St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-17
A Scandal That Is Troubling
the Republicans Of North
Dakota.
Johnson and La Moure Make
serious Charges Against
Senator Hansbrough.
National Committee Funds
Used Against the Regular
Party Candidates.
Revolutionary Schemes OF
Observation-Disclosures
for House Positions.

The quarrel between the various fac
lions of the North Dakota Republicans
threatens to develop into a scandal OF
some proportions before it calms down.
Congressman NJ. n. johnson has started
an inquiry at Washington regarding the
amount of money sent into his state in
the late campaign by the Republican
national committee. and sWearS by all
that is sacred that he will learn what
disposition was made of the money. Mr..
johnson declares that he received no
aid in his campaign and that he further
believes that some of the money was
used against him.
While Mr.. johnson is raising this
racket in the national capital
Senator .Jud La Moure is quiet
lys occurring information regard
ing the expenditure of the money fur
nIshed by the national committee IN his
and several other districts. The Penn
biEa statesman was member of the
executive committee of the Republican
state central committee. and recently
gave the chairman OF the body notice
that he had convincing information that
party funds had been used in several
districts against Republicans. This
Chairman Spaulding denied, but his
denial did not count against the evil
dence in possession Of La Monre.
II have positive information that
800 was sent into my district by the
national committeeman and used in an
effort to defeat the Republican legisla
tive candidate" said Mr.. La Moure sew
eral days ago at the Merchants, land
know that this money came from the
national committee, for the man who
handled it never had that amount at any
one time in his life. He is a political
tramp whose fare into North Dakota
was paid by st. Paul lawyer"
Senator I'll. G. Hansbrough is the
North Dakota member Of the Republic
an national committee, and the gentle
man Senator La MOure and Congress
man johnson are after. Both opposed
Hansbrough's election to the Senate.apd
have never had any time for him. Sen
ator Hansbrough seems also to have
had long memory. and in the late cam
paigp, in conjunction with Alex Me-
kenzie. started out to carry North Da-
kota just as they wanted it. From
some source, either the Republican,
national committee or great railroad
corporation, an abundant supply OF
money was obtained. This, however.
was not thrown into the hands of the
state central committee, but was used
by the trusted friends of Mckenzie and
s HanSbrOugh, and used, so say La Moure,
Z johnson, Walsh and others. to elect Re-
publican candidates where they were
Hansbrough, Casey and Mckenzie
men, and 10 defeat all who would not
so pledge themselves. The result
of this was that the Republicans have
not more than six majority III the legis-
lature. while the opposition state ticket
was elected with one exception, and two
of the three electoral votes of the state
were lost to President Harrison.
Under these circumstances Congress
man Johnson's demand for information
regarding the amount of money sent to
North Dakota by the Republican ma
tiOnal committee means Il great deal.
IF Johnson will communicate with
Jud La Moure," said North Dakota
leader yesterday, "he will find OuL
where a good part of that money went
to in the late campaign. | have an idea
of the disposition made of $500 myself,
and it was not intended to aid the Re
publican legislative candidate i'll the
district in question. There will be lots
of fun before this row is over or L am
much mistaken. The fact is that the
days of the old machine in North Da-
kota are ended, and Hansbrough and
Mckenzie cannot rcsuscitate it. Their
methods have turned the state over to
the opposition, and the honest Repub-
licans will submit to their tactics no
longer. Things will be made decidedly
interesting for both HansbrOugh and
Mckenzie if they attempt to take a
hand i'm electing CaSey'S successor.