Evening star., 1932-06-23
.BORAH'S CAMPAIGN |
ROLE IS PROBLEM
Part Idahoan Will Play May
Hinge on Whom Demo-
Gratis Nominate.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, June 23.-The role Sen
ator William e Borah Of Idaho. veteran
Republican irregular, Is to play in tn:
coming presidential election may hinge
almost wholly on the question Of whom
the Democrats select here as their
presidential nominee.
Not that Borah. despite the extreme
to which he has now gone in declaring
IN the Senate that he would not sup
port President Hoover for reelection,
Is likely in any conceivable circum-
stances to support the Democratic
nominee Those who know him most
intimately scout any such suggestion.
Nor do they believe that Borah would
head purely prohibition third party
movement. They say that although he
has finally broken with the man whom.
four years ago, he helped greatly to
lift into the White House, in dramatic
denunciation In the Senate Of the Re
publican prohibition plank, adopted
here a week ago under the massed
pressure of administration leaders.
Renews Third Party Idea.
Yet the view that Borah has now
opened the way. tentatively at least, to
a renewal by his irregular Republican
colleagues In the Senate OF previously
rendered suggestions that he head a
third party movement. based on dissent
from the views ct both old parties on
economic issues Is the obvious interpre-
tation to be placed upon his action In
turning his back on the Hcover-Curtis
ticket.
The action Of other Republican ir-
regulars, like Norris of Nebraska. and
Blsine of Wisconsin. both Of whom
broke away from the Republican ttcket
four wears ago to support Smith. and
who have indicated similar action this
wear should the Democrats nominal.
Gov. Roosevelt probablv must await
the Democratic nomination.
Before the primary campaigns got
under full wav. the irregulars on the
Republican side in the Senate were
counting on Democratic support in
some measure in third party talk
Senators like Wheeler Of Montana, and
Dill of WASHINGTON were mentioned in
that connection.
Both for Roosevelt.
Since then. however both men have
become Roosevelt stelwarts and in the
event of his nomination will be in the
forefront of the campaign for his
election
Borah's complete break with the Re-
publican ticket puts him back, for the
moment at least. to the aloof place he
occupied in several previous presiden-
tiel campaigns. He was Theodore
Roosevelt floor manager In 1912. but
did not follow Roosevelt out Of the
party, althouor hn remained virtually
silent IN the following campaign.
The Idahoan was only passive in his
regularity in the campaigns to elect
President Harding end to re-elect Presi-
dent Coolidge He confined his activ-
tiles to his own State almost entirely.
IT was not until the Hoover nomination
four wears ego that he threw the full
weight OF his influence behind a party
presidential nominee.
Breach Unhealed.
The Borah break with Hoover policy
came almost Immediately after Mr.
Hoover's Inauguration and turned on
Borah's rejection Of administration
leadership on farm relief and the tariff.
That breach remains unhealed. and
is only emphasized by the comulete
rupture over the 1882 prohibition plank,
Yet never before has Borah gone quite
so far toward reading himself out OF
the Republican party completely.