The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-05-28
East Looks Westward For
Presidential Timber.
GOLFERS WEEKLY ADDS MEAD
OF PRAISE
Eastern Statesmen and Eastern PeO.
pie Said to Regard BOrah as the
Strongest Available.

The demand for United States Sena-
tor William E. Borah of Idaho as Re-
publican presidential candidate in
1916 is becoming general over the
country, as is clearly indicated from
an article appearing in the last issue
of Golfers Weekly The article fol-
lows:
"The most remarkable aspect of the
situation among the Republican presi-
Dental possibilities is the heightened
position of Senator Borah of Idaho.
There has been no political talk in any
newspaper more interesting or accu-
rate than this from the Boston Trans
cript." Persons who live outside New
England may need to be told that the
Transcript is the sober three-cent
evening paper of Boston and is sup
posed to express the views of about the
most cautious and careful conser-
vatives in the country:
From All Parts of the Country.
"'What does this call for Borah
mean? 1t is coming from all parts of
the country. 1t is apparently spon-
taneous Here is senator who has
neither an organization nor abundant
wealth. He has not announced his can
didacy for the presidency; many doubt
whether he will Yet hundreds of Re-
publicans and Progressives are dis
cussing Borah and many of them are
writing to him or to the newspapers
about him Neither Mr. Taft nor Mr..
Roosevelt are backing Borah, yet both
say they will take the stump for him
gladly if he is nominated. West of the
Mississippi river he is looked upon by
many as the 'favorite SON. of that
whole section. Republican leaders in
Maine have been trying for two months
to get him to make a trip with them
through that state. The radical Sen
ator Norris of Nebraska declares him
to be the 'ablests man available for
the Republican nomination. Elihu
Root and Henry Cabot Lodge are not
yet ready to say that Borah will be
nominated, yet both are his hearty ad-
mirers and neither will be surprised
at his nomination
"a People Doing Own Thinking.
"'How comes it that within few
months and without the semblance OF
an effort on his own part or that of
his friends, Senator Borah looms up
from out the West with strength
as presidential possibility greater
than any two of the avowed or recep-
tive candidates for the Republican
nomination ?. Are the people really do
ing their own thinking about the mat
ter? Is the call for Borah significant
of widespread party sentiment in
favor of presidential nomination
forced upon the leaders by the rank
and file? 1t is perhaps too early to
say, but the Borah boom must receive
swift and certain check if the next
Republican national convention is to
be the 'favorite-sOn' gathering which
powerful party leaders are diligently
working for today in the hope of keep
ing the nomination in their own hands
to be disposed of at the psychological
moment to the candidate of their own
choice. Meantime the disposition in
New England to regard Borah as a
very desirable second choice through
out this section, il not ultimately the
first of several states, is growing
Senator Borah, of course, profits
much by the announcement of Justice
Hughes that he will under no circum-
stances accept the nomination. Both
these men represent the liberal wing
of the Progressive party. Those Re-
pubNcans who are SO standpat as to
regard Senator Borah as too progress
sive, SO far as they are centering on
anyone, may be said to be disposed to
look with favor upon Senator Burton
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