhoun
street, shortly before the head of the pro
lcesson reached the rink where the Gov
error was to speak, party of roughs OF
the sidewalk thre wa shower of stones al
lGovernor Roosevelts carriage. one struck
IGoVernor Roosevelt on the shoulder, and
Ianother, aimed at the Governor, missed
Ihim and struck Curtis Guild, Jr, of Bos-
ton in the face. The Governor was not
lhurt and laughed the matter off The
horses We're whipped up and got away
| from the roughs.
| MARION. Ind, oct. 1l.-Governor Roos-
Ievelt's train was sidetracked four miles
| from this city during the night after its
run from Fort Wayne and the Republican
Wee Presidential candidate slept peace
fully until I o'clock. After the train left
Fort Wayne, the stone-throwing incident
IN the streets of that city was the chief
topic of conversation. 1t was considered
beyond doubt to have been the work. of
hoodlums. Curtis II. Guild, Jr., who was
struck in the face by a stone thrown at
Governor Roosevelt, was not seriously
hurt, receiving only a light cut on his
upper lip.
Il was not injured at ALL" said Govern
or Roosevelt. There is danger that this
matter may be magnitied 1t amounted
to nothing
Governor Mount, who was aboard the
train, expressed deep regret at the occur
renee
Nothing has happened in years" he
said, that gives me so much sorrow as
that attack. 1t was the work of rowdies
only and should not be permitted to re
fleet upon the good Democrats of the
town, for thew would
such an outrage"
And thereupon Governor Mount went to
Governor Roosevelt and extended an
apology in the name of the State of In
diana.
United States Senator Fairbanks. who
made an address at the tent at Fort
Wayne, declares that before the stone
throwing happened he was told by "A
pre- eminent citizen of Fort Wayne that
there had been a carefully laid plot on
the part of the rough element of the Fort
Wayne Democracy to break up the meet |
ms as they did in 1884 when Blaine came
here 10 speak
They succeeded then" said the Sena-
tor, but this time they We're discovere |
ard warned to desist. on the way to the |
tent | was told that not in years had a |
Republican speaker been permitted 10
make an address in the vicinity of the
-ont but when we got there we found the
.ent surrounded by policemen and there
vas no interference. That there was
plan to interfere with Governor Roose
'elt am assured"
Curtis Guild, Jr., said he shouted to
Governor Roosevelt, in whose carriage he
vas riding, TO dodge when he saw the
zen raise their arms TO throw the stones.
Just then," he said, "a stone struck
him on the shoulder, and, glancing off,
lit me on the lips Another broke the
'airiage lamp, But for the quickness
With which We We're driven from the spot
er'ous injury might have been inflicted.
Fort Wayne is strongly Democratic and
ne shouts for Bryan were more numer-
us than for Roosevelt. Harry S. New, {
indiana member of the Republican Ma
lenal Committee, who was also in Gov
rner Roosevelts carriage, said: "A man
'hom | saw threw the rock which hit {
Governor Roosevelt. and | described him {
the police at once, but they could not
nd him." In