St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-21
BENNY TAKES TO BED.
Harrison Is Not Ill, But Rests
Better When Ly-
ing.
Chairman Huston. Protests
Against Indiscriminate
Shaking Of Hands.
The Campaign Committees Of
Both Parties Hard
at Work.
A. 7. Ankeny Represents Min
nesota Among the Demo-
cratic Clubs.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 20.-Gen.
Harrison passed quiet day at his
home, and saw but few visitors. Early
this morning he went out for an hours
walk and devoted the remainder of the
morning to his correspondence and see
ing an occasional caller. Among the
callers this morning was Rev. Rowland
B. Howard, of Boston, brother Of Gen.
o. O. Howard, and secretary of the
American Peace society, devoted to in
ternatiOnal arbitration. Gen. Harrison
passed almost the entire afternoon and
evening in bed, not sick, but simply
resting, as Mrs. Harrison declared to
the occasional callers, whom she re-
ceived throughout the afternoon. The
general has large number of engage
ments ahead of him, next week, over a
dozen delegations having signified their
intention of calling. Chairman Huston,
OF the state committee, with view to
outstanding the generals strength, is
trying to devise some means VIII ereby
the handshaking part of the programme
may be omitted on occasions when the
delegations number 1000 or more. The
chairman thought he had successfully
solved this problem yesterday in es-
tablishing precedent, when he ar
ranged with the Illinois delegations
that there
SHOULD BE NO HAND-SHAKING.
but that the visitors should pass in
front of the general at the conclusion of
the speaking. Gen. Harrison himself,
IAe {oI aI,o
fully arranged programme, by cordially
Offering his hand to the first man that
appeared. The general protests that
his arm is all right, but Chairman
Huston and others of his friends do not
disguise their fear that the general will
wear himself out if he persists in shak-
ing hands with half the voting popu-
lation of Indiana, Ohio and Illinois.
Chairman Huston attaches no small
Importance to this question, and says
he will, if possible. prevent this hand
shaking hereafter, but apprehends
as much trouble in restraining Gen. Har-
riSon as he does the crowds. Just prior
to the visit of the Shelbyville dele
cation, last night, Gen. Harrison and
his family received call that afforded
them pleasurable interest. 1t was a
log cabin on wheels, modelled after the
Tippecanoe pattern. Both the general
and Mrs. Harrison came out ON the side
walk where they were presented with
basket of fine fruit by the proprietors
of the unique attraction, and while
Mrs. Harrison was responding on be-
half of the family for the gift, the
general, bareheaded. was curiously in
specting the historic
SYMBOL OF AMERICAN PLUCK
and civilization, for he crowded through
the small door and stood under the
thatched roof, and all seemed delighted
that they had seen real old-fashioned
log cabin. The little hooks and corners
of the generals house are rapidly
filling up with presents that pour in
upon him through the mails and are left
by admirlng friends. Already he has
received over forty old silk badges of
the "Tippecanoe" campaigns, all in a
fine state of preservation. Nearly every
visiting delegation leaves some trifing
memento of its visit. The Springfield
delegation brought two beautiful china
pitchers. Upon one is a picture of Lin
coins old home, and upon the other is
painting of the Lincoln monument.
Dozens of photographs of the general
are also being received with requests
for his autograph on the same. In fact
the public seems to be doing its best to
make life interesting for Gen. Harrison.