The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-02-26
.ROOSEVELT'S AIM
IS TO RESTORE
POWER OF PARTY
DISTINGUISHED VISITOR TO
KEY WEST WORKS IN IN
TEREST OF DEMOCRATS IN
COMING ELECTION

My only political plans at present
are to bring the Democratic party
i back into power the next election,
stated Franklin D. Roosevelt, who is
spending several days in Key West
with a party of friends on board his
boat, the Larooco.
my work is build up and
STRENGTHENING the Democratic party
for the congressional elections" he
said.
Mr.. Roosevelt, who has for some
time been in i'll health, said that he
was never in better health. He is
still on crutches but will soon be
able to discard them.
1t is essential to finish the SUBJ
marine base here, Mr., Roosevelt be-
lieves, and added that it looks like
the present administration has nc
plans for improving the naval station
here.
Mr.. Roosevelt said that he was,
however, delighted with the change
that had taken place in Key West
since his last visit, being especially
pleased at the Oversee Highway
Now that there is no longer a yacht
bason at Boca Chica, he said, there
is no refuge for yachts.
This city should take up with the
government the local need of chan
mel and the proper buoying of the
channels. He noticed coming down
from Long Key that shoals had
changed location and stakes had
been knocked down. Yachts coming
to this, port will be benefited by
channel improvement and the yachts
themselves will benefit the com.
munity, Mr.. Roosevelt said. The
yachts coming in buy supplies
patronizing the local tradespeople
The channel, he said, on the north
side of the railroad up along Long
Key should be improved, and there
should be added harbor protection
on the south side.
Mr.. Roosevelt also cautioned the
city that it would not make the mis-
take of having narrow streets when
there would in the next few years
be double the population perhaps.
The streets should he widened now
so as co avoid congestion in the
future.
Capt. and Mrs. Clark d. Stearns
entertain Mr.. Personal---very. year.
and Mr.. Roosevelt said that he feels
that Captain and Mrs. Stearns are
the greatest assets that the town
could possibly have and that Cap
tain Stearns is one of the finest
types of officers that Che navy ever
had.
Mr.. Roosevelt was assistant Sec
rotary of the navy during the Wilson
administration, 1890. He was
nominated president in 1920
and was abroad during the war, hav-
ing charge of rehabilitation in
January, 1919. He nominated Al
Smith at the Democratic convention
and worked during the campaign for
John w. Davis.
William Hart of Columbus, Ca,
accompanies Mr.. Roosevelt. Mr..
Hart owns little white house at
Warm Springs, where Mr.. Roosevelt
will be his guest after he leaves
here.
Mr.. Hart referred to the embargo
by the railroad on lumber shipments
north. He said that night raiders
should get busy and he would be
willing to help by driving an engine
north with a string of cars laden
with lumber.
Warm Springs, where Mr.. Hart
has home, is becoming popular
resort. The water has remarkable
curative properties for all kinds of
trouble.
In the party are also Thomas NJ.
Lynch of New York, state income
tax commissioner for New York
state; Charles Samuel Peabody of
Lake George and New York, nephew
of George Foster Peabody, philan-
thropist, owners of Warm Springs,
and Miss Marguerite A. LELAND
secretary to Mr.. Roosevelt. John S
Lawrence, of Boston, of Lawrence
and Company, will arrive Sunday to
go on board the Larooco. Mr.
Lawrence and Mr.. Roosevelt jointly
own the Larooeo, thus giving the
boat a combination of both names
Roosevelt and Lawrence. With Mr.
Lawrence. viii also be Ed Green OF
Lockwood Green and Company OF
Boston.
The party on board the Laroocc
is one hundred per cent Democratic
Mr.. Roosevelt said.