Evening star., 1932-06-29

be now Senator Borah's duty to propose
something better" The situation Gre
ated by the Senator and by protesting
vets in the party inspires the state
ment by the Boise Idaho Statesman
tRepublican): THE Republican party
seems to be between two hot fires. The
vets are mad as blazes because the anti
prohibition plank Is not wet enough and
the drys are mad as bla5es because the
plank is too wet"
There is an element Of hunor,"
states the Cincinnati Times-Star Gre
publican), 'in the fact that Nicholas
Murray Butler and Senator Borah. who
haven't another thing in common, are
vociferously united in their opposition
to the dry plank. With extremists on
the liquor question feeling as strongly
as they do, moderates who want sane
progress out Of the prohibition mess
will probably ind themselves looking
with more and more friendly eyes on
the Republican declaration" Taking
into account the wet stand of Senator
Bingham, the Chicago Daily News lin
dependent) concludes that "the indi-
cations are that the revisionist policy
of the party will be strengthened ma
terially by the neutralising onslaughts
of the doughty rival leaders Of the
extreme vets and the extreme drys."
Recognizing these two extremes, the
Nashville Banner Gndependentl feels
that there are still others who insist
the plank offers the American people
a fair chance to express themselves"
The Pittsburgh POST -Gazette Onde-
pendent) concludes that "diametrically
opposite views of the same thing are
Just another reminder that when party
leaders, for mere purposes OF ex-
pediency. undertake to please every
body they please none"
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Republican votes are good on elec-
ton day." warns the Milwaukee Senti-
mel independently. "and Mr.. Borsh's
madness isn't the kind that makes him
forget that. He'll be back and he'll
be glad to be back. And for that mat
ter, the Republicans will be glad. too.
Good old Bill! Allow little for his
peculiarities and you'll find him
splendid vote-getting fellow, wet or
dry" The belief that he will return
TO the party is expressed by the In
olanapolis News independent Repub-
lican), while the Importance Of his
action Is minimized by the Chicago
Tribune Independent Republican,. and
the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader tinde-
pendent Republican,, while the Min
neapolis Journal independent Repub-
lican) call his position mostly pose,
the Spokane SpokeSman-Review IRE
publican) refers to it as petulance,"
and the New York sun independently
dismisses the matter with the state
ment that "the Senator from Idaho In
vented dissent" The Des Moines Trib-
une independent Republican, states:
There is sort OF heads Twin,
Aai ile lOuas afY orOt,vlA that
Borahesque performance. Aesop once
fixed up a fable covering such situa-
tions" The Buffalo Evening News
independent Republican, AYERS: The
plank is a return to the fundamental
American principles Of rule by the
will of the peope. II Borah does not
liie that, the party is better of with
out him" The Ann Arbor Daily News
independently holds that he belongs
out of the party and the Harrisburg
Telegraph independent Republican,
is convinced that he lis as unreasona-
BILE in his dry pretensions as are those
chaos rather than opportunity for
change through the orderly processes
Of law" The Topeka Daily Capital
independent Republican, thinks that
however many admire him for some
of his qualities, they can hardly be led
by leader who has nowhere to go.
no destination and no terminal factli-
ties"
That Senator Borah's stand Is loss
to his partE is the opinion Of the
Duluth Hetald independent Repub-
lican), the Morgantown Dominion
News independent Democratic) ard
the Charleston Is. CO. Evening Post
Democratie). Announcing that it viii
put its cheers into cold storage" the
Omaha World Herald independent
Democratic) adds: I'VE know he Is
right, and know he knows he Is right
But win he know 1t in october as he
does in June?" The Akron Beacon
Journal independent Republican, ap-
plauds "the logic of his attack on p0-
iitical cowaTdice," and the Baltimore
sun Independent Democratic) up
holds his honest ANALYSIS" The New
Orleans Times-P -Picayune independent
Democratic) beiieves that he is giving
utterance to q widely held opinion"
The Columbia (S. C1 State lDemo-
cratic) sees "a real monkey wrench In
the vitAls Of the machine