The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
Senator w. E. BOrah.

1t is seldom that one attains this high position at
such an opportune time as Mr.. Borah. He is un-
ususally endowed naturally His mental equipment
is remarkably fine. Few given ability
to commence with. In addition he is student and
has added constantly to his natural gifts by consistent
mental labor. He is young in years, in vigorous
health and possessed of most pleasing personality
great battle is in progress between the forces
for good and evil The peoples rights have been
encroached upon, in many cases taken away from
them, and used by unscrupulous persons and power
full agencies for their own enrichment and against
the betterment and uplifting of the people
There are reformers all over the land fighting to
restore to the people their lost rights and advan-
tages. These reformers are called by various
and belong to various organizations. Among those
conspicuous are President Roosevelt VIM. J. Bryan,
Senators La Toilette and Til1man, Governors John
son, Hany, Folk and Hughes and Mayor Tom John
son, Tom Watson and VIM. R. Hearst
1t would be easy to add to the list. One may not
be able to agree with any of these in all he
stands for 1t should not be difficult for the great
majority to agree with every one of them on the
chief thing he stands for the restoration to the
people of their rights under the Constitution and
the determination that every individual should be
given an even show" Those who have grown
mousy rich and powerful through special privileges
of the people, resist each and every and all effort
to restore to the people, by legal enactment, that
which rightfu11y and morally belongs to them.
The contest is a simple one. The reformers
for the people, those opposed to the reformers, the
stand -patters," are not
Senator Borahs instincts all with the people.
He is natural reformer. He quit the Republican
party of Mark Hanna to follow Mr. Bryan. He
approved of the Democratic platforms of 1896 and
1900 and approves of them yet, and also of Mr..
Bryan.
He returned to the Republican party, but carried
his convictions along with him. In two years after
his return, l. e., in 1902 he wrote his convictions
into the State platform and kept them there and
his party won the State 1t radical tariff re-
form plank in that 1902 platform. Mr.. Borah was
the unmsakable choice of his party at that election
for United States Senator, but the Mormons de-
feated him in the Legislature The Mormons didn't
like Judge Hepburn, but they feared Borah. The
Mormons don't like Senator Hepburn now nor do
they like Borah They nominated and elected Borah
Senator at the last election, not because they liked
him, but because they feared him. The Mormons be-
lieved that unless they nominated Borah and gave
him their united support the Democratic party would
carry the State-anything preferable to that SO
far as they concerned.
Senator Borah knows this is plain statement of
fact Everybody in Idaho knows it IS Borah's I'M
pulses instincts, are all against the Mormon power
in Idaho, the same they are with the retormers.
He comes upon the scene of action at washington
and in Idaho wonderfully we'll equipped to be a
great power for good. He has exceptional advan-
ages He is absolutely under no obligations to the
Mormon hierarchy as that polygamous outfit
ook him because they couldn't get away from it.