The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-08-06

better than his theories of govern
l4.ent, is his downright public ant
private integrity. Some time ago i
was discovered that ;ne state treas
urer of Idaho had, by means of /;
dummy, made himself loan out o
the state funds upon propertf practi
cally worthless. He was renominateC
by his party for state treasurer, anC
then the matter of the dummy loaI
became known. The loan was paic
up and the candidate kept on the
ticket. But that did not satisfy
Borah. He wrote from Washington
to the chairman of the state Republic
can committee, declaring it was the
duty of the committee to demand he
resignation Of the candidate. The
chairman wrote back that the matter
was beyond the control of the COM
mittee. WELL" wrote back Borah
1T is not beyond the control of the
voters, and it is not only the duty
of the voters to defeat him, but ii
| is the solemn duty of the Republican
Organization to see that he is de-
feated."
BOrah is Progressive
But Not Progressive
Senator Borah doesn't care any
thing about individuals as permanent
factors OF progress. The average life
of a man in but 33 years, and he
stands for things that he hopes will
live longer than that. He has been
an ardent Roosevelt supporter from
the time he entered public life, and
had charge of the Colonel's contest
before the Republican national COM
mittee in 1912. He likes Colonel
Roosevelt immensely. He believes in
him as a political force. But he
wouldn't follow the Colonel out Of
his party. When others were declar-
ing that if Roosevelt were not nomin-
ated they would bolt, Borah publicly
declared that under no circumstances
would he bolt; that he believed more
could be accomplish within the party
than by split; that he was going to
fight it out inside the party-nomin-
ate Roosevelt if he could, but stay
within the party whether or no.
When he went home to his own
state after that breach it was in an
uproar. Borah had been ominated
for reelection to the senate. One
of the Republican candidates for the
legislature informed Borah by letter
that if he was not a Taft man he
didn't propose to vote for him; an
other wrote that if Borah was not
for Roosevelt he would vote against
him.
These men," said Borah in his
opening campaign speech, seem to
be hunting for an intellectual slave.
They seem anxious to bestow their
votes upon the personal mental of
ONE particular individual. They don't
ask me wheather l am a Republican
Or a third party man; they don't ask
me whether | believe in this policy
Or in that; they don't say: Your
record as a senator has not been to |
he credit of your state, and there
lore / must oppose you; but they
say: Unless you declare your allie
glance to one or the other of these |
men, you must go down in defeat
reject their standards. | repudiate !
heir test. If you ask me if am
Republican, answer yes, as l under
stand Republican doctrines, | am. If |
-ou ask me If | am third party man,
answer no, ! have not joined the
bird party. | am Progressive but
want to fight inside the Republican
,arty. But, inside or outside, pro-
'ose to urge the progressive meas
Tres for which with others have
TODD"
At this meeting some one in the
audience asked Borah if he thought
ir. Taft was honestly or honorably
nominated for president at the Chi
ago convention.
II think seventy eight delegates
we're seated for Taft that any fair
tribunal would have given to Roose-
elt," replied Borah, "and fifty-two
delegates were seated for Taft that
10 honest tribunal could have denied
Roosevelt"
As result of that campaign Borah
vas reelected to the senate by the
unanimous vote of the legislature.
'orah Made Speeches in High School
William e. Borah was born June
8, 1865, in Wayne county, Illinois.
lie was one of ten children. He lived
n farm until he was II and went ,
0 a country school. His paternal
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