Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-16 | Page 1 | Idahoan is Believed Trying to Oust 'Old Guard'

Idahoan Is Believed Trying to Oust Old Guard WASHINGTON Nov No 16 G JP- JP Senator Borah's definite objective for or 1936 was put down by political observers today today- w a as an effort efort to i. i a MJ liberalize t th h c e Republican party and prevent the the- n. n s called so-called 0 c a II e d olds old l guard from controlling controlling con con- t. t the j trolling national na r conventions convention f The Idaho Republican Republican Republican Re Re- I publican told re reporters reporters re- re S porters yesterday that whether he 17 enters the primaries z f- f fa maries manes himself as asa a pro presidential sid e 2 I candidate d e on develop develop- ments Senator Borah Roberl Robert H. H Lucas who was executive executive tive director of the Republican national national na na- na- na committee during part of the Hoover administration warned yesterday yesterday yes yes- yes yes-I that unless a forthright and nd courageous national Republican leadership arouses the time old-time fire Continued on Page Pago Two Column Three I BORAH IS SEEN IN CONTROL ROW Continued from Page One the he party may suffer general defeat de- de feat eat Borah Borab in a press conference said he ic had given som some hint of his objective objective ob- ob in a recent interview at Boise In which it was emphasized he ic was not so much interested in th he nomination himself himsel as in seeing a liberal candidate chosen and a progressive platform adopted Parrying all aU dir direct ct questions about his own candidacy Borah also refused to discuss other personalities per per- In reply to questions about Herbert Hoover he be said he did not know what was in his mind but Ut that the former presidents president's friends were working for his nomination nomi nomi- nation Is Governor Landon of oC Kansas a candidate Borah BOlah was asked he be It looks rather suspicious replied Lucas in declaring the can party must have the have the time old fire said the recent Kentucky gubernatorial fight which the Democrat Dem- Dem crat A. A B. B Chandler won was alarming proof of the low ebb to which the fighting spirit of the Republican organization has fallen