New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-10-02
irreconcilable on League
Notifies National Com
mittee to Make No More
Campaign Dates for Him
Denies Any Break
With HARDING
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Roots Work for Court
Held Cause of Senator's
Action; Johnson Loyal

FROM me 1rtbuno's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-Senator
William +. Borah, of Idaho, irrecon-
cllable opponent of the League of Ma
lions, announced to-day that hereaf
ter he will conduct his own speaking
campaign Independent of the Republi-
can national leaders.
Sunday Senator Borah sent word to
Senator Harry S. New, head of the
speakers bureau of the Republican
National Committee, and to the New
York headquarters of the committee.
that IN the future he would make his
own engagements for speaking and
that he was reserving his time to him
self for the remainder of the cam
pagn.
Senator Borah, however. said to- day
that he will go into Connecticut and
denver three speeches next week to
help Senator Frank B. Brandegee. one
of the irreconcilables in the Senate.
who is up for reelection. Senator Borah
will speak in Danbury Monday night,
IN New Haven Wednesday night and in
Bridgeport on Thursday.
Emphatic denial was made by the
Idaho Senator that any break has oc-
CURED between the Republican national
leaders and the league opponents, and
the Borah announcement was regarded
in political circles here to be simply a
preparedness move on the part of Sena-
tor Borah and his fellow irreconcila-
bles.
Roots Activity Behind Move
The fact that Elhu Root who
played an important part in the draft
ing of the reservations to the Versailles
Treaty when that document was before
the Senate last winter, went to Europe
at the request of President Wilson and
helped to draft the constitution of the
international court of justice at the d.
rectlon of the League Of Nations coun-
cal, was behind the move it was ad.
mitted.
1t was explained that some Of the ir.
reconcllables are somewhat apprchen-
slve of Mr. Roots influence with Re.
publican national leaders, and these ir-
reconclables, it was said, took steps
10 place themselves in what was termed
reserved position" so that thew
would be able to drop out of the cam
palgn for the election of Senator Har-
ding in case the international court of
justice should be favorably regarded
either by the Republican nominee or
by the Republican national leaders.
Senator Borah would not comment
on his action to-day, but he made it
clear that the league opponents have
been entirely satisfied to date with the
position of Senator Harding on the
treaty and the league.
Inc national committee, it was ex-
planned. has wanted to arrange an ex-
tenslye speaking schedule for Senator
Borah. The matter was being cons;d-
ered when the notification from the
ldaho Senator was received.
To Continue Support of Harding
Senator Borah's action in refusing to
permit the national committee to ar
range speaking dates for him will not
prevent him from continuing on the
stump for Senator Harding, he said.
he SAID that he sent the message to the
national committee so that he would
not have to cancel any engagements
should he find it impossible to Continue
to speak for the Republican nominees
position on the league.
The action of Senator Borah was
taken entirely independent of Senator
Hiram w. Johnson, of California. it
was said. Senator Johnson recently an
nounced that he would take the stump
for Senator Harding, and opened his
speaking campaign in Sacramento,
Calf, week ago.
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1.-Comment-
ing on the Washington dispatch that
Senator Borah, of Idaho, had cancelled
future speaking dates in the Presi-
Dental campaign, which were to be
directed from New York and Chicago,
and that he was reported to have
joined with Senator Johnson, of Cali
lorna, IN an effort to determine if
Senator Harding would SCRAP the
league of Nations, Senator Johnson
In my opinion, and this 7 say from