The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-12-18
UNCLE HENRY ON
Sen. BILL B0RAH
HUMORIST OF COLLIER'S WEEKLY:
GIVES IMPRESSIONS OF
IDAHO MAN. S

Beef, gloom, lymph . and an un-
yielding love for every comma in the
| Constitution" are the principal I'M
sung characteristics of Senator Will
liam Borah of i Idaho, according to
Uncle Henry, philosopher and humor-'
ist of Golfers Weekly. In a recent
issue of Golfers, Uncle Henry sizes
up the Idaho senator, admits he is
presidential timber, but insists that
the bark is still on"
In a discussion with. Barney, the.
Cigar Stand Man. Uncle Henry, after
slipping over @" Borahs beef" takes up
his lack Of humor.
That's where Borah's strong" says
| Golfers philosopher. elf a smilei
ever attempted to cross the crags an
burrows an dewlaps that scar his,
bleak terrain, it would have to put on
skates an lay in a supply of pemmi-
can. Ask him if he ever heard that
one about the Irishfnan and the Jew,
an he'll look at you with a panied
eye, an express the hope that you
have no aspersions in mind, for there
are no two races to whom America
owes more.
doesn't Talk Much"
There's still another thing that
helps Bill no little. He doesn't talk
much. Whether it's a natural gift or
an acquired talent, I can't say, but I
do know that it doubles his capital
value. It's not only that silence is the
safest thing in the world, but it's also
the most appealin' Being a gabby
people, weak as water where words
are concerned, we pay inordinate tri-
butte to any man who's able to take |
conversation or leave it alone. Every |
day delegations come to Washington,
an Helm rattle their tonsils for hours |
at a time, I've seen em stagger over |
to Borah an wallow in his silence |
as desert travellers in the palm trees |
grateful shade.
Still an" all, Barney, I'm inclined |
to agree with you in your estimat. of
Borah Beef an gloom an lymph
may be natural gifts, but there are
plenty of signs that he's got more IN
that massive bean than jes' floor
space. Study his votes an you'll find
that he's almost always for the right
thing an the honest thing, regardless
of party, personal popularity or Or
ganiZed threat. A fair man, too, for
he doesn't ask his constituents to II
agree with him, maxim it clear at all ;
times that if they don't like it, they |
know what they can do
Defender of Constitution. r
There's jes' one thing I don't like y
ABOUT nm. you've heard about Are
da1es bein' a one-man dog, haven't +
you? Well, Bills that way with the :
It's his life. From
dawn to dusk he's on guard over the +
immortal document, protectin' it =
lgainst enemies souvenir hunters an q
interior decorators, an night is only ! f
4 call for redoubled vigilance. While :
other senators rollick at home with I
throat sprays an the latest trokey, | n
Bill the Borah is curled up on the :
stone steps in front of the capitol, one
Eye always open. Draw too close, {
wen in friendship an you'll hear E
deep-toned growl from that Vastly :
hroat, an see his neck hair bristle. q
Walks Both Ways IL
"Scornin' trains-fcr he can find q
10 mention of em in the Constitution =
he walks back an forth from Idaho :
0 Washington, carryin' his shoes ia Z
is hands between towns, an payin, /
is reckonin' at the various taverns
4 beaver skins an porcupine quilts.
Won't wear anything but homespun, E
ats nothin' but maize, an writes c,
nth a quill pen, sprinklin' sand over =
he page when he's finished"
knock all you want" placidly re- s.
,ined the Cigar Stand Man, "but I 3
link he's presidential TIMBER y
$50 do l." agreed Uncle Henry. =
even if all the bark is still on"