St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-24
at noon tonight. A canvass of the vote.
cast yesterday for United States senator
declared j. n. Dolph elected.
WANAMAKER is A WINNER. :
The Philadelphia Merchant Prince
Holds the Longest Conference
on Record With President-E Elect
Harrison.

Harrison.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 23,-The
most interesting event Of the day was
the visit of John Wanamker, of Phila-
delphia, TO the president-elect. Prior
to and especially since the celebrated
visit of Chairman Quay, Mr.. Wanna
maker has popularity been slated as
.sure-enough' cabinet officer, but just
why his selection should be regarded
with any greater certainty than
| that of at least two other gen
| tlemen has never been so apparent
from this vantage ground as from the
| Atlantic seaboard. Mr.. Wanamaker
| travelled in a private car, leaving Phila-
delphia very quietly yesterday noon and
arriving by the uOOn train. He undoubt-
eddy came by invitation of the presi
dent-elect, but no member of his family
was at the train to meet to the diStin-
guiShed guest, who alighted unaccOm
panied, and after passing the gates
started on a brisk walk up Illinois
street. The first person to discover his
identity was ubiquitous reporter, to
whom he talked freely as he walked,
saying that he came here to. get news:
that this was the center of infOrma-
ton Just now. When asked whether
he was going abroad, he said it was
uncertain but that if he did 90 he would
remain several weeks, perhaps three
months. He could tell more about that
when he returned from Gen. HarriSOns S.
A committee from the Wanamaker
club. of this city, a campaign club which
Mr. Wanamaker handsomely uniformed,
was at the station to escort their patron
out to Gen. Harrlson's, but being I'M
tah
Philadelphia magnate, they failed to
catch him at the depot, but Overhaulcd
him en- route ard rescued him from the
reporters. Reaching Washington street,
two squares from the depot, Mr.. Wanna
maker took carriage and drove di-
rectly to Gen. HarriSOn's, arriving
shortly before l o'clock. He was cor
daily
WELCOMED AT TIE DOOR
by both general and Mrs. Harrison and
in few moments they sat down to
lunch 1t was the first meeting be-
tween the general and his guest who
came alone, no introduction being con-
sidered necessary. After dinner they
retired to the back parlor and enjoyed
long conference which was OCCASION
queSted to see the preSident-elect for
moment. About every half hour the
front parlGr and the large hallway would
fill up with callers, nearly all of whom
came merely to shake hands and the
general would come out from his con-
ference, shake hands all around and
chat moment with a group Of callers
and then return to his special guest.
The conference was one of the longest
held by the general since his cleo
ton, lasting fully three hours,
showing they must have had good
deal to talk about, especially as Gen.
Harrison is noted for the conciseness
and directneSS with which he handles
any topic he is discussing, and with
those gifts he can cover about as much
as any ordinary talker would in two
hours. No third party was present at
the conference, which concluded after
4 o'clock, when the general bid his guest
goodbye. and turned his attention to
score or more of callers who awaited
him in the other rooms. Mr.. Wanna
maker spent little time in the library
chatting with Mrs. Harrison and Private
Secretary Haiford, then took his car
rage and drove to the depot. Here he
was
CORRALLED BY THE CORRESPONDENTS
to whom he stated he could not talk on
political matters. In reply to the ques-
ton whether he had been rendered a
place in the cabinet, he replied that
Gen. Harrison could answer that queS-
ton with better propriety than he
could, and would not state whether he
was going abroad or not, making an
equivocal answer as though he might or
might not sail for Europe. lie was in
very pleasant frame of mind and said he
was greatly pleased with both Gen. ana
Mrs. Harrison. II found him just what
expected, said the Philadelphia. "a
big-brained, broad-guaged man." He
left for Philadelphia at 500
o'clock. A report is circulated
that Mr.. Wanamaker iEtimated
to gentleman who knew him that he
was going III the cabinet, but no such.
indiscreet admission can be reliably
traced to the gentleman, and 1t is alto
gether improbable that he made any
such indication, even though it were
true that he had been invited into the
CABINET, for to another gentleman he
stated that Gen. Harrison had requested
him to regard their conference as pri-
vate There is wide divergence of
opinion here among the wise men as to
the cause and result of Mr.. Wanna
makers visit. Col. John c. New and
other we'll posted gentlemen Opine that
he was called here to be
RENDERED A CABINET BERTH,
there are other gentlemen, however,
who hold quite contrary views, and
think that his coming is a pretty sure
indication that he was not to be invited
into the cabinet. They argue that the
president-elect has not called other and
more prominent. and even probable,
cabinet appointeeS here to tender them
hot mo Nv of
Furthermore, they say if Gen. Harrison
had what appeared to him good reasons
for emitting the Philadelphia from his
official family he is just the kind of a
man to send for MIR. Wanamaker and
have a good friendly interchange of
views on the subject, believing that if
his reasons were sound they would be
adopted by Mr.. Wanamaker with the
same frankness they were offered.
These are the two theories prevailing
here tonight, and few days may de-
velop which is correct. After Mr..
Wanamaker'S departure the general,
who had been housed up all day, went
out for a half-hour's walk and then re-
turned to his library, where his CORE
spondence awaited his attention.
Among the large number of other Wis
| itors to-day were Hon. l.. B. MiSener.
of Benicia, Cal, ex-president of the
California senate, and an old '49er,' who
is en- route to Washington, bearing
the electoral vote of California.
He called in the name of his
colleagues of the California elec-
toral college to extend their congrat
uIations. Col. Misener says the Repub-
lican party of California is united and
| no factions now exist, He thought the
slope ought to be represented in the
cabinet. and indicated the interior de-