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...William Edgar Borah was one of the few liberals of the Republican Party who did not abandon the sinking political ship of William Howard Taft and bolt the party. Last month Senator Borah frightened conservative Republicans of Taft's native State by announcing that he was going to run in Ohio primaries to prevent the naming of a favorite son. who would be used to deliver Ohio's convention vote to a boss-picked, Old-Guard candidate. Last week Ohio Republicans scurried about to find a rival candidate to prevent the Ohio delegation from going to the Idahoan...
...help much. Governor Landon thanked them kindly but declined to contest Ohio without stumping the State, which he could not do because it would not be "fair to the people of Kansas" to neglect his job as Governor. Second place (20.8%) in the poll went to Senator Borah. That helped even less. Third place (13.2%) went to Colonel Frank Knox. Publisher Knox declined to take the risk. Fourth place (4.1%) went to Herbert Hoover. Mr. Hoover was not even asked. Fifth place (2.9%) went to Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan. He asked to be excused. Sixth place (.6%) to Senator...
...apprehension. Senator McNary, who is up for re-election in Oregon, may have difficulty in winning this year because of Townsendite opposition. Representatives Isabella Greenway of Arizona and Earl C. Michener of Michigan have both sought political safety by going over bag & baggage to the Townsend camp. Senator Borah has so antagonized Townsendites, by advocating pensions of only $50 to $60 a month, that he wrote to a friend in Idaho...
When the Washington Daily News delightedly broke this story, Senator Borah dismissed it as nonsense. Newshawks-ap-pealed to Mrs. Borah. Bubbled she: "It would be too bad to spoil such a beautiful, sensational story. It happened right between our house and Kalorama corner on busy Connecticut Avenue. It was one of those bitter nights...
...Senator: "Mrs. Borah is perpetrating a joke. There's nothing...