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...intelligent layman, the business man and the financier, looking upon politics, are inclined to express surprise when they see the figure of Senator Borah turning his back on the Administration, while the supporters of the Administration go cordially to shake his hand. And the lay observer is inclined to ask: "Is this the Republican without a party...
...where's that half-breed guide of ours gone ?" And Cal replies : "Search me ! He was in the wagon until we got safely across the river." But the trenchant pen of the cartoonist* discovers the "half-breed guide"-and what does he wear but the face of Mr. Borah?-hiding behind the brush and whispering to the prowling savages who wear insurgent feathers in their topknots...
...part, the cartoonist is right. But he should not have drawn Mr. Borah lying on his belly. Mr. Borah, when the Charles B. Warren nomination was before the Senate (TIME, Mar. 2), walked quite openly to the side of the Insurgents to oppose the Administration nominee. He boldly led the attack and, but for him, Mr. Warren would probably have been confirmed-his single vote would have been enough to do it at one time. But he encouraged a number of Republicans to side against the nomination; his example woke the Democrats to united opposition that might not have existed...
...Borah is "close" to the White House. Mr. Coolidge wanted nothing more than to have him on the Republican ticket for the office of Vice President. The party organization does not tread on his toes for irregularity. Rather, he is looked...
...reason is that Mr. Borah is sincere. It may be that he has a natural preference for taking the opposite side of a subject, for taking a lone stand, but those who work within cannot doubt his conviction. He does not work well in concert with anyone. He does not attend party caucuses. He hardly can be induced to sit in at a committee meeting. He works alone and comes to his own conclusions; and, when he speaks, he states his position so reasonably, with so little partisan spirit, that he arouses no bitterness even in his direct opponents...