Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-01
KENTUcKY'S G0VERNORSHIP
Republican Leaders Declining to Make
the Race.
THE COMING JAMESTOWN TRIP
Pans Contemplate Going of President
and Wife, Miss Ethel, Archie and
Quentin on the 25th.

There were no railroad presidents or
| financiers at the White House today. The
fact told elsewhere in The Star that the
! President will not go to Springfield H..
| to make a speech telling what his attitude
| Is toward the railroads and that he again
repeats his views. taken from his past
| speeches. will probably reduce the number
of apprehensive financiers seeking to find
out what he contemplates. Until now thu
President has welcomed these callers be-
cause from them he has obtained the Views
prevailing In the business and financial
world, putting forth as well his own
views With the statement that Is made
today he is understood to feel that nothing
further from him should be needed or ex-
pected. Consequently, he will not want to
keep the matter stirred by repeated talks
with visitors followed by newspaper articles
and comment. So far as he can see now
there has been favorable reaction from
the pessimistic outlook OF a few weeks
back.
The Kentucky Governorship.
John w. Yerkes, commissioner OF in
ternal revenue. has made it known at
the White House and to his friends in
kentucky that he will not accept the re-
publican nomination for governor of that
state. A number OF prospective candi-
dates for the nomination have withheld
announcements until they found out what
Mr.. Yerkes would do Last fan The
Kentucky leader said that he would
not DO q candidate for the nomination.
made at that time Next to him the
man most favored In the state has been
Judge f. c. O'Rear of the appellate
bench of the state. He also declines tn
enter the IN L
LOUISVILLE Is mentioned So are ex-Goy-
ernor William o. Bradley and F. T.
FRANKS. collector of internal revenue OF
one OF the districts. Some time ago RI.
republicans were claiming that their
prospects to elect a governor this wear
were OF the best but the fact that IN.
nomination Is not being hunted with any
eagerness gives rise to suspicion among
democrats that the state is still leaning
toward their party.
Presidents jamestown Trim
President Harry Tucker of the Jamestowp
exposition called on the President tod.,,
and made partial arrangements for the LAT
ters trip to the exposition. According to
the program the President, accompanied nv
MIS- Roosevelt, Miss Ethel Roosevelt
Archie and Quentin. will leave here on the
afternoon OF the 18th, taking the Yacht
MaynoWer They will reach Norfolk the
next morning. The exercises of opening ths
exposition will begin about III o'clock in the
morning of the 18th and from that tim,
until O'Clock in the afternoon the Presi-
dent Will be busy with different functions
outlined for him. Between and 3 o'clock
In the evening he will receive the governors
OF states. foreign diplomats and other dis
tlnguished people, and AT 8 O'Clock he be-
comes the guest OF President Tucker at the
iatters home. After an hour or two with
PRESIDENT Tucker the President and party
VIII return to their vessel and sail for
Washington. There has Deen some talk
that the President might steam I'm the
James river to look over some of the es-
tates along that historic stream, bur that
Is not part OF the program, which is ten
tative.
Ex-senator Blackburn of Kentucky. who
Is now member OF the isthmian canal
commission. called on the President TODAY
with Secretary Bishop. Mr.. Blackburn said
he would leave New York for the canal a
week from today.
Senator Burrows introduced ex-senator
Palmer and friends of Michigan Repre-
sentative Mccall OF Massachus intro
duced some friends.
Newton Ferree, the new commander OF
the Department OF the Potomac of the
Grand Army. was today introduced to tho
President by Thomas S. Hopkins who for
merly filed that position. The two had a
pleasant chat with the President