Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-03-25
SENATOR w. N. ROACH
All Honor to North Dakota's Eaicient
Representative In the Senate.

Last weeks issue of the Bis
marck Settler reviews the efficient
services rendered the state by
Senator Roach aud shows without
the slightest coloring that our sem
ior representative in the U. s. sem
ate has in his quiet and unpreten-
tlous way accomplished for North
Dakota results that will in future
years stand as monuments of his
zeal for the welfare of the state
and her citizens. To begin with
Editor Moffat says:
Every section of the state has
reaped some benefit from his labors
the Missouri slope will always feel
grateful to him. The committee
of citizens of Bismark in January
1895, placed in his hands the pro-
ject Of securing the new Military
Post at this place, and after about
two years constant hard work,
Senator Roach succeeded on March
LIST, three days before the inaugur-
alton of President Mckinley, in
securing the acceptance by the
Honorable Secretary of War La
mont, of the site rendered by our
citizens through him-thus locat-
ing the Post permanently. The
site is a beautiful one, situated less
than two miles south of our city
overlooking the Missouri and the
famous Sibley Island, and when
he obtained the appropriation of
$4,000 for commencing the con-
struction of the sewers and water
supply for said Military Post, he
laid the foundation for what will
become within year or two, one
of the largest military establish
ments on the continent. In secur~
ing this Military Post, and fam
GUS military band for our state,
Senator Roach has endeared him.
self to all classes. The Post will
furnish a market for thousands of
tons of Ignite fuel, and will slim
ulate every industry.
The Senator has obtained more
pensions for deserving old soldiers
than any other representative in
the northwest as will be testified
to by Farmer Wallace and many
others whose claims had been ne
elected for many years. That
monument of architectural beauty,
the United States Court House
and Posto6ice, which attracts the
attention of all passing through
the gate city Of Fargo, whose con-
struction was commenced, and the
building completed during the adj
ministration of President Cleve-
land owes its existance to Senator
Roach and his persistent efforts.
The Red river of the north and
the Missouri river have received
larger appropriations, and better
work at the hands of the U. S.
Engineer department during the
term of Senator Roach than ever
before. The immense dixie works
at the tarbors at Mandan and Bis
marck owe their existence to him.
In statehood days the capital OF our
state was held to the north half
by the firmness of the then state
Senator Roach; the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum at Devils Lake
owes its location at that place as a
result of his efforts, and in the Sc
curing of the confirmation of the
appointment of United States Dis.
trict Judge Amidon, to whom the
venerable Senator Hoar, who is
chairman of the sub committee
that heard the evidence in connec-
ton with the So called charges that
were preferred against him, made
the following statement: Judge
Amidon, 1 desire to say to you, on
behalf of the entire committee,
that the evidence which has been
produced here against you has not
left in the mind of any member of
the committee the slightest cloud
upon your character Senator