Arizona republican., 1914-03-18
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join them in the hopeless effort 'o rrop up the Shaky ruin.
 Of Cummins I speak with regret. Struggling in a backwater of thA cur- rert of political thought which he once dominated; leader then, but now behind the times; personally upright, but blind to the fundamental division between the men who work for righteousness and the men who work against t: Cummins s hope lessly out of touch with the political fought of the day into wh'th his typ. ct Intl' hship has sr:VlNed And he rover can get into toucn Just because .le remains bound by the >''y same Iartlsan shackles which Tarp his; judgment now as they did when in his famous speech hefo:e the Hamilton club of Chicago he was 'e- bored to have said in substance that he would rather have the worjt ie- publican in office than the best ucii'- ocrat. The truth is that Nhei il leader fails to keep abreast of inc Lest thought of his time, he soon re- comes q brake and an encumbrance on the wheels of progress
 Borah is horse of another color' Where Borah stands today on any ouestion is not the slightest lndlca- ion of where he will stand tomorrow. So far as his public record shows. he has few convictions that are not ao- solutely at the service of his personal advantage. Borah has earned, anu well earned the pitying contempt or all men of all parties who believe that principles are things to stand py even to mans own hurt.
 Borah was the trusted representa- tives of the Roosevelt men before the committee on credentials al Chi- capo when the theft of the nomlna- tion took place-that is to say ne was one of the two most prominent opponents of the theft, the other pe- ing Governor Hadley. AS such, ne denounced unsparingiy the methous oA the thieves. But when the stoleli nomination had become a fact, Borah swallowed his words, threw his prln- cinles to the winds, and from haV- 
 of the robbed. turned himself Into the supporter and defender ot the robbers
 If is his habit. He has been on hoth sides of the conservation ques- tion and on both sides of the ques tion of a federal child labor law. Just recently he was first the most claii orous advocate of an eXtraordlndrS ranuhlican national convention to re- wise the party rules, ana linlieui"'e'' y after. it's most clamorous oppoiien' Unstable as water, Borah can never excel He will not stand even Wiiei hitcbad bv the rein of his own pup lie declarations.
 Courage is the greatest polltica asset and the lack of courage 'h' greatest political defect. brlsto" i'a' '9ro,,an his own career because ne "a' afraid He was afraid to stand Wi'i the men with whom he had WorNe' and fought year after year. oiue the acid test, he fails. It IS hiatee for real and deep regret TIC i'' chosen to change what mieht ii"
 been A great battle for prlnclpie ih'' q nitiful scramble for place-a sclaiii ble in which victory would nave hu' him almost as much as his coiiiih' aofoot But Bristow has made hl had and now he must lie in II. hp ,,,a;,o is joined to his idols Let nm alone" And let him remember "hia the spirit said to the church ol .n I.odiceans: T know thy works, tlidi 4hou are neither hot nor cold. woui' thou vert cold or hot. So then, De cause thou art lukewarm, and neithe cold nor hot. I will spew thee out O my mouth. noo
 uad,ev was the Roosevelt HOO leader in the great fight at Chicas' We lost in part because HadieS while ostensibly leading the nsh for Roosevelt was in reality prepar ing the ground for his own nomlna tion in Roosevelt's place. rms neither hearsay nor rumor. wa tbare. I saw it; and know. Ill subsequent abandonment of the me and the cause to which his loyait was pledged, and his timorcus an feeble declaration in favor or tre siu that appeared to have won at on
 oo did not come as a surprise.
 I.a Toilette is a living example all warning of the inward corrouih