American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-07-29

wouldn't follow the colonel ont q,
his party. When others were declar.
Ing that II Roosevelt we're not nomi.
mated they would bolt. Borah publicI,
declared that under no circumstances
would he bolt; that he believed more
could be accomplished within the part,
than by a split; that he was goine
to fight II out inside the party-nomi.
nate Roosevelt II he could. hut stax
within the party whether or no."
Story Of EARLY Struggles.
The story OF the early STRUGGLES n,
senator Borah are humorously told b,
the writer who Jays In part:
william Il. Borah was born June 20
1855 In Wayne county, Illinois. He wa,
one OF 10 children. He lived on n farm
until he was IL and went TO a ountr
school. His paternal ancestors were
Germans. His father was born I'm Kan.
lucky. The name. originally De Borab
was n poular one In Germany. Pts
father was an amateur preacher OF
power and imagination remarkable In
one OF limited field of education. When
the local minister failed to turn up he
occupied the pulpit. He was n walking
encyclopedia OF biblical knowledge,
and would pore owe his books until
! OF z o'clock In the morning.
"Borah's mother was of Irish des-
cent, and Borah's sympathy for suffer.
Ing and his natural hatred OF injus-
tice In every form came from his
mother. She had an intense Samari-
tanism for all human suffering.
"Borah has been making speeches
since he was In the high school class.
He used to ride around the various
school districts looking for n turn TO
debate. He was about 10 when he be.
gar speaking in political campaigns.
with the first CLEANS of ambition
"ah disposed OF n horse and some
livestock that his father had given
him. and got together enough mnoey
to pay his first years board and tut
~ $3.50 leslslasE6 4AAast seatr=1
49, fne uune. ne Taught In the pub
&c schools, and part Of the time he AT
ended the state university at Law.
ehce' He did chores and ~janitor work
round the university to pay his er-
william Allen White OF Kan
as was n Of HIS classmates.
when Borah had finished his ~courss
The Lawrence university he was "a
nitted to the bar and started for III.
ve"t. His objective point was seat
'e. then the Mecca OF 30 many for
builders; but when he got q,
'a't Lake City he counted his cash and
ne didn't have enough to reach
'eattie. He compared his purse win
railroad folder and found n wouIo
axe him to Boise. Idaho. when h.
'ot there he had s15.75 with which ha
a law office. The world has
o 'errors for a mar like that. Such
luck VIII make a victor OF n ~cr,nn,a
. an Olympic game.
Borah Has Vision.
Concluding his article Mr.. Connolly
ays In part: ~
rhere are great lawyers who ~neva, :
axe great statesmen. History rs proof /,
mat Napoleon despised the mar ,
p"iei'ineiit, jackson laughed mr. :
I'M the mere lawyer has no horizon /.
US nose is always TO the rrinds,on. !
precedent He can dig among an .
cur tones and bring forth relics. but, !,
! Is q poor archeolog!st. He sees h ).
nc but fails to mirror the cly,I,z.-, !
ON that produced Il. Y
borah has n vision. He Translates. y
% past INTO the present, the prese,, :,
20 .he future. Some one has said =
AT the test OF greatness In that n man =
'oox upon his own age and see I, .,
me same Hight as that In which DOS. :,
rity VIII see II, I think Borab on. =,
that test. o.
mhen he was first elected to the y,
nate MIS- law practice was worth =,
o'ooo a year, He turned II over 10
young lawyers and distributed a,
law library among others. He an a,
himself from II absolutely. He W
'icated himself to his state and his w
Let us take a look for n mo- IN
mt at some OF the things Borah has an
m doing In the senate.
There are left $4,000. 600 acres OF IN,
appropriated public lands In the se
rich and fertile. II Ia better land. IN,
better climate, than across the linz ou
canada, Yet II Ia a fact that a few W,
rs ago 100, 900 American homeseek- "a
were annually migrating to Can. iy
+ These citizens were turning their at
IS toward another Tag because OF frc
short-sighted policy of our own tina
ernment. ha
me western pioneer drove the the
spike OF history that began Al, thr
cord n Lexington. He Joined the tie
ms. He discovered the golden sib
.surers OF the Pacific coast He lev the
htndertng forests. He erecteh IN