The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-09-08

The Grcenbaa ailers and BuIIdozing.
rs LONG rs It was the Republican
OK that was gored, the Greenback
leaders have been rs suprcmely in
different as the Northern Democrats
over the stories OF bulldozlng that
came up from the cotton states.
But the Greenbackers had a little
taste of it in their recent campaign
ing in Alabama, and J. II. Randall,
a prominent Grcenback speaker, who
had been sent to stump thar state
for the Independent ticket. writes to
Lee Craadall. Secretary of the Green
back National Committee that elec-
tions down there are the mcrcst
farce arrangements were made
with the Democratic leaders Tor
Joint discussions but the discussion.
like the handle on Il jug, was invari-
blv on one side. Tho Grcenback
takers couldn't get a hearing. At
Butler, Choctaw county, all was
quiet as long is the Democratic
gospel was being eNpOunded, but
when itcamc to Randall turn, there
was a row, and the meeting broke
up. So ut 4 grand barbecue ut Key
ser Hill. There was a large crowd.
Randall was late in arriving on the
grounds and the Democrats had
begun speaking before he had APP
peared Randall gives the :rllowing
as a sample of one Democratic ora
tor:
The confcderacy still exists, my
friends, and jeff Davis, the best
friend we ever had, Is yet our presi-
dent and devoted to our interests,
and if Hancock is elected. and we
have no doubt he Will be, YOU viii
be paid for all the property YOU
have lost through radical rule, and
YOU must stand BY the great Demo
cratic party, for solid south will
now give Us entire control of the
general government and we can re-
dress al our WIOllgo.
Randall's turn finally came, but
he had not talked long before a
Democrat remarked. We don . want
no Yankee to come here and talk
to Us we had better shut him up,
And shut up" he had To, to avoid a
big row.
Next day he went to the village of
Shubuda, close by, to take the ears.
In walking through the streets, he
was recognized, followed by a crowd,
with boots and jeers and threats. In
about ten minutes, u, young man
well dressed, came up and, after ask
ing if he was Randall, the Greenback
speaker, handed him a note which
he said he had been requested ogiye
him and wait his answer;
August 1, 1880.
Dear Sir: We will give YOU and
your pard thirty-five minutes to pick
up your duds and git out of this
town. Yours to death,
THE BOYS OF SIUBUDA.
Randall asked the young man If
he really meant that an American
law-abiding citizen on the way to at
tend to his business, could not stay
in town to take the train going South.
The young man replied, We know
YOU and you can't stay. You must
30 To the next station" Randall
inquired who gave the order, and
the Young man answered, The
Bows of Shubuda. Your time is
passing. You better get right
along or you'll catch h-l.' Randall
argued with him a little, but the
only reply he could get was, you
better get out Of here while YOU have
the chance"
Randall consulted several citizens,
who told him they were .powerless
to protect him, and he considered 1t
best to get out Of the town as soon as
possible.
He saws that a large vote was
polled sfor the Independent ticket,
but the Democrats, having complete
control of the election boards, by
WAYS that are dark and fraudulent,
turned out Just such ,counts rs suit
ed their purposes, irrespective of the
vote actually cast. In word, Mr..
Randall went to Alabama under the
conviction that there was much ex-
acgeration in the stories of Demo-
cratic Bulldozing. He is NOW salts
fed that free ballot, full vote and
fair count" is out of the question in
anv of the cotton states.