A NEW ROOSEVELT SENSATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 918, 10 September 1910, Page 5

A NEW ROOSEVELT SENSATION.

SENATOR LEFT IN THE COLD. WILL NOT DINE AT SAME TABLE WITH BRIBER-GIVERS. RETURN TO PUBLIC LIFE. By Telesfraph-Press Association-OoDyriest. (Kec. September-9, 8.40 p.m.) !•■ London, September .9. The political situation in the United grows increasingly; ..interesting. Mr. Roosevelt ha-s sprung another sen-sation-on the. country by refusing to sit at a, banquet with Senator Lorimer, an piinois Republican, who is alleged to have obtained his:seat.in .the Senate by.bribery. '.'•''• -V/.V.; .At Mr,. : . Roosevelt's instance the managers of the; banquet, sent; a telegram cancelling Mr. Lorimer's invitation.. ~ -Mr. Roosevelt now admits the possibility of his :return to. public life, anif has warned corrupt corporations and; politicians not to support him. , :,A significant decision .is..reported from. St.-Paul, wliore' tie. .Conservation ■■■ Congress has adopted Mr. Roosevelt's conservation policy and rejected MrrTaft's:: -, ; ..'•'':. .-. -.:;■:

. ; Of all Mr. Roosevelt's policies, his conservation policy was one of the.few that, ever - emerged from the propaganda stage. Its success .was due.partly; to the fact ■■that;the need for forests and the advantages of irrigation: are niore. obvious and less contentious than -most.' of his • reform proposals.:. Also, Mr . :: Roosevelt;was able to clotho'both the Forestry' Service and the, Reokmatioh'Service with, considerable authority, without Tesouice .to a:hostile..Cooigress. .used his; executive; power-in a fearless?. some would say revolutionary, way. .-:'- '' : Mr. Taft, the kwyef-president, introduced a change of method, and' desired only to proceed with authority froin tho Legislature. He .appointed Mr.:Ballingei' to he Secretary-ol the Interior in' succession . to Mr;■ Garfield.'of : the.Roosevelt Administration. '• Mr., Garfield had; with;.drawn three'million acres of public land. morder;to, conserve, water-power sitesin .the West. .Mr. Ballingei ■ reversed - his withdrawal and, withdrew.. which he claims will he just as effee-' five as Mr. Garfield's 3,000,000. acres. ■<■ -.: Then came a, clash between Mr. 'Ballinger and' Mr. Pinohot,'who had retained his place as Forester", under the new Administration. . Mr. Pinchot - tried ■ to stretch the law .in-favour, of what he believed ;to be a- necessity. :IIY, Bal. linger opposed him,.: and Mr. Ballin?er; ■hacked by the President; "won out." Mr. Pinchot'finally: made!.; a '■'■ number : of charges: against Mr.'' .Balinger; allegirg that he had .improperly disposed'of cerr tain.lands, and' these: charges, -the cable informed' us yesterday, '• have heen'.; supported . by"'. the - Congressional Committee of-. Inquiry:.and the retirement '-of.-'.-Mi.'.-BaUihgeT. from his position urged., That is ..to say, the Roosevelt official has been -found.- in; the right, and''Mi 1 .■ Taft's /appointee in the. wrong. :;,•';, /'■''. ■';',•."'.