Show TEE COLORADO RIOT That as a lamentable and a disgraceful dis-graceful affair at Colorado Springs yesterday The Republican convention was turned into a bloody riot One man was killed another seriously I wounded and a number were hurt The silver element obtained control of the hall and the administration fa ton headed by cv officers and fed er appointees effected an entrance by force Armed with two revolvers each a hundred men battered down the doors and fred upon the friends of Senator Teller within More than 150 shots were fired and the wonder is that more men were not killed Tills trouble has ben brewing for along a-long time At the lat election the silver Republican rganizton was so badly wrecked by an alliance with the MeKinleyltes that motives of self ll inleyies preservation prompted them to withdraw draw and go it alone this year The regular Republicans under Wolotts leadershiP were dete mined to pari tclpate in any Republican convention held While they were unable to do this they prevented onC from doing busIness 1n which they were not recog nlzed I r Colorado people didnot take kindly tb an organization In which the followers fol-lowers of McKinley bore such a conspicuous con-spicuous part A fusion of Brynite and McKinleyites was such a paradoxical para-doxical combination that suspicions were aroused In several counties of wtre syera o the state the silver Republicans were completely swallowed up The state organization fell into bad repute and Senator Teller decided that the only way for silver men t preserve their identity and selfrespcct was to cut loose from all allianceswlth the St Louis crowd TAn T-An attempt to do this resulted in the rot at Colorado Springs |