It does not much matter how much difference there may have been with his political opinions during his lifetime, the fact still remains that the death of so honest and direct a statesman as Senator William Borah is a great loss to the people of the United States. The Idaho Senator Was a man of very definite views strongly held and capably expressed, and there is not the slightest doubt that he exercised a profound influence upon the political thought of his country. A thoroughgoing isolationist, and an outspoken opponent of the League of Nations, he probably more than anybody else, contributed to its ultimate failure by making sure that the United States should have no part in it. Possibly had such men as Senator Borah not succeeded in their campaign against that international institution it would have had a very different history than it has now. That is something which cannot be remedied. There will undoubtedly be millions who are in opposition to all the Senator Borah stood for, but there will be none to deny the sincerity of the man, his ability and the valuable services he rendered his country by the policies he pursued. The soul of honesty and honour, Senator Borah knew nothing of compromise with evil; he pursued his ideal of what might be called by some a rather narrow Americanism with a fidelity of purpose which made him the influence he was in the councils of the United States. His death will be undoubtedly a great loss to the nation of which he was so brilliant a citizen, and one which it will not be easy to replace.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.