The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-07-03
SENATOR BORAH TO BE SPOKES.
MAN FOR TAFT ADMINS
TRATION.

William e. Borah of Idaho will b
spokesman for the Taft administra
ton in the United States senate. HI
will succeed Senator Lodge of Mass
achusetts, who has been the recog
nized "mouthpiece Of President
Roosevelt for the past seven years
In his new role, Senator Borah will
spring to the front, and will, from
and after March 4, 1909, be a con-
spicuous figure in the leading debates
and especially where national affairs
are involved and administration poll
cies are at stake,
There is no member of the senate
closer to Taft than Borah; and among
Taft's numerous friends in the senate
there is none more able to espouse
the cause of the administration than
the young senator from Idaho, who,
at the beginning of the Taft admins
tration will not yet have completed
the first half of his term. There may
be other senators as close to the
new president as the junior senator
from Idaho, but 1t so happens that,
Dolliver alone excepted, none of these
intimate friends have the peculiar
adaptability for the work cut out for
Borah. To be the recognized repre-
sentative of the administration in the
senate man must not only be able
to speak, but he must be able to an
alyze issues. present his facts logi-
cally, and by the very forcefulness
of his address, carry conviction as to
the propriety of the attitude Of those
he is defending. He must be a man
Of nerve and possessed of a cool head
and must be able to grasp the poll
cal significance of each and every
move of his adversaries, and withal,
he must be able to so represent the
administration as to avoid giving Of
'ense to Republican colleagues not so
in sympathy with the
powers that be.
Between Taft and Borah very
strong and very close friendship ex-
SITS; not spasmodic growth, but the
'esult of constant association, enabl-
ng each to gain an insight into the
rue character and manliness of the
,ther. No man entertains higher
egard for Taft than Borah, and it
nay be said conversely, that Borah
as no greater admirer than the COM
ng president. During the past win
err, Borah and Taft have been in
onsultation many many times. They
ave- conferred over subjects person.
l. political, national and local. Be-
Ween them Is perfect understand
lg. Because of his admiration for
nd confidence in the secretary of
ar, Senator Borah openly declared
/ favor of the nomination of Taft.
nd from the day his mind was made
p, he worked necessarily to assist
bringing about the great achieve
ent at Chicago. In advocating Taft,
orah did not work altogether un-
He was very close to the
'esident, and listed among his
listed friends. He was therefore
sought, in season and out, by the
isguided friends of the president, to
In the third term movement But
himself knew that Roosevelt was
ncere. so he waived aside the third )
rmers,' and stood Loyalty by Taft
That Senator Borah is already on
e inside is evidenced by the fact
at ne was repeatedly called in con-
ltation over the platform before it a
Is submitted to the convention at y
icago, and though he modestly puts
lde any credit for the document on '
Itch Taft will make his campaign,
friends believe that his views are :
rly reflected in many sections of =
1t state paper. When the conven- d
n assembled. Borah was in con- .
mt touch with the Taft leaders, "
d was one of the trusted men con- -
ntly on guard against the cal -
8 and against the threatened VI
osevelt stampede. "
There is no doubt but what Sena- ~
Borah chose the phych illogical -
ment for coming to the senate. He "
y not have seen far into the flu 4
e when he made his successful ~
e for senator: but opportunity g.
talnly came his way after he
ded in Washington, Yet his i'm ~
ding honors will not come to him W.
his own request; for he would ~
er ask to- represent the admins.
lion in the senate. He will be We
sen by the new president because
ong the number, he best fills the
uirements, and because he is tic
In whom Mr.. Taft has implicit ca ca