The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-29
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CAN NOMINATION.

| 1t is highly pleasing to the people o.
idaho to know that they have either
and senator who commands the atten.
ton of the nation to the extent that ht
! is being seriously considered as pos
sible nominee for president Of the
United States on the republican tick.
ct, and that the only thing that is a
real handicap to him Is the geograph-
ical location of the state he repre-
sents. The following from the Balti-
more Sun gives an idea OF the estim-
ate placed upon Senator Berah by po-
litical observers in the east:
Who viii Be the Republican Moses?
For months the rank and file Of the
republican party have been looking
their leadership over in the hope of
of the wilderness into which they have
drifted, the loyal followers of the old
Organization are wondering If some
prophet will not rise up and lead them
once more into sight Of the promised
land.
"And in this process Of Weighing
leadership, man after man is being
quietly examined and labeled. ROose-
welt, Cummins, LaFollette, Root and
Hughes are being measured. Their
ability and their availability for the
,nvt nroo;dapt;ol no,,,;na ton a 10 holm q
carefully considered
Borah Among Possibilities.
There is still another leader, how
ever, who is a factor in this uncertain
situation and who promises to be more
of a figure as the time draws nearer
for final decision. Senator William
E. Borah of Idaho, must be given
rank with the five possibilities just
named. k
mo republican in either branch of
congress has made for himself more
enviable position than has Borah. He
is an able lawyer and an effective de-
batter He Is broad gagged and a tire
less worker. He is bound to no fac
ton and tied to no mans political
chariot.
Refused to Follow Roosevelt in Bolt.
Senator Borah's politics is on alb
solntely straight lines. He is a pro-
gressive republican. He was that kind
of republican when he was fighting
in Idaho politics years ago. He re-
manned progressive when he came to
the senate. In the last campaign for
the republican nomination at Chicago
Senator Borah supported Theodore
Roosevelt just as long as the former
president remained a republican. The
hour however, that Roosevelt deserted
republicanism, that hour Borah de-
serted Roosevelt.
in the battle before the republican
national committee at Chicago to seat
Roosevelt contestants Borah, acting
under a proxy, led the Roosevelt COM
mitteemen. Ormsby McHarg had been
commissioned to prepare the case Of
the contestants, but as everybody
knows he failed miserably and Borah
had only imperfect tools with which
to combat the compact, air tight, over
powering Taft organization.
Geographically Handicapped.
Later on, when it became evident
to all hands that unless some compro-
mise candidate were selected the re-
publican party was doomed to
crushing defeat half dozen leaders
were proposed. Hadley, Cummins, La
Toilette and Borah We're suggested as
possible savors of desperate situa-
ton. But neither Taft nor Roosevelt
would retire, and this last stand ex-
pedient failed.
AT this time. as we'll as at that
time, but one serious objection was
made to Borah. He comes from Ida
no. He is, therefore. geographically
TO nominate him would
bring no sectional strength to the re-
publican ticket. Even though the
whole Rocky Mountain group of states
we're to rush to Borah, their aggregate !
vote in the electoral college would be |
May Overcome Prejudice.
1T Is often remarked that If Borah |
we're from Ohio. or Indiana, or Ili-
lois, or from New York. he would be
commanding figure in his party. But
icing from Idaho his friends and ad-
nirers will have to combat the pre-
udice that exists against the nominal
ion of any candidate for the presi-
ency who has no important regional
Import.
and it of course remains to be seen
ihether or not this prejudice Is
trong enough to prevail against all
Their considerations. In the mean
me Borah continues to grow in the
steem of his party associates and 20
ssume a larger share of his partys'
urdens In the senate"