Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-29
BELONGS TO HHE'WEST
Roosevelt q Favorite All Over
the Country. i,
SENATORKEARNS TALKS
PRACTICAL COMMENT ON RACES
OF THE FUTURE
More Sensible to Test the Powers Of
schooners Than Those Of
Useless Yachts.
SENATORKEARNS TALKS

through Washington today en- route to his
home. The senator came to the city for the
| purpose of looking after SOME urgent mat
| tiers for his constituents. He visited the
State Department to look after the inter
ests of D. B. Richards, one Of the particu-
| larly bright young men of his state who
| is pushing for q consulship.. He; also visited
the Department of Justice to learn .sthe
status of a pardon case in which he is in
terested, Senator Kearns said to re-
porter of The Star:
Il am Just from New York. where I was
| entertained by Sir Thomas Upton on board
| his steam yacht Erin during the interna-
| tional yacht races. He Is indeed royal
| good fellow and king of sportsmen The
| first race was discouraging, and when again
| on last Tuesday the Reliance beat the
| Shamrock 1t was enough to make Drawer
man sick of the disappointment.
| but Sir Thomas showed to the world
what a thorough sportsman he is by his
manner. 1t was ever cheerful and hopeful
| Something of his big heart can be seen in
| the way he brought his steam yacht along
| side the Reliance and led the. cheers for
| her victories.
| ION board the Erin the guests were cast
down. Those of us who were Americans
| were, of course. loyal to our boat, but we
| did want to see Sir Thomas get one race.
| And what a prince of entertainers he Is!
| He told the guests each day that If they
| desired to please him and show they appre-
! ciated his hospitality there was no better
| way than to believe they owned the Erin,
| and do Just as If they were aboard their
| own boat Thursdays race was disappoint-
| ing, to-. for the Shamrock was away astern
| when the time gun doomed. and 1t was de-
| clared no race.
| A More Practical Yacht.
''Of course, am no expert in yachting
matters. but believe with Sir THOMAS that
| a more practical yacht In the way of de-
sign should be raced for the cup. These
model racers are mere toys; they are good
for nothing else. A fine schooner that could
| be used for pleasure or profit If necessary
after the races seems to me would be more
sensible. These racing yachts are danger
| Gus, too. !
Then it is no small handicap to require
| the challenger to sail across on her own
| bottom. 1t looks to me, now that the very
acme of racing yachts seems to have been
reached In the Reliance, that it would be
| well for the yacht clubs to go back to the
schooner type. and see what we can do in
the way of development u ~
| Yes, Mrs Kearns and were the guests
of the President and Mrs Roosevelt be-
fore the races. We had most charming
visit and had glimpse into the pure home
life Of our President. 1t was beautiful.
There was, of course, an opportunity to
| talk poht1cs during my stay and l en-
braced 1T. 1t is astonishing how we'll the
President is informed upon all political
| questions. 1 mean questions that are more
Or less local in TIN states. T.
Roosevelt viii Be Nominated.
ANY doubt about his denomination? No.
sir. nor about his election either. 1T would
be waste Of words to tell what we will do
in the west. You know he belongs to US
somehow or other. And since I have been
east this trip have no concern from that
quarter. One of the most prominent demo-
| Gratis in New York state told me Tuesday
aboard the Erin that If the election were
held now Roosevelt would carry New York
state by 10000, and that he added was
conservative estimate. We are booked for
four years of good, clean government;
that's sure.
THE democrats2 Where are they? Who
| are they? There seems to be some doubt
along these lines. Surely none of the old
line Jeffersonian democrats indorse the ac-
| ton of the Nebraska democrats of a few
days ago. Organism is not democracy. and
as long as he remains factor in demo-
cratic politics so long. in my opinion, will
| the democracy be divided. Don't ask me to
/ tell who will be the democratic nominee.
! That's difficult. There are many fine men
mentioned. Arthur P. German is perhaps
the strongest name presented. He is a
! fine gentleman, with a noble character and
a clean record. Then there is Cleveland
and Judge Parker and several others.
Who will be Roosevelt's running mate
That's almost as difficult of solution as
your other query. 1t will be a western
man, think. The west, you know, is full
of good timber. When the time comes we
Will supply the man, and he will be good
enough to run with our own Roosevelt.
An Extra Session.
''Therel be an extra session, think, al
though l see that some of the prominent
party men are clamoring against it, 1 am
opposed to calling it before November but
If the President says October, 1 shall come
willingly.
You must excuse me from discussing the
probabilities of a finance bill The east
seems bent on having some fiscal legsla-
ton at the coming session, and it may be
that measure of some kind will pass But
as for the necessity of it, or the character
of a bill that will relieve the present I'M
balanced condition of the money market,
well that's another story
Il leave Washington tonight for Utah.
You know the big irrigatio congress meets
in Ogden on September 10, and l wouldn t
miss 1t for anything. Our state has been
In the van on this great subject and we are
determined to do our share toward making
irrigation success If you folks in the
east only knew what great work We are
planning for the reclamation of thousands
of acres of arid land ont west Won woiId