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Heavily muffled and bundled against the cold, Idaho's Senator William Edgar Borah is taking his daily stroll in Washington's Rock Creek Park. He is set upon by two young women in men's clothes. One pinions his arms. The other fumbles beneath his heavy overcoat in search of his wallet. The Senator breaks loose, casts about with his cane, whistles shrilly. Foiled, the two young women turn, flee...
...Kansas governor, who seems assured of getting the great block of uninstructed delegates at the convention, leads Senator William E. Borah by more than 100 votes, polling 279 to the Idahoan's 167. Herbert Hoover is the third choice of Harvard, with 98 votes...
...confirmatory evidence was a Borah announcement: "After a thorough survey of the Ohio situation, I am convinced that the people of that State should be given an opportunity to express their choice in the Presidential primary on May 12.... To obtain an expression of popular will, it is my intention to place at least eight candidates for delegates-at-large in the field...
Thus did Idaho's Borah become the first Republican Presidential candidate of 1936. Reason for the Borah announcement was that onetime Postmaster General Walter Folger Brown of Toledo, friend of Herbert Hoover, and other members of the Old Guard in Ohio were preparing to enter a "favorite son" in the Ohio primaries so that they could take Ohio's votes to the Republican convention in their pockets. Senator Borah, by his own candidacy, aimed to forestall them...
Seldom does a U. S. President invite a serious political rival to the White House. Nevertheless, three days after Candidate Borah's announcement, Franklin Roosevelt had the Senator in to share his lunch on the Presidential desk. On arrival, Mr. Borah gladly posed for photographers with his hand upon the White House door knob. On departure, he was asked whether he had discussed the campaign with the President...