, 1888-11-22
BABIES NAMED BEN.
Christening Children After the Presi-
dent Elect.

uent-EleCt.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov 20-The presl.
dent-elect put in the day. which was cool
and pleasant, hard at work in reducing his
stock of unanswered letters. There seems
to be but little appreciable decrease In the
voluminous correspondence daily received,
and hundreds of coDRratulatory letters
still continue to arrive, but gradually the
complexion of his mail is changing
from congratulatory to solicitory,
and applications for office are daily grow
ing more numerous. 10 is General Harri-
sons present intention to endeavor to ac-
kno Wedge the receipt of all letters and
kilograms OF congratulatory nature. He
again requests the press to convey his
thanks and to serve as a medium to ex-
plain his inability to separately ackuowl-
edge the receipt OF so many conRratula-
tions. No small portion of the generals
mail at present is from the south.
Miss Sanger. who has acted as his faith
full amanuensis since the day of his nomi-
nation, left for Europe to-day. Mr.. F. F.
Tibbot of this city, stenograpber to the
president elect, succeeds Miss Sanger.
Among the numerous other letters an
swered by General Harrison to-day were
forty.four replies to parents who had in
formed him they had named their babies
"Benjemin Harrison" With one or two
exceptions these namesakes we're all born
since the election. The exceptions were
two sets of triplets, boys, born shortly
before the election, the parents in each
case naming one for General Harrison, one
for President Cleveland, and the other for
the father. An Acknowledgement to the
parents of the third set of trip.
lets similarly named was made
couple OF weeks prior to the election. Mrs.
Harrison Is also in receipt of numerous
letters stating that several Carrie Harri-
sons have been christened since election
day. To all such communications she
promptly replies, but the numerous appli.
cations,and intercessions for office that are
being mailed to her, receive no attention
and are consigned to the waste basket. 1t
adopted by Mrs. Harrison and
will be impartially observed by
her. No communication of a political
character will receive here attention.
While the president-elect was reading his
mail this afternoon he came across blank
circular, sent out by a Philadelphia news
paper, Offering the prize of $50 to the per-
son who would fill in the correct names of
General Harrisons cabinet. As be read
he remarked: ''I think | could win that
prize, but won't try for it." The cabi-
net continues to occupy the attention OF
political circles, and one can hear cabinet
talk everywhere, except in General Har-
rison's house. IL the president elect has
progressed far enough to give this i'm
portant subject consideration, he keeps his
own counsel absolutely inviolate, for his
most intimate personal friends are known
to have stated that they know nothing
whatever upon this subject.
Among General Harrisou's prominent
out'of.town callers to-day were Governor
Elect Harvey and Colonel George G. Fried
ly of Lafayette, ex-chairman of the repub-
lican State committee. Governor. Elect
Harvey said he passed very pleasant
hour with General Harrison. Mutual con.
gratulations opened their visit and the
campaign was talked of as il related and
resulted to Indiana.
General and Mrs. Harrison had for their
guests at tea this evening, Vice. Chairman
j. s. Clarksou and wife, and sergeant-at'
arms of the national committee, III. 8.
Swords, and wife. Later in the evening
Judge and Mrs. w. A. Woods Joined the
party, which included Mr.. and Mrs. Rus,
sell Harrison, Mrs. Brown and Miss
Strickle. The evening was passed in So
cial conversation. General Harrison and
Mr.. Clarkson, however, held quite long
talk alone in the front parlor, while the
other gentlemen chatted in an adjoining
parlor. Mr.. Clarkson was requested by
General Harrison to stop over en- route
and make him q visit, and while it is
thought the visit partook largely Of q so.
cial character there are good indications
that politics were somewhat discussed,
perhaps even to cabinet suggestions.
Clarkson states that he had much TO say
to General Harrison about the business Of