The Washington times., 1920-09-04
PEOPLE UGLY
'BORAHLEARNS
Determined to "SettIe Things"
by This Election, He Finds
on Stumping Tour.
NJ WILLIAM PHILIP sIMhfs.
IsteraatioaAI News Service

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Scoring those who say the people
are not taking any interest in the
Presidential campaign and declaring
TO the contrary he had never wit
messed deeper feeling on the part of
the public In any election within his
memory, William II. Borah. the
Fighting Senator from Idaho, is
back In Washington today planning to
stump the East and middle West
against the League OF Nations.
ApathyT' he asid. why. I haven't
noticed any apathy. at least. among
tho people. People everywhere i have
been are genuinely interested in the
issues involved. I found them inter
ested even TO the point of ugliness.
They are quietly determined to see
the state of affairs brought about by
the war ended. and unless II Is ended
there will be mischief. ''That. to my
mihd. is the one big outstanding fea-
ture of this campaign.
PEOPLE THINKING PROFOUNDLY.
There is almost q total lack of
the old-fashioned boisterousness and
aullablaoo." he went on. "That is
true. Ibiseness can always be ar
tifcially treated. But the people of
this country are thinking. and think
ing more profoundly about this cleo
tion than was ever the case In any
election I can remember.
II have seen vast crowds of people.
in the farming communities OF the
West, drive into town from a radius
Of thirty and forty miles to listen to
political speakers. And, mind you,
this is the busiest time of the farm
er's year. More Of these people have
come into town to attend political
meetings in the very heat of the sum-
mer than ever saw before even in
the month OF October.
"What Is even more significant is
that people are talking, not only at
the meetings. but before the meet
ings. and after the meetings. on the
street, and everywhere. But always
in that quiet, thoughtful, determined
way Of people who want to settle
things
"What were the issues you found
people were talking about mostr' the
Senator was asked.
WANT NORMAL CONDITIONS.
"A multitude of issues" he replied.
choosing his words. "but most of all
having to do with, or coming back to,
the ono main one, which was: Get
ting us out Of the place where the
war left us. They want the country
to get back again to normal, eco
.nomically and industrially.
\ "Take the freight rates increase,
for example. That hit us hard in the
West and people are ugly about it.
Immediately after freight rates went
up, prices of the things the farmers
raised and sold went down. The peo-
pie take that as an example of the
way everything affects them, and as
q symptom of the situation In gen.
eral.
THAT situation they want changed.
And they are thinking. Those who
say there is political apathy on the
Part Of the public merely have not
observed very closely"
Il haven't observed much old-time
partisanship in the country, but a
mighty lot OF thought. l have never
seen a situation quite like it before"
The Senator did not talk along par
tisan lines, combining his remarks to
the general political situation as he
fnds 1t sixty days prior to election
day, after weeks of speaking in the
West. followed up by a trip across the
country.
Exact speaking dates have not been
announced for the big Idahoan, but
the first will be soon. Hfss speeches
will be devoted chiefly to Americas
foreign relations policy and the
League of Nations.