Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-04-13

WASHINGTON. d. c., Apr. 8.

investigation Of the charge of criminal
embezzlement made against Senator Roach,
Of North Dakota, directed by Senator
Hoar's resolution. They first tried blun
by stating that other Senators were In the
same boat with Roach. and intimatipg
that Power. of Montana, was one of them.
That didn't work, not even a little bit, for
Senator Power promptly denounced 1t as
false and demanded The most searching
Investigation, two things which Roach
has not done. The Democratic Senators
have good reason 10 fear anything that
promises to expose the true inwardness Of
was brought about by special and explicit
directions from Senator German. who
vas chairman of the Democratic Senator
Al steering" committee. There Is good
reason for the belief that the actual facts
in the deal by which Roach became SEN
ator would. II made public, cause a nat
ional scandal with more or less disgrace.
full ramiticstions In a number of states.
The Democrat Senators are now making
personal appeals TO the most easy going
Republican Senators, to let the whole
matter drop, because whatever the result
of the investigation so far as Roach is
concerned 1t will bring a scandal upon the
good name Of the Senate that will cling to
II ST home and abroad for many years.
have no authority to speak for Republican
Senators, bet | violate no confidence In
stating that number of them have msde
be done, and II Roach doesn't resign before
the Seuate gets through with the cases Of
the appointed Senators, now under con
sideration, they propose to have some
action taken upon Senator Hoars resolu-
tinn, or to let the country know why. 1t
has just been learned that the new pro-
gram Of the Democratic Senators is to
force an immediate adjournment OF the
Senate as soon as the cases Of the appoint
ed Senators are disposed Of. They are
perfectly willing to postpone the cleo
ton OF the Senate officers until the meet
ing OF the extra session. which Mr.. Cleve-
land has decided TO call in September. The
excuse given is that it will be impossible
70 Keep quorum Of Senators here after
suggested that II the Senate fails to act
Mr.. Roach may be arrested and tried In
the criminal court for embezzling the
funds Of the bank Of which he wa. cashier,
but such proceeding is not probable.
The break between Mr.. Cleveland and
eN Speaker Crisp, which last week looked
a. though ii would result in bringing for
ward q new candidate for the Speaker
ship of the Hoase, In opposition to Crisp,
and backed by all the influence OF the
administration, has been. it Is now under
Of an extra heavy dose of humble pie to
Crisp. II was not. however, forced upon
him, but he went 10 the White House and
asked for IT, Under this agreement. which
is much more humbling to Mr., Crisp than
the one made 10 New York Just before the
meeting OF the last session Of Congress,
the Georgian is TO be elected Speaker of
the House again and TO draw the salary
and perform the routine duties Of the
position, but the real authority Is TO be ex.
ercised by Mr.. Cleveland, who has already
determined that Mr.. Springer, chairman
OF the Ways aud Means committee, and
Mr. Holman, chairman Of the Appropria-
uon committee, shall not again be placed
st the heads Of those committees.
The reason why Mr.. Cleveland has not
appointed a commissioner of pensions has
leaked out. He has so far failed TO nnd
man who comes up to all his requirements
and Is at the same time willing TO pledge
himself to do certain things which are to he
required Of the new commissioner Ii has
been so those in his confidence say. de
hnitely decided by Mr.. Cleveland that the
commissioner must be an Eastern man
who does not belong to the G. A. r., and
that he shall be willing to inaugurate a
system of handling applications that will
place a. many festrlCtlOnS aGt as much
humiliation upon the applicants for pen
sion as can possibly be done by stretching
existing laws to the limit, In the wrong
direction, TO say nothing to treating pen
sioners already on the rolls as frauds who
have no right 10 be there.
Democrats are making mares nest out
OF the pretended new discovery that ex-
Secretary of State Foster. who is In charge
of the interest of the United States before
the Behring Sea arbitration tribunal,
made liberal allowance for expenses to
the employees Of the government who were
ordered to Paris in connection with the
arbitration proceedings. This is poppy
cock, pure and simple. Would any busi-
ness establishment send its employees TO q
foreign country without making them an
allowance in addition to their salaries, to
pay their expenses? And is the wealthy
government of the United States to treat
its employees with less liberality than
private films? Common sense can have
but one answer to these questions.