New-York tribune., 1910-06-23
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! from The Tribune Bureau.J
Washington, June 22-
| TAFT AND ROOSEVELT.-''No man In
the country. not excepting President Iaft
| himself is more delighted with the success
of the Taft administration than ex-Presl-
! dent Roosevelt. Mr.. Roosevelt s record mas
been an open book for all men to read, ana
In the light of that record no man can I'M
pugn the character of his Republ1can1sm or
find the slightest ground for suspecting him
of sympathizing with the insurgents-that
| is, the type of insurgents of which Cum
Minis and La Toilette and Dolliver are the
leading examples No man knows better
the difficulties of the situation with which
President Taft has had to deal, and, there
| fore, no man better understands the full
measure of the triumph which has crowned
Mr.. Taft's efforts" This statement, made
by one who Is close friend of both states
men and has had an opportunity TO talk
| long and intimately with the eI-President
since his return from abroad is merely
| concrete expression of the news which has
reached Washington from several sources,
and it is borne out by the extremely friend
| " communications which have passed be-
tween President Taft and his predecessor,
but regarding which nothing further may
be said. That this is the attitude of Mr..
Roosevelt toward Mr.. Taft and his admin
istratton will not prove the occasion of any
surprise to those who have really known
the former President, although it may be
to many who have merely assumed that
they knew him, or have been rnisled by
those who have enjoyed every opportunity
of knowing him. but have not profted
thereby. Even the promoters of the re
turn from EIba" movement realized the
necessity of a hasty and premature launch
ing of their misguided scheme in order that
it might not receive its ouietus before 1t
was really launched, as it unquestionably
would have done had Mr.. Roosevelt been
on the ground, and now that he has re-
turned 1t requires no political prescience
to foresee that it is destined never to
amount to more than "a schoolboy's dream,
the wonder of an hour
DELIGHT IN LEADERSHIP. The
pleasure experienced at the White House
and by the Presidents closest friends is
quite equa1led at the Capitol, where it is
felt that the party has real leader, and
that under the leadership Of President Taft
victory at the fall elections is assured In
what may be termed the transition period
when the party was getting used to the
change from the leadership of President
Roosevelt to that of President Taft, there
have been times when some. at least, have
felt they lacked a leader. The gentle meth
DDS of the occupant of the White House
seemed tame after the exciting days of the
recent past. and there unquestionably was
some misgiving as to the effectiveness of
the new order. But all that is changed
Time has demonstrated that the new lead
c,iD
only difference is one of method, that the
highest and most progressive ideals of the
Republican party have as able and as pro-
gressfve an exponent in the White House
to-day as they ever had. and that all talk
of the party's relapsing into the hands of
the reactionaries has been as baseless and
as evanescent as the fulmina tions of an in
surgent. That the country has been quick
er TO recognize the facts than Washington
is amply demonstrated by the cordial in
dorsements which the Taft administration
is receiving from the state conventions |
notably Minnesota and Pennsylvania the
one as progressive as the other is con-
servative- The present House will appeal |
for reelection a record never before
equalled for legislative achievement and |
with confidence horn of a knowledge of |
work we'll done. In a word the future |
never looked brighter to all except the
Democrats and a few irreconcilable in
surgents.
DOLLIVER'S SAD PLIGHT-There is one
man in the Senate who enjoys the Sincere |
Of most Of his colleagues. That
Is Senator Dolliver. Only a few years |
ago the heir apparent to the leadership of |
the regular Republicans Of his state he |
led and won the campaign for the re- |
election to the Senate of Iowa's grand |
old man, thereby winning the unqualified |
loyalty Of every friend of Senator Allison. |
Then came the death Of Mr. Allison, and
fearing that the Cummins forces would be
IN majority Mr.. Dolliver hastened to |
align himself with Mr.. Cummins and be-
come me too Senator, only to find
himself to-day lieutenant in a losing
cause, whereas he might have been first |