New-York tribune., 1910-02-01
fFrona The Tribune Bureau.

from The Tribune Bureau.
Washington. Jan. S1.-Evidences continue
to multiply that those enthusiastic supports
ers of the Roosevelt policies who feared
that they would suffer because President
Taft pursued different methods and sought
to achieve his ends by diplomacy rather
than on the field of battle were too hasty
in their judgment The Taft smile may
work little more slowly than the mailed
first or the big stick, but that lit gets
there lust the same" will doubtless be
amply demonstrated before the present ses-
sion of Congress adjourns. No one realized
better than President Roosevelt the fact
that Mr.. Taft could not successfully EN-
ploy the same methods as himself-and II
is equally certain that no one. has had
greater confidence than Mr.. Roosevelt that'
in his own way and utilizing his own melh-
DDS, President Taft would prove tower
Of strength. That Mr.. Roosevelt has lost
none of the confidence he has always re-
posed in the great capacity OF Mr.. Ia1t
IS clearly indicated by some recent COM
munications from the interior OF Africa
Mr.. Roosevelt is persistently refusing 10
give any consideration to American aHalTa'
but has written some words of warning 10
certain overZealous disciples OF MS own
which they would do well to heed
Gradually the turmoil and strife Whlch
characterized the first few weeks OF the
present session are giving way to q oe-
termination to attend to the serious ousl-
ness with which Congress has to DEAL anu
as the clouds clear away it becomes daily
more apparent that there is large unanlm-
ity of purpose to promote the success OF
the Taft legislative programme lhe
initial movement along this line was taken'
as was highly beftting, by the ONO oeIe-
CATION, which determined last week 10
postpone a tempting scrimmage to increase
the membership of the Committee on Ruies
until it could be engaged in without Jeop-
ardizing the success Of the legislative
measures in which President Taft is par
ticularlv interested Tomorrow the New
York delegation will hold caucus ana
the prospects are that it will pursue the
same course. The House leaders nave
come to believe that the safety Of the or
ganization depends on loyalty to the Ialt
programme, and the Senate leaders are de-
termined TO promote it in every proper
way. This does not mean, of course, that
some of the Presidents measures will not
meet with opposition, but the indications
are that the opposition will be dlsorsah-
lied and ineffective, while the organization
wholly responsive to the wishes of the
Chief Executive, will steadily exert
pressure which will insure the enactment
of all the more important laws which Mr..
Taft has recommended.
The Department of Justice, acting
through Solicitor General Bowers, and all
unconsciously no doubt, played good poll
tics in the Supreme Court Of the United
States to-day, when it concurred in the mo-
ton of counsel for the Chicago bankers
and of & Cleveland mercantile concern to
advance the hearing Of their suits against
the corporation tax SO that they might be
heard simultaneously with those Instituted
in New York and New England. Every
banker in Illinois, for instance, is deeply
interested in having the Chicago cases OBJ
tain an equal hearing and in having the
counsel for these cases receive the same
considerat ton as in the case Of the New
York plaintiffs. The courtesy of Solicitor
General Bowers will make for the popu-
Iarity Of the Taft administration in the
Middle West, where, perhaps, 1t needs
most strength, and even if their cases are
lost the Illinois bankers will have the salts
faction of knowing that they have had
their day in court There is little Hkelt-
hood that it ever occurred to the Attorney
General or the Solicitor General that their
courtesy might have beneficial political
effect but there IS no question that 1t will
do SO, and as loyal members of the admin
istration they will doubtless be gratifled
that even on as unlikely a site as the Su-
preme Court they have builded better than
they knew.
Anronos of poIitical sentiment in the