The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-05-30
Especial Correspondence


Washington, D. C.-The following
editorial comment of the Washington
Star on the recent prediction made b,
Col Harvey, of Harper's Weekly
that Senator Borah will be the Re
publican nominee for president il
1916, will be of interest to Idaho
readers.
"Col George Harvey has agar
taken the field as a prophet. Having
predicted the nomination and election
of Woodrow Wilson to the presiden-
cy, he now predicts the nomination
of Senator Borah as the republican
candidate in 1916
"Col. Harvey's prophecy In the case
considered in connection with the cir
cumstances of its fulfillment. At the
time it was made both COL Harvey
and Mr. Wilson were anti-Bryanites
and from their point of view the dem
ocracy's only hope was in the squelch-
ing of Mr. Bryan Mr.. Wilson ex-
pressed a wish that he might be
knocked into cooked hat.
"Col. Harvey thought the time was
approaching when that could
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fancied he saw evidence of
the waning of Organism, and a de-
termination on the part of democracy,
freed from that influence, to return to
the old, the Cleveland, order.
"Under the spell of such conviction
he took look around and picked Mr..
Wilson, then an educator, for the re-
stored democracy's new leader A
his attitude towards Mr.. Bryan, Mr..
his attitude to wards Mr. Bryan, Mr..
Wilson, in Col Harvey's judgment,
was the man for the coming emergen-
cy.
"But, behold! Organism did not
wane. 1t waxed, and grew strong.
Some of its old opponents went over
to it, and among the number was
Woodrow Wilson. He changed his
opinion completely about Mr.. Bryan,
and hailed him now as the one man
who had for years seen the country's
real needs and steered democrats on
the right course.
Itch rest is recent history. Eigh-
teen months ago Col. Harvey and Mr.
Wilson parted company. Six months
later Mr.. Bryan nominated Mr. Will
son for president, and today is the
premier of Mr. Wilson's cabinet, while
Col. Harvey, unchanged as to Bryan
ism, continues in private life and in
his old path.
9Th basis of Col. Harvey's predic-
ton as to Senator Borah is not given
The republicans, as were hrdl rdl
The republicans now, as were the
democrats few years ago, are divid-
ed. and faction feeling is high. Mr..
Borah is progressive republican, and
has just entered on a new term in the
senate. He is young, eloquent, able
and aggressive. Last year he con-
fined his activities to his own state.
where the republican factions were at
daggers drawn.
Maybe Col. Harvey will in time
go into particulars. AS a prophet he
has a record and that record shows a
winning even after all the conditions
upon which the prophecy was based
had been completely reversed.
Senator Brady and Congressman
Smith after comforting with the Of
ficials of the department of agricul-
ture and the railroads succeeded in
getting one-half transportation rate
on the models which were sent out
from the department of agriculture by
express last week to Boise for exhibit
ton purposes during the Intermoun-
tian Good Roads Convention to be
held at Boise on June 10, II and IL.
The models are of the latest pat
tern and the convention is very fortu-
nate indeed in being able to secure
them, as they will demonstrate in a