, 1888-12-20
AT INDIANApOLIS,
Preparations for the BaDquet-The A,
rival OF Notable ' Lisitors.

uuys huIouu DtueTs, uONeTnOT MOOre-
house of Missouri, accom- panied by +. S,
Richards of Salt Lake. paid him a social
visit. A large number of charmen OF the
republican county committees also called
| About forty.three chairmen are in the city
having been subppuaed to appear before
the federal grand jury. About dozen Of
| them were before the committee to-day as
was also Secretary Dilie of the state com.
| mittee, who said on emerging from the
| jury.room, he never saw u copy of what
purports to be the Dudley letter, and has
never seen anybody who saw the letter;
furthermore he doesn I believe Dudley ever
| wrote such u letter.
COLONEL BARKER sUBPGNAED.
Colonel w. ii. Barker, secretary of the
| New York senate, who came to this city
yesterday with the Grand Army commit.
tee from Brooklyn was subpGnaed. Dur.
ing the campaign Colonel Barker had
charge of the appointment bureau of the 1.
national republican committee. He ap.p
peared before the jury to-day. and it is re-
| liaby stated that one of the few questions
asked him was "Are you familiar with the
hand writing OF ''W w. Dudleyp" Bar.
ker is said to have replied that lie was.
The same authority states that Acting
| District Attorney Bailey did not produce
any letter for Barker to identify
IT Will BE SURPRISE.
senator RuHy, iOlOHti w llllUm u.
Goodoe and General Britain will arrive
at late hour tonight. Information ema.
mated from the United States district at
torney's office this evening to the effect
that subpUnaes have been issued and
placed in the bands Of officers to be
served upon Chairman Quay and Colonel
Goodloe Immediately upon their arrival,
commanding them to appear before the
grand jury.
The knowledge that the newly ap.
pointed district attorney decided upon this
course of obtaining information upon
which to discover indictments presumably
in the Dudley case, caused quite a sensa.
tion when IL became known about the
lobbies this evening, md Senators Quay's
arrival Is eagerly awaited.
IMPORTANT CALLERS,
! General Harrison's most important
callers to-day were the committee of
/ Southern capitalists and business men
| from Birmiu CHAN, Alabama, consisting
OF nine well known citizens, as follows:
| Thomas 5. Seddor son of Secretary of the
| Navy Sidden of the Southern confederacy;
| G.. c. Cadle. Jr.; Frederick Sloss Henry
| +. De Bardeben, David Roberts. S. +.
| Williamson, Charles Turner, Edward
Thomas and Il. b, Thomipkins, the latter
of Atlanta. They were met at the depot
by Ex-Con gressman II B. +. Pierce. and
accompanied by him visited General Har-
| rison ut ! 80 clock. They presented the
| president-elect memorial signed by capi.
talists representing 800 900, 900 invested
in the South, conRratuating General Har-
rison and the country on the success of the
principles which caused his election. 'be-
cause we believe the protective tariff will
promote and aid the development OF our
natural resources and. because an issue,
free from secti ona feeling and prejudice
| Is now presented, upon which the people
of the South can divide according to the
dictates of reason and conviction. We
know there are a large number in this ma
tion who think as we do, and are only re.
strained from public expression and ad.
vocacy of their opinions 10y a feeling of
uncertainty az to what will be the policy
adopted in the treatment of
THE SOUTHERN PROBLEM,
and apprehension that any change in the
| local government will be detrimental to
our best interests. This fear, we believe,
will be materially lessened 10y good APP
pointments, and the best result of your
election will be assured by making APP
pointments frOm that class of republicans
who command the confidence and respect
of the communities in which they live
Such appointments will develop two strong
parties and thus secure 10 us good govern
ment. General Harrison received them
with great cordality. The discussion was
entirely informal, both on the part of the
committee and the general. Mr.. Seddon
acted as chief spokesman and explained
to General Harrison the causes leading
to this move in the South. looking toward
reimbursement OF party lines. The gentle
men OF tie committee state that General
Harrison talked freely with them on the
subject of protection and benefits the
North had reaped from it which we're also
open to the South, The development of
the South was gratifying thing to him.
upon General Harrison the i'm Importance of
appointing representative men TO Office in
the South.
| VERY sECRETiNE.
The members of the co mlttec arevery
guarded and secretive as what if any,
definite expression the president elect
made touching his views on the Southern
question, or race question. As to the lat.
ter. 1t does not seem to have entered di-
rectly into the conversation.
THE COLONEL ARRIVES.
INDfANAPoLts, Dec. 1S.-Sena ator Quay,
accompanied by his private secretary, +.
w. Leach. General o.. II. Williams and
Colonel Il. Britton, chairman of the inau-
gural committee, arrived in the city to-
night at IL o'clock Ex-Presi-
dent r. b. Hayes. came in on
the same train. Colonel Quay sought
his room ut once. He was very courteous
to newspaper correspondents, but eau
tiously avoided talking on current politics.
| When Informed subpoena had been is
sued for him to appear before the federal
grand jury he smiled and said he should
not run away on that account.