St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-21
ROACH REAL ANGRY.
The Big Ship Builder Accuses the Demo-
cratic Party of Having Brought
About His Ruin.
[gnatius Dounelly Prefers to Follow His
Cipher Clue to Seeking An
other Office.
Jonas of Wisconsin VIII Give Up the
Prague Consulship and Accept
Another Position.
Two More Minnesota Democrats Get
PostofIlces--Cl Cleveland Going 10
the AdirOndackS.


lea up 10 my assignment. ollicllS SpCdfNlii5'
is not a failure. that is to y.my asSgnees
viii be able to pay - for every 81 of liza
bilities il they realize anything like the real
value of my property. / cannot now say
what the exact amount OF my liabilities nor
what the sum OF my assets will be To meet
IT, but if | was not so Old a man and if 1
had health while longer, could pull
things straight again. 1t was my great
ambition that our nation should recover its
glory and prosperity on the seas. l wanted
10 prove that We could do business on our
own bottom and that other nations with
less resources We're not more Sagacious
and enterprising on the seas. l have given
my life and my fortune 10 that end. Even
in the presence OF thi5 calamity | am proud
of what John Roach has accomplished"
In regard to his contracts with the govern
ment. Nfr Reach said: Il tell you, my
friend, that these
BOATS WERE CONDEMNED
before their keelS were laid. They were
condemned in congress. The Democracy
dared not oppose the plan OF a new navy
because it had become a very popular no.
ton. The people in mass wanted navy
But they opposed the appropriation. be-
cause. as they claimed in their congress
sional speeches, the money would not be
honestly spent. The appropriation was
made agams; this clamor, and bids for the
work were asked for. Mine was the lowest
bid because | had far greater facilities for
the work tham any other Shipbuilder. /
secured the contracts and began tie work
Oh construction. In the meantime
the Democracy had come into power
and prepared to prove their prophecy
that the appropriation was not hon
eStly spent. The Dolphin, Il strong.
substantial. excellent vessel, was con-
lemned ON the most p@e!iie technicalitieS.
and to add to this injustice Mr.. Garland has
repudiated the contracts and practically
said that there exists no binding agreement
between ne and the government That
capped the climax. Consequently, in the
1est interests OF my creditors and OF the
government. | Judged ii best to call a halt,
pay OFF my men. and surrender Ely prop
.rJy 10 trustees. who could pay OF my
iebtS. and leave me what balance there
might be for my last days" The work
men employed at John ROachs shop in this
city were to-day paid off in full the wages
due them Until the financial troubles of
the BoachcS are settled, only a sufficient
force Of men 10 complete existing contracts
will be retained.
WORKlEGNlEN THROWN OUT.
LIE I La sts. - sitg ~. 80 Nbihtliti
at RoachS shipyard gathered about the
gates to 20 to work as usual this morning
Only 332 were given employment. About
three hundred. some from nearly every de-
partnent wee Shnt hone. Most OF
those retained were sent Out to the steamer
COmal, a few being retained at the shops TO
prepare material. ii is the intention of
the firm to finish the COmal by Aug. ID. as
she is expected 10 90 to New York at that
time After that the yard will close down.
The government cruisers looked deserted,
not even the sound of a hammer being
heard about them. Mr.. Roach says that
work will not be resumed on them unless
ordered by the government. Mr.. ROach's
properly in Chester is assessed at $50. 000
but is worth many times that sum; and the
shipyard, owned by a corporation. is
valued at over - .OOO Geo. Mr.. Huston of
the rolling mill says he can't tell what
effect Mr.. Roach assignment will have on
that establishment. BY The suspension of
the ShipYard they lose their best customer
and in the event of lhe sale of Nh ROach'S
stock. much of the success Of the mill
would depend on the purchasers There
is more trouble about the Cumal. She was
towed down the stream to the state line OFF
Claymont this evening. but the most rigid
inquiry has failed to reveal the cause of
her removal. She will remain there for
three or four days. when it is thought she
Will return 10 the yard here. 1t is under
stood that the men who went to work this
morning did so with the understanding that
they would submit To Il reduction of wages.
All the men who We're laid off Were paid in
full this evening. The streets have been
full of idle people all day and a gloomier
time Chester has not seen lately.
~rI,S Trsnrsr-p-rN-
NEW YORK. July 20.-A certified copy
Of the assignment of John Roach. presented
to the county clerk of this county last Sat
urday, was !led to-day in the county clerks
office at White Plain. This course was nee
eSSary in consequence of the fact that Mir.
Roach owns property III WeStcheSter
county Mr.. Roach. the record shows. owns
three valuable pieces of property in that
county. His first purchase was the Ophir
farm in the town OF Harrison, comprising
III 12-100 acres. formerly the property of
the overland stage proprietor. Ben Holiday.
On April %. 1879. Mr.. Roach bought the
farm for S120. 600 and gave mortgage for
$50. 000, which has not been paid. On June
/. 1882, he purchased ninety-iiVe acres of
land in the town OF Rice from Edgar W.
EmmerierS for S2S, 0GG, which has been paid
in full. On March l, 1883, he bought 216
y
gins for SO. 900, upon which he we a
mortgage. Persons posted in the value of
real estate are OF the opinion that the prop
erty viii not bring in a forced sale more
than S45, 900 above the incumbrance on il.
DcnncIIy Doesn't Want AN office.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, July 2O.-It will be re-
membered that eX-Congressman Ignatius
Donnclly was here for several months this
spring. but more 10 demonstrate that Bacon
wrote Shakespeare than that IgnatiuS Don
nelly ought to be surveyor general of Min
neSOta. lie succeeded i'll convincing Secre-
tary Lamar that the latter proposition was
just, but he failed to convince the president.
who has the appointing power, so Donnelly
went back TO Minnesota to CON
tinue his examination of the So
called Bacoman cipher. Now that
it is proposed to consolidate the Minnesota
and Dakota districts under the administra-
tiOn Of the present surveyor general. Don
nelly tells his friends that he would rather
follow his cipher clew through the Shak-
sperean labyrinth than TO administer any
o1ce that the president could give him.
EX-Sheriff Henry OGOrman, James Nc
German and George w. Freeman of st.
Paul spent to-day seeing the sights and left
tonight for Philadelphia, whence they 90
to New York and Boston.
Jonas wiIE Not Go to Prague.
Special TO the Globe.
WASHINGTON. July 20.-The appoint
ment of c. d. Jonas of Racine, Wis, to be
consul at Prague, Austria, will be revoked
and Jonas will be given another and equally
desirable place. 1t viii be remembered that