Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-20

Gen. Pershing's decision against the
proposal that he seek the Republican
nomination for Senator from Nebraska
is widely commended, and the idea of
drafting" him for the nomination re-
ceives scant attention from the country.
It is evident from general comments
that 1t Is felt he occupies a position at
present which would be affected if he
were drawn into partisan controversies
such as would be involved in Congress.
His refusal to let himself be con-
sidered a candidate for the Senate" in
the opinion of the New York Sun, sis
characteristic of him, and what might
have been expected. His job as COM
mander OF the A. E. F. came to an end
long ago, but he has refused to relin-
quish certain responsibilities that went
with the job. No man who has had the
opportunity that Gen. PerShing had,
who met it as ably as he did, and who
has lived through the years after the
war without once suggesting to anybody
that he was living an anti-climax, needs
to be Senator from Nebraska to carry
out his mission in life. Gen. Pershing
has served his country well; he con-
tinueS so to do"
Voicing a similar thought, the Mil
Waukee journal adds: More important
still, the idea of fighting the candidacy
of Senator Norris isn't very sound
idea, especially in State like Nebraska,
which shows independence in political
thought. The Senate of the United
States needs more men like George w.
Norris, not fewer. You may not always
agree with Norris, but you know what
he stands for, and you know it is his
own ideas and principles he expresses
Many Americans cheriShing the old
sound ideals realize this. Nebraska
seems to realize it,"
I'm refusing to be candidate he
shows high acumen," declares the Spo-
kane Spokesman Review, stating as to
other national heroes: WASHINGTON
was both soldier and statesman, but in
him the two careers commingled from
youth. and the occasion called for a
soldier statesman. Many admirers of
Gen. Grant wish that he had not been
tempted by the presidency. Mcclellan
made the mistake of his life when he
ran as Democratic nominee against
Lincoln in 1864. Hancock, a brilliant
Union general of the Civil War, would
have Jared better with history If he
had not run tor the presidency as the
Democratic nominee in 1880. Army
men do we'll to keep out of politics,
Gen. Pershing acts upon that convic-
ton, and will stand higher in the regard
of his countrymen."
His leadership of the American Elk
peditionary Forces" AYERS the Omaha
World Herald, was distinguished by
wisdom, by patriotism and by military
genius of high order. To mention
him now for the Senate only reveals
how desperate is the hope of the regular
Republicans of finding some one to beat
Norris in the primary. The bat
tie that is being fought today is not one
fought with bullets. 1t requires courage
Of a different order from that displayed
in military campaigns. 1t requires a
knowledge not gained in the councils of
war. 1t calls for a sympathy with the
common man not acquired under a
discipline in which one man commands
and all others implicitly obey. There
is q crisis in Wellington, but it Is not
crisis that can\ be met with gunf1re
and bayonets."
once he became mixed in a political
controversy, he would lose much that
he has gained in a field in which he
excelled," says the Lynchburg Advance.
The Ann Arbor Daily News assumes
that, like most military officers, he is
probably a plain, blunt man." and
would regret to see him associated with
1.-The perpetual jockeying and stalling
and arguing that are Accomplishments
of political life"
''Why not let him complete his life
as a great soldier?" asks the Columbus
Ohio State Journal. why force him
now to undertake the unpleasant ex-
periences of practical politics, a field of
action with which he Is entirely un-
familiar? Let his friends talk of his
fine qualities for the senatorial posi-
ton. The Nation enjoys hearing all
complimentary things they will say
about him. But in the end let him
Gen. John j. Pershing." The
similarly lauds him:
"He has Rways beennn0ted . for the pos