The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-07-01
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The welcome given to United States
Senator William +. Borah by his
close friends and admirers Tuesday.
WAS as sincere as il was appropriate
Ii was "A welcome to fellow citizen
OF whom the entire state Is proud
| II man who has made a national repu-
tation for his state, his party and
himself. Senator Borah has placed
Idaho on the map. No senator elected
from the vast territory west Of the
Missippippi river has gained greater
prominence. is spoken more highly of
or has a more respectful standing as
a statesman.
Senator Borah has come back home
He has been through a brain racking
strain-one that tires the nerves, the
vitality and the strength of men. Duty
to his country his state and his con-
situents has held him at Washington
Tor over two years and prevented him
during that period from coming back
to Idaho much as he would have liked
to. Now that he Is here, he intends to
visit every part of the state, to consult
freely with the people, to learn
their desires and wishes and in
the fall return armed with a greater
store Of knowledge of the people who
honored him by placing him in the
senate as their representative and SER
lvant And that has ever been the at
titude OF Senator Borah. The promin-
ence he has gained has left him I'M
changed. He Is the same man he was
when his state first sent him to Wash
lington. Simple in his ways, democratic
in his attitude and thought he is big
man among big men. There is no ven
Ger about IdahO's senior senator.
| That the rank and file of the people
OF Idaho admire Senator Borah and
believe in him is conceded even by his
political enemies. 1t is these citizens of
his state he expects to visit on his trip
home this summer and they will be
sincerely glad to see him. They under
stand him and he understands them
They are gratified over the prominence
he has given their state, and having
no political axes to grind, are frank in
their admiration.
No western man sent to Washington
has ever won so clear victory as
did Senator Borah in his stand for
Americanism and American rights and
principles In cOntesting the provisions
of the league Of nations which the pres
ident asked the senate to ratify. He
was the first to see the lurking dangers
In that instrument. His suspicious have
long since been verified. Carrying that
fight before his party assembled in
national convention, he succeeded in
having it declare against the league.
Single handed and alone he delivered
the edict to INSCRIPTIONS politicians In
the United States that the presidential
nomination Of political party is not
upon the auction block and cannot be
purchased by slush fund. 1t was the
boldest political stand that any man in
public life in the United States has
taken and will do much toward per-
forming the same duty for another.
This Is the man Idaho sent to Wash.
ington to represent IL in the upper halls
of congress. We would be ingrates in
deed, ingrates regardless Of political
faiths, If we could not show our ap-
probation of his efforts. And we do.
The people of Idaho sincerely believe
in you, Senator Borah.
We join with them in welcoming you
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