Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-10-24
Mr. RasadazG's Reply I'd fsis At-
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make the election q personal niattAr-tlat
is, SANDER on men, Judge Ran lall on a
recent occasion at Milwaukee answered his
enaDies hy a wholesale speech. Is
He took FIR hi text an article publish
ie,l on the TIL, in the Mali n 44rgus, the
~rgan of tn. Barstog dynasty wlien that
bad S.tof mel we're in power, and alike
the organ Of their hneal successors who
woull like 10 ge, into POWER. That paper,
like the Meas of this city, has teeinrtl
with eslam'ies upon Judge Randall since
his nominatinn, furnishing materials which
are copied into the Democratic papers all
over the State. The lfygus Of the 7th.
contained an article. ns'iered in by a greai
ARRAY Of capitals, containing a long list Of
charges against Mr.. Randall's private char
acter, which he took mp one by one, and
hurled back upon his accusers.
The first charge IA, as fellows:
lnl84l or '43. A. w. Randall sold his
Wing principles to John Tyler, and got
for his pay the appointment of Post Mas
ter at PrairieyiiIe, now Waukeslla, and
held the Office two OF three years; when
ne became "a drftult.r to til. General Gov
lernmpnl. and his s~nreties had the entire
amount to pay.
The reply to this was a crusher. VIM.
A. Barstow was the Postmaster 1T Wauke-
sha, but went out Of Office a defanlter to.
The amount If $40. M. Raniall sue
Ireeled him. and out Of friendship under
took 10 pav The amount. Mr.. Randall was
pa,tr, an borrowed money at heavy rates
to pay this sum, so that the amount which
he paid finally run up 10 $500. His bail,
P. II. Prame and K. D. Clinton, never
paid u dollar for him. aud are his warm.
personal friends now.
Again, the Argus charges:
In l84s, Mr.. Randall joined the Free
Soilers, and was a candidate the following
winter at Madison for United States Sen
ator, but sold ont his interest, influence aud
GOODWILL to Il brother Free Soil candidate
for about 5000; and the same night ex
hibited the price Of his political p~rostitu-
ton TO a Waukesha naighbor, DC.
The plain reply to this is that it is a lie
lout of whole cloth, for Mr.. Rainfall was
not 30 years of age, and not eligible as a
Senator at the time mentioned. III 3l
"About 1898, Mr.. Randall had a note
Of about eighty dollars placed in his hands,
as an attorney, for collection, by Major
Meacllan, of East Troy, Walworth county.
~ayainst a CITIZEN of Waukesha. Randall
eollectei the money, and appropriated it ta
his own purposes. Major Meaehan came
tor his pav-Raajll was short; seIi b.
Ihadn't collected ii. &c, dc.,'-{carrying
out The charge with a great deal Of cl cam
s.mftial detail.)
The reply to this brings VIM. A. Bar
Istnw into The field again. Mr., Randall
said, ia substance: Mr.. Meacham held a
note against Bar-tow. which he sent 20
Randall to collect. Barstow gave Randall
Ian order on his agent for The Prairlpville
Mill for The am 5nnt, am! received The note.
But the agent had no fn2d&, and Randall.
alter IA while, succeeded in getting IA new
lnote Of BarStow for the amount, Which
note. after some TWO years, was paid
| Barstow, in excuse for his default, tod
Meacham that he had paid Randall the
money. He alleged that the latter owed
him considerable sums of money. Hear-
inr Of his, Randall insisted on an exainin-
asion Of Accounts. when il WAS found that
Barstos owed him some 1928, which Vas,
tfler a time, paid.
One more. said the yeracious Aryus:
The records of The Waukesha Circuit
Court show that Mr.. Randall has been
sued by his clients for money collected for
Them. which he had appropriated to has
own use.
The grain Of truth in this lie was that
Mr.. Randall was Sue,l ~ a New York
firm, under the following circumstances
lie had sol! for them "A stock Of gools, and
ha a great deal of tronhle in di>poslng of
them 10 advantage, ani charged what he
though; his services were worth. The
New York firm refused to aflow his claim,
aud brought suit through Mr.. McGfegor.
then of this city, now of Portage City
Mr.. Mctiregor thought the claim of MIR.
Randall reasonable, and Il settlement was
effected.
Mr.. Randall next met and exposed to
view The taIselntois tpl.i by the Democratic
paper~ in relation 10 his course upon the
Aaine Law.
The last charge Of the argus, worthy OF
notice was:
Mr.. Randall has r%osilel seventeen years
Tin Wisconsin, and though he has no fani-
ly but his wife, he has. vet been SO thrift
Hess and so wa~tefal, that he has never
accumulated any properly, an never paid
a cent of taxes, except, perhaps, q poll Tax
for road purposes.
This crime Of being poor, is an airocloas
one in the eyes of the leaiers OF the pat
ent Democracy. Mr.. Randall pleaded
gailty to the charge. He IS p%oor-lle is
no snecnlalor-he has never resorted To
pesinry, or forgery, TO make money-has
never wronged the widow aui orphan OF
their daes-has never had his hand in an
open State Treasury. But, as one reason