Daily Republican., 1885-07-20
,Iahn RoGch's FsftEre.

Hsving now accomplished the finan-
cial ruiz Of John Roach, one OF the
leading ucanu factGrers of the nation,
Secretary of the Navy Whitney anu
Acknowledgement Garland may rest al
last iC peace. 1t was enough for Secre-
tary Whitr ey in his own province and
sphere in which he Eoved in the dis
charge of tie duties OF his office to re-
iect the aoSsptance OF the Dolphin.-
That would but have referred &c one
vessel while the contracts for the others
would have remained anviolate. But
this deep chsine working man, fu-l OF
hostility to John Roach end to his sue
1,sss as an American ship builder, that
could compete with the sSipeuilders on
tha CLYDE, must needs invoke the opiG-
ior of a down sOlth lawyer on the ques'
tio1 of shipbuild,ny-ths opinion OF
MAJ who once violated his citizenship
and Sought againa. the nation in its
diren trouble--a paan whose opinion
and decisions of Law are governed by
individual stsndiIg. that the financial
ruin of Mr.. Roach might be complete.
Here r. as not only tie Dolphin, upon
which only $40, ,OOG remained unpaid,
bat hem were three other vessels that
Mr Ros.h had fairly contracted for,
the whole four contracts amounting in
the aggregate to g., 44o, ,Scp.
Considela D ole progress had been made
xoon these SAssels, and Mr.. Roach had
received payments on none OF them ex-
cs,t The Dolphin. One Of the untinish.
ed vessels, the Is oston, has already been
launched. VIXEN Attorney.GenerAl
Garland decided the contract under
whish the Dolphin WAS built OF no
binding effect, the game decision held
as to all the others. Well and faith
fully did Mr.. G Arlana seek for tender
spot to strike blow, and deep did he
strike the blow.
No mar ever stood up more firmly for
American protection to American in
dustries than John Roach. He knew
all the outs and ins Of ship-building
and his opinions on that subject were
accented in preference and went far
ther with the Ysderal Government in
its adoption of its course OF action In
regard TO protection to American ship
ping and American ship-building than
that Of any other man. His great s!n
in the eyes of the present administra.
tion lay in having besn republican,
and having been the confidential friend
of several previous Republican admins
trations.
But the time has coms when he wa
to be In ade to feel the full force o
Democratic hatred. Whitney was hi
enemy because his shipyards in Nev
York aud Chester, teeming with thout
ands of workmen, were bright example
Of the benefits Of protection and
standing menace and refutation Of th
Democratic free-trsde program. Ga
land was rebel and is q f-ee-trade
The time had come when he could
last get even with one OF the hate
Republican Unionists Of tie countr
The time had come when he cou
With one word break up leadir
industrial establishment that gave Il
Lie to free-trade. How carefully II
plot is plauped. Whitney and Garlal
conspiring to break down john Roa
and his ship.building plant The D.
phin was finished ready for the 9
ceptance of the government. The
we're whispers that it would not
accepted. A journal. heated on the ut
boat the first time 1t WAS tried This "
made the excuse for rejecting it the
1t was tried again, and was requiI
to make Is knots au hour. 1t made
easily, But it must try IT IN rou
water. 1t accepted the offer, and as
beginning to divine the extent of
government, made II knots an DO
But still this was not enough. o.
frivolous objections were made. Jt
Roach began to see that Whitney |
Garland did not intend to accept
boat under any circumstances,
then, with three other boats on ha
all double the price Of the Dolpl
all under way and one already laur
cd, the end was not hard to see.
this whole transaction the perddy
Whitney Is shown in no more glal
light than in the appointment of
Archbauld, known enemy OF
Roach, upon the committee Of ins
tion that passed upon the Dolp
The plot was we'll laid. Did Whit
know how Garland would de
before he referred the matter to h
We will not say that, but scratch
skin Of an ex-rebel and an enem
john Roach will squeal.
Under these circumstances, how
1t possible IOr MI. lsORCn 10 Stanu
pressure? He had spent over 81,
900 In the construction of these
vessels. Attorney General Garlan
cided that the contract under whic
was building them was worth MOI
and that all the money that had
paid him on account OF the Do
could be recovered. Already
were indications that the govern
was about to spring upon him t.
cover the money. What could
under the circu instances but m al
assignment The strong arm c
government had driven him t,
wall and was preparing to Civ
final blow, when Mr.. Roach a
pating it, defeated the final desi
the government by making an a
ment, providing frst like an hon
man for the payment of the
due all his em ployees, and next
creditors who had assisted him n
his enterprises.
Now then, is Whitney satisfied
Garland satisfied Does the thl
of 800 or 400 men out of eI
ment please them If it does IL
happy men and should be plea
their hearts content.
JOHN ROACH is 70 years of a.
it is not unlikely that we shall -
building boats while Whitne,
Garland will only be remem be