Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-04-21 | Page 4 | Course of Borah Approved in Idaho

COURSE OF eon APPflGM IDAHO State Convention Elects Eight Delegates to Attend Chicago Meeting. Special to Tho Tribune. TWIN FALLS, Idaho, April 20. Senator Sen-ator W. E. BOTah, Idaho's senior senator, sen-ator, and seveD Borah enthusiaBts wore unanimously elected delegates to the Ke-publican Ke-publican national convention at the state convention, which closed here tonight. to-night. The sessions were marked by entire harmony and optimism among the several hundred delegates from all parts ot the state, among them being practically prac-tically all of the Republican gubernatorial guberna-torial candidates. The convention was opened by .former .for-mer Governor Frank H. Gooding, presiding pre-siding for State Chairman Evan Evans, who was ill. Fred S. Randall of .ez Perco was chosen temporary chairman, but in his opening adoress was stncK-en stncK-en with sudden illness and his place was taken bv Colonel Thomas R. Hamer. The convention, in the resolution; passed, called attention of the people of the state to the deplorable conditions in Mexico and the fact that never he-fore he-fore has the national prestige fallen so low; that the rights of America as a neutral nation have been outraged contrary con-trary to all international law and practically prac-tically nothing done by the present TJemo'cratic administration; that American Amer-ican rights to the open door in China, established by Secretary John Hay, are being abridged by Japan without protest pro-test from the present administration. The resolutions closed with this tribute to Senator Borah: We send greetings to our senior senator, whose wisdom has ever sought for this nation that course which will command honor and respect re-spect among the nations of the earth, whose firmness never relaxed re-laxed in support of the broad principles prin-ciples of government which Washington, Wash-ington, Hamilton and Lincoln inaugurated in-augurated and sustained among the governments of civilized peoples, and whose foresight, amid the dark clouds of international conflict, has ever seen clearlv the way to independence inde-pendence and self-respect. To William Wil-liam E. Borah, senator and statesman, states-man, we extend with the firm grip of loyaltv the friendship of a grateful grate-ful people. Tho delegates elected were: Judge Ailshie and E. R.x Whitla of Coeur d'Alene. Stanley Eastern of Wallace: W. E. Borah of 'Boise. E. II. Dewey ot Nampa. Fred W. Gooding of Shoshone. Senator J. H. Brady and . John W. Hart of Menan.