Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-19
h The Halls of Congress
BY TAV.
Special Washington Correspondence

Special Washington Correspondence.
 Political Washington accepts Walter We'll mans cable to the effect that President Roose- welt will positively refuse to take hand in the approaching congressional elections as solu- tion of the problem which has vexed so many minds: Will Roosevelt condemn or endorse the Taft administration?
 The democrats accept the eX-president $ pledge of non-nterference with satisfaction the standpatter faction of the republican party accept it with keen disappointment, and the pro- gressives are not displeased But the principal fact and the most important fact is that all par ties and factions of parties accept the Wellman story as having been inspired by Roosevelt himself
 The Wellman version of how Roosevelt in tends to 'get from under' an exceedingly diff icult load is accepted here because it looks mighty logical Should the ex-president come home and go on the stump for the progressives it would necessarily imply his dissatisfaction with the Taft administration. By disowning Mr. Taft, Roosevelt would admit that he enticed the American people into electing as president a man unfit for the office.
 On the other hand, should Colonel Roosevelt endorse the Taft administration, it would neces- sarily also be an endorsement of Aldrichism 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 alienate the affections and confidence of hundreds of thousands of Americans who have approved of his admins trations.
 In taking non-committal attitude, Roosevelt may be condemned by some, but on the whole it would appear to be the shrewdest move he could possibly make.
 Who will benefit by Roosevelt's announced policy? The democrats and progressives will undoubtedly reap many vote on account of it, and the standpatters realize the danger only too well.
 "The Taft administration has been so bad Roosevelt was afraid to endorse it,' is what you may expect to hear the democrats and pro gressive 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 republican, first, last and all the time. He would endorse the republican party with fervor under ordinary circumstances But the party is in the hands of such a wicked and unprinci- pied gang of politicians at the present time that Mr. Roosevelt would have to sacrifice his repu- tation to come to the aid of the Aldrichs and the Cannons. 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 MT. Roosevelt has not been so completely isolated from the United States of America that he has failed to keep in touch with the trend of things political.
 "President Roosevelt has deliberately as sumed 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 few addresses in America but these will be non po- litical." Wise, wise Mr. Roosevelt!