The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-03
The cenereI's Presents.

TIC Gen6ret PF6SentS.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 2.-Testimonials of
good will and admiration sent to Gen. Har-
rison from all parts of the country have mul
tiplied into collection that is now so large
that it has been determined to give 1t exclu-
sive occupancy of one of the best rooms in
the Harrison home. Everything that has
been received, the cOmmOnest and least val
uable relic or trinket. as well as the most la
Dorlously wrought relic of art, has been care
fully saved, and at present many OF them are
displayed in the hail the parlors and the libra
ry, as attractions OF special interest to the
great number OF persons who daily visit the
house OF the Republican standard-bearer,
while removed from public view, in a bed
room on the second floor, Is an elegant silver
case, of ample capacity, filled with great
variety OF small campaign relics and emblems,
In itself Presidential gift museum Of such
attTactlyeness rs to afford the seeker of the
odd and interesting an hour or more Eof de-
light. Gen. Harrison and members of his
family give evidence of sincere appreciation
OF these tokens of good will in the manifest
pride with which they are shown to callers.
Few strangers are permitted to leave the
house without an invitation to look at ''the
Generals presents" as they are called, but
all are not aud cannot be shown.
In the collection Is miniature horseshoe
no larger than silver quarter, sent by
blacksmith at Martinsburg, Pa, and ON the
DAY 1t was received floral horseshoe was
presented to General Harrison by the South
side Horseshoe Club of indianapolis, and
two well worn horseshoes were found in the
street directly in front Of the Harrison house.
There were three or four buckeyes in the
collection, one OF which was. sent by "A IL
year old girl living in Ohio, who, In a letter
accompanying the gift, says that it has lain
in her mama's spool box for over 20 years
and the little well-wisher adds, both OF my
grandfathers voted for your grandfather.
We are going to do all we can to get you
elected and you must do all you can, too"
Lucky bones" taken from a white perch
caught In Wabash river, sent by a Hoosier
Republican, and a rabbits foot, taken in
the dark OF the mo0n," the present of ply
sician, are among the gifts that are expected
protectors from harm.
About the most interesting Of the presents
are the canes. which are kept in the library
where Gen. Harrison spends most Of his
time while at home. They are rare pieces of
workmanship, but about the most wonderful
OF the lot Is one that was sent to the General
within couple of weeks after the nomina-
ti0n, by COmrade Truesdale, of the Grand
Army Post of Sharon, Pa. 1t Is made of
lO,5O0 pieces of wood Of 80 varieties, so close
ly worked together and so neatly polished
that 1t Is only upon close inspection that the
wonderfully complex work of the painstak
ng old veteran can be discerned. The cane
not over an inch and half in diameter in
Luc bulcktob part, anu none OF the more tDan
10000 pieces of wood in it are larger than an
ordinary nail head.
Gen. Harrison evidently values all of them
as too precious to be fused. He sometimes
carries cane, but 1t is very common look
ing one, capable OF standing much hard use.
When he attended the reunion Of his old reg
iment at Clayton, a few days ago, he took
with him llgh, elactic stick, with a silver
handle, and he used it as a substitute for the
chair of the presiding officer, which he gave
to tired country woman who carried a 20
pound babe in her arms.
Miniature log cabins are conspicuous
among the presents, and there are innumera-
BILE log cabin pictures, books and papers, rel
les OF the campaign OF Gen. Harrison's
grandfather, all sent to the Republican
standard-bearer by men who have through
all the years since 1910 treasured them as
mementoes Of good old Whig days. One of
the imitation log cabins which has been on
exhibition in the hall came from far-away
California, and another from Virginia, but
the most perfectly constructed and the
smallest OF them all Is the work Of convict
In the Minnesota penitentiary.
More relics have been received than any
other kinds of presents. The majority Of
them came from men who we're supporters
| OF the hero OF Tippecanoe in the campaign
| which lives in the memory Of old voters as
the most exciting in the history Of the coun-
| try.
ItLooks Like A Landslide.
CHICAGO, Oct. 2.-Ex-Goyernor viii Cum.
back, of Indiana, who has been active in
every political contest since he was elected
to Congress in 1854, was in the city today
bound for home, after campaigning in centra
| Illinois. Said he;
II think that the way a mans neighbor
are acting is the best index TO the genera
| political situation Of State, and know tina
In my community at home there are at leas
half dozen Democrats whom know person
ally who are going to vote the Republican
ticket. One grizzed old Democrat came in
to my office the other day, and said that h
wanted to tell me something If 1 wouldn'
tell any one his name. Said he: 'Cumback
have made up my mind to vote the Repub
lican ticket this year. didn't much want
| to vote for Cleveland in 1884, aud am tired
of free trade, civil service reform, and the
way the Democrats think about whis key
have been up and down the State a grea
deal this fall, and as / have wild
acquaintance l could 90 nowhere withou
meeting my. friends, Democrats and RI
publcans. | have tried earnestly to q
at the exact situation, and nearly ever
one has mentioned to me the names {
two or three persons who are PERSONAL
known to have made up their mind
to vote the Republican ticket whereas in 1SS
they voted the Democratic ticket. II seen
to me there Is regular landslide in Indians
and IL we can prevent boodleism the Stat
Is ours. General HarrisOn's personal p0pI
larity will win him at least 500 Democrat
votes In Indianapolis and Marion county
We shall lose some votes upon the Prohip
tion question, but think they will all !
made up by those who have voted u
Prohibition ticket previously and are di
gusted."
The Vote Of New York.
.Iohn A Dowst of Brooklyn, n. r.. iOl