The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-03-30
BURTON |. FRENCH
OUT FOR CONGRESS
ADMITTED HE WILL CONE OUT
BUT MADE NO FORMAL
ANNOUNCEMENT
Sees Bright Prospects Of Senator
Dorah's Nomination For the
Presidency

Burton L. French, for ten year
the representative of Idaho in thu
house of representatives, will be ;
candidate forothe republican nomina
tion for congressman at the prim
aries this year. Mr.. and Mrs. French
returned to Moscow last evening, anl
Mr.. French was Immediately pressed
by his friends for a definite statement
of his plans. He has admitted that he
will come out, but will not begin an
active campaign for some time
Speaking of his return, Mr.. French
said: 1--WE are mighty glad to be
home once more. There is no place
on earth so good as home and there
are no friends that can take the place
of our Idaho neighbors and friends
GAS my friends know, a year ago
I was very sick man. he continued,
land it seemed the only wise course
to get away from my work, which had
been driving me aWfully hard for
many months during the session OF
congress, and take a few months off
and try to get onto my feet again as
I used to be. This, l am glad to say,
has been my good fortune. When my
term closed last year, I had the time,
after a few months required to close
up my work, to take the rest and med
ical treatment l needed, and | felt
if possible, to do mans work every
day. You can see how fit look and
how fully l have swung back. Now
let's talk about something else'
On the political situation, Mr..
French denied that he had any inside
tips as to what the great parties
would do in the matter of candidates
for president con the democratic
side, l assume Wilson will be nomi-
mated, but there is nothing secret
about that. The democrats are almost
compelled to give him the nomina-
tion."
'On the republican side, my idea
is that no one candidate will get may
be 200 votes on the first ballot, and
maybe not for a good many ballots.
Then the convention will nominate by
the process of elimination. The rank
and file of the republicans and pro-
gressives will be- together, and they
will ask for a man who will be big
enough to be free from factionalism,
and who will represent not cliques, or
spite, or revenge, or take office to
distribute rewards, but who will rep
resent cardinal principles that, after
all, have to do with the fundamental
processes of our government, viewed
either from within and with relation
to our own people, or from without,
and with relation to the worlds other
people And the only political ''pros"
we shall have time for, are pro-Am-
pro-civilization, pro-hu-
ITO my mind, the one man who
most clearly typifies the American
spirit, in its relation to international
policies and with relation to meeting
the economic and social issues that
the last decade or so has brought is
our own Senator VIM. e. Borah. The
people of Idaho have no adequate con-
,eption of the place Senator Borah
has come to occupy in the minds of
our eastern and middle western
friends. You hear Borah's name eve
'ywhere. The only serious objection
hat is urged against him is geogra-
,hy, and this is naturally the weapon
If close friends of those who will be
presented to the convention for the
tYet when we thing it over, Idaho
Illinois when Lincoln was nominated
n 1860 We must remember that that
vas fifty years ago. 1t is even less
western or remote from the stand
,oint of communication and transport
ion. Idaho cannot afford to fail in
ping everything in her power to bring
bout Senator Borah's nomination,
nd we may push his nomination with
he assurance that the doors are not
losed against it, and with the high
ope that when the process Of elm
nation shall have been begun, and
he convention shall have settled
own to the real work of selecting
he candidate who typifies the gen