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...more Nebraskan, George Wiliam Norris, Republican, is, with the possible exception of Senator Borah of Idaho, the foremost liberal in the U. S. Senate. Nearly a quarter century ago, his state sent this farmer lawyer from the plains to the House of Representatives. He was and is homely, unimposing, with bristling hair over a broad brow and keen deep-set eyes; he had and has courage, industry and a ready tongue. First in the House (1903-13), later in the Senate (1913-31) he bitterly fought favoritism and oppression in all its varied forms. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Democrat, his fellow...
There, he spoke more in humor than in rage. He might have led a liberal party into power. But, upon him as upon his fellow regular irregular, Senator William E. Borah, "party ties lie lightly." Mr. Borah, ablest orator in the Senate,* Mr. Norris, dean of progressives, remained imposing might-have-beens...
...will be a very interesting fight. Smith is going to be the Democratic candidate, I feel quite sure. He seems to have everything his own way just now." Senator William Edgar Borah is one of the few men in public life who says what he believes, regardless of whether it is what he would like to believe or would like others to believe. Thus, and thus only, it was not surprising that the nomination of Governor Smith, Wet, was predicted by Senator Borah, whose faith in Prohibition is so great that last year he went...
Dispassionately Senator Borah predicted Governor Smith's nomination; equally dispassionately, he made a more astounding prediction: "I'll venture that if Governor Smith is nominated for President he'll declare for the 18th Amendment a,nd its enforcement, and not only that, will make the people believe in it. ... From the time he leaves Manhattan Island and crosses over into the United States, he'll be for the 18th Amendment." Earlier in the day before attentive students at Syracuse University, Senator Borah mildly dismissed Republican problems with the remark: "I think he [President Coolidge] is entitled...
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho: "On the steps of the nation's capital, last week, I encountered a man who asked to borrow a dollar to get a bite of lunch. Said I to him: 'That's an old story. I don't believe you're broke, but here's the dollar. This is the proudest moment of my life.' That man was Senator James Couzens of Michigan, richest of all my colleagues, one of the original stockholders of the Ford Motor...