New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-16
From The Tribune Bureau

washington, April 10.
RoosEN rcLT's ATTITUDE.-There Is
no question more frequently asked than
What will be the attitude Of Mr. Roose-
Welt toward the Taft administration and
none 20 which there are more diverse an
spers Curiously enough. too. men who
pose as friends Of the eN-President can be
found who insist that he will repudiate the
administration Of his successor. will pro-
nounce IL reactionsry and VIII have none
OF il. Those who advance these views have
short memories and little appreciation Of
the character Of Theodore Roosevelt. ac-
cording TO his real friends in Washington.
one OF whom called the attention of the
writer to-day to Mr.. Roosevelts declara-
ton Of his attitude toward Mr.. Taft at
Cambridge on June %. 1902 on that occa-
sion President Roosevelt dwelt at length
on the service rendered TO the country by
william II. Taft. Elihu Root and Leonard
Wood. lie told Of the sacrifice Judge Taft
had made in relinquIshing his place on the
bench and going TO the Philippines, of bis
further sacrifice in putting aside an ap-
pointment to the Supreme Court that he
might further serve the Filipinos, and in
conclusion he said: These three men have
rendered inestimable service TO the Ameri-
can people. ] can do nothing for them.
I can show my appreciation of them in no
way save the wholly insufficient way Of
standing up for them and for their work,
and that I will do as long as 1 have tongue
TO speak" Mr.. Roosevelt 5 friend remarked
to-day: 1T occurs to me that there are
few either Of Mr.. ROOseveit's friends or
OF his enemies who doubt that he still
has tongue 10 speak. and j venture to
assert that no true friend of Theodore
Roosevelt believes him capable of going
back on the words he uttered then. II Is
not true. therefore. that Mr. Roosevelt has
said nothing 20 indicate where he will stand
in his relations 10 TIL aft administration
when he returns to America"
ROOSEKELT'S PHILOSOPHY. Mr..
Roosevelrs conception of the difficulties
which must beset every President of the
United States is strikingly set forth in an
article he wrote for The Youths Com
panion'' about the time he made his ad-
dress At Cambridge He then said: The
seVerest critics of a Pres 7t's policy are
apt TO be not those who know most about
what is TO be done and OF the limitations
under which it must be done. but those
who know the least. in the aggregate.
quite as much wrong is committed by i'm
proper denunciation Of public servants who
do well as by failure TO attack those who
do III" This thought was even more strik-
imgly expressed in subsequent public ad-
dress, ia which he said: Gross and reck-
less assaults on character. whether on the
stump or in newspaper, magazine or book,
create a morbid and vicious public senti-
ment. and at the same time act as pro-
found deterrent TO able men OF normal SEN
sitiveness and tend TO prevent them from
entering the public service at any price"
In this he referred TO the fact that even
within Congress Ionest public officials were
apt to be exposed to utterly reckless as
saults on their character and capacity.
A BRAVE LEGISLATOR.-Repre
tive WILEY, OF New Jersey, in the opinion
OF his colleagues, is one OF the most
courageous men in Congress, but some OF
them fear that he carried his bravery toe
far to-day. when he declined the request OF
a New Jersey suffragist to introduce in
Congress a petition for action TO promote
the cause Of female suffrage. Mr. WILEY
took the ground that the suffragists insult