New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-11
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

realized the difficulty in the way of an ade-
quate revision of the tariff. Convinced
from the beginning of his administration
that there we're many rates In the Dingley
law which should be reduced Mr.. Roosevelt
never undertook TO have them corrected.
once he went so far az 10 insert in an an
nual message the line "On the subject OF
the tariff / will address you later, put
even that line he caused 10 be stricken cut
before the message was sent to Congress.
because on consultation with the leaders
he found they were SO infeXibly opposed TO
real revision that he realized that to ex-
poet a satisfactory bill al their hands was
hopeless Ii f. the impression of Mir
Roosevelt's closest friends that on exami-
nation he viii deem the Payne tariff law
proper subject for ccngratulating the
President and the party, rather than an &C
oaeion OF criticism.
MR. ROOSEEELT'S hTTITUDE.-Au-
thentic advices from Colonel Roosevelt in
dictate that ne already has a fairly good
grasp of the political situation and that
he understands pretty well the merits OF
the conservation issue and the Baliinger-
Pinchot controversy. IL is confidently as
serted by close friends of the colonel that
he appreciates fully the necessity that
confronted President Taft of dismissing
the former Forester and that. instead Of
re garding il as the objectionable sin. he
appreciates that he would have had to
adopt the same course under like Circun-
stances Mr. Roosevelt is described as re-
garding clifford Pinchot In the light of &
high spirited horse-a most valuable steed
IL he does not become unmanageable. He
is convinced that had he, an old friend
heen holding the reins Mr.. Plnchot would
never have jumped the traces and begun
kicking the dashboard 20 splinters but
that once he had arrived at that point the
only recourse open TO the statesman who
as driving was TO cut The ties and turn
him ont Iasture, SO to speak.
ROOSEN Elf AND CONSERVATION
1t is hardly necessary to say that Colonel
Roosevelt does not sympathize with the
Taft BaIlinger attitude toward the policy
Of conservation. lie naturally believes that
the orders ne issued Withdrawing from set
tlcment considerable areas Of the public do
main were legal and require no ratification
by Congress and that further Withdrawals
may be made by the Executive without spe-
CHIC SidiAlbEN hutit iAlN nc quincy -
awaiting legislative authority he regards
a. inimical 10 the broad policy of conser-
walton. especially as Congress is loath to
convey the needed authority to the EXecu-
tive. on the other hand. Mr.. Roosevelt is
quite broad enough to give to those who
hold views opposed TO his own credit for
entire sincerity. He has long understood
the extreme legal views which Mr.. Taft
entertained. even as member of the RoOse-
welt Cabinet He appreciates that Judge
Ballinger is in entire hGTmony with the
views of his chief I'm the course he Is pur-
suing And moreover. il will not be a sur
prise to Colonel Roosevelt if ne becomes
satisfied that Mr.. Pinchot. in the excess Of
his zeal. misunderstood the Secretary OF
the Interior and was easily misled by the
srecious charges Of CLAWS. This interpre-
tatIon Of the attitude Of the former Presi-
dent comes from a source which cannot be
Questioned and is based on recent private
communications. u ". H.