Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-08-14

dance, never tasted liquor, and MS
es tobacco in no form. He ism a
member of any church. / met
him some years before he became
senator. He has been a senator
from Idaho continuously since
1907.
My first acquaintance with him
was during his trial for alleged
timber claim conspiracy" That
was at the time they were raising
havoc with lots of prominent men.
Ballmger was one of the men they
finally got" Borah was com
ing young Idaho man. The In.
terests' didn't approve of him.
He was tried in federal court. Ny
old friend AL Fraser was his at
torney, The prosecution piled up
stack after stack Of Testimony
against him." Finally it rested.
Fraser arose and told the Judge
they had no testimony to offer
and asked that the case be given
to the jury. In ten minutes the
jury returned with a verdict Of
acquittal, That was the beginning
of Borah' s ascent to fame.
During my residence in Boise u
had occasion Of coming in contact
with Senator Borah many times.
My readers will pardon one refer
cnce which meant a lot to me.
General Vickers, who was Adj.
General of the state, was a mutual
friend of both Mr.. Borah and the
writer. He died and / was con
Quoting his funeral service. SEN
ator Borah was an honorary pail
bearer. | delivered the fmer1l
eulogy which came from my heart,
as General Vickers was one of the
most upright men | had ever
known. After the service was ever
Senator Borah came up to me, put
his hand on my shoulder, and said
o me in a whisper: "That was the
finest tribute ! ever heard anyone
pay to the dead" His heart evil
iently got the better Of his juds
ment, but the beautiful part Of il
was that Senator Borah meant it
and made reference to it a number
of times later on.
In 1912 we stumped the state of
Idaho for Roosevelt. Borah was
working in the closest harmony
during that campaign with the
progressive party organizations.
The party had nominated the writ
er for Congress and Paul Clag-
itone for Governor. At the last
minute Clagstone got cold feet and
declined. Borah was worried at
this action, as the old guard was
ready to go the Limit to defeat
him for reelection that fall. jim
Gibson, the state chairman of the
Progressive party, R. S. Sheridan
publisher of the Daily Capital
News, Senator Borah and myself
held conference in the Owyhee
hotel and at two o'clock in the
morning decided on one of three
men for GOVERNOR. F. Nugent
a democrat, John I. Morrison a
former republican governor and
G. ii. Martin a pronounced pro
gressive from Sand Point. We call
ed cab and routed Nugent out
of bed and told him our plan.-he
refused to run, but was much
pleased at the thought. At 3
o'clock we routed Mr.. Morrison
from his bed and he asked until
ten O'Clock to give his answer.
We went back to the hotel, pre-
pared a statement for the paper,
and it appeared in the early edi-
ton of the Capital News. Borah
is hard worker and gave us a
taste of the way things are done.
1t was such a conference as this
that Borah headed in 1920 in
Chicago when Harding was pick
ed for President.
Last time | saw Senator Borah
was in the summer Of 1919 in
Washington, My wife and l We're
long the city. He gave us adj
mission cards to "the Member S
Chambers" of the y. S. Senate.
He put his private secretary Earl
Venable, at our disposal. We
didn't abuse the courtesy. We
occupied the seat for an hour and
saw Boise Penrose, Robert NJ. La
Toilette, Senator Sherman Of Hi
nois, and Vice-President Marshall
in action. Senator Borah was
busy on committee work. The
next day we saw by the papers