The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-13
GEN. HARRISON.
Struggling in a Deluge o.
Letters.
VISITS FROM THE NEreuBoRs.
Warner Miller Says His Defeat IL
Swallowed Up in
Victory.

INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. Ia--Gea. Harrison Al
tended divine services yesterday morning
As nsssas. a; the First Presbyterian church.
TIE eSitsce was crowded with people. anx
ions 10 catch glimpse OF the president-
eject After the service many shock hands
with him. and al the door q large crowd
awaited hts coming The remainder AZ
the day Gen. Harrison spent quietly Al
home Among the many coaxrafulAtieus
received were letters from Gen. sherman
and Joseph MedIll Of the Chicago TrShwa~.
The president-elect passed to-day aui.tlv
81 his residence. receiving a Foadly puus-
ber Of netghbCrs and some friends who
called, asd reading letters and Eastern pa
since the election Gen uarr;So,,s MI,
has steadily Increased. untl. Il has nov
reached mammoth proportions, ms
morning u required Sa express wagon 70
haal the bundles Of letters aud hsrS ~
newspapers thar had arrived since
saturday About iiao letters
to-dayS matl. Something Ike - teie-
grams were also received to-day. mostly 81
. coagrstulatory character. as also bis let
ters- Herctof0re Gen. Harrison has tried
10 answer every letter. II only 70 aeknowl-
edge its receipt, but with such an extraor.
Sinary increase he now inds the task will
De too great for him to undertake. as il
would take his entire time He
was very particular to impress 81
correspondents that Il would have
Afforded him great pleasure 10
aeksowiedge the receipt of every comnu.
nieaiioa, and up TO today this Was his In
tenton, but the inventory OF over roo let.
tiers and telegrams, with several hundred
additional letters arriving each day, has
caused him 10 abandon them individually.
aud he asks the press of the country 10 ex.
tend bis kindest aud warsnest thanks 10
ms friends Nothing has more impressed
the presidenteiect than the enthusiastic
and heartfelt expressions in thousands OF
kilograms he received. Nearly zoo Of
these kilograms aud letters were
OF such purely personal char.
acter that Gen. Harrison felt il
might be considered indeiicste for
him 10 permit their publication. although
maay OF them are from persons Of poiiti
cal or social distinction. Besides this class
OF kilograms there are fully 20o0 from mea
ans women in the humble walks OF life
who express their sentiment Of admira-
tion and rejoicing in the warmest terms,
which, while exceedingly gratifying 10 the
general aud calling forth his freauert
mention IN conversation, he cannot offer
to the public.
Owing TO the size OF the mail to-day Gen.
Harrison mad only read about one~third
OF the letters Among them was one from
Senator Warner Miller, warmly thanking
him for his telegram Of coincidence, and
stating that IL was received just In time 10
be read al r0using ratification meeting,
aud that his own defeat for governor ws<
swallowed up in the great victory. The
candidate closes his letter
with the statement that his Is not house
Of mourning, but of rejoicing over the na,
tioaal victory. aud he tenders his warm
est congratulations To Gen. and Mrs. Har-
rison.