Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-02
ONLY HIS SENSE OF
DUTY PREVENTS IT
Idaho Senator Will Be Lead
er in Work of Rehabilitat-
ing the Republican Party
and Is Expected to In
dulge in Some Plain Talk.
Capital News Special Service.)

Washington, Dec. 2.-Senator Will
| liam e. Borah is back in Washington
for the session. He has been telling
his Republican colleagues that the
Republican party must get progress
sive or go out of business. The sena-
tor was in greater demand for Repub-
lican speeches in the recent campaign
than any other speaker except the
candidates and Colonel Roosevelt.
When many politicians were urging
Borah to become a candidate early
in the preconvention campaign, he told
them that the geography" of the sit
uation was against him and that the
party would never go so far west for
it's candidate for some time to come.
But with Hiram johnson now a for
midable candidate, Borah is being re-
minded daily by his political friends
in congress that the center of politi-
cal power has moved west OF the
Mississippi river" and that the argu-
ment he advanced no longer holds.
TIRED OF PUBLIC LIFE.
But-sseretor- Bora1r- not worrying
over politics. 1t is known that he
has tired of public life and been on the
point once or twice OF quitting the
game. 1t may surprise some OF his
friends to know that he has had sew
eral offers to enter law firms in the
east and in Chicago.
One offer from New York is accom-
panied by guarantee of $4,000 year
as income, but Senator Borah believes
that there are important problems of
vital interest to the welfare of the
people of the country that will press
upon congress for settlement soon and
he Is likely to have q say in the set
tlement of them He Is interested in
the rehabilitation of the Republican
party and is likely to indulge in some
plain talk TO his party associates in
the senate this winter.
DUBOIS COMES BACK.
Fred Dubois, of Blackfoot, Idaho,
former senator is in Washington to
remain for the winter. He will short
ly be Joined by Mrs. Dubois The for
mer Idaho senator went into Demo-
cratic eclipse after the Baltimore con-
vention in 1912. where he managed the
campaign for Champ Clark. But he
emerged in the late campaign and did
such remarkably good work for his
party in the west that he Is now as
radiant politically as full moon.
There are whispered rumors that he
is to land" politically under this ad-
One of the most interesting reveia-
tions of western politics is that he has
given up his political feud with the
Mormons and will hereafter refrain
from warfare against the alleged activ-
ity of the hierarchy" in politics.
CHURCH OUT OF POLITICS.
Mr.. Dubois insists that the church |
has gone out of politics and he seems |
to be as happy as any other Demo-
crat over the election of King as sena-
tor to succeed Senator Sutherland. |
King being a Mormon Democrat and |
Sutherland. whom he defeated, @ gen
tile Republican.
Incidentally it is interesting to note
at this point that George Suther-
land would have been a member of
the United States supreme court today
but for the fight on the Mormon
church. President Taft told Attorney
General Wickersham, Senator Root
and Senator Smoot when they recon-
mended Sutherland to him that he
would nominate him without hesita
that he would bring down upon his
head the wrath of the opponents of
the Mormons who had fought Smoot In
the senate.
THREE NEW SENATORS,
Three new senators will take their
seats when the senate convenes Mon
lay. They come to fill three places
made vacant by death. Bert NJ. Fer
lald will succeed the late Senator Bur-
eigh. of Maine; James e. Watson, of
Indiana, takes the place of the late
Senator Shively, and Judge Kirby will
succeed James P. Clarke, president
BRO tempore of the senate. who died
n the vacation of congress I
Mr.. Watson will not be new to Wash {
ngton. having had IA years service
n the house before he retired in 1903
o make the race for governor of In
Llama. When he rises in the senate {
Q say "Mr. President he will address
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