St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-19
SILENT AS A SPHINX.
Boss Quay Reaches Indian
apolis But Declines to
Talk Politics.
He and John G. New Hold a
Conference at Mid
night.
Southerners Ask President
Elect Harrison to Appoint
Good MeNto Office.
The New York Star Names
Cleveland as Harrison's
Attorney General.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 1S.-Sena-
tor NJ. S. Quay, accompanied by his pri-
vate secretary, F. W. Leach, Gen. w.
B. Williams and Col. l.. E. Britain,
chairman of the inaugural COM
mittee, arrived in the city to-
night at IL o'clock, and drove
Immediately to the New Denison hotel,
where quarters had been engaged. Ex-
President r. B. Hayes came on the
same train. A committee Of veterans,
members of the Loyal Legion, headed
by Gen. Lew Wallace and Capt. B. P.
commandery, were at the de-
pot to escort their commander
in chief to the New Denison.
Gen. Hayes bid his friends an early
good night and retired. Col. Quay
sought his room at once. He was very
courteous to the newspaper correspond
ents who fiOcked about him, said he had
a pleasant journey and had enjoyed
long chat with eX-president Hayes EN-
route, but he cautiously avoided talking
current politics. When informed that a
subpoena had been issued for him to
appear before the federal grand jury,
he smiled, and said he should not run
away on that account. He may have
been little surprised. but certainly APP
peared in nowise distured. Col. Good
lOe has not yet reached the city. No
subpoena was served upon Col. Quay
New entered the New DeniSon and
asked to be shown to Chairman Quay's
room.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 1S.-Gen.
Harrison had an unusual number of
callers to-day, but few, if any of them,
however. are believed to have been
officer-seekerS. Last night Gov. More
house, of Missouri, accompanied by +.
S. Richards, of Salt Lake City. paid the
presi dent-elect a social visit. 1t is un
derstood Gov. Morehouse was in the
city consulting with ex-senator Nc
Donald's law firm, Mcdonald & Butler,
in legal matters in behalf of the Nor
mon of Utah. Rev. DR.. Brant. of st.
Louis, was among to-day's callers; also
twenty or more Republican chairmen
of county committees, who were
accompanied by Secretary Ollie, of
the state central committee. Their visit
was merely a social one. Many of the
charmen had NOT had previous oppor-
tunity to see Gen. Harrison since his cleo
ton. About forty of these Republican
county chairmen are in the city. having
been subp9naed to appear before the
federal grand jury now in session. 1t is
generally presumed, and admitted, that
they were SubpGnaed in the Dudley
case. Besides the co unity chairmen
there are many other Republicans of
prominence in the city by federal sub
p9na, and they congregated in the cor
ridorS of the federal building waiting to
be called into the jury room, and hav-
ing merry tine discussing and con-
jecturing the
CAUSE OF THEIR SUMMONS.
About dozen of them were before
the jury to-day. among them Secretary
John |. Ollie, of the state committee,
who said on emerging from the jury
room:
II may not speak of what l said to the
grand jury, but am free to say what know.
| never saw copy of what purports TO be
the Dudley letter, and have never seen any
body who saw the letter. What is more. do
not believe that Dudley ever wrote such
absurdities TO have been written by Dudley"
Another Republican who was before
the jury was Henry Duncan, late candi-
date for congress in the Fifth district.
Mr.. Duncan was for a time chairman of
the Republican state committee. He
thinks this is the reason he has been
summonsed. He says he never heard of
anybody out in his district who ever
saw the Dudley letter, or heard of it
except FROM the newspapers. But per-
haps the most disgruntled witness
before the grand jury to-day was
Col. w. III. Barker, secretary of
the New York senate, who arrived
in the city yesterday with couple
friends from Brooklyn, as committee
sent 10y the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie of that city to invite Gen. Harrison
to be the guest of the q. A. Il. posts of
Brooklyn on next Decoration day and
accompany the procession to the tomb
of Gen. Grant. Col. Barker, during the
campaign, had charge of the appoint
ment bureau OF the national Republican
committee. Having performed his er-
rand here, he was about embarking for
home last night with his friends and
was on the very point of taking
his train when a deputy United
States marshal tapped him on
the shoulder and pulled out
a summons which he read to the colonel.
directing him to appear on the morrow
before the federal grand jury. Col.
Barker tried to argue the case with the
officer, protesting that his detention was
an outrage" as he knew nothing of
the least interest TO the grand jury, and
exhibiting a telegram from his home
stating that his wife was sick, and ask
ing him to hurry back. His friends
Col. Pierce and Mr.. Knight-tried their
eloQuence on the stoical deputy. but it
was all to no purpose, the train moved
off with Col Barker in the
STRONG GRASP OF THE LAW
and he returned to his hotel boiling
mad, declaring he knew nothing about
the Dudley letter, and not much about
Dudley. To-day he went before the
jury, but did not remain in the room
very long, taking the first evening train
for home. 1t is reliably stated that one
of the few questions asked Col. Barker
after the formal interrogatories was:
"Are you familiar with the handwriting
of w. w. Dudley?" Barker is said to
have replied: Il am; l know it WELL"
The same authority states that the
acting district attorney, Mr.. Bailey.
did not produce any letter for Barker to
identify, as the latter expected he would
after having qualified. Senator Quay.
Col. William CaSSius GoodlOe and Gen.
Britain will arrive at late hour to-
night Information emanated from the
United States district attorneys Office
this evening to the effect that subpenas
have been issued and placed in the hands
ofoffieers to be served on Chairman Quay
and Col. Goodloe Immediately after
they arrive, summoning them to appear
before the grand jury. The knowledge
that the newly appointed district attor-
ney had decided upon this course of OBJ
tanning information upon which TO dis
cover an Indictment, presumably in the
Dudley case,