In 1912 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...
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