Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-03-23
ROACH ISALL RIGHT.
The Senator From North Da-
kota Will not Now De-
sert His Guns.
HE DENIES THE STORY.
Strong Defense of the Senator
by the Newspapers Of
North Dakota.

4 special to the St. Paul Globe
last week by its Washington COR
respondent says:-The election of Il
Democrat TO the United States SEN
ate by Republican Legislature in
North Dakota proved too much for
the party of QUAY and Wanamaker,
and ever since the result became
known certain of the political fine
workers have been searching for
something that would break the
force of the blow. The fact that
the election of Senator Roach gave
the Democrats the power to organ
ize the senate without any aid from
the outside added to the desire of
the Republicans to do something to
help the PARTY out. For some days
several of the party organs have
been limiting that the new North
Dakota senator would resi- On, and
the reason for the appearance of
these hints appeared in a New
York paper today in the shape of an
account of a business difference of
Senator Roach when resident of
Washington, fifteen years ago. The
matter was prepared under the di-
rection of an enemy, and was offer
ed to nearly every Republican pa
per in the country about ten days
ago. The Washington papers and
every New York paper save one
DECLINED TO PRINT
the stuff. When the matter had
been offered and refused by all ex-
cept the one New York paper, Sena-
tor Roach was sent word that it
was about to be printed by "num-
Der of papers, and asked for a state
ment. He replied that, as he had
not seen the article, he could 'ay
nothing. To-Day, however,' he en-
tered denial of the whole story.
The article intimated that Senator
Roach had fled from Washington,
when, as matter of fact, he con-
tinued to reside in the city for some
time after the trouble, and as to hid
ing himself in the Northwest, he
was in constant communication
with the president of the bank dur
ing great part of the time he was
in North Dakota, and has visited
Washington frequently during the
past few years, remaining several
weeks at a time. At the present
time the cashier of the Citizens
bank, Mr.. Roach's successor, is a
warm personal friend, as are nearly
all the directors of the bank. All
Senator Boach's friends, and they
are numbered by the hundred, have
watched his advancement in North
Dakota with the greatest pleasure,
and, when he came back as United
States senator, expressed their Joy
at his success. One of his first call
ers after the publication from New
York reached the city today was
Cashier Pearsall, of the Citizens
bank, who came to express his in
dignation at the publication.
THE AN1MUs
of the publication is shown in the
following quotation from the arti-
Gle:
"Roach is Democrat, chosen in
a Republican legislature by secur-
ing sufficient Republican votes to
turn Democrat minority into ma
jority. 1t was supposed when the
wires were first laid for his election
that the control of the senate
would turn on his vote, and, in or
der to bring about his success, a
Democratic senatorial steering COM
mittee interfered in the manipula-
tion of the Legislature. Charges Of
corruption were made in Bismarck"
"Roach is a Democrat" This is
the extent Of his SHINING, and for