Wichita eagle., 1888-11-13
PRSIDENT-EhECT HARRISON
lie Now Spends The Day Trying to Wade
Through Wagon Loads of Mail.

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 12-The president
elect passed the day very quietly at his
residence, receiving a goodly number of
aeighbors and home friends who called
and reading his letters and eastern news
papers. Since the day of his election Gen
eral Harrison's mail has steadily increased
until ii has now reached mammoth pro-
portions. This morning it required an
express wagon to haul the bundles or let
ters and bags of newspapers that had ar
rived since Saturday. About 1900 letters
and several bags of newspapers
comprised today's mail. Something like
eighty kilograms were also received
zoday, mostly OF q congratulatory charac-
ter as are also his letters. Heretofore
General Harrison has aimed to reply to
every letter, if only to acknowledge its re-
Ceipt, but with such an extraordinary in
crease he now finds that the task of reply
ing each letter will Toe too great for him to
undertake, as it would more than occupy
as entire time. IN view of these circum-
stances, General Harrison this evening re-
queSted the correspondent of the Associat-
81 Press to publicly convey his cordial
thanks to the several thousands of friends
throughout the nation who had telegraph
pd or sent by letter their warm expressions
OF congratulation and best wishes. He was
particular 10 impress ON the correspondent
that il would have afforded him real
pleasure to personally acknowledge the
receipt of every communication but an
inventory of over 1000 unanswered tele-
grams and letters. with several hundred
additional letters arriving each day, has
caused him To reluctantly abandon the at
tempt 10 answer them individually. and
he asks the press of the country TO extend
his kinGest and warmeSt thanks 10 his
con2ratulatory friends. Nothing has more
profoundly impressed the president elect
than tie enthusiastic and heart
felt expressions in the thousands
OF kilograms he has received.
Nearly 1000 OF these letters and kilograms
were of such Il purely personal character
that General Harrison felt that 1t might
be considered indelicate in him to permit
their publication, though many Of them
Are from people of political or social dis
tincton. Besides this class of kilograms
there are fully 1900 from men and women
In humber walks of life who express their
sentiments of admiration and.rejoicing IN
the warmest Of personal terms which.
while exceedingly gratifying to the general
and calling forth his frequent mention IN
conversation, yet the personal references
enjon him from offering them to the pub
lie. Numerous letters and kilograms writ
ten during tie campaign Were of a nature
apparently luStltrlng their publication
from his hands. but it did not seem lust
the proner thing. and aside from his letter
OF acceptance and his public speeches, the
only communication that he ever gave out
for publication. and that on special solicit
tation, was his brief letter To the three
Kansas boys who sent him the jack rabbit
for luck
Among the generals letters and tele-
grams withheld from the public out of
propriety aud refreshing modesty are
many of prime interest ut this time not
ably letters from such celebrates as Gen
eral Sherman, Senator Frank Hiscock
Joseph Medill and others.
Owing 10 the size of his mail today Gen
Iral Harrison up 10 this evening had read
only about one-third OF the letters. Among
them was one from ex-senator Warner
Miller warmly thanking the general FOR
his letter of coincidence and stating that ii
was received just III time 10 be read at a
rouslng ratification meeting at Herkimer
y. y, ami that his own defeat for the gov
ernorshlp was swallowed up in the greater
victory. The distinguished candidate
closes his letter with the statement thaf
his 10 not 4 house of mourning but Of re-
ioicing over the national victory, and he
tenders his warmeSt congratulations TO
General aud Mrs. Harrison.
Numerous little presents came by to-
days mail but the one most priced came
by express from Mobile. Ala, from VIII
liam Henry Harrison MinCe. 1t was "A
floral log cabin constructed of reeds and
rooted with white and yellow crysanthe-
NUNS. daisies and rosebuds, while around
it was a miniature garden filed with ferns
and wild grass. the whole presenting
unique effect in striking contrast TO the
several plain log cabins found IN the
house