The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-12-04
Thursday, December 4, 1919.
BORAH'S GREAT SPEECH IN DE-
TENSE OF AMERIcANISM.


given In this issue to the publication
of the speech delivered by Senator
Borah in the closing hours of the de-
bate on the league of nations. 1t deals
with the most vital and momentous
question now before the people of this
country, and the views presented by
the Idaho senator nave made an inn
preston throughout the nation far in
excess of that produced by any other
speech delivered during the long and
memorable discussion. Proof of this
statement Is found in the fact stated
by a special Washington correspond
ent that between 1000, 900 and 3,O00,-
900 copies of Senator Borah's speech
have been ordered printed for imme-
date distribution by various patriotic
and political organizations. He fur
Their says that this is a new record. no
other speech delivered in congress
ever having been ordered printed APP
preaching that number, Seldom If
ever was a senator so completely del
uged with congratulations at the con-
clusion of his speech. Vice President
Marshall, with characteristic humor
which nevertheless revealed the
depths to which he had been stirred
by the Idaho senator's ~eloquence,
grasped his hands with these words.
May a mummy say you almost gall
vanized him to life again." From the
press gallery came this note to the
eloquent Idahoan:
THE Battalion of Death of
the press gallery would pay it's
respects to the Mirabeau of the
new fight for freedom
Senators. long accustomed to hear
the forensic efforts of brilliant speak
ers, remained in their seats entranc-
ed by the impassioned words of the
Idaho senator as he %expounded the
doctrine of true A~mericanism as hand
ed down from the fathers of the re-
public. The impression upon the as
sembled statesmen is told in the fol-
lowing message to Senator Borah
from Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania.
Il am not content to allow my
expression of admiration of your
speech to rest upon the casual Elk"
preston which the circumstances
permitted me to make. No man
ever sat in the senate who could
not have confidently rested his
reputation as an orator, statesman
and patriot upon an effort of
equal merit"
The Boston Transcript wired its
congratulations, n in the issue of
November 20 editorially said:
Divided on the treaty, the
senate of the United States is
united today in the verdict that
his contributions to the great de-
bate mark William l.. Borah of
Idaho as the most brilliant debat-
err of his day and time, a senator
whose eloquenee has been I'M
equalled since Daniel Webster
adorned the senate"
From all over the country came like
messages of congratulation upon the
mastery effort of the senator from
Idaho, and praise for his faithful ad-
herence to those principles upon which
the security of our government de-
ponds. His fight was against the lea
que of nations, with or without the
reservations, and it was his courag-
eous and aggressive leadership more
than any other factor to which the
credit is due for the defeat of the in
iquitous compact.
In view of the great service Senator
Borah has rendered his country, the
high ecomiums his brilliant service
has won from his countrymen
throughout the land, and the glory
that comes to Idaho through his i'm
measurable contribution to the VIC
tory for true Americanism-in view of
these things, is It not time that his
carping critics al home, and particu-
larly those who claim allegiance to
the republican party, should at least
remain silent? His service in the
senate has been an honor to the state
of Idaho, and we say this with a full
recollection that his position on pub
lie questions has at times been such
that we could not give him our u p
port. But on the great questions in