Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-12-28 | Page 14 | Says Pershing will Heed Call to Presidency

SifS PERSHSNG WILL HEED GALL TO PRESIDENCY Chairman of Nebraska Committee Com-mittee Answers Statement of Retired Chicago Officer. Denies That Anyone Has Right to Assert General Will Refuse People's Call. LINCOLN. NkI... r ). 27. Mark W. V. M'ls of Lincoln, :h:i irni:in of a I'ccentlV OrKaril'''! Nebraska rpi-sldnK-for-n;Hi-(1. 1 1 L c.Miiinil t.-.-, made a statement hero liKlay In wlilch he wilil lli.it "no man hag Ih.i rlbl to -say that General Pel-shins Will nut he a. ralHli'latu for presiden t." Tim statement win in reply to rniinrks ivceently attributed to HriKadler General i.'liarlcs ;. Dawes, retired of chleaK". In Which the latler was quoted savins lj)at It wan his belief lllat General I'rr-.ihniK I'rr-.ihniK would not be a candidate, for the ibesHleney. Expects Demand From People. ' "General Dawes did not say that C'.en-nial C'.en-nial 1'er.shiiu; would not aeeet the nominal nomi-nal lun for president." Mr. Woods said. ' if eourse, he is not a candidate, but Mdien I be Itcpubllonii convention Is hold In i-hiciLKO next June, the people of the Pulled Slates will demand that be be neh-clel for the next president. The people peo-ple will draft him because he is the best iiallticd man for the position in the country. coun-try. '"General I'ershinK lias never refused to ilorce the people iii any capacity, and Vhen he learns that the people really need Him an their loader, be will respond." LINCOLN, Neb. Dec. 27. The most preteuiious of the many functions in honor of Oeneral I 'ershlne: during his ten-ifciv ten-ifciv holiday visit at Lincoln was the dinner din-ner tendered him tonight by the Lincoln (Joinmeicial club. I-ive hundred diners, ijie capacity of the clubrooms, were present, pres-ent, tile balcony being reserved for lady tiie'nds of the rershint; family. The sV-eeches. three in number, were by Mayor filler. Governor .McK'elvie and Oeneral Pershing, and were on reminiscent and neighboi ly I hemes. t General I'ershingr today made the following fol-lowing statement concerning his future aii-l Ivltios: "I have purchased the home at I7IS B street, now occupied by my sisters, and its soon as 1 return I inlend to make it my permanent home. 1 will send my son. "Warren, to the state university, and as s,bon as 1 return, as far as 1 know now, L expect to enter business here."' General I'ershing said be was anxious lb have his son attend ami graduate from the same university from which he holds IL degree.