Predictions

"It will be a very interesting fight. Smith is going to be the Democratic candidate, I feel quite sure. He seems to have everything his own way just now." Senator William Edgar Borah is one of the few men in public life who says what he believes, regardless of whether it is what he would like to believe or would like others to believe. Thus, and thus only, it was not surprising that the nomination of Governor Smith, Wet, was predicted by Senator Borah, whose faith in Prohibition is so great that last year he went out of his way to become its outstanding champion among Liberals.

Dispassionately Senator Borah predicted Governor Smith's nomination; equally dispassionately, he made a more astounding prediction: "I'll venture that if Governor Smith is nominated for President he'll declare for the 18th Amendment a,nd its enforcement, and not only that, will make the people believe in it. ... From the time he leaves Manhattan Island and crosses over into the United States, he'll be for the 18th Amendment." Earlier in the day before attentive students at Syracuse University, Senator Borah mildly dismissed Republican problems with the remark: "I think he [President Coolidge] is entitled to the nomination and can have it if he wants it. He would be a strong candidate. ... It is my personal belief that he will run."