The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-01-01
Americas Supreme Leader
Favored in Nebraska as
u. Republican Nominee.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Supporters State Amply Quail
flied Along All Lines;
Knows No Failure.

4 Lincoln, Nebraska, Dec. 21.--Ne-
braska nominates General John J.
Pershing as the next Republican can
tlidate for president of the United
States, according to the Pershing-for-
President national committee with
Headquarters here. The statement is
prepared for the committee by Former
Senator e. j. Burkett of Nebraska,
ard classmate of General Pershing
Ia the University Of Nebraska. In an
bouncing the campaign, tho committee
says:
Our honors may be divided, but our
Enthusiasm will not be lessened, al
Enough several other states may also
claim this right. If Nebraska seems
presumptuous in claiming him as her
OWE, 1t 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 sections of the country and
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 a man becomes as big as
General Pershing has become In pub
lic opinion and affection, it matters
little of what state he was a child
for he becomes tho man Of all the
states, and of all the world. General
Pershings ~name has become 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 an proper respect for the IL
1ustrious men cf America, present and
past, it can very properly be said that
there has Eever been another man o1
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 institutions and ideals
of government in every state Of the
union, and in every hemisphere Of tht
globe. He has been student, teacher
educator, author, statesman, soldier
and always and everywhere hal
achieved distinction for himself ant
honor and glory for the flag of hi
country.
1t matters little, then, where hs
was born, or where he lived, for. the.
are both swallowed up In what h
has done, Nevertheless, the histor.
of country is made up of the biogra
phies of sits great men. and now tina
he has become the biggest man of tn
world, we. would know more of tn
"details of his life.
General John ]. Pershing was Dor
IN Missouri, near the little town O
LaClede. His parents were distin
guished by good name lather tina
an abundant purse. They possesse
those traits and habits of life calct
lated to inspire the character an
souls of men, although they may hay
Hacked the surplus of worldly good
Ito finance their ideals.
Under those circumstances and col
Editions General Pershing was Dor
and grew to the years OF his earl
manhood. His environments wei
such that he could not have been ver
pad without an effort to be such, an
pc could not have become very usef,
pr OF much Importance in the worI
without a struggle.
These are just the conditions. urd,
which every worth while man in q
our history has developed. PershiI
was born on the 18th day of Septer
ber 1860, on, farm, attended Il
local schools and then went to Il