THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY' MORNING. SEPTEMBER 18. 1921.
REPUBLICAN PARTY
N IDAHO IS FACING
SPLIT OH PRIMARY
Borah and Goodinz Factions Are
in Death Struggle for Control;
Democratic Victory Foreseen.
Bols Idaho, Sept 17. RepubUcn in
Idaho are aettlng- the stage thesa day
for ona of the most bitter political atrug-
c'.om In tb history of the state a strug
gle that bide fair to tear the dominant
i party into two uncompromising factions.
a struggle that promises to return the
-Democrats to power In the state by an
overwhelming victory at the next gen
i eral election.
The apple of discord In the Republican
camp Is the direct primary. There have
been two factions In the party over this
Issue ever since the first primary law
was enacted back in 1910. The breach
has grown steadily from that time to
the present In the last legislature. It
l threatened to wreck the party, and since
then the opposing forces have entrenched
i' themselves and made their preparations
.'for a finish fight
BORAH TEBSL'S GOODITTO
At the head of one of the factions Is
Senator Frank ft Gooding. This is the
" faction that is opposed to the direct pri
mary and in favor of going back to the
.old convention system. At the head of
" the other faction is Senator William K.
J Borah. This is the faction that favors
the direct primary and Is opposed to the
convention, except in- some emasculated
form.
Senator Gooding has strong backing.
His faction favors' C. C. Moore of St
Anthony for governor. As lieutenant
governor and presiding officer In the
last state senate, Moore wielded all the
power he possessed against the enact
ment of a primary law. A radical bill
passed the house by a big majority and
It was largely through Moore's Influence
, that It was blocked and killed In the
senate. So Moore Is looked upon as the
logical candidate of that wing of the
party for governor.
GOVERXOR SUPPORTS GOODISO
In this faction and supporting Senator
Gooding are Governor D. W. Davis," the
present chief executive, and all the
forces of hsi administration ; John
Thomas, the Republican state chairman ;
and John W. Hart the Idaho member
of the Republican national committee,
ft must be explained, however, that
while Hart Is bitterly opposed to the
principle of the direct primary, he Is at
the same time a strong friend and
backer of Senator Borah on general
party principles.
Backing Senator Borah in the primary
fight are most 0 the forces that have
followed him in all his political fortunes
since he rose to prominence In the state.
Their followed him Into the free silver
j camp back In the days of Bryan, and ;
then followed him back into the regular
Republican camp: they followed him all
his devious windings In the days of tru
Taft-Roosevelt embrogllo ; they followed
him In all his flirtations with the Non-
Partisan league.
HOW BREACH 18 COVERED
. So Intense has this struggle over the
t primary become In the Republican camp
that it Is the dominant, factor In the
"selection of every prominent federal offi
cial In the state. Whenever the selec-
tlon of a federal official is conceded to
1 Senator Ooodlng and his cohorts, the
selection of a federal official of equal
prominence is at once conceded to 8ena
t tor Borah and hiB forces. In this way
the deudly breach In the party Is kept
.covered up and the day of the final
xhowdown Is put off.
- Under the present law, the candidates
- for governor and other state officials, in
eluding Justices of the supreme court
are nominated In a state convention
made up of delegates chosen at county
conventions, and the delegates to the
county conventions are selected at pre
clnct primaries. This state convention
also puts forth a platform.
STRUGGLE IS ALREADY OJT
Because of this system the Btruggle for
control of the state convention involves
every county and every precinct In the
state. This fight for control Is already
' on, with the direct primary as the vital
issue.
Senator Borah and his faction have
not ' yet announced their candidate for
governor. Thoy have several on the
string. Including Senator Armstrong of
Blaine county ; Representative Van de
s Steeg of Canyon ; John D. Robertson of
Weiser, state tax expert and I V
Tatch, adjutant general. In the state
convention the fight will center In the
nomination for governor and the plat
form plank on the primary. In the last
state convention an adroit straddle kept
: the primary Issue out of the campaign
Senator Borah will not be content with
control of the state convention. His
friends and political backers assert that
he Is determined to control the next
legislature t "make sure of the enact
ment of a satisfactory primary law.
This will tend further to carry the party
split Into every one of the 44 counties of
the state. It is pointed out that Sena
tor Borah might loae control of the state
convention and still remain in command
of the situation through control of the
legislature.
DEMOCRATS FOR PRIMARY
Fortunately for the Democrats of
Idaho, they occupy a logical, and there
fore, a strong position on the primary
lasue. The - party ha been consistently
for the primary from the beginning. It
is regarded by a large majority of Idaho
Democrats as a fundamental principle
of their party. In their last state con
vention at Idaho Fans is 1920 they took
a positive stand ia favor of the primary
and their candidate urged It as of Tital
importance throughout the. campaign.
Now the Democrats of the state' are
in position to enjoy the rupture that
promises to wreck the Republican party.
It is freely asserted, by Democrats 'and
Republicans alike, that should Senator
Borah be routed . in his own party on
this issue, that he will throw his in
fluence to the election of Democratic
state officials and a Democratic legis
lature In order to repudiate the action
of the Republican organisation.
BORAH'S FUTURE AT STAKE
It la recalled that the original fight
between Senator Heyburn and Senator
Borah years ago, was over this same
issue of the direct primary ; that Senator
Borah was forced to espouse and fight
for the primary in order to retain! his
political prestige in Idaho. He has had
to repeat the fight on several occasions
since; and it is admitted that if be were
defeated on that issue at this time, when
it la made a direct party test, that; it
would mark the beginning of his down
fall In the Republican politics of the
state, . -: ..- ; ... . .
With this element entering into the
contest It is not strange that: in many
communities the Oght U "becoming one
of Borah and anti-Borah as well as
primary, and anti-primary.
On the whole, . the Idaho . Democrats
have. good cause, fori party optimism.
The leaders are already planning to carry
the fight on the primary. Issue into every
county in the state, and part of their
campaign will be to compel every Re
publican to take his stand, on one side
or the other of this vital Issue. ' In ad
dition to holding a strong and popular
position on this Issue, the Democrats
are free from factional troubles for the
first time in many years and are looking
forward with confidence to party victory.
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