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...impassioned oratory that attracted the coat-room habitues to the Senate Chamber and stilled the small talk in the galleries, Sonator Borah, swerving from a discussion of policy concerning the delegation of tariff powers to the President, today became the embattled defender of the Ship of State and the Constitution. Taking his cue from Oliver Wendell Holmes' stirring plea to save the Constitution's sea-going namesake from being ignominiously scuttled, the Senator from Idaho invoked all the sentimental balderdash at his command to keep the leaky old frigate and its battery of muzzle-loaders in the first line...
...response to a telegram sent by the CRIMSON, Senator William E. Borah of Idaho declined last night to make any statement on his split with President Roosevelt over the silver issue...
...Wednesday Borah walked out of a conference that was trying to settle the silver coinage question, asserting that the Administration's bill was insufficient. His telegram read...
...down one noon with Senators King of Utah, Borah of Idaho, Pittman and McCarran of Nevada, Adams of Colorado, Shipstead of Minnesota, Thomas of Oklahoma. Absent was Silverite Wheeler of Montana who did not believe there was any use in more talk. The President was buttressed by non-silver advisers: Governor Black of the Federal Reserve, Secretary Morgenthau and Counselor Oliphant of the Treasury, Senator Harrison, Senate Finance Chairman...
When Senator Wagner read a statement that declared that children of twelve worked 16 hours a day in the beet fields, Senator Borah of Idaho, champion of all righteous causes, leaped to his feet, demanding "Where is it? It is a slander...