The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-12-27
NEBRASKA NAMES
JOHN ]. PERsH|NG
HOME STATE OF GREAT GENERAL
FOR MANY YEARS WANTS
HIM NOMINATED

LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska noni-
mates General John J. Pershing as the
next republican candidate for presi-
dent of the United States, according to
the Pershing ng-for-President national
committee with headquarters here.
The statement is prepared for the
committee by Former Senator E. j.
Burkett of Nebraska and a classmate
of General Pershing in the University
of Nebraska. In announcing the CAM
paign, the committee says:
Our honors may be divided, but our
enthusiasm will not be lessened, al
though several other states may also
claim this right. If Nebraska seems
presumptuous in claiming him as her
own, it may be pardoned on the
ground that his life work is tied up
with the history of our state and our
educational institutions, and that we
feel that we know him better than
other parts of the world. We know
him well enough, to appreciate his
greatness, and esteem him enough to
rejoice in the worldwide recognition
of that greatness.
When man becomes as big as
General Pershing has become in pub
/ lie opinion and affection, it matters
little of what state he was child,
for he becomes the man of all the
states, and of all the world. General
Pershing's name has become a house
hold word everywhere and all around
the globe 1t is as familiar in Europe
as it is in America, and as readily
pronounced in the Orient as in Ne
braska. To paraphrase an oft-quoted
expression-"They raised him up in
Missouri, and he has come down all
over the world"
With all proper respect for the IL
lustrious men of America, present
and past, it can very properly be said
that there has never been another
man of any country or of any time
who has gone so far and done so
much, who has been everywhere, and
done everything as he has done. He
has served his country at home and
abroad, and has defended her insti-
tutions and ideals of government In
every state of the union, and in
every hemisphere of the globe. He
has been student, teacher, educator,
author, diplomat, statesman, soldier,
and always and everywhere has
achieved distinction for himself and
honor and glory for the flag of his
country.
1t matters little, then, where he
was born, or where he lived, for they
are both swallowed up in what he
has done. Nevertheless, the history
of a country is made up of the
biographies of it's great men, and
now that he has become the biggest
man of the world, we would know
more of the details of his life.
General John ]. Pershing was born
in Missouri, near the little town OF
LaClede. His parents were distin-
guished by a good name rather than /
an abundant purse. They possessed |
those traits and habits of life calcu- /
lated to inspire the character and |
souls of men, although they may have
lacked the surplus of worldly goods
to finance their ideals. I
Under those circumstances and con-
ditions General Pershing was born
and grew to the years Of his early
manhood His environments were
such that he could not have been
very bad without an effort to be
such, and he could not have become
very useful or of very much impor-
lance in the world without struggle.
These are just the conditions under
which every worth while man in all
,ur history has developed. Pershing
was born on the 18th day of Sep
,ember, 1860, on farm, attended the
local schools and then went to the
State Normal School. He
taught school a short time, was ap
pointed cadet to the United States
Military Academy at West Point in
1882, from which institution he grad
lated in 1885. The early years of
lis military service were about the
same as others of his age. He had j
10 pull and no particular distinction
md must take his appointments as
lis rank entitled him to have them
He was early recognized as a man
# unusual executive ability, and of
information and of inject
ng enthusiasm into others For that