The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-15
RoosEvELr EoR rAFT.

Some of the disgruntled and disap-
pointed politicians who wish the Taft
administration all kinds of bad luck.
pretend to believe that the acceptance
by Colonel Roosevelt of an invitation
to deliver an address before the ma
tsonaI conservation congress means that
he will return to the United States and
take up the private ouarrels Of Clifford
Pinchot The dep0sed forester doubt
less made a pilgrimage to Europe fec
the purpose CT influencing Mr.. ROose-
Welt In his behalf. All parties are
agreed upon that point. Pinchot came.
saw and vamoosed again, and no state
ment has been given out by either party
regarding the nature Of the former for
ester'z plant or whether any salve was
applied 10 his wounds by Mr.. Roose-
welt. The fact that the ex-President
had accepted the invitation OF the con-
servation congress was the only real
news concerning the meeting that was
made public.
Theodore Roosevelt was a pioneer in
the movement for the conservation Of
our natural resources. He held con-
ferences with the governors Of the va
rious states or this most important
subject and used the executive author
ity TO the limit to safeguard the inter-
ests o. the whole people. He is a con-
servationist first, last and all the time
But 50 is President Taft, as the meas
ures now before Congress abundantly
testify. Why should it be supposed for
a single instant that Roosevelt is COM
ing home to engage In a quarrel with
Mr.. Taft upon question upon which
they hold the same views? The truth
is, nobody supposes any such thing,
the wish being merely father to the
III ,ught. A little coterie of m.en would
like 10 stir up trouble, and any peg is
good enough upon which to hang wild
and absurd assertions.
There's nothing in the story. Theo-
6ore Roosevelt is a lifelong Republican
and was elevated TO the highest office
in the gift Of the nation by that party.
seven years. he aided in the selection
and election of his closest political adj
wiser and personal friend. William
Howard Taft, also a Republican of the
true-blue variety. Mr.. Roosevelt ard
Mr.. Taft understand each other per-
feetly, and win work together for the
best interests of all in the future as
they have in times past, not only as
regards conservation, but in all other
matters as well. 1t is the confident ex-
pectation of leading Republicans in
Congress ana throughout the country
that when Mr.. Roosevelt arrives in the
United States he viii back up the ad-
ministration Of President Taft to the
full extent of his great ability, and in
that expectation they win not be dis
appointed
The investigation of the land office
and forestry bureau now in progress at
the national capital, viii have been con-
cluded before the arrival OF Mr.. Roose-
welt in New York. Owing to the poor
showing made by Pinchot, CLAWS and
Garfield and their thorough exposure
by the witnesses for Mr.. Ballinger, it
is a foregone conclusion that the secre-
tary Of the interior viii be fully and
completely exonerated. That Mr..
Roosevelt VIII accept the verdict of the
joint congressional committee cannot
be doubted. Furthermore, before his
return the administration conservation
measures viii be written into the law OF
the land if all the men elected to the
Senate and House as Republicans prove
true to the people who elected them
If the insurgents betray their trust,
they need not look TO Mr.. Roosevelt for
sympathy.