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Show SENATOR BORAH RAISES RUCTION IN PART RANKS Idaho Republican State Central Cen-tral Committee Decides to Stand by Wallace Platform Plat-form During Campaign COMMITTEEMEN SAY G. O. P. IS ATTACKED Gooding Advises Members' There Is But One Position ' to Take to Maintain Supremacy Su-premacy of Organization ROTSR, Ma.. Oct. 1 "Notwllh. tnn1lnji th attituda of Senator Borah" In the tanRuajc of tholr resolution ranaed latQ Hunday nlKht tin Irtnho late central commltlea will hold to tlia Wallace nlatform the aenfitor de-nunceri de-nunceri at Wflfcer and Meridian and limi'eil unheivmnly wlih t rmm ramn. Thirty-three of the fortj'-foiir roun-t.ta roun-t.ta were repMfenied at ths elon ec'led to meet I he altuatltvv Treated bv Senator Bn-ni "sumption" tint he la fiithtlrK for hl political enlnt-ence enlnt-ence and hla Btirement thnt a jile-e of hiank paper ivo.lld have tieen ltelt.r tl an the platform adopted .it the convention con-vention In AoruKt. I.lfelonK frlen 1 of Senator Borah cried out aaalnat Ma attitude In tle-mt tle-mt ndlnir that ho cendidala for nover-r.or nover-r.or renounce th platform, and polltl-cm polltl-cm enemlee ui e""ly oinort."l hla He- purllranlsm. Senator Frank K. Gooding, Good-ing, who stopo.d c greet the commit teemen at the opening of the sess on, ttdd them he could see only one position posi-tion they could take. Speakers insisted that Senator Borah bad raised more than the primary convention Issue, that he has attacked Republicanism in the very principles of partisan government. govern-ment. ACTION UNANIMOUS. Although, several speakers eulogised Senator Borah and took his part, final action on the resolution was unanimous. unani-mous. Here Is the declartion of the commit tee: "We believe the people ran govern effectively only through the lnstru-1 mentality of a party orgtinlratlon. ! Notwithstanding the attitude of Hena1 tor Borah, we hold a platform adopted by a political party to be a solemn and binding obligation placed by the members mem-bers of the party upon their nominees.1 U.'s I ht.rafr.rr. nppmve the position of our candidates In standing squarely upon the Republican platform adopted at tha Wallace convention, and we commend Ktate Chairman Nash for his conduct of the campaign upon what we believe to he t he Immediate and paramount lasue before the people of this state, the election of Charles C. Moore and the other Republican, candidates can-didates as opposed to that of Moses Alexander or II. F. Samuels and the other Democratic or Trogresslva candidates." can-didates." MIDNIGHT CLIMAX. The climax of the session ram shortly before nildilght. when Captain A. II. Conner, a war veteran and candidate can-didate for attorney general, declared he would resign Ms campaign rather i than accept office inder a party which : would fall to meet the challenge cf Senator Borah. I Strong speakers declared th.ve wis po choice to.mak: that the people of the party themselves participated In th election of the delegates tn the convention, that all faction, particularly particu-larly the follow'iri of Senator Borah, were given sll the time thev wanted for discussion of be Issues, that never in the history of the party In Idaho had there oeen a more open convention conven-tion with more h.t-d fought battles on the floor. And they pointed out that the state convnir'.ee would be jsurp Ing powers and smbchlng the honor of the psrty if it seceded to Henator Borah's requejc and accepted his direction direc-tion rather than ;he party's platform. |