The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-10-13

Habold, willful, malicious pervesion Of the
truth viii elect its uncle 20 Congress the Deni-
oeort is going to do its share toward accomp-
fishing that not very desirable result. Inits
last oek'sissacitdeyote> alEo>ta columnin
another labored effort to make political cap
ital uut of the riot tha; occurred in oar town
some weeks since-as the HERALp a few
days af,e- the affair took place gave a true
account al The fIucas. 81 IS scarcely ncces-
sary 80 point out the mistakes the Demo
crat has made. It's mean and cowarlly at-
temp, to fas.en the responsibility of the
row upon white Republicans OF this bor-
oagh Is silly as it is contemplate, and We
are glad to see that it is 50 considered by al
good citizens, regardless Of party.
While the meeting was going ou the
Sighting began. Several Garfield cOiorei
men attacked a Hancock coisred man. and
were going 10 make him "shui up. or yell
Tor Garfield In defence OF this c0screi
Democrat white man named Dickson in
teriered, and drew the wrath 0t the coios-
ed Republicans upon himself. The white
mau was arrested and 10 lgei in jail, whHc
the vJlorci men were permitted To 20 lreo.
This D. fact. nO.wil lhstanding the HERALD =
assertion 81 the contrary. We believe had
the Borough authorities arrested the colaTc &
men, too, that the bloody termination Of
The evenings tight would not have resulted.
The colored men, maddcued by whi>Sey,
were urged on by some white Republicans
TO "ciean out every man that yelled for
Hancock, and right willingly did they Try
70 do Il. They had the assurance of these
q q
them, and see them through, which asser-
uon can be verified by some OF our hes. citi-
zcnS"
The above from the DaHa-rs'of las; week
20 pat j; mildly, is fuu Of mistakes There
was but one man arrested and taken 20 the
lookup that night, and tina; was the while
man Dickson alluded 10 aboye-who by the
way is Rcpublican-we are led 10 infer
from the foregoing that he wasarrested while
the meeting was going on, but hc was not
arrested at that time After the meeting was
over, hc went down into the bar-room of the
Glade house and according to the statement
OF one OF the barkeepers at that house
he came in and without any proyocatiou
being received by him, kicked one Of the
colored inca. ald afterwards received q
blow in the face himself lie made his exit
az back door and got into ,nc kitchen ~
the Glaie house frightening the woman IN
charge out OF Tn, kitchen, 10y his behavior
He then seized a smoothing iron of the
stove aad made his way back 20 the bar
room and opening the doorpaTtly threw the
iron among the crowd, for all of which the
bark-cper called policeman Gilbert - az
rest him. lie further says thai the col
u.ei men had done nothing, a. thai time
f5- which they should have been a--e<,ed ;
II they had he would have demanded their
arrest the same is he did Of the other party.
lie considered them as being without any
t.ame for the trouble made hy Dickson. lie
SAYS also that, when Dickson go5 iato his
difficulty there was no huTrahins for either
Of the Presidential candidate on the pert o..
the colored men whom De a--u,jel The
facts given above are substantially. The same
a= they were given az the hearing oi Dick
sons ease before the Bursess-
"Icthis disturbance was not result u.
political excitement, why did q pr'mInrE,
white Republican Ct the Borough interfere,
and tell party, who was attempting % ar
res, disturbing white Republican. tina, #
be took that man yD Jail Ac would have ro
arrest tine whole Garfield and Arthur t.u1.
Don taa- look a- though rs.itic9 bad q
great deal To do with IL
That this IS untrue we known OF ourowu
knowledge, we denoUnce /. as a pure tabri-
cation on the part of the editor Draoou'
and challenge him to the proof
.Tha, Michael Bicanuc was sh7, hy q c7l-
o-,d man the evidence Of th-cc w.-uc--g.
prove.
This Is also untrue as i- shown bv the
notes taken 10y Squire os.e. q, ,ao hearing
before him. which theedijor %. tre Heaar'
could have seen at any time
Hes very youue and bis uae.t IS r1adi-
Gese lpr trngrtS-