The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-22
CURIOUS MIXTURE
IN GEM STATE
Idaho Politics Show an Odd
Situation.
THE B0RAH-G00DING DEAL
SENAToRsHIP TO BE DELIVERED
TWO YEARS HENCE.
{ BORAH-GOODING DEAL
(sneciaI Corresnondencel

II tion in Idaho is one Of curiousiy
mixed doubt and confidence, Ella
ton and depression. There are Repub-
lIcans who say their ticket viii surely
be defeated; Democrats may be found
who declare the Lewiston nominees viii
/ he beaten by. a majority such as Idaho
has never given. The effect upon the
mind OF the onIooker is about the same
rs repeated exposures on highly sen
sitized plate. The first exposure leaves
a sharp picture, the. second q. tumble &c
two pictures. the third and succeeding
q pOsures only cause darkness
The Republicans of Idaho made the
singular mistake of endorsing their
state administration and refusing to
Tenominate the man who is chiefly re-
sponsibie for whatever of good or bad
may be found in it The friends Of
Governor Morrison say this was ac-
oomplished by treachery; the friends
OF Mr.. GoOding who defeated Cover
nor Morrison for the nomination. say
the sooner the executive discovers that
Tolitics is war. and consequently, he'll.
the better of he viii be.
There is in Idaho a young man who
came here eleven years ago from IlH-
uOis with his mind set on a United
States senatOrship. For eleven years
shis young man has been steering the
ship that bears his personal and pc
lItical fortunes by the compass Of his
senatorial ambition Never has he TAX
en- an important step without first con-
sidering its effect upon his prospect for
the tOga, Waking he has planned for
It, sleeping he has dreamed Of il. This
man is ". E. Borah Of Boise
Mr. Rorah il man Of aEf0CRfhpT
pleasing personality He greets you
with friendiiness, but without ELUSIVE
ness. His keen blue eyes are alight
With good huuaor. but there are lines
an his snOoth-shaven face that tell Of
determination with a capital ID" It
Is easy to understand his pertinacity
nom a single glance at him. If ever
the stick-tO- quality was writ large
in human cOuntenance il is written
. in the cOuntenance of Mr.. Borah-
Two years ago this young man from
Illinois had the senatOrship at his I'm
Sers' ends. But he made the mistake
Of his life. An agreement had been
made between Mr.. BOrah and Mr. Hey
Turn, his closest competitor, to wage
their battle for the senatorship on the
floor Of the legislative joint sessions.
II that plan had been adhered TO Bo-
Tah and not Hepburn would have been
In an ill-advised moment Borah agreed
TO Caucus he thought he had the
votes. Hepburn knew he (HeybUrn)
rad them. Borah lost, but he regard
ed. and still regards, ethat defeat as
only a temporary setback Never for
a moment has ne been discouraged.
never has he deviated for a moment
from the hairline course his ambition
has marked out.
BOrah and Morrison were friends two
years ago, close. warm personal
friends. AT Moscow a few days ago
the influence of Borah defeated Nor
rison for denomination. Morrison, IN
the language Of the ring, is down and
out" This because he was suspected
Of playing fast and loose with BOran.
And yet there Is abundant testimony to
the effect that Morrison is more sinned
against than SHINING.
From a source close to the governor
comes the story that Morrison, whom
BOrah had caused TO be nominated for
governor. was with Bora1, to the limit
Of his ability and his influence, in the
senatorial fight. It is said that there
was an agreement between the men
that Porah should take no important
step without consulting Morrison. Yet
the first intimation of the caucus
agreement reached Morrison from an
outside source Whether Morrison
would have been able 10 win over
enough votes on the floor of the joint
assembly 10 elect Borah is a question
that viii never be determined now
In any event the Morrison influence
wiz never again be for BOTah.
And now we come to the Moscow COIL
vention. Governor Morrison went to
that convention fully convinced that ac-
ton on the nomination for governor
would be purely pro forma- He expect
ed TO win without the semblance Of a
struggle. Practically up to the moment
the roll was called for vote OF the
counties on the noInmatiOn he thought
the prize was his. Then county after
county. thanks to the B0Tah influence,
voted solidly against him. The dele
SateS from the southeastern part OF the
state. known as the MoTmOnS, lined up
almost TO man for Cooling Governor
Morrison received about one-thiTd OF
the total number of votes cast
He could not understand it. He can
not now understand it But those who
are familiar with Borah's grip on the
Republican party in the state do under
stand 1t. There is a report, aud Mr..
Borah viii not explicitly deny 1t. that
a written agreement exists between
Borah and Gooding by the terms OF
which Gooding is 10 deliver the senat-
orship, If he can. to B0rah two years
hence. The order is d large one tied
hard and fast 10 his nominee for gov
ernor-
Note now Air- Borah's clever evasion
Asked if there was any truth in the
report that the written agreement be-
tween Mr. GOOding and himself Was IN
existence, Mr.. BOrah replied:
Il don't care to say anything about
the senatorial election now-that is two
years off-farther than this; There is
nothing between Mr. GOoding and my
self which viii embarass either Mr.
GO0ding as governor or his administra-
ton. / Want it distinctly understood
that the report that the state patronage
entered into the deal at Moscow IS
wholly without foundation. Mr. Good
ing VIII be perfectly free TO make his
administration a successful one in
every sense, wholly disembarrassed by
any pledges or promises TO me or my
friends. I VIII say farther that those
who had charge OF Mr.. GOoding's cam
paign At Moscow did not put him q
single pladge or promise as 10 any ap-
pOintment or any particular course lie
is bound alone by the declarations of
his partys platform and his own jUdg
lnent as 10 what viii be best for the
state"
Ii is apparent from this that, IN the
gentle art Of evasion, Mr. Borah does
not stand in need of guardian.
Governor McFFisoa-sssss he Is going
70 support the MOSCOW ticket He
could hardly say less IL he expects to
Continue in politics II: Idaho. But Nor