The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-04

Not through ms own vOlltlOn, but
IN response to demand well nigh
unanimous from democrats anxious to
heal party differences, John II. More
head of Richardson county, after care
ful consideration Of the matter, de.
clded to become candidate for the
democratic nomination for governor.
Accordingly he filed for the nomina.
tion in December, 1911.
AT no time has Mr.. Morehead
sought the nomination because Of polit.
lcal ambition; his candidacy was an
nounced only after democrats from all
sections of the state, anxious for the
triumph of democratic ideas of state
government, had plead with him to
accept the nomination. They saw in
hlm business man of high ideals. sue
cessful management of private bust
ness affairs and loyalty to Nebraska,
who would, if nominated and elected,
give to the state the best efforts of a
man whose only ambition is to be of
service to his fellows and to his state
In seeking man to superintend the
immense business affairs of state, it
IS only natural that men should turn
to one whose management of his own
business affairs has been marked by
success, square dealing and the pur.
suit of high business ideals. 1t is be.
cause thoughtful men turn to such a
man that attention was drawn to John
II. Morehead. In addition to his rec.
ord as business man, he has been a
loyal adherent to the democratic prin.
ciple Of "equal rights to all and spe-
cial privileges to none;" has worked
solely with a view to advancing the
best interests of the whole people, and
has steadfastly refused to align him
self with any faction or clique within
his party ranks.
In asking for the suffrages of his
party associates in primary election,
it is only just and fair that he who
so asks should make a candid and fair
statement of his life work, to the end
that men may rightly Judge of his
qualifications for the Office to which he
aspires.
John H. Morehead was born upon an
Iowa farm in 1861. AS farmer boy
he was Injured to a life of toll, his
parents being pioneers of the then
new west and undergoing all the hard
ships incident to pioneer life. Early
and late young Morehcad worked
upon his fathers farm, securing only
such early education as may fall to
the lot of an eager, ambitious boy de-
prived of the superior school facilities
of the city. He attended the district
school of his county whenever posi-.
BILE, eagerly seeking to improve every
educational opportunity that fell to his
lot. Working and saving, he deter
mined to secure better education
than the country school afforded, and
when opportunity offered he entered a
business college at Shenandoah, Iowa
Here his character was revealed. The
same earnestness that characterized
his work upon the farm and in the
country school characterized him in his
efforts to avail himself of the oppor.
tunities afforded him. When he left
the business college he was the posses
sor of a certificate that proved his
ability.
At the age of % he came to Ne.
braska, selecting Nemaha county as
the scene of his efforts to do a mans
part in the worlds work. He secured
a teachers certificate and for two
years taught country school in that
county. In this he "made good" just
as he had made good as a farm boy