St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-28
WIN. R0ACH

Gratis of st. Paul. those whose names
are among the best known in connection
with the work of the Democratic party
in the Northwest were present, and
various matters of interest were brought
up. During the course of the dinner
Mr.. Roach was the recipient of some
very complimentary remarks. to which
he responded IN an exceedingly fell
citous manner. The affair was quiet
and unassumlng. but nothing was lack
ing to make it of most pleasant and
sociable character.
Shortly after arriving in the city the
party, consisting of Senator Roach, of
Larimore; Col, John u. Benton. of
Fargo; State Senator Mccormick, of
Grand Forks; James E. Campbell, of
Mandan; w. P. Miller, of Fargo; Editor
Berly, of the Grand Fork News, and
others. requested that parlor be set
aside for their accommodation. They
then retired to it fol the purpose of
Making Some Plans
in connection with the disposition of
the various positions at the disposal of
the new administration in North Dakota.
In consequence of the necessarily deli
cate nature of the matters under discus
sion the results of the meeting were not
made public. However, some of the
plums have been apportioned to the
wheel horses of the party, and the bal
ance will be decided on at some later
time. There are several offices to be
disposed of: United States marshal,
attorney general, surveyor general, two
land office positions each in Bismarck.
Grand Forks, Fargo, Devils Lake and
Minot.
James E. Campbell, of Mandan, is to
have the registership of the Bismarck
office, Editor Bierly will probably get
the corresponding position in the Grand
Forks office, and w p. Miller, of Fargo.
will probably have the attorney gen.
eralship. Mr.. O'Brien, of Fargo, is also
a candidate for the latter position, but
it is thought that Miller will be given
the preference.
The new senator is a fine looking
man, and has a military carriage. He
is modest dresser and is very unaS-
suming in his manners. He is ruddy
looking man and seems to carry with
a
ozone, which permeateS the atmosphere
of bis personality. An iron gray mus
tache and small goatee add to his mar
tial appearance and strengthen the
noticably strong character of his feat
ureS.
The Senator Talks.
say" he said to the GLOBE man as he
lno oH net of
the Merchants. II have been inter
viewed a number of times, and | can
only say that | have never been able to
give ont much information. [ can tell
you ali about the wheat business in
North Dakota. however. have a sec
ton of land there. near Larimore, on
which I raise wheat. have lived IN
the state of North Dakota since the
year 1879. My family lives in the city
of Washington, and l am on my way
there to join them.
"ln regard to the calling of an extra
session am of the impression that Mr..
Cleveland would have made some state
ment to that effect. Of course, | do not
know anything about it. In regard to
the silver question l must state that l
am with the platform of the Democratic
party. 1t will be the proper thing, ac-
cording to my idea, to lemove the tax
on state bank issues. The platform was
accepted unanimously, and it will be
the proper thing to act accordingly.
There could be no such thing as Wild
cat currency used in the Northwest. Of
course, the proper restrictions will nee
essarily be observed in all these things" /"
Mr.. Roach is of the impression that
the national platform, in regard to the
repeating Of the Mckinley law, will be
observed. He modestly said that as he
was very new as senator and would
not assume his duties as such for some
time to come, he did not like to say too
much,
II was very much surprised wien l
found that had been elected. Of
course, | had an intimation of what the
result would be. but there was nothing
sure about it. The men who elected me
were among those who were voting tor
Mr.. Miller. After they found out that
they couldn't elect their man they came
over to our side. Ten Republicans
voted for me. We had an organization