Evening journal., 1888-12-20
QUAY VISITS HARRISON.
But the Guessers Are as Much
in the Dark as Ever.
A STRICTLY PRIVATE INTERVIEW

Senator ouay Left Gen. Harrison with a
Raging Headache, and Denied himself
to All Callers and Left ON the First
Train-The Loyal Legion Calls.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 20.-Tho great Quay,
with no time 70 spare, has come and seen
Gen. Harrison and conquered the inquisi-
tiveness Of everybody who tried 10 get under
his cutice or learn the meaning Of his visit
At o'clock he left for Washington, carry
ing with him horrible headache, which had
necesstated his keeping his room at the Den
nison all the afternoon and putting ico on his
head.
indianapolis has been waiting for Quay for
weeks, and its lesser politicians, who are
omnipresent in large numbers TO indulge tho
1 har dshake upon visitors Of note are sore
over his lack OF appreciation. When ho
landed here Tuesday night the Denison was
| fun Of political satellites, with whom ho
wasted no time Col New laconically greeted
him with "fiow are you, Quayw and intro
duted him to Secretary "Ligen Halford, who
took him nsido and told him Gen. Harrison
wold be waiting for him at $50 o'clock Ia
/ the morning.
The chairman was at Harrisons house on
1 AliHtt Agtit AIAhlbHt Aftis ANtbAEt -. W illhlh
and r. w. Leach, Quay's private secretary,
with him. Mr. Now introduced them and
Con Harrison said he "believed they hadn't
met before After half an hour the twain
We're left alone in the back library, where
they stayed all the morning uninterrupted,
! except when soldiers of the Loyal Legion
dropped in TO sec the president-elect. At
| o'clock Quay came back 10 tho hotel with
racking headache, and went TO the room Of
Col. William Cassius Goodloe, of Kentucky
Distinguished members Of the Loyal
Legion which is in session at the Bate
house, nocked over TO the Denson to do
compliment 10 Quay, but to everybody he
was "outn At 3 o'clock he went away over
the Panhandle road TO Washington, as
quietly and unostentntously as he had eomc
and a few politicians are telling that Quay's
visit wasn't Of such enormous political mo
ment atter all
MIR Quay didn't come here loaded with
political suggestions He is very anxious tc
see Pennsylvania recognized in the cabinet,
Wanamaker, for instance but he does not
want the Idea attributed TO him that he can
name a cabinet officer outright His recon-.
mendation viii go a long way with Harri,
son, Tor his success in the management Of
the campaign shows his Judgment be good.
Cen Britton, who came to arrange for III.
inauguration ceremonies, went away with
Quay He had but IA brief interview with
Gen Harrison, and on returning to the hotel
said the presidentelect didn't have any spe.
cial suggestions 70 offer. The Inauguration,
be declared, will surpass any previous one.
There is a big fund, and arrangements have
been made TO accommodate $4,000 persons
: who will como in organized bodies, civic aud
military.
The question whether Gen. Harrison will
7 visit the east previous to his inauguration i
still being agitated. Secretary Halford said
there lad been no plans on Gen. Harrisont
part for anythingof the sort Tho inaugura
tion committee had not even, he said, on
deavored to make arrangements with th0
general as TO what day he should start foi
Washington, what route he and his fnmily
should take, or any OF these matters r. S
Mckee, Gen. Harrison's son-in-}aw, said that
50 far as he was aware Gen Harrison con
templated no early visit to the east but that
: Mrs. Harrison and Mrs Mckee were going
upon a business trip early in January
What with Quay and his companions and
the great doings OF the Loyal Legion Har
risons day was full 10 overlooking. And
he paid to the Legion, whose members are the
7 most famous military men OF all the westera
country, a compliment such as few parties oi
his visitors have had rendered them b.
spread lunch and had two strappna
darkeys 10 answer the door. Mrs Mckee
and number Of ladies living near BY, in
cluding Miss Miller, the daughter Of the law
partner, assisted general and Mrs Harrison
in receiving the guests
Ii was . o'clock when the commanderl
reached the Harrison house Crowds o
them, spruce and soldier like had been ar
riving from Detroit st. Louis Chicago an,
everywhere else all the forenoon, and it wa
small army Of officers that marched ul
Delaware street While they inspected th
relics Of Tippecanoo aud the walking stick
and other presents sent the general from al
. quarters Of the country, he he'd an earnes
confab in the front parlor with littl
[ group, including r B. Hayes, the gram
) commander OF the Legion. Col Goodloe o
Kentucky; Gen. G. q. Merrill, OF Boston
and Gen. John b. Kounts, OF Toledo VIII
! nre both past grand masters Of the G. a. r.
The two gentlemen last named had a mis-
sion to Gen. Harrison, and were executing
right then and there What they came t
see him about was the establishment OF a 81.
tenn OF universal pensions--some measur
which viii give a pension to every man VIII
served in the late war in any capacity what
2 ever or for any time. Gen. Harrison lstene
70 their suggestions very attentively. II
believed among soldiers here that a sweepin
pension measure of some such nature wi
, find favor with Gen. Harrison, as his recor
in the senate, as well as the tenor OF IA
speeches throughout the campaign, were pr,
nounced upon the pension subject
After two hours Of sociability the legonei
called upon Mrs Gen. Lew Wallace at II. l
Aliens, and went back TO the Bates house
hold the business session Of their order. GeI
Merrill and Gen. Kounts both left the cit
ON the o'clock train. II was expected thu
Gen. Harrison would come TO the banquet
T the Legion and respond to toast but he Al
nounced that it would be useless to think ,
4 1t. Accompanied by Son-in-law Mckee l
!. came down to the business session, howeve
and stayed until the Indiana commander
had been firmly established and Gen lie
Wallace elected to be its first grand con
nander Then he marched home agail
: leaving the Legion TO its revals and i
speech making
4 Another Newspaper Appointment
PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 20. = Tho Nori
: American declares it has positive inform
. tion that President-slect Harrison has d
cided to appoint John Wanamaker Of tn
city postmaster general The informatiC
. comes from one Of Philadelphia's best know
business men, who is an intimate friend
S Mr. Wanamaker, and who strongly adv
Gated his appointment TO Gen. Harrison
c Terminal for the New England.