William E. Borah

5 pages in this part of The Mirrors of Washington.

TAKEN at its best, life, to William E. Borah, is little more than a troublesome pilgrimage to the grave.

There is in his make-up an underlying Celtic strain which may account for his moodiness, his emotionalism, and his impulsiveness. These…

This was illustrated by an observation he made to me one spring morning in 1919 when the Republican attitude toward the League of Nations…

Of course, he did not take the stump. He has failed so often to carry out his threats of rebellion that they no longer inspire the fear…

Penrose was determined not to be displaced to satisfy what he regarded as a colleague's whim. He sat silent in his office receiving reports…