Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-01-13
.bORAH IS PROPOSED
|. FOR GUARDIANSHIP
PLAN TO NAME IDAHO SENATOR
As CONVENTION HEAD
DEEMED EFFORT TO
SIDETRACk HIM.

The oregonian Of Jan. 8, printi
the following from its Washington
News Bureau:
i Washington, Jan. S.-If Senator
Borah, of Idaho, has been selected
to be temporary chairman of the Re
publican National Convention mex
June, he has not been advised Ct
his selection Nor is Senator Borat
making any bid for this honor. The
recent story from Chicago, however
has had the effect of stirring UP
much talk of the availability of the
Idaho Senator for the temporary
craftsmanship and the suggestion that
he be put forward to sound the key
note OF the conflicting reports as to
how the old Republican leaders OF
the East look upon Borah for tenn
pcrary chairman.
1t is quite evident that the old Re-
publican leaders of the East, includ-
ing Penrose, Barnes, Gallinger, Crane
Weeks and others, would quickly give
their support to Borah for temporary
chairman If they were satisfied that
by SO doing they could eliminate him
from the Presidential race, and al
though no proposal of comproris
has yet been made, it would not be
at all surprising if the "old guard"
would sooner or later Indicate their
willingness to support Borah for tenn
porary chairman If he will assure
them he will not allow his name to
60 before the convention when the
time comes to select a candidate for
the Presidency.
Nomination Avoidance Aim.
III Senator Borah will satisfy the
old Republican leaders in the East
that he will not get into the Presi-
Dental race, they will support him
for permanent chairman they
will support him for the Vice
Presidency, or they will let him
write the Chicago PLATFORM" re-
marked a Republican of keen observ-
alton, after the first Borah report
had gone the rounds. "But the old
guard will not favor Borah's nomi-
nation for the Presidency. If Sena-
ter Borah will eliminate himself and
leave the Presidential field to others,
he can get the support of the old
guard for anything else in the gift
Of the National convention"
And there is good reason to believe
this statement is built on sold |
foundation Over in New York, Boss |
Barnes, having had previous exper-
fence with Senator Borah, is at
work trying to see to 1t that none
Of the New York delegation gets in
10 the Borah camp. Murray Crane,
Of Massachusetts, is pussy-footing
around his state trying to get a line
IN the Borah strength, with a view
% advising his associates later ON.
Senator Penrose has !, no desire to
lee any of the Pennsylvania DELE
yates swing into line for Borah, and
70 it goes with all the old leaders
n the far East They don't want
sorah nominated for the Presidency
No Deal Is Expected. Ii
Just the minute they could get
ONE sort Of satisfactory assurance ,
hat Borah would not permit the :
Sc OF his name in connection with
he Presidential nomination, that =
,inute they will do almost anything
lse to help the Idaho Senator, II
e wants their help. In
But it Is foregone conclusion that .
,ere will be no deal between Sena- T
,r Borah and the Eastern leaders.
he Senator is standing by his an y
made last March; he is :
ot candidate for the Presidential =
but by the same token :,
} is not a candidate for the tenn
,rary Craftsmanship Of the conyen- q
on. If the temporary chairmanshipl
ould be rendered him by a majority +,
the delegates, he would accept, OF o
urse, and there is every indi- :,
tion that Senator Borah will be put
rward for this honor. ~