The Daily Star-Mirror
VOLUME XIII.
THE DAILY STAR-Mirror, MOSCOW, IDAHO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1923
NUMBER 60
BORAH TO OPPOSE HOPE OF JOHNSON
Washington—Hiram Johnson, as a candidate for the republican presidential nomination, will not have the support of Senator Borah of Idaho, Senator Norris of Nebraska, or former Senator Kenyon (now federal judge) of Iowa, while flinging his hat in the ring as leader of the progressive Republicans largely on the ground that they do not regard him as a progressive either as to his beliefs or as to his actions. The fact that these three powerful progressives are hostile to Johnson is expected to prove detrimental to his prospects, for Borah, Norris, and Kenyon each represent a material faction in the Republican party.
Challenge Johnson's Stand
This progressive trio has for some time refused to recognize Johnson as Idaho Senator Still Thinks Coolidge Should Be Given Chance
In the Senate, private conversations, pointed to Johnson's record in the Senate as not only showing him to be anything but progressive, but as actually demonstrating his position as a progressive. 