The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-10-31
HE CALLS DUBOIS DOWN
Borah in Boise Speech Replies to the
Criticisms Of Senator Dubois - Audience
Kisses the Senator--FeelinS very Tense.

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Criticisms Of Senator Dubois - Audience
Kisses the Senator-Feelins very Tense.
Before an audience that packed every
inch OF Bosses largest theater, w. f.
Borah Wednesday night delivered wha,
many consider the most eloquent and
forceiul speech in his long list of brilliant
platform achievement. While he devoted
considerable time to rational and state
issues. he took occasion to reply to the
address recently delivered here by Sena.
tor Dubois, in which the latter accused
Borah of moral cowardice and challenged
him to repeat in Boise speech he had
delivered in Haley. Dubois at the time
was angry because of a report that at
HALEY Borah had referred to the peni.
tentiary scandal and to Dr. Dubois, the
senators brother, who was recently held
for trial in connection with the Kensler
abortion case. Mr.. Borah denied that he
had made such reference and challenged
any one to disprove his statement. He
then inveighed forcefully upon the
action Of Dubois "in dragging his brother
and the latter's family into public view
in connection With such repulsive case
to crafty desire to attack me per.
sonally"
Continuing, Mr.. Borah said he had at
no time, directly or indirectly, openl. or
by innuendo, referred to the penitentiary
scandals, except to say that Governor
Hunt had given further evidence of his
penchant for making use of any and all
occurrences to advance his personal am.
bitions by finding exWarden Aaney not
guilty and then demanding his resigna-
ton, sending him out under cloud.
On the question of moral cowardice he
asked his audience to Judge him by his
conduct. He referred to statement
made by Dubois at Grangeville and else.
where that president Roosevelt had
taken advantage of water blister on his
knee to drop his fight against the trusts. !"
And also to the senator's attacks in con.
gress on General Wheaton and others
"Who braved the rude shock of war and
fought their way to everlasting fame ON
the battlefield" Continuing, the speak.
er said.
"If Senator Dubois should ever care to
retract his words applied to me. would
prefer that he do not. Rather than en-.
joy his good opinion do prefer the dis
tinction of being c'assed in the list Of
men he characterizes as moral towards,
the greathearted, conservative, civic
patriot Theodore Roosevelt. and o. Of
the greatest of our volunteer soldiers,
General Wheaton.
He.criticized Dubois for, - . Vujted
States senator, 20 far forgetting his POSI-
tion and the fair. name of the state he
represents to make the allusion to the
chief executive referred to. "And." he.
said, at time when Roosevelt was bat
Ting against one of the most vicious of
all our trusts, the coal trust; since which
time he has won for union labor the
greatest victory and the highest recogni-
ton that has ever come to it,"
In referring TO the Hunt administration
he said he did not propose to charge cor.
ruption, but merely total incompeteucy
and absolute lack Of business capacity, to
prove which he read from the public
records from the office Of State Auditor
Jones. His speech was practical repeti-
tion of his HALEY speech. He was
loudly cheered. and although his remarks
concerning Dubois were dignified and,
though emphatic, devoid Of passion. the
audience was worked up to such . tension
that M ntion Of Dubois name was
greeted several times with misses here
and there over the house.