| Show WI E BORAH IS STILL IN fiGHT Re He Has the Senatorial Ambition But ButIs ButIs Is Preparing for a Pos Possible Possible sible Pall Fall HIS IS STORMY PROSPECT LEADERS OF PARTY ARE UNITED IN DESIRE TO DEFEAT HIM Special to The Herald Boise Ida March 18 W E Borah is still stilla a candidate for the United States senate notwithstanding reports to the contrary In declaring that his bis time will be so occupied with the enberg murder prosecutions that he cannot devote any time to the sena fight Mr Borah has merely left the way open to retire gracefully In the event his to have himself indorsed fOr senator by the Republican state convention falls faUs to go through Mr Borah know as does every other politicians In Idaho that his candidacy is hopeless unless he secures the con convention indorsement Were Vere lie he to be a candidate on even terms with other can candidates candidates before the next legislature it itis itis is a foregone conclusion that the Re Republic public n state machine would defeat I him His chances of securing the con convention indorsement are diminishing dally daily Not relishing the prospect of such a defeat Mr Borah Is paving the wa way for his retirement from the race If the convention refuses to Indorse him ne he will put forth the plea that his time was so taken up that he was un unable unable able to make a fight to shape up the convention tion Meanwhile however it Is a frozen certainty that Mr activity In Inthe inthe the cases will vili not prevent him from using every effort within his power to secure the convention indorse indorsement ment The cases merely afford him an opportunity to disguiSe his hi efforts to a certain degree Politicians Against Him HimIn HimIn In his fight to secure the convention indorsement Mr Borah finds practIcal practically ly IJ every Republican leader in Idaho arrayed against him The state ma machine machine chine with which Governor Gooding Is 15 identified favors State Chairman J H Brady of Pocatello for senator With this element Is identified Senator Wel Weldon Weldon don B Heyburn lone Republican lican representative In the upper house The full power ower of the state adminis administration administration of the state committee and of the federal brigade will be exerted to prevent Mr in inthe inthe the state convention Judge J H Beatty who is conduct conducting ing a senatorial camp campaign ign the fed federal eral court bench is n naturally opposed to the of Mr I Borah and will join forces forcas with the GO to prevent such action Judge Beattys strength Is problematical but to the ex cx extent tent of his ability he will join with the forces Elements of Strength While to an all appearances Mr Mi Borah has the worst end of the fight he has elements of strength th which are not to tobe tobe be despised or wrongly he Is Ismore Ismore more popular with the rank and file of the Republican party than any man opposed to hIm He is a brillIant orator and can take care of himself on th the stump better Ulan than any of his foes He has absolutely dominated the last t two o state conventions Moreover Mr Borah is closely iden identified with the Weyerhaeuser timber syndicate which Is strong in the pol politics polItics of North Idaho and which will willbe be a considerable factor In the state convention as wen well as in the legisla legislature legislature ture Mr Borah is close to the mining interests of the northern part of the state too albeit his openly expressed views In favor of tariff revision have not met with the approval of the lead miners In many respects resects Mr Borah Is an astute politician As a manager of s else campaign he shines To date however lie he has failed lamen lamentably lamentably tably In winning political success for himself But in a fight In the hustings such sueh as he pr to make he be is an exceedIngly dangerous man He pos possesses possesses an attractive and magnetic per personality personality and can fire the popular heart challenge to Senator Heyburn to discuss publiclY with him the tho pro propriety of nominating a senatorial can candidate candidate in the state convention was laughable to those who know the two men That Heyburn would rather take chances with a pestilence than to meet Borah on the rostrum Is known of all allmen mon men in Idaho Such a joint debate would be bc merelY an exhibition of can cannibalism for the portlY senator would be eaten up alive Mr Weaknesses I Co all these strong points to Mr lIr Borah Borab however it must be admit admitted admitted ted that he has many weaknesses and they will ten tell against him In the corn com coming corning ing fight He has pla played ed fast and loose on the Mormon cussed the Mormons in private and defended them on the stump when political ex cx demanded it itHe ItHe He bolted McKinley McKinl in 1896 1826 lie he do de declared dared for tariff revision in 1902 after lie he had returned from the fold of Democracy Democracy racy he has a reputation of not stand standIng standIng Ing by bv his reputation which h he sh shares res with most other Republican p politicians in he is looked upon by many as a man willing to spread a sail to catch any ny passing breeze As a result of these weaknesses Mr Borah is feared hy by the Mormons and distrusted by the vet veteran veteran eran Republican leaders baders doubt the gen gon of his RepublicanIsm and men of fi fixed ed convictions in all Dart parties es fight shy of him See Visions of Dubois There is more Dubois talk izz Idaho now than at any other time in six years Republican leaders are see seeing ins visions of Dubois of nIghts Fred Du Dubois Dubois bois has risen In his grave clothes SO often that the Republican leaders are convinced that he has more lives than thana a cat Now when the Republican state stat administration is harassed by land scandals by accusations of corruption and by Internal dissensions there is a t widespread fear among members of theS the S g o p that the astute statesman from froll Blackfoot will turn another trick anJu I u again land In the United States senat Enemies of Borah say that If he fail to secure the Republican Indorsement for senator he will aid and the Democracy either oi openly or se r t They say that at heart Borak Borah with Dubois enmity to the Mor Mo Momon Mormon mon church and that falling to se secure ure urethe the himself he would to give the church a bOdy blow by s send nd lag ing Dubois Dubols back to the senate it is recalled that in days gone b by when both nere Re RepublIcs and Berth Borah were thicker than peas in a pod When Dubois walked out of the that nominated Y in 1896 Borah threw hat fi n lowed the senator out Republican party That same Dubois a party of his own In SlIver Silver n lo lorah rah his candIdate for congress It then rah gained the tit L the Uthe B Bryan of Idaho Idah Are Still Stin Warm In the 1897 hei Democrats Gold and amid Pep combined to boat ois fur for rd election to io th the se I Q l wis iu of Th lost fost fight and when in 1901 a again in snatched the toga Borah had to the Republican party pary while marched straight Into the he camp camp of D But DUbois and Borah arc warm friends They rhey take a pleasure in sayS 4 ing nIce things ab ft h t N er en has ever said an unkind V bout Iut the other except a few ory de den n on the stump Theme Thre is no doubt if a t Republican ha had to bo be elected to LQ from froni Idaho bois bols would to sees the fall fallon a II on na th that t B h Q ced to swallow W would prefer Du Db Dubois bois to anybody dY else |
