The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-09
THE GREAT WEST
DISAPPOINTED
Roosevelt Not Friendly to De-
vslOpmsHt Of Arid Lands.
GOVERNOR RICHARDS VIEWS
INFLUENCES AT WORK AGAINST
THE PRESIDENT.
lsnecial 10 The HeraIdl

Especial 90 The HeralQ.)
Cheyenne, Wye, March SIT isl
very possible that not only wyoming,
but several others of the western
states viii send antagonistc delega-
tons to the next national Republican
convention, delegations which viii Op-
pose the denomination of President
Roosevelt Tor the presidency"
So spoke Governor De Forest Rich
ards of Wyoming to your correspond
ent when asked for a statement or
political conditions in his state and the
adjoining western states.
Wyoming" he continued, sis strong
ly Republican and there exists no rea-
son to believe that it viii be otherwise
i'm the coming presidential campaign.
But President Roosevelt is acting in
manner which is radically opposed 70
his interests. am personally friendly
20 President Roosevelt and believe
that he looks upon me in the same
friendly light as I place him i'm my es-
timation and I am sorry 20 see that ne
is pursuing the course that he IS re-
garding forestation.
Acting Under Bad Advice.
1T is very apparent TO us here that
he is acting under bad advice and
pursuance Of his present policy will
win him enemies where he now has
friends.
The policy he is following is making
Of Wyoming and some of the other
western states mere game preserves
We are looking for settlement and
consequent growth of the commercial
Importance OF our states. We favor
the preservation of the forests, but the
object as we see IL and desire accom-
plished is to preserve the trees on the
mountain sides and tops so as to pro-
tect our water supply. Water is what
we need. We cannot support a policy
which sets apart great areas Of land,
the only land suitable for settlement.
so that a congregation OF eastern pleas
ure-seekers may have a place TO hunt
and fish and camp out for the season
I'VE are DESTROYS OF preserving the
people, not the animals
West Greatly Damaged.
The policy now being pursued by
President Roosevelt is causing the
withdrawal from entry Of much Of our
best lands. il is restricting possibilities
Of immigration and if continued viii
keep Wyoming and other states SINH
larry situated in the class Of the arid
states.
I'VE wish TO depart from that class
and make Of Wyoming one of the fore
most in agriculture through the opera
tiOn of the irrigation law, as it is pos
sible to do. We want TO raise agri-
cultural products, not wolves, bear
and other game for the purpose OF
making of Wyoming a game preserve
for eastern spOrtsmen.
Unless President Roosevelt makes
a sudden and radical change I'm his
policy, il is practically certain that an
unfavorable delegation viii so from
wyoming and very probably from
other states of the west where fOresta-
ton is a paramount question. as II con-
Germs the water supply, the most inn
portant question with which we have
to deal"
"Wiu the delegation have any other
candidate whom in viii particularly
press for the nomination. Governor
Richards was asked.
mo. no other man is mentioned. It
is simply a question Of expressing OPP
position to President RoOsevelt's pres
ent policy"
What about the vice presidency"
was asked Of the governor
"The western states viii certainly
claim the nomination of a western
man"
HAS any man been prominently
mentioned among the politicians of
your state for this pOsitiOn?"
Cummins Of Iowa.
mo, there is as yet no decided move
ment. Governor Cummins of Iowa has
many friends and is a strong man. II
he becomes a candidate. it Is probable
that he viii secure the support Of the
western states
Governor Richards is one Of those
responsible for President Roosevelts at
titude on the irrigation measure. When
Roosevelt made his tOUr of the west
Governor Richards was with him for
ten days He impressed upon Mr.
ROOsevelts mind during his western
trip the necessity Of radical utterances
I'm favor of "a national Irrigation law
and Mr.. Roosevelt caught the idea and
made a strong hit during his western
tour. Upon his elevation to the presi-
dency he followed some of Governor
Richards ideas when compiling his
message to congress. Subsequently.
when Governor Richards visited Pres
ident Roosevelt al Washington, the
president told the governor that he,
more than anyone else, was responsible
for his attitude on the irrigation law
and that he had Governor Richards
advice and SUGGESTIONS I'm mind when