The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-21
AT INDIANAPOLIS.
The President-elect and His
Massive Correspondence.
THE OFFICE-sEEKER ABROAD.
The Gushing Parents Naming Their
Infants "B enjamin"-The Gar
RE Harrisons" Born.

RE HARRISON" Born.
INDIANAPOLIS, November 20.-The
President-elect pat in the day, which
was cool and pleasant here, in reduc-
ing his stack of unanswered letters.
There seems to be but a little appre-
ciable decrease in the Yoluminors
correspondence daily received, and
hundreds of congratulatory letters still
continue to arrive, but gradually the
complexion of his mail is changing
from oongratulatory 10 solicitory, and
applications for office are daily growing
more numerous. 1t is General Harri-
sons present intention to en-
deRvor to acknowledge the receipt
of all letters of a congratulatory
nature and kilograms. He again re.
quests the press to convey his thanks
and serve as the friendly medium to ex-
plain his inability to separately ac-
knowledge the receipt of so many con-
gratulations. No 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 nomination, left for Europe to- day.
Mr.. F. F. Tibbatt, of this city, steDo-
grapher to the President-elect, succeeds
Miss Sanger.
FORTY FOUR BENJAMINS.
Among the numerous other letters
answered by General Harrison to-day,
were forty-four replies to parents who
had informed him they had named
their babies Benjamin Harrison"
With one or two exceptions these
namesakes were all born since General
Harrison elections. The exceptions
were two sets of triplets, boys, born
shortly before the election, the parents
in eacn case naming one for General
Harrison, one Tor President Cleveland
and the other for their father. The
Acknowledgement of the parents of
the third set of triplets similarly
named, was made a couple of weeks
prior to the election.
CARRIE HARRIsoNs.
Mrs. Harrison is also in receipt of
numerous letters stating thats several
Carrie Harrisons" have beef, chris
tened since election day, and to all
such communications sh : promptly re-
plies. but the numerous applications
and intercessions for office that are be-
ing mailed to her receive no attention,
and are consigned 90 the waste basket.
1t may be stated this rule has bean
adopted by Mrs. Harrison, and will be
impartially observed. No communics-
ton of political character will receive
her attention.
HE COULD WIN FIFTY DOLLARS.
While the President-elect was read
ing his mail this afternoo DON, he came
across blank circular, sent out by q
Philadelphia newspaper, offering q
prize of $50 to the person who would
fill in the correct rames of General
Harrison's Cabinet. As ne read it he
remarked: II think could win that
prize, but won't try for it."
Cabinet building continues to occupy
the attention OF political circles and one
can hear Cabinet talk everywhere,
except in General Harrison's house.
If the President-elect has progressed
far enough to give this important SUBJ
ject even his initiatory consideration,
he keeps his own council, absolutely in
violate, for his most intimate personal
friends are known to have stated they
know nothing whatever upon this sub
ject.
THE CALLERS.
Among General Harrison prominent
out-ot-town callers, to-day, were Gov
ernor- elect Hovey and Colonel George
G. Friedly, of Lafayette, ex-chairmau
of the Republican State Committee.
Governor elect HoVey said he passed
a very pleasant hour with General Har-
rison. Mutual congratulations opened
their visit, and the campaign was talked
of as it related and resulted touching
Indiana.
WHO CAME TO TEA.
General and Mrs. Harrison had for
their guests at tea. this evening, vice
Chairman J. S. Clarkson and wife, and
Sergeant-at-Arms of the National Com.
mittee II. s. Swords and wife. Later in
the evening Judge and Mrs. w A.
Woods joined the party, which COM
prised also Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Har-
rison, Mrs. Brown and Miss Strickle.
The evening was passed in social
Mr.. Clarksop, however, held quite
long talk alone in the front
parlor, while the ladies and
the other gentlemen chatted in
the adjoining parlor. MIR. Ciarkson
was requested by the General to stop
over en- route home and make him q
visit, aud while it is thought the visit
partook very largely of social charao-
ter, there are good indications that
politics were somewhat discussed, per
haps. even to the extent of Cabinet
suggestions. Clsrkson states that he
had much to say to the General about
the business OF the national committee,
but declined to give any expression of
the political tendency bearing on his
pleasant visit.
The Dressed Beef Monopoly.
ST. LOUIS, November 20.-The Vest