The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-04-16

That Senator Borah is one of the
most successful men who has been in
congress in years when it comes to
efficiency in getting through needful
legislation, is not questioned by even
ms strongest opponents, and his Idaho
friends are not his only admirers and
devoted adherents for he numbers them
by the scores among his colleagues and
throughout the east and entire nation.
Senator Borah is strong constitution
al lawyer he has world of general and
technical information stored away which
he calls up when needed and he has
the gift of speech and the effective
way of presenting his case that wins
attention and ready support Borah has
a faculty for making friends out of his
opponents even in heated debate. that
is unequalled by sny other man in the
senate, for he is absolutely fair in de-
bate and never loses his head and en-
cages in personalities further than a
casual passage at arms. To this is
attributable largely his popularity with
his colleagues and the public. and 1t Is
this quality, that especially marks him
as harmonZer of opposing elements at
this time. Current Opinion" the New
York magazine this month contains an
excellent picture of Idaho's senior sena-
| tor with the following article dealing
with him as public man and possible
| harmony candidate for the presidency
Senator Borah one Of the Presidential
Possibilities of 1916.
whenever people begin to talk about
harmony between republicans and pro-
gressives, they talk about William Ed
gar Borah, Senator from Idaho. He is
the hope of the thermometers, the one
bright star in their overcast armament
George w. Perkins angrily calls him q
straddler and asserts that he talks II
one tone of voice in the conservative
east and in another tone in the radica
west Well, most of our political lead
ers have been accused at one time o.
another of being straddlers. Jefferson
was, and Webster and Lincoln ant
Roosevelt Wilson will be- In fact
the woman suffragists are already call
ing him a dodger. The exigencies o
public life are many and man mus
often sacrifice one cause to anothe
he deems more important at the time
"Borah would not be the hope of tn
thermometers if he had not managed I
maintain a strong hold upon both sides
In that sense he Is a straddler. He ma
maintained his personal friendship 10
Doth Taft and Roosevelt. He has keT
,he confidence of progressives withou
breaking with the conservatives. II
overlaps their time of division. II
true. and is sometimes found votin
with one side on one question ana VIII
he other side on another question; bt
ne is equally outspoken in each cas-
He will fight for the direct election
senators one day and against the reca
of judges the next day, and instead
f making, thereby, two sets of enemie
: he will make two sets of friends.
= the promoters of harmony. said thu
I stanch progressive paper, the Philade
: phia North American, two months ag
1 fail with Senator Borah as the
A stalking horse. they may as we'll CIV
l., up" for he is 1.-The strongest seiecut
p hat could be made" and shows tn;
the conservatives "are ready to go Il
INIT in concessions" 1t goes on
add. MIR Borah is not only conspic'
A 1uslv able. but he has been for all pr
yressive legislation, altho retaining h
< standing as republican. Moreove
he would-be thermometers have $
II the would-be thermometers have s
lected the man who led in denunciati'