St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-14
Several Republican Members
CT the Senate Ill at
Ease.
Power, HanSbrough and Quay
Will Probably Be Inves-
tigated.
Damaging Evidence Against
Power Part Of the Con-
gressional Records.
People Of North Dakota
Standing Loyalty by Sem
atop Roach.
Special TO the Globe.

SpeClul ~ the 6lODe
WASHINGTON, April 13.-There are
several Republican members of the
United States senate who are decidedly
i'll at ease tonight. They know that
nothing can save them in case Senator
Chandler gets off a TRADE against Sena-
tor Roach tomorrow. One OF the uneasy
Senator Thomas G. Power, of Montana.
When the Post published the charges
made against the Montana man by SEN
ator Turpie over two years ago Senator
Power rose to question of privilege and
asked that the particular charges be in
vestigated, at the same time giving no
reason for his conduct in allowing the
statements to remain on the record un-
challenged for such long time. At
that time. however, no one noticed that
he was deftly seeking to narrow the
scope of the investigation. 1t was not
until Senator Chandler introduced a
similar resolution that the design of tn e
Massachusetts and New Hampshire
pharisees became plain. But there will
be no such resolution adopted. In deal
ing with
The Case of fSenatOr Power
the Democrats propose to show his rec
ord as an Indian trader as far back as
1868 and 1864, when he was engaged in
robbing and star wing the Indians on the
Crow Greek agency in Dakota. Luckily
the evidence as.to Mr.. Powers transac-
tions at that time are on record as part
of a report made to congress by
Congressman A. w. Hubbard, of Iowa,
and William Window, of Minnesota.
The people of Minnesota will remember
this particular investigation because of
the connection of Clark w. Thompson
with the matter. The extent to which
the government was robbed and the
Indians plundered was set forth very
clearly and extensively by Messrs. Hub
bard and Window, and in one place the
evidence is to the effect that Senator
Power stole thirty heat of cattle from
the government. and sold them again to
the Indian agent. In another place he is
testified to have been seen at Council
Bluffs with a drove which had been pur-
chased by the government. These things
are part of the record of the Thirty
ninth congress, and are but a small por-
tion of the matter that will be intro
duced at the Power investigation.
More Uneasy Ones.
Senator Hansbrough, of North Da-
kota, who has all along been declaring
himself the friend of Senator Roach,
but without doing anything TO manifest
his friendship, is another Republican
who is afraid of the storm to come.
There are more things than the manner
in which he was elected and the use to
which he put the money of the Re
year to bes looked into. and he
is beginning to realize it. Sena-
tor Quay, of Pennsylvania, is
out of the city, but he is another men,
ber likely to be taken mp. The hypoc-
riSy and contemplate meanneSs of
HOar and Chandler. as we'll as the Re-
publicans who support the persecution
of Senator Roach, were illustrated by
New York paper today, when it called
the attention of the public to the fact
that both of these Pharisees nave for
six years sat alongside confessed en-
bezzler, and smiled graciously OH him
UcCduSe. lOISOOtui H6 was eHRdSeu Ill
cOrrupting the ballot in certain parts OF
the country in the interests of their
party. 1t is needless to remark that the
people of North Dakota are standing
loyalty by Senator Roach, sending him
daily telegrams and letters expressing
their confidence in him and respect and
affection for him. Under these circum-
stances he has reason to feel ready for
whatever the malignancy of the agents
OF blackmailing clique may inspire.