Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-09
SENTIMENT ON SENATORSHlP
Mr. ROseWstsr's Announcement Received
With Favor in City and State.
HIGH SPIRIT FOR WASHINGTON HAIL EVENT
IrrecOncilRbie Antis Led by Tom
Blackburn VIII Try to work
Combine with saunders
for Governor.

The announcement OF Mr. Rosewaters
senatorial candidacy has been received
with great favor not only in Omaha, but
all over the state. In Omaha sufficient ex-
prossions have been heard TO warrant the
assertion that the Washington hall meet
ing Wednesday night will be largely at
tended by representative people who. have
been with Mr.. Rosewater and many who
have been against him in previous political
fights arc outspoken in sa ying the time is
ripe for republicans to get together and
support him on the one ground that he is
best qualified. for the place and could ac-
comphsh more than. anyone else in the
position after he got TO. Washington. one
Of his friends said:
Did you notice in the press dispatches
from Rome how Mr.. Rosewater has been
making himself felt la the postal congress
in which lac represents the United States {?
He is a man who does things. II he were
sent to the senate he would be heard from
there" 20. .- .-.....
scheme of the Neyer-Quits.
The little crowd OF irreooneilable "antis"
still couHts ON putting up opposition to
Mr.. Rosewater sst all hazards. The chief
spokesman of this crowd is Tom Black
burn, with r. 3. Howell and. Harry Bronze
Lincoln. last-week and to- people down there
anticipated Mr. BLACKBURN in his scheme
for a blind delegation under the guise Of
compromise to trade the senatorship OF
in the interests OF Charley Saunders for
governor. The plan. as explained. is to
have the -sena toPship forced to the back
ground while delegation is put UP FOR
Saunders for governor. to vote for senator
for some upnsn med Douglas county man
who develops the most strength I'm the
convention. The scheme was put up to
John L. Webster, but he turned it down.
Il would like TO be senator" said Mr.,
Webster, "and tho only way for me 10
get the endorsement of the state conven-
ton is TO have a delegation that is for
me and not for anyone else. 1t would be
folly to go into the convention with a dele
CATION tied up. to another candidate for
some other ONCE. or without knowing that
It was for me until the convention actually
took ballot The local situation has been
changing so rapidly that l am not sure
just what shall do, but / will have some
plans formulated before long"
WattIes SIN Mum.
q. W. Wattles, who has been mentioned
as possible candidate for senator still re-
fuses to say whether he will or will not
get into the race. He left Sunday for New
York, saying he would know definitely
when he returned, in about a week. the pre-
sumption being that he intends to confer
in the interval with the ,moncyed men in
the, east who are interested in the. big and
little corporntions doing business in Ne
braska ...-
AS to Senator Milards candidacy, his
followers are also. somewhat in the dark.
The senator led them to believe that he
would make public statement before this
time as to his intentions, saying whether
he would make an active canvass OF remain
simply I'M a passive mood. Something from
him Is looked for almost any day.