Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-23
CANDIDATES BUSY,
The Aspirants for Position of Prest-
dent General.

The Aspfrants for Position of Prest.
dent General.
The candidates for president general are
working like beavers. or their friends are
which amounts TO the same thing There
are a great many followers of Mrs Rose
Bracket in the congress. She has given all
her energies to the work of the organiza-
ton almost since it's formation. and has
been without doubt the very best presiding
officer the congress has ever had. IL rec
ords of husbands count for anything then
Mrs. Bracket yields to none Col. Albert
G. Bracket gave forty years of his life in
hard service for his country, and bore upon
ms BODY the scars of two wounds received
in battle The records of the War Depart
ment show on almost every page for a long
period the story of his devotion to the ma
tons honor. Mrs. Brackets leniage is
clean cut and perfect as a daughter. She
is kentuckian.
Mrs. Donald Mclean comes OF fighting
blood from away back, and shows il. Ii
II comes TO a point of distinguished an
cestry between the candidates for presi-
dent general she is fully able to hold her
own. Her great-grandfather, her grand
rather, great uncle and an uncle were all
successfully on the supreme bench of the
state Of Maryland. Her great uncle. John
Nelson. was one of the most distinguished
attorney generals the United States ever
had, he was also the United States minister
" itdiy uHuer van Buren. AND III the huS-
bands OF the candidates are 10 figure I'm the
contest-dead or living-ihe record of Mr.
McLean's ancestry will bear inspection His
granfather was first commissary general OF
the state of New York and an intimate
friepd of Governor Clinton. His uncle
John Mclean, was the first judge of Steu-
Den county, New York His father served
as volunteer and regular through the
Mexican and late wars MIR Mclean him.
self was appointed by President Harrison
general appraiser of the port of New York
and held that position during the Harrison
administration.
Mrs. Daniel Manning. who is one of the
twenty vice presidents general is a COM
manding figure in the congress, and carries
lineage in every line of her face and figure
She is Holland Dutch on her fathers side
Tor many generations back. Her maiden
name was Margaretta Fryer. On her
mothers side she can trace her ancestry
from Robert Livingston, first lord of the
manor of Livingston, to whom was given
the original grant. Among her famous an
cestors are Philip Livingston the second
lord, and Robert, the third lord: Col Peter
X. Livingston, Gov. Rip Van Dam Abra-
nam de Peyster, Olaf Stevenson van Court
landt and Col. Peter Schuyler 10 whom a
monument is about to be erected in Albany
Mrs. Manning has been upon the conti-
mental hall committee for some time, and
has done excellent work. Her friends are
quite confident of her election.
At the present time honors are even
among the candidates. One hour Mrs Nc
Lean is ahead. the next Ms. Manning and
Mrs. Bracket steadily gaining. II il is
found that Mrs. Mclean cannot be elected
her votes are more than likely to go TO Mrs.
Bracket than to anybody else. The Man.
ming delegates do not contemplate a second
choice.