The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-23
he is a COPY OF HARRISON.
The Double of the PresIdent-elect En-
joys a small Triumph

Inc OOuDl6 OF inc FTeBlQ BnL-0leCJ bD-
joys a small Triumph.
From the Neto York World
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 20 Gen. Harrison's
double has reached indianapolis and is
quartered at the Bates house, where for
two days he has gone in and out and eaten
and drank, and people have stared at him
and pointed him out to one another Men
who nave known Harrison for years have
started across the corridor of the hotel to
shake hands with his double and have only
discovered their mistake within short range
Tie Harrison and Morton travelling men
who frequent the house have begun to
lift their hats tc him. The news has gone
about town rapidly that the generals double
is stopping at the Bates, and tonight as he
sits in the rotunda he is the observed of
good many observers who have dropped in
10 take a squirt at him. His home is Hovet
and he hall from Newark, N. j., and when
he found out tonight that every one about
the hotel was talking about his resemblance
TO the Presdent-eect of 90, 00O, 900 of people
he beamed and walked up and down the
lobby and would not go to bed. When a
| correspondent approached him and asked if
any one had spoken 10 him about forging
tho Presidents features he smiled with an
expansive cordially that the fellow who
looks like him could never attain if he lived
a thousand years
There are a few points Of dlssimilarity DO.
tween Harrison and Hovet Hovet is
triie taller, suspicion heavier, and he has
lot bis pale gray beard grow an inch too
long, but it has the same kinky twist 10 its
middle that Harrison's has There is the
same drOop 20 tho moustache, the same
firm, chalkv face, with the same yemblance
Of concavity There is nose that might
have been run in tho same mould with the
generals ana eyes that, though dark, are
similarly set and surrounded by such per.
picking network Of wrinkles. Tonight he
had on II dark frock coat and pepper-and-
salt trousers, such as Candidate Harrison
wore until after his election. Mr.. Hovet
who carries in his utteraEces faint traces Of
a foreign accent, told the correspondent he
was engaged in selling bird cages, and had
Travelled extensively over the country in
pursuit Of his business.
ut is "a funny pickle I'm in, ;" he said 81
used to wear my whiskers short and peaked
aud when | was stopping at a hotel in
New England city some time ago some
MAJ came up to me and said: Il have been
wondering for half an hour il this wasn't
Mr.. Blaine Then be put out his hand and
| went on: III it is want TO shake hands
with you, sir, for Pm Blaine man from
way back. | caught my breath to tell him
/ | wasn't Mr.. Blaine, and he apologzed
! J hen | went and lie my whisk grow. and
now everybody tells me | look IKE lla~-
rlsJn, and ! guess it's true, for J hadn't
heard anything but casual reference 20 il
until lgot here, and here, who're they ought
to know him pretty we'll half a dozen per-
SONS have spoken about it. So you see |
am betwixt Blaine and Harrison. don't
lie 70 cut my whiskers short and be trave!-
ing for Blaine's double, and don't like TO
lot EN- grow long If I'm going 70 be taken
for the ghost Of Harrison. There's noting
LETT but to slave
Double HJyet ia tickled almost TO death.
just the same, at his resemblance 20 the
man he voted for