Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-21
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Applications for Office Pour.
ing In On Harrison.
MRS HARRISON ALSO BESIEGED.
Naming the Babies for Benjamin
and Carrie-GrOver Also
Namesaked.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
| INDIANAPOLIS, November 20.-Th'
President elect put in the day which was
cool and pleasant here, at work in reduc
ing his stack of unanswered letters
There seems to be but little appreciabl'
decrease in the voluminous correspond
ence daily received, and hundreds o
congratulatory letters still continue tt
arrive, but gradually the complexion o
his mail is changing from the congratu
latory to the solicitory, and applications
for Office are growing more numerous
1t is General Harrison's present inten
tion to endeavor to acknowledge the re-
cept of all letters and kilograms of con
gratulatory nature, and he again requests
the press to convey his thanks and serve
rs friendly medium to explain his
inability to separately acknowledge the
receipt of so many congratulations. Nc
small portion of the Generals mail
at present is from the South. Miss
Sanger, who has acted as his faithful
amanuensis since the day of his nomina-
tion, left for Europe to-day. Mr.. F. F.
Libbott, of this city, stenographer 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
Benjamin Harrison. With one or
two exceptions, these namesakes
were all born since General
Harrison's election. Among the excep-
tions 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. The
acknowledgement to parents of third
set of triplets, similarly named, was
made several weeks prior to the election.
Mrs. Harrison is also in receipt OF nu.
merous letters, stating that several Gear
rie Harrisons" had been christened since
election day, and to all such communi-
cations she promptly replies; but the
numerous applications and intercessions
for Office that are being mailed
to her receive no attention and are
consigned to the waste basket. tmay
be stated this rule has been adopted by
Mrs. Harrison and will be i'm partially
observed. No communication of a
political character will receive attention.
While the President-elect was reading
his mail this afternoon, he came across
blank circular, sent out by Philadel-
phia newspaper, Offering prize of $50
t, the person who would fill in the cor
rect names of General Harrison's cabi-
net. AS he read it he remarked: al
think I could win that prize, but won't
try"
Cabinet building continues to occupy
the attention of political circles, and one
can hear Cabinet talk everywhere ex-
cept in General Harrison's house. If the
President-elect has progressed far
enough to give this important subject
even an initiatory consideration, he
keeps his own counsel absolutely invio-
late, for his most intimate personal
friends are known to have stated that
they know nothing whatever upon this
subject.
About General Harrison's prominent
out of town callers to-day were Governor
elect Hovey and Colonel George G. Frid-
ley, of Lafayette, ex.Chairman of the
Republican State Committee. Governor
elect Harrison said he passed very
pleasant hour with General Harrison.
Mutual congratulations opened their
visit and the campaign was talked over
as it related to the result touching
Indiana.
General and Mrs Harrison had for
their guests at tea this evening Vice
Chairman ]. S. Clark and wife, and Ser
jeant-at-Arms of the National Conven-
ton H. S. Swords and wife. Later in
the evening Judge and Mrs. w. A. Woods
joined the party, which comprised also
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Harrison, Mrs.
Browne and Miss Stricke. The evening
was passed in social conversation. Gen.
eral Harrison and Mr.. Clarkson, how
ever, held quite long talk alone in the
front parlor, while the ladies and other
gentlemen chatted in the adjoining par
lor. Mr.. Clarkson was requested by
General Harrison to stop over en-
route home and make him a visit,
and while it is thought the visit partook
very largely of a social character,
there are good indications that politics
we're somewhat discussed, perhaps even
to the extent of Cabinet suggestions.
Clarksons state that he had much to
say to General Harrison about the busi-
ness of the National Committee, but de-
clined to give any expression of politi-
cal tendency bearing on his pleasant