St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-30
THE Willy GILBERT WORKS
The Wires to Kill Off the Men in His
Way to the United States Senate.
HOW PLAYED ON oRDWAY.
Springer Says 1t Was the Proudest Day
Of His Life That Added the
States.
Special Correspondence of the Globe.

Special Correspondence Of the Globe.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 29.-It's
almighty amoosin'' to watch the
North Dakota senatorial controversy
from this.end of the lire. If any one
thinks ex-Gov. Gil Pierce is not slick
cuss, he doesn't know the man. Ord
way has just tumbled to the fact that
the kilograms sent out from New York
urging Endorsements for him for gov
ernor were the device of an enemy.
They were sent to Dennis Hannafin at
Bismarck, Harry O'Neil at Fargo. and
to the sports generally throughout
North Dakota, but especially to those
known as members of the old
NORTH DAKOTA GANG.
TO some the name of Edwards was
signed, to others that of Mckenzie,
though Mckenzie had nothing what.
ever to do with it, and Ordway didn't
know of it until the responses COM
menced coming in. He claims that the
dispatches were wholly unauthorized
and without his consent, and that he
had declined to have his name used for
either position, and had publicly NOM
mated Richardson and had Endorsed
Mellette two days before these un-
authorized dispatches were sent; and
he asserts that on the day the dis
patches were received, in response to
them, he had been before the president
and the secretary urging the nomina-
ton of Mellette and Richardson,
and the appointments were promptly
made, Gen. Allen, himself and Mathews
all uniting in the recommendation. The
scheme to present Ordway's name for
secretary was also worked with a
VIEW TO HIS INJIJRY:
and the effect was to unite everybody
to beat Ordway. There was never be-
fore such unanimity among Dakota
people in Washington. Everybody
wanted Mellette and Richardson, but
the occult purpose of the move for Ord
ways Endorsement was to leave him in
bad repute. Springer said to your cor
respondent: Dakota was at all time
in greater danger from the Republicans
than from the Democrats. The Repub-
hcans were determined to force an extra
session of congress and to throw the
burden of the defeat of Dakota admis-
sion upon the Democrats, and we de-
termined that they
SHOULD NOT DO EITHER,
and no man aided us more than eX-Gov.
OrdWay. His head was level ALWAYS.
He was practical in all things, and
through him, without surrendering our
principles or humiliating ourselves, we
were able to link in with Plat and gain
just what we wanted. 1t was the
proudest day of my life when the omni-
bus bill became law and four new
StrrS were added to the American flag"
Ordway moved to the territory in 1880.
His household goods are all at Bismarck,
where his residence is occupied by his
daughter, and where he owns extensive
banking interests and where he expects
to enlarge his interests and to spend his
declining days. 1t was thought that he
would be in some ones way for for the
United States senate, therefore the at
tempt to place him
IN A FALSE LIGHT
in relation to these matters. But Ord
way was not the only man in the way.
Alex Hughes is also Scion whom it is
necessary to kill off. Therefore he is
brought out as the candidate of the
railroads for the United States senate,
and coupled with his name is that of w.
E. Dodge, of Fargo. One is said to be
the candidate of the Northern Pacific
railroad and the other of the Manitoba,
and it is alleged that the railroads in
tend to control the organization of the
state. 1t is expected that the farmers
will become alarmed and will rush into
the trap set for them by the willy Gill
bert and his able assistant, Mai. Ed
wards. Edwards and Pierce, from
George Spencerian standpoint, are to
be the first senators from North Dakota.