Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-23

ting room, and upon a side table IN his
den" / saw characteristic photograph
OF Senators Henderson. Allison and Hale
chatting together. and evidently discussing
some of TIE great questions before the
country. or, what is more likely telling
fish stories My chat with Senator Man.
dersOn covered wide range. He is man
of ideas. He has FOR the past twelve years
been closely associated with public mat
tiers and public men. and he is noted as
one of the shrewdest of our political OBJ
servers. He is one Of the few public men
who is not afraid to express his opin-
ions, and when during mis- remarks | re-
minded him that such statements We're
rather radical for presidential or vice
presidential candidate he replied:
Senator Henderson on the Presidency
LAS to that. l am not a presidential can
didate enough to hurt, and l hope the bee
VIII never buzz so loudly in my bonnet that
l will not dare TO give my opinion as an
American citizen. You remember the poll
tician who concluded his speech by saying:
Teller citizens. them is my sentiments, and
If them sentiments don't suit you they can
be changed Now 1 don't mean to say that
my sentiments cannot be changed, but they
can be changed only by convincing argu-
ments. / have my own views and I have
never yet hesitated TO express them, nor to
correct them when convinced that thew
We're wrong"
Nv hat is your idea as to the probable
outcome at st. LOUISE"
Il am not imbued with the shirt of
prophecy. l think, however, that as far as
Governor Mckinley is concerned the cues
ton as TO whether he can be nomina ted
will be settled before the sitting of the CON
vention. If he should triumph no one will
rejoice more than myself. | have been ac-
Quainted with him from early manhood.
He VIII not only make a strong candidate
but he will make good President"
Senator. should he
mated on the first ballot?'"
Then the battle royal will he between
one of the great eastern candidates-Speak-
er Reed or Governor Morton-and a western
man, with Senator Allison in the lead The
time might come when some of the lesser
lights might shine with increased vigor"
How about Harrison, Senator, and how
about yourself2'
President Harrison" replied Senator
Henderson, while ne'er consentlng would
probably consent If the nomination came to
him without PERSONAL exertion. As for me.
am neither seeker nor going into a de-
cline. ! am like any other man, and feel
as senator Cullom expressed 1t, that | am
human being As to my having been an
aggressive candidate for the presidency.
this statement IS not true. For the past
two years l have been urged by nv friends
to enter the contest for the nomination 1
received letters by the hundreds from all
parts OF the country and personal appeals
from leading republicans throughout Ne
braska asking ME to allow my name TO he
placed on the Est OF candidates. 1 refused
10 DO this until last January, when l sue
cumbed TO the blandis hments that were
astounding to me by simply saying that l
would neither seek nor decline"
How about this 'favorite SON. story and
the charge that You are in combination
to defeat Mckinley
THAT statement" replied Senator Man
oerson. is absolutely false. l have neither
directly nor indirectly had any communica-
ton, by letter or verbally. with the agents
OF any favored SON conspiracy, and II T
know myself / believe l would he more
content with the nomination of Mckinley,
Reed, Morton Allison than | wouid
with my own nomination. | would saw
however. that the responsibilities of the
presidency have never been so great as
they are likely TO be within the next four
years, and that any man sensitive to his
own shortcomings and distrustful of his
ability, or even man of aggressive self