The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-16
Republican Campaign Leaders
Need Him to Work for
Mckinley.
HIS POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS.
Wants to Be Senator, and Admin
istration Will Help Him if 1t
Can-He Won a Cool Million
on the English Turf.
SPECIAL BY CABLE.

SPECIAL BY CABLE.
| London. Aug. 15.-(Copyrisht, 1900 by the
! New York Herald Company )-Having won
| nearly a million dollars on the English race
tracks, Mr.. John w. Gates, the young Loch
! invar of finance, has been suddenly called
back tc America He will sail for New
| York on the record breaking Deutschland
next Saturday week from Hamburg.
! Mr.. Gates had intended TO stay in Eng
land through the autumn handicap meetings
| and then go to the Continent, but letters
! from America have caused him to change
| his plans in a day.
| Now that Mr.. Gates has turned over the
management Of his steel interests to friends
ard has arnassed a comfortable fortune, he
is turning his energies into politics.
| Mr. Gates's present ambition is TO repre-
sen, the State 9f Illinois in the United
j prompts him to give up for the time the
! pursuit OF sport and pleasure in Europe.
/ When Harrison was making up his Cab
met. 1t is said the rising young wiremaker
F.; could have had the portfolio of the Interior.
| I hat was before Mr.. Gates organized the
Wire Trust and before he had made a for
! tune.
Heretofore the steel man has been the
! power behind the throne in Republican pol.
for his friends without Seeking political hon
OrS himself.
Now Mr. Gates's fortune Is 50 large
and his income assured he is content to
keep awa@ from active business and go
| into politics
! Mr.: Gates Is wanted on the political
! The managers of the Mckinley campaign
| have sent for him. Soon after he reaches
New York he will take. a trip through the
| Middle West to gauge Mr.. Bryan'S strength.
| Not much will be heard about the steel
mans trip. for he won't take brass band
I with him.
! Mckinley Needs His Services.
| Mr.. Gates's intimate acquaintance among
men in the Middle West who are expected
| to furnish the sinews of the campaign
makes his presence in America highly de-
! sired by the Republican National Commit
! tee. If Mr.. Mckinley wins he will be in
] debted to John w Gates. The debt will
! be paid. it Is predicted. by giving the steel
! man the political preferment he seeks.
! Before going home Mr.. Gates will make
! flying trip TO the Continent. He Will
leave London to-day for Paris, where he
! will meet the Illinois representative at
! the Exposition. From the French capital
! he will go to Berlin.
i Mr. Gates spent his last afternoon in Lon
don at the Kempton Park race track. When
/. seen last evening at Claridge's he was
asked why he was returning to America
when only day or two ago he had nc no
''Oh. I'm getting tired of II. l had my
fun at the track, the golf links and the
| traps. I'm going home"
ing Goodwood week. 1t has been told how
MIR. Gates plunged on his friend John A.
| brakes horse, Royal Flush. and won f2o,
GO. That was very low estimate.
Won Million on the Races.
When the steel man had time to gather
| In all the winnings, and he had bets placed
| in every city in Europe where a bookmaker
| was TO be found, and had then literally
| rewarded trainers jockeys and stable boys.
| he found he had a hundred thousand
| guineas-a good half million dollars-left
| This was an enormous sum to win on a
| horse that was picked up in the auction
| rart for f4G0. The credit of the coup Is
, all Wishard's. English track followers
| swear by the American trainer.
| When MIR. Gates was not at the track
| he has been shooting traps OF playing golf
He is one of the best amateur trap wing
| shots In America. He taught the English
shots a trick or two. and merely to pass
, the time away. he has gone cunning on the
, outskirts of the town.
| Coached His Friend Drake.
One day not long ago he took his friend
Drake. who is novice with the gun. into
a London gunmaker's shop. There he had
a gun made to fit Mr.. brakes shoulder
The gun cost 50 guineas. Mr. Gates coached
his friend bit and then backed him against
all comers. At last accounts Mr. Drake
had won 1900 guineas.
No one ever hears of Mr.. Gates losing, but
he will be always plunGing. Now that he Is
plunging into politics his friends are won
dering whether fortune will continue tC
| smile. him