The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-03-19
Roosevelt is Likely to Take
a Non-Committal
Attitude
In the Fall Elections, Accord
ing to Walter
Wellman.
Taft Administration So Bad,
He is Afraid to En-
dorse 1t.
Special to The Irish Standa I'd.

washington accepts waiter WellIlldH
cable to the effect that President
Roosevelt will positively refuse to take
"a hand in the approaching congress
sional elections as a solution Of the
problem which has vexcd so many
minds: VIII Roosevelt condemn or
endorse the Taft administration?
The Democrats accept the eX-presi-
dents pledge of non-interference with
satisfaction; the standpatter faction
of the Republican party accept it with
keen disappointment, and the pro-
gressives are not displeased. But Sha
principal fact and the most important
fact is that all parties and factions
Of parties accept the Wellman story
as having been inspired by Roosevelt
himself.
The Wellman version of how Roose-
Welt intends to "get from UNDER an
exceedingly difficult load is accepted
Should the ex-presdent come home
and go on the stump for the progress
sives it would necessarily imply his
dissatisfaction with the Taft admins
tration. BY disowning Mr.. Taft,
Roosevelt would admit that he enticeI
the American people into electing as
president man unfit for the Office.
on the other hand, should Col.
Roosevelt endorse the Taft admins
tration, it would necessarily also be
an endorsement of Aldrichis,n and
Cannonism. for the two bosses have
run the government completely since
March 4, 1909. Should Roosevelt place
his approval on Aldrich and Cannon,
he would ALLEVIATE the affection and
confidence OF hundreds of thousands
of Americans who have approved of
his administration.
In taking a non committal attitude,
Roosevelt may be condemned by some
but on the whole it would appear to
be the shrewdest move he could pos
sibly make.
Who will benefit by Roosevelts an
nounced policy? The Democrats and
Progressives will undoubtedly reap
many vote on account of it, and the
too Well
'The Taft administration has been
Ao 1,uJ
dorse it, is what you may expect to
hear the Democrats and Progressive
Republicans proclaiming from the
stump in the congressional elections
this fall. And that explanation of the
Roosevelt policy Of non interference
will come pretty close to hitting the
nail squarely on the head Roosevelt
is a Republican, first, last and all the
time. He would endorse the Republic
circumstances. But the party is in
the hands of such a wicked and un-
principled gang of politicians at the
present time that Mr.. Roosevelt would
have to sacrifice his reputation to come
to the aid of Aldrich and Cannon. And
he himself evidently sees that, with
public sentiment as it is, he cannot
afford to do it.
So it is quite evident, after all, that
Mr.. Roosevelt has not been so COM
pletely isolated from the United States
of America that he has failed to keep
in touch with the trend of things po-
litical.
president Roosevelt has deliberate
~ assumed an attitude of absolute
non-interference in political AFFAIRS"
cables Wellman from Renk, Egyptian
Soudan. "He will make no effort to
influence public judgment. He may
make a few addresses in America, but
+ these will be non-political." Wise,
wise Mr. Roosevelt!
8 THE secretiveness of the Taft adj
ministration will be one of the points
i that will be raised by the Democrats
in the congressional elections this
fall" said Chairman James Il. LLOYD of
4 the Democratic National Confessional
COMMITTEE. '"The rule that nobody
but the heads of departments can give
out information to members of con-
B gress or anybody else has worked much
4 annoyance to members of congress
and has given something that the
Democrats can attack with a reason
able certainty of getting good results
u The people like to know just how their
government is run. When their con-
gSgressmen cannot find out for them
they are justified in concluding that
the business is not handled in the best
manner possible"
S5s 81. K. Harrison, representing retail
Tgrocers and meat dealers of Baltimore
sshad the temerity to express the belief
before the senate price Investigating
r. f0rfnniffee that fl,a 70 ,iff hod $685..