The morning news., 1889-03-18
GOING BACK ON HIS FRIENDS.
John c. New Appears to Be Much
Cut of Humor.

Cut OF AumOr.
A Washington special to the New York
Sun has the following about John c. New:
John c. New is at the Riggs house on his
way to New FORK, but will only remain
over Sunday. He says he will not be ap-
pointed minister to Austria, and that he
will not accept if he is; that he will not
accept any appointment, not even the En-
glish mission, even though the President
should tender him the commission on gol-
den tray, Nor will he recommend anv per-
son for office, and it is useless to ask him
to do So Mr. New has paid his respects to
the President, but has called only In
a social way. While Mr.. New declines to
talk at all on the subject, and insists that
his head is not sore, Indiana people are
almost unanimous in the opinion that be
has been very badly treated by the Presi-
dent, and that the nomination of Gov. Por-
ter TO be minister to Rome makes it i'm
possible for Mr.. New to accept any favors
from the administration. The public at
large may not he aware that for years there
have been two factions of the Republican
party in Indiana, one of them led by Gov.
Porter and the other by Gen. Harrison
aud Mr.. New. Although Porter and
Harrison were formerly partners in the
practice of law, they were not on speak
ing terms for several years. The feud
grew out of political rivalry, and some
three or four years ago Gov Porter made
a speech at Tomlinson hall in indianapolis
in which he denounced Harrison in the
severest possible terms and called Mr.. New
all sorts of bad names. The same evening
Porter and Harrison met on the street in
Indianapolis aud it is said that the feeling
was so bitter between them that there
would have been personal encounter had
not friends interfered. Tne two men did
not speak or recognize each other in any
way from that time until after Harrison's
d.
a delegate to the Chicago convention,
but he was not admitted to the confidence
Of Harrison's friends, and while Mr.. New
was spending his money and exhaustiug
every physical and mental effort to secure
Harrison's election, Gov. Porter was sitting
idly by in corridor of the hotel chatting
with old friends and taking very little
interest in the canvass. After Harrison's
nomination, when the state convention
met, it was thought necessary to put
Porter at the head Of the state
ticket in order to insure a repub-
lican victory, but he declined to be
a candidate. Then Gen. Harrison at the
advice of Mr.. New and others of his sup
porters, called upon Gov. Porter and asked
him, as a personal favor, to accept the
gubernatorial nomination. This was the
first time the two men had met since the
encounter on the street after the Tomlinson
hall meeting. Porter went into the cam
paign, made speeches, aad did good work,
buO he was not in Harrisons confidence, nor
did the latter have any communication
with him. On the contrary, Mr.. New
acted as the eyes, ears, arms
and legs of the President-elect,
running back and forth to New York
for him, devoting his entire time to his ser
vice, and giving him the use Of his paper, the
Journal, and making "a large cash contribu-
tion to pay the expenses Of the campaign.
Immediately after ths Inauguration Presi-
dent Harrison takes pains to distinguish his
old enemy above all other Indiana men by
rendering him the mission to Rome, and
leaves Mr.. New entirely in the darkness.
These facts probably explain why Mr. New
will not accept foreign mission.
DETECTIVES are no good" said Tommy, who
was reading newspaper
why not?" asked his father.
ut says here there are number of congress
men at large. If the detectives were any good
they would run 'em in. '-TeIds Siftings.