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Show WOUtD RECORD Senator Borah Demands That Republicans Give League Attitude. "vTASHLN'GTOX. May 9. Senator Borah of Idaho, in. a letter made public pub-lic today reaffirming his opposition to the league of nations, asked that the , Republican party announce its attitude i on the adoption of the league covenant j laud intimated that if approval were I given the document he would quit tho 1 party. Tho letter was written to the editor of the Boston, Mass., Transcript. "It is a matter about which only cowards and political pimps could have no convictions," wrote the Idaho senator. sena-tor. "Can a partisan under such circumstances cir-cumstances ask what about 1920 f Can a political party under such circumstances circum-stances stand as a ? Can it jay-hawk jay-hawk between the lines and still expect ex-pect to hold the confidence and respect of a vigorous and a brave people? Can it decline to have opinions? Can a Republican Re-publican go feeling and stalling around as a white-livered satellite of uase expediency? ex-pediency? It would be a thousand times better to stand forth even if defeated de-feated with certainty. "If the Republican party could even through defeat save the sacred traditions tradi-tions of America, preserve American institutions and maintain unimpaired the independence and untrammeled sovereignty sov-ereignty of the republic it would render a service second not even to its heroic service under the leadership of the ' blessed martyr. ' But suppose it should be said to such men as mvself that the party might be in favor or the proposition. Very, well, let it say so. Let it surrender its place if it wants as the defender of American institutions institu-tions and American ideals. And let those who would abhor such hideous cowardice fumigate themselves and get out. Even this would be more honorable honor-able than to go skulking through such a fight without views or convictions or even an attitude. I would not ask my party to agree with me, but I would ask it to state its position and I will soon determine my course. I despise a coward and I hate a traitor. , |