Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-07
MANDERSON And PRESIDENCY
He Believes the Contest is Between Him.
self, Allison and Davis.
SENTIMENT IN FAVOR OF A WESTERN MAN
Letters PIcdGinE support Coming
Every Day from All Parts of the
Country-Fort Omaha Mill
tary school.

"Those who keep their fingers on the pulse
| Of the political public say that IL is growing
more and more certain every day that neither
Mr.. Mckinley nor Mr.. Reed can be nominated
by the next national convention of the re-
publican party" said General Manderson to
Bee representative yesterday. I'm that
event 1t is felt sure that the nomination
Will go to western man. Among the west
ern men the contest will doubtless be be-
tween Senator Allison, Senator Davis and
myself AS you see by this macs of corre-
spondence," pointing to a numerous collec-
tion of letters, which completely covered his
broad desk, Il am daily in receipt of letters
from friends, pleiging their support and
wishing me success in the race. These let
ters are not from any one community but
come from the east, the south and the north
as well as from nearly every section of the
west"
When asked about the progress Of the Fort
Omaha Military school bill Genera! Manier-
son said: LAS you know. Congressman
Mercer succeeded in getting the bill through
the house Of representatives and for his
meritofious work in securing the passage of
the Dill deserves great praise. The bill is
now IN the hands Of the senate committee I'd
which 1t was referred after being introduced
| the attitude of the committee respecting the
measure While in Washington however |
discussed the matter with a number of the
members OF the committee and urged upon
them the importance of favorable recom-
mendation. l think that several of them
are favorably inclined toward the measure
and l am hopeful of success. | had a con-
ference with Quartermaster Bachelor of the
War department on the subject When l
first met him he was pronounced in his op-
position to the establishment of such a school
at Fort Omaha, but before left him he ap-
Yes hope for the passage Of the bill by the
senate. The proposed school would benefit
both Omaha and the army"
When questioned as to the outlook in
Washington for the success of the Trans
mississippi exposition of 1898 the general
said that he thought there was general
sentiment In favor of the bill now before
congress, especially among the western rep
resentatives. He added, however, that there
was need for persistent and constant work in
behalf of the scheme in order to insure its
success. Iowa. he considered, was doing the
best work in aiding the efforts of the Ne
braskans. He thought that the measure
would be attached to one of the appropria-
tion bills Of the present session. He con-
sidered that better means for obtaining
success than asking for special appropria-
ton
General Henderson said that there was a
strong sentiment in favor of keeping the ex-
penditures of the present congress down to a
minimum. This would probably prevent any
additional appropriation for the extension TO
the LEGAL government buildings which is de-
sired. He thought that would come along all
right, though perhaps not this year. There
was nothing new concerning the South Omaha
postoffice. congress having done about all 1t
could do for the present in making the
appropriation necessary to begin work.