The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-07-18
BORAH FOR PRESIDENT
Washington Papers Predict That He
VIII BE Republican Nominee.
Especial Correspondence

Presidential Bee Headed for Senator
Borah," says the Washington Times of
July Sth. The article is as follows:
Politically speaking, they are keep
ing an eye on Senator William f.
Borah of Idaho about the senate, as
well as in Washington generally. Re
CARELESS of the fact that Senator
Borah has recently written letter to
Kansas politician to the effect that
he has not got the presidential bee
and intends to keep that perniCious in
sect pretty completely shooed away
from him, a good many Republicans,
not to mention Democrats and Bull
Moose hackers, regard Borah as a
good deal more than a possibility for
the Republican presidential nominal
tion in 1916.
Senator Borah indicated in his re-
cent letter that he did not want any
notions relatives to the presidency
coming between himself and the work
he is trying to do in the senate. In
this he is doubtless sincere. He has
seen enough of the ravages of the mic
robe as it has affected many public
men, so that he is under no illusions
about the desirability of it, STILL there
is no doubt that at this time numerous
Republicans in congress look on
Borah as extremely available for the
1916 nomination.
Must Nominate Progressive.
Even the most rampant of the old
guard politi> ians realize that if the
Republican party is going to make
any sort of showing in the 1916 fight,
a progressive must be nominated. 1t
is not probable that there will be in
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that sort of lind and obstinate insist
ence on the domination of a candidate
obnoxious to the progressive men in
the party, course which split the
Republican party and perhaps wreck
ed 1t for all time. The regulars will
be as ready rs anyone to accept the
nomination OF a man of the type of
Borah, Cummins, LaFollette, Kenyon,
Norris or Hadley.
"Of course, the lightning might fall
on any one OF number of progressive
Republicans in congress. But there
has for some time been more talk of
Borah than of any other. He would
command the support of both wings
of the Republican party and would do
it without effort.
Is Protective Tariff Man.
"Borah is protective tariff man,
though not believer in extreme high
duties. He favors moderate protec-
tive tariff, free from graft features
and devices that benefits interests. No
man at this distance can guess wheth-
err, in 1916, the country will turn to-
ward protection or whether it will
find the Democratic BILL with it's long
free list, beneficial or whether it will
demand radical steps in the direction
of free trade
SO much depends on the workings
of the new tariff law that intelligent
speculation can hardly be INDUCED in.
At best opinions on this point are
conjecture. Should the pendulum
swing in the direction of protection
the moderate protectionists of the
Borah type would be in a strong posi-
ton. Whatever happens, there will
not be, for years at least, any return
to the extreme duties of the Dingley
bill and the Payne bill.
Would Command Labor Vote.
Senator Borah would command a
large labor vote. The part he took in
the last congress as chairman of the
Education and Labor committee in
working for the department of labor
bill, the prominence he has had in
the West Virginia investigation, and
his generally friendly attitude toward
organized labor would insure this. He
has not been as progressive on tariff
as other progressive Republicans
largely because he has been embar-
raised by the fact that the demand for
high protection from Idaho is usually
strong.
But on the question of regulation
of railroads and of corporations, he
has taken advanced ground. In gem
eral, he is found voting for progress
sive measures in the senate. He has
achieved reputation to be coveted as
constitutional lawyer, and has one
OF the finest legal minds in congress.
One objection that would probably be
found to him would be that, as a man
from the Rocky Mountain country, he
was not as friendly to the Pinchot
conservation policies as the conserva-
tionists would like"
Senator Brady is keeping up the
fight to open up Yellowstone National
Park to automobile traffic. He has re-
ceived the following letter from Prof. |
Miller, who is at the head of the divi- |
sion of national parks in the interior
department, and which indicates that
favorable action may be taken in the |
matter:
Washington, d. c.. July 8, 1913. |
My Dear Senator:-I am in receipt
of your note of July 2, with Enclosures, |
and | am sending a note to Colonel |
Brett urging his cooperation with you |
in the matter of experimental tests of |
automobile traffic on a limited uor-
tion of the roads of the Yellowstone |
park, this summer, and asking him to |
transmit a plan of operation as early
as practicable. / am as anxious as
you are that a beginning shall be
made, but | am also anxious that we
snail not prejudice the success of the
enterprise by hasty action, but | be-
lleve the matter can be satisfactorily
arranged and safe-guarded. AS soon
as | hear from Colonel Brett | will