The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-05

work that if he (Borah) made the trial
and failed t. ride the car the proSecu-
| TONS case would inevitably go to
pieces, and that BOran could not afford
to take the risk. Borah. nevertheless
was not to be dissuade1. He went TO
Burke and there gathered the same
crew that took the train down on which
COrcOran rode. With two or three re-
liable men as witnesses he told the en-
gineer to travel as rapidly as he ever
Travelled before-more rapidly, II pos
sible. The engineer was willing.
Then Borah sat down or top of the
car and folded his arms The ride was
q nerVe-ra cking one. Tine and again
he seemed in imminent danger of being
| thrown to the ground but he stuck to
his work Next day he took the wit
ness stand and told of his trip. The
men who had accompanied him cor
roborated his testimony-and CorcOran
was sent to prison for a long term of
years. Borah and Hawley are today
counsel for the prosecution in the
Meyer Haywood Pettibone cases for
the assassination of Frank Steunen-
berg, former governor of Idaho. So it
will be seen that the prosecuting au-
! thorities have confidence in him.
| OF Mr.. BOrah'S legal attachments the
writer does not profess to speak. He
may be a lawyer of the first-class and
| he may not be, but he is beyond ques-
| ton the most eloquent speaker in the
state of Idaho. On any questiOn-On
any side Of any question-Borah can
speak entertainingly, conVincingly, and
he doesn't need a moments time for
preparation He supported William
! Jennings BRYAN in 1895 and stumped
Idaho for him. In 1900 he Topped back
| to the Republican party and has re-
manned there ever since. Only few
years ago Borah was heart and soul
| against convention nominations of
United States senatorial candidates
Last week at the Pocatello convention
he made a brilliant argument in favor
| of the plan.
inconsistent but Magnetic.
His record is full of Inconsistencies,
but so great is the power of his per-
sonal magnetism that he can always
command the support of hundreds of
friends. 1t mas been said that Mr..
Borah does not make warm friends
Here is his most recent record: In
1902 he supported John T. Morrison for
| the Republican gubernatorial nomina-
ton and won out with him. After Nor
rison became governor he and BOrah
became unfriendly 1t was said that
| Morrison refused to appoint BorahS
| friends to office and that he refused to
aid Borah in his senatorial fight.
! In any event. when the Republican
| convention of 1904 met at Moscow, Bo
rah went into it as Morrison's avoWed
enemy. With Frank r.. Gooding he de-
feated Morrison for a denomination.
1t is an open secret In Idaho that Gov
| ernor Goodin and Borah have been
| unfriendly; for months. The two men
certainly do not like each other, but
each is afraid of the other. Assuredly
| if Rorah could have controlled the Po-
catello convention according to his
hearts desire Gooding would not have
| been renOminated. And If GOOdinS
could have, controlled the convention
absolutely no declaration for Borah for
| United States senator would have been
made.
The exact situation was this: A
great many of Borafl's friends were
| also friends of Gooding. and many of
| GoOding's friends were also friends Of
Borah The two leaders were naturally
forced into a combination through cir
cumstances over which they had no
control 1t has been suggested that
even if the next Republican legislature
is Republican Borah will have to fight
to win. 1t is not possible to believe in
the accuracy of this report Gooding
will not dare to oppose him; neither
will State Chairman Brady, and the
three together can do whatever they
like with the Republicans of Idaho. To
get back to Borah.
| The senatorial candidate is, as have
endeayored to make. clear, a man of
great personal magnetism. He be-
Iieves in Keeping close to the common
people. At the convention the other
day when Senator Hepburn was sweat
ing in a statesmaniy Prince Albert,
Borah was cool and comfortable in a
wrinkIed sack coat baggy trousers,
soft-bosomed shirt and a broad yellow
hat | believe he Wore low tan shoes,
too. but of that l won't be certain.
But when he talked we forgot about
his clothes and everything else about
him except his fine voice and his har-
monious gestures, for Borah belongs to
the type of orators that are born. No
school could hammer them out. His
five-minute talk accepting the nomina-
ton was a little masterpiece in its way.
He said:
Speech of Acceptance.
MIR. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention: shall not be. able at this
time to make known TO you my appre-
citation OF the high honor you have con-
ferred upon me-, nor fully tell of the
deep and lasting obligation under
which, by your action, L have been
placed to the state and TO my party. [
hope in the future by both words and
deeds TO carry conviction to all that it