Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-04
MANY STRANGE RUMORS.
Curiosity Concerning Gen. Har-
 rison's Letters.
HE IS SEEKING IMPORTATION

Lacking Facts, Indianians Interest Them
 selves with Speculation-The President
 Elect Is Endeavoring to Heal the Diff
 ferences in Several States.
 INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 4.-Gen. Harrison, in his capacity of healer, has big business on hand, and he dare not leave it. Since hs spoke so longingly week ago about the good shooting there is at this season of the year in the southern part of tue state, his friends have been trying to arrange a hunting party for his benefit. The plan was under the management of Attorney Frank Morrison, of the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago railroad, which is Q thoroughly Republican corporation, and the proposition was to have special train, conscript half a score of con- genial spirits, and spend several days in the southern uplands shooting quail
 The invitation was sent to Gen. Harrison through law partner Miller, who returned declination: 1.-The general says he has engagements of the utmost importance next week. Maybe he will snatch a day and run out with Col. Willard or some other member of the Indianapolis Sportsmens' club few miles, but other sport than that he cannot hope for"
 What are these momentous engagementsa The air is full of strange rumors. The inn agination of the Indianapolis political gossip is fertile beyond comparison.
 An explanation is given here of the lively caucussing that has been going on in New York and Ohio between the Republican leaders during the past ten days Such an unwonted fondness for conferences at so early stage of a political game as the pres ent is unusual, and not likely to be mani fested except under the spur of a necessity forced upon the conferreeS The necessity arises, it appears, from letters the president elect has been writing.
 These letters have been addressed to Re publican leaders in these two states, and probably to leaders in other states also, and they set forth the anxiety of the president elect to act with perfect fairness to all fac tions in order to harmonize the party as much as possible at the very beginning of his administration. They request each person addressed to write to the president-elect a careful statement of his views as to the situa- tion in his state and Tn effect are an invita- tion for the leaders of the several factions to appear before the bar of the Harrison court and present briefs setting forth the argu- ments in favor of their several sides of the case
 The conferences consequent upon these letters arise out of the anxiety of each fac tion to tell the best possible story, and especi- ally to have all the stories of its side of the case agree.
 How well these stories will work in influ- encing the course of the president-elect is a question. Schoolmaster Harrison has some assistants travelling about the country who may be keeping their eyes peeled for bad boys, and their reports may have as much in- fiuence over him as the tales the boys tell on each other.
 But at any rate Harrison does not mean to leave any chance for the allegation that he has ignored any faction or failed to give it an opportunity to be heard. He will give them all a chance at the preliminaries, how ever severely some of them may be plucked in the final examination.
 The days sensation here has been the re- port that Matt Quay stole into town and out again without being caught at it. The in- herently improbable report was pretty well exploded by afternoon, but it made deal of talk among the politicians all the morning. It was followed by a report that James G. Blaine had come to town and was closeted with the president-elect. Some believed even that ~
 ''I'm always glad to have you newspaper men bring me the news" said Gen. Harrison dryly, when the rumors were mentioned to him. ''You have no idea what lot of things about myself I never would know if the newspaper men did not tell them to me- J
 Gen. Harrison has good deal of fun with the newspaper men, especially with the new ones who come to town and hurry out to in terview him the first thing they do. i The most interesting visitor to Gen. liar rison yesterday was Gen. Longstreet, who arrived here from Atlanta. He was accom- panied by E. A. Angler and A. Angler, and the party is visiting B. c. Atkins. They i called upon Gen. Harrison and spent a short time with him. Last night Gen. Harrison dined with the southerners at the residence oi Mir. Atkins. Gen. Longstreet is often spoken of as resembling Grant, and in nothing is the resemblance more marked than in the fondness for silence, and all attempts to get any significant utterances from him were dead failures