Arizona republican., 1914-03-12
SENATOR B0RAH AS A REF0RMER
He is Again Aligned With the Men Who Wrecked a Great Party and Mani fest No Repentance for That Act
(By Geo. B. Wilcox

United States Senator Wm. E. Borah, from Idaho, who attended the republican revival meetings at New York and Washington, D. C., a few weeks ago, at which the stand-pat and so-called progressive republi- cans confessed that the presidential nomination in 1912, had been stolen from Roosevelt, and the stolen goods had been accepted by Taft, has prov en himself miserable failure as a reformer, but a political acrobat with out peer.
 In 1912. prior to the nomination of Taft, Senator Borah was one of the most enthusiastic supporters of Roosevelt and his policies. He advo- cated the progressive axiom that "big business is not necessarily bad or criminal business; that government regulation of big business was ne cessary and practicable"
 At Columbus, Ohio, on February 26th. MT. Borah made a speech in which he made the false and mis- leading statement that, the pro- gressive party is in favor of regulat ing monopoly This statement, on the part of Mr. Borah, was not the result of ignorance, but was made with a deliberate attempt to deceive.
 In his campaign for reelection to the United States senate, MT. Borah gave his constituents to understand that he was a progressive, but chose to remain with the old party and as- sst at it's reformation from within" He succeeded in being re-elected but it seems that the reformation results are all on the other side. Barnes. Penrose and Root. ct al, are still doing business at the same old stand in the same old way, and MT. Borah has adopted the political tactics of his masters. the republican machine In the larger political arena, MT Borah is openly condemning the pro- gressive party platform. while the local stand-pat orators are busy tell ing the people that there is no mate rial difference in what the progress sive and republican parties stand for. After all their talk of reform. the people are not so easily deceived. The same political bosses who stole the nomination in 1912. are still in control of the republican machine, which is about all there is left of l that olds craft; and such men as Senator Borah: who know the con ditions; who know that the leaders of the party are dishonest. and who remain and work with the old ma chine just because they believe they l themselves stand better chance of personal political advancement than ! thev would with new party, are | more contemptible than their chosen associates, the political highbinders who committed the larceny of pre- sidential nomination.
 Ridpath. the great historian well says. Fond and childish credulity to
 suppose, that the thing to be reform
 ed could mend itself. that the abus- CTS would abolish the abuse. The history of the world has not yet pre-
 sented the example of an organiza l ton. grown sleek and fat and con scienceless by the destruction of hu- man freedom and the spoilation of mankind, that has had the virtue and honesty to make restitution, and re- turn to an exemplary life; nor will such a phenomenon ever be seen un' der the sun, whether the organiza- ton be religious, political or social
 that law is irreversible, by whicf Ephraim is joined to his idols. Ht
 and they are bound by an indissolu- ble tie and will perish together.
 As political reformer Senator
 Borah is a joke; as a political aero bat he is a seven days wonder.