The Red Cloud chief., 1910-03-10

seem to- think that the instant the
former president sets foot on this soil
he is going TO issue an edict of dis.
approval Of everything that Mr.. VIII
liam Howard Taft has done since he
entered the White House. Then there
are the Republicans who are progress
sivc without being markedly so, who
say that Mr. Roosevelt will give ex.
pressions Of approval to some Of Mr..
Taft's acts and of disapproval to some
OF his other acts Then there are the
old line Republicans who believe that
Mr. Roosevelt will hold his peace.
Then come the Democrats who
look at the thing from political
rather than from a personal point OF
view. and who say that MIR. Roosevelt
being good politician and knowing
the value of making the party record
appear as good as it can be made.
will indorse the Taft administration
and will simply bend his own writing
energies to aid the energies of the
president in getting the party to go
ahead faster than it has along the
line of progression
Hopes ~ the Democrats.
The Democrats say. however, that
the extreme conservatives in the Re-
publican party who have control of
the house and senate will refuse to
go ahead on the new paths of prog.
rcss any faster than they have been
going In the past, and that as re-
suit the combined editorial efforts OF
Mr. Roosevelt and the administration
efforts of Mr. Taft, will avail nothing
to get the party to move fast enough
to satisfy the peOple--ergu the next
national administration is bound tG
| be Democratic.
Theodore Roosevelt is recognized as
being the man who was practically re-
sponsble for making William II. Taft
a candidate for the nomination for the
| presidency, II Is no secret, and Mr..
Taft does not deny il himself that he
did not care to enter the campaign for
! the nomination His chief ambition
was to have a seat on the bench of
the supreme court of the United
! States. If he had not been urged to
enter the field as candidate for the
! presidency he probably would be on
the supreme bench to-day. He yield.
ed unquestionably to the persuasions
of his friend, who then was president
and became an active candidate.
Roosevelt's Probable Action.
Now. when II Is considered that for
years Theodore Roosevelt leaned on
his secretary of war, Mr. Taft, as he
leaned on no other member of his
| To-, ,,,I L.,
constantly alluded to the great work
which his war secretary was doing,
IL can be readily understood why it Is
that the colonel's friends do not think
that he will become hastily an ad.
verse critic of the man In whom for
SO long q time he had placed his con.
fidence II may be that Col. Roose-
welt is disappointed because his party
already has not carried out every
pledge that was made in the national
platform It may possibly be that he
is disappointed in President Taft, but
even If this is so his friends In Wash.
ington say he is going TO keep his
own counsel for a long time yet to
come.
Investigations interest.
The interest in Washington actu,
, ally seems to be sharper today
in the Investigations under con
eressional supervision which are 60
ing on, than in any legislation which
Is pending before the lawmakers
The Democrats say that the Republi.
cans are busy investigating them
selves, but nOnpartisan fairness would
make It appear that the Democrats
are right only in part.
= Here rs Il list of the investigations
, and inquiries. for inquiry is a better
word to- apply in some cases, which
= are now under way or in present pros
pect:
Relating TO the official conduct oi
: Richard A. Rallinger. secretary of the
= interior, and Clifford Pinchot, former
= United States forester.
. As to the cost of living.
An inquiry into the business meth
ods of the various departments Of tn,
y government with the view of discover
. ing, it possible. why it costs so mucl
to run the federal machine.
An inquiry into the monetary sys
y tens Of other countries preliminar!
II to the introduction OF legislation es
y tablishing "A sound currency system
II in the United States.
I" An investigation with reference +
. immigration.
f" " a study OF waterways at home an
=. abroad.
~ An inquiry to determine whethe
, the maximum rates OF the new tarii
~ law shall be applied to any nation.
70 Are Somewhat Costly.
n Some of the members of congres
y have said that the expenses of tn
several committees and commission
20 will amount TO pretty close to mi
nj lion and half dollars. a study {
IS the paragraphs setting forth the il
~ vestigations which are being conduc
re ed will show that the Democrat
il. statement that the Republicans al
re- investigating themselves has perhaT
S hearing i'm real truth on only the II