The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1912-09-26
BoRAH's POLITICS AND
PROSPECTS,

oOoAnPS POLtTICS AND
PROSPECTS.
Lewiston Daily Tribune: Consider
Ing that Senator Borah is between
two fires, that he Is upon the horns
of a dilemma and must steer his
course between Scylla and Charybdis,
ETC., ETC., 1t must be admitted that
he has made the best of the embar-
RAISING situation and taken an atti-
tude that Is logical, sensible and force
ful. Unfortunately. that is not all that
10 required Of the man In politics. H
must also serve the party, even at the
cost of other considerations. We say
he must" adviseday. He must do so
for good reasons and for others not
so good. The party" u not composed
OF men all OF one mind. Of one inter-
est, OF one quality, but they are all
agreed on the one point only, that of
holding together great masses of peo-
pie along general lines OF policy, but
In which each must sacrifice or sub
ordinate something In order to en-
able the whole to be leavened. At
this juncture, however, there is so
much disagreement on general lines
that the party" Is well nigh dis
rupted and alienated from the popu-
lar sympathies. Those charged with
managerial duties, or who are thick
and thin party men, are therefore
more concerned than ever to procure
certain party regularity, at least
from those who seek and who receive
party preferment Therefore Senator
Borah still has a rocky road to travel,
from party standpoint, however
much his pleasing, clear-cut and res
olute declaration of purpose and of
plan may appeal to the general pub
lie. The attitude of Senator Borah
towards his party, or of his party to-
wards him, Is not, broadly speaking,
any of the Tribune's business, but his
attitude towards the state, and the
states towards him. is. Senator Borah
has served the state creditably and
well. He has brought honor upon
himself and upon his constituency In
the national senate. He has been in
dustrious, painstaking, loyal and sym.
pathetic concerning matters of policy
and of individual interest on the part
of the states citizenry as affected at
Washington. The state has had a
great asset and tower OF strength in
Senator Borah In the national coun-
sells. His removal from the sphere
where he has been SO useful and so
distinguished would be distinct loss,
and yet such loss is by no means an
improbabnity. The party rupture
does not explain all the jeopardy in
which Senator Borah Is placed Local
factionalisms, animosities over sump-
tuary questions, county division align
ments and similar contentious are
entering into the legislative situation
very extensively this year, and in
which the states representation at
Washington plays little or no part
OF course, If the state goes demo
cratic. or if the legislature Is demo
cratic, democrat will logically be
elected to the senate. But IL Sena-
tor Borah is simply jockeyed out of
the election over mere inter-party
quibbling and quarreling, and some
weak or unknown politician given the
position now filled with such signal
ability and success. the states pres
tige win suffer an eclipse that wild do
little credit to its politics or its dis
erection. The Tribune has not infre-
quently criticised and condemned spe-
cific acts and alignments of Senator
Borah, as 1t has of other public men
whether OF its own party or of some
other party. but that does not alter
the fact that Mr.. Borah's record In
Its entirety measures up to the best
OF them for one term of service, that
he has given the state the best there
was in him, that he has won his hon
ors in the open field by his own per-
sonal merit. and that he has done
nothing to require his forfeiture of
the confidence and support of the
people of the state. We believe the
public at large feels that way, too,
and that 1t will regret and resent any
politics that seeks to sacrifice him
on question of discipline that. from
the larger standpoint, should be far
more honored in the breach than in
the observance.