St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-15
irresponsible Correspondents
Dig UP a Transaction Of
Fifteen Years Ago.
The AnimuS OF the Attack
the Fact That Roach Is a
Democrat.
Strong Defense Of the Senator
by a North Dakota News
paper.
Special to the Globe.

WARRINGTON, March 14.-The elcc-
ton of a Democrat to the United States
senate 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 Re-
publlcans 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
resign. and the reason for the appear
ance of these hints appeared in a New
York paper today in the shape of an ac-
count of business difference of Sem
ator Roach when resident Of Wash
ington, fifteen years ago. The matter
was prepared under the direction of an
enemy. and was offered to nearly every
Republican paper 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 except the
one New York paper, Senator Roach
was sent word that it was about to be
printed by a number of papers" aud
asked for a statement. He replied that,
as he had not seen the article, he could
say nothing. Today, however, he en-
tered denial of the whole story. The
article intimated that Senator Roach
had fled from Washington, when, as a
matter of fact, he continued to reside in
the city for some tine after the trouble,
and as to hiding himself in the North
west, he was in constant communication
with the president of the bank during a
great partof 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 warm personal friend, as
are nearly all the directors of the bank.
All Senator Roach's friends, and they
are numbered by the hundred, have
watched his advancement in North Da
kota with the greatest pleasure, and,
when he came back as United States
senator. expressed their joy at his sue
cess. One of his first callers after the
publication from New York reached the
city today was Cashier Pearsall, of the
Citizens bank, who came to express his
Indignation at the publication.
The AnImus
of the publication is shown in the fol-
lowing quotation from the article:
"Roach is Democrat, chosen in
Republican legislature by securing suf-
ficient Republican votes to turn a Dem
cratic minority into tmajority. 1t
was supposed when the wires were first
laid for his election that the control of
the senate would turn OH his vote, and,
In order to bring about his success,
Democratic senatorial steering commit
tee interfered III the manipulation of
the legislature. Charges of corruption
were made in Bismarck"
'Roach is Democrat" This is the
extent of>his SHINING, and for this rea-
son this article appears. That there
were charges Of corruption at Bismarck
no one will deny, but no one will say
that William N. Roach spent a dollar
cOrruptly. So good a Republican as
Congressman johnson declared that
Senator Roach's election was a death
blow to boOdleism in North Dakota pol
itics. This publication was intended
to be used as club to force Senator
Roach to resign, which explains the
innuendOes and hints that
have been wired to various papers re-
garding the matter, and it was held back
until the conSpiratOrS found that he was
not a man to be bluffed in this way.
When the matter was first called to his
he consulted Senator German
and other Democratic leaders. and on
their advice paid no attention to the
threats of the opposition. As cashier of
the Citizens National bank Senator
Roach made no bad loans, and the Off |
cialS say that few losses were made in
this way. The deficit was $1,000, $685.
OC0 of which was paid in cash, and all |
the senator's property was handed over
for the balance. With record of fif- |
teen years in North Dakota, in all of |
which there is not one flaw, Senator
Roach fees abuUdantly able to cope
with the men who assail him now. and
at the proper time he will be heard from
them.