St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-13
Thousands Of Letters From
Admiring Friends Reach
the PreSident-Elect.
None Of Them Will Be An
swered Except Through
the Press.
Indications Point to a Repub-
liean Majority in the Fifty
First Congress.
Give Them Plenty Of Rope and
They Will Hang Them
selves.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. 12.-The
president-elect passed the day very
quietly at his residence. receiving a
goOdly number of neighbors and home
friends who called, and reading his
letters and Eastern papers. Since the
day of his election, Gen. Harrison's
mail has steadily increased until it has
now reached mammouth proportions.
This morning it required an express
wagon to haul the bundles OF letters
and bags of newspapers that had arrived
since Saturday. About 1900 letters and
several bags of newspapers composed
to-day's mail. Something like eighty
telegrams were also received to-day,
mostly of a congratulatory char
acter, as are also his letters.
Heretofore Gen. Harrison has
aimed TO reply to every letter,
If only to acknowledge its re-
ceipt, but with such an extraordinary
increase he now finds that the task OF
replying to each letter will be too great
ior him to undertake, as it would more
than occupy his entire time. In view OF
these circumstances Gen. Harrison
this evening requested the correspond
ent Of the Associated Press to publicly
convey his cordial thanks to the several
Thousand friends throughout the nation
who had telegraphed or sent by letter
their warm expressions of congratula-
ton and best wishes. He was very par
ticular to Impress upon the correspond
ent that it would have afforded him real
pleasure to personally acknowledge the
receipt of every communication, ana up
to to-day this was his intention, but Jan
inventory of over 1900 unanswered tele--
grams and letters, with several hundred
additional letters arriving each day, has
caused him to reluctantly
,ABANDoN THE ATTEMPT
to answer them individually, and he
asks the press of the country to extend
his kindliest and warmeSt thanks to his
congratulatory friends. Nothing has
more profoundly impressed the pEesl-
dent-elect than the enthusiastic and
heartfelt expressions in the thousands
of telegramS he has received. Nearly
1000 of these kilograms and letters
were of such purely personal char
acter that Gen. Harrison felt 1t might
il might be considered indelicate in
him TO permit their publication, al
tl6ugh many of them are from people
of political OF social distinction. Be
sides this class of kilograms there are
fully 20G0 from men and women IN the
humble walks of life, who express their
sentiments OF admiration aud rejoicing
in the Warmest of personal terms,
which, while exceedingly gratifying to
the general, and calling forth his fire.
Quent mention III conversation, yet the
nj All
offering them to the pubice. The
Press correspondent may be toler-
ated to state here that from
personal acquaintance with numerous
public men, Gen. Harrison has the most
punetiliouS regard for the observance
d, of What may be termed the proprietieS
of life, both politically and socially.
During the entire campaign, and IN
spite of the invidiouS personal attacks
made upon him here i'll Indiana, he
never once III his seyenty-nlne speeches
degenerated into personalities OF any
kind, either directly or Indirectly, al
though the occasion on one or two In
stances, to his friends, seemed to justify
some reference. But he followed his
own dignitied discretion, and continues
now to be governed by the same con-
Siderate impulses. Numerous letters
and telegrams written during the cam
paign were of nature apparently justi-
flying their publicity from his hands,
but to him it did not seem just the
proper thing, and, aside from his letter
of acceptance and his public speeches,
the only communication that he ever
gave out for publication. and that upon
special solicitation, was his brief letter
10 the three Kansas boys who
SENT HIM 4 JACK RABBIT
''for luck" Among the generals tele-
grams and letters withheld from the
public out of these considerations OF
propriety and refreshing modesty, are
many of prime interest at this time,
notably letsers from such celebrities as
Gen. Sherman, Senator Frank Hiscock,
Joseph Medill and others. Owing to
the size of his mail to-day, Gen. Har,
rison up to this evening had only read
about one-third Of the letters. Among
them was one from ex-senator Warner
Miller, warmly thanking the general fol
his telegram of coincidence, and stating
that it was received just in time to be
read at rOuSing ratification meeting al
Herkimer; n. Y, and that his own de
feat for the governorShip was swallowed
up in the greater victory. The dis
tinguiShed candidate closes his letter
with the statement that his is rot {
house of mourning, but of rejoicing
over the national victory, and he tend
ers his warmest congratulations to Gen
and Mrs. Harrison. Numerous little
presents came by to-day's mail, but the
one most priced came by express from
Mobile, Ala, from William Henry Harri
son Minge. 1t was floral log cabin, con
structed of reeds and rooted with white
and yellow crysanthemumS, daisies anC
rosebuds, while around it was minia
ture garden filed with ferns and wilt
grass, the whole presenting unique
effect in striking contrast TO the severa
plain log cabins found in the house.