St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-14
Ex-Congressman Wise Gives
Harrison a Tip or Two on
Little Billy Malone.
A Quarter of an Hours Talk
With the General on the
Topic Uppermost.
Whole Carloads of New York
Politicians Reported Bound
for Indianapolis.
The War Between "Wood
Pulp" Miller and "Me Too"
Platt Not Yet Over.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 13.-Every
incoming train to-day brought its quota
of visitors from all points in the state to
participate in tO-mOrrOw's inaugural
celebration. The members of the cleo
toral college of Indiana also arrived and
will meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing in the hall of the house of repre-
sentatives and cast the vote OF Indiana
for president and vice president. The
Inauguration of the new governor will
occur at 2 o'clock in English's Opera
house. The house and senate will
attend in a body, and Hon.
Mason j. Niblack, speaker of the
house, will preside. Gen. Hovey's
inaugural address will be brief, occupy
ing only thirty minutes. The inaugural
ball will open about 10 o'clock. The
sale of tickets to those fortunate enough
to have invitations exceeds 1000, inelud-
ing gallery and floor tickets. and crush
is anticipated. Amidst the influx of Wis
itors to attend the Inauguration, the dis
tinguished Out-of-town pilgrims who
come to see and consult with the presi-
dent-elect are not lost sight of. This
mornings early train from Cleveland
brought no less a person than
EX-CoNGRESSMAN JOHN S. WISE,
formerly of Virginia, but who quietly
slipped into the New DenisOn and regis
tered from New York. admonishing the
CLERK not to call any ones attentiOnitO his
presence. When his presence became
known, there was futter among the
politicians and correspondents, all of
whom jumped to the conclusion that
the redOubtable Virginian had come to
fight Billy Malone, and prevent his
securing a cabinet prize if possible.
Wise sought an early interview with
Col. John c. New at the latter's resi-
dence, and then proceeded out to Gen.
Harrison's. arriving at the house, unac-
cOmpanied, just after the family had
sat down to lunch. His visit was uneX
pected, but Gen. Harrison gave him a
Nirginian's welcome, and invited him to
lunch. The midday meal over. the
general and his guest spent quarter of
an hour
IN PRIVATE CONVERSATION.
What passed between them can only
be Judged from the interview had with
Mr.. Wise on his return from the gen.
erals. Mr.. Wise declared that his visit
had no political significance; that he
had law suit at Akron, o., between
his clients. the Sprague Electric Rail
way Motor company, of New York, and
a local telephone company. The case,
he said, was continued over until MOn-
day, and he merely ran down to Indian
apolsto spend Sunday. He would not adj
NIT that the very recent visit of twenty
two prominent Virginians in the in
terest of Gen. Malone furnished mo-
tive for his visit. But in the course of
his conversation he inveighed against
the celebrated little general with all his
old-time fire and invective, declaring
that it would be "disaStrOuS" to the Re-
publican party in the South to put Gen.
Malone in the cabinet. When asked
whether he made such declarations to
the president-elect, he declined to state
what passed in their conversation. He
vehemently proclaimed that Malone
lost the state of Virginia to Gen. Harri-
son in the late election; that, owing to
the factional congressional candidates
in the Fourth petersburg district, Gen.
Harrison's majority was only about
5000. whereas the
USUAL REPUBLICAN MAJORITY
in that district was 1850. Some of the
Mahonites when here stated that Wise
had agreed Ito keep hands off," in their
efforts to obtain cabinet recognition for
Gen. Mahone; that Wise was no longer
citizen of Virginia, but was New
Yorker, and had renounced Virginia
politics. Mr.. Wise did not exactly cor
rObOrate this, but emphatically denied
that he had agreed to keep hands Off"
Another distinguished visitor who
arrived to-day is John f. Plum
mer, the welI-knOwn New York mer-
chant. president of the Harrison and
Morton Dry Goods club of New York
and vice president of the Union League
club. He was prominently identified
with the financial end of the campaign
in New York. He will be joined late to-
night by the Hon. Warner Bateman. Of
York, and, it is understood, to urge cab
met recognition for ex-senator Warner
Miller. They will call on Gen. Harri-
son in the morning. Another party of
New Yorkers will arrive about mid
night. 1t is understood this party comes
10 urge the case of ex-senator Platt.
and that they are in favor of some third
man from New York in case the presi-
dent-elect.cannot honor Platt.
GOING TO VIRGINIA.
The people of Virginia, especially the
citizens of Richmond, will be interested
to learn that Gen. Harrison cOntem-
plates visiting their section in the early
months of his administration. When one
of the gentlemen stated that several
of the Harrisons, whom he knew
declined to vote against the Re-
publican ticket, although they
were jealous Democrats. the general
seemed greatly pleased. He proposed
to take Mrs. Harrison and all his family
and make trip down the James river
to Harrison's Landing, where he would
visit the old place where his grand
father was born. Harrison's Landing
and the village of Shirley are on oppo-
site banks of the James, and each about
twelve miles from Richmond.