Show ID ay Editorial Digest I Pershing on The Home Front Front ROM the the time that General Pershing PeshIng PershIng F FROM ing gently laid his lila overs overseas as cap capIn capIn capin in the presidential ring to the fated ill moment when hen Nebraska turned down her martial son at the primaries a wave of press press comment has swept the country most of it of a avery avery avery very friendly nature Even those who retus refused d to consider him seriously as asa asa asa a political factor had plenty of praise for Pershing the man and Pershing th the successful commander of the American expeditionary forces in France Trance For Pershing defeated in his hh own state the Baltimore Sun Ind Ind Rem cannot but feel sympathy and though It considers rs his candidacy mistaken and unfortunate It is sure that he will always ys command the country's admiration and gr gratitude but ut his service serIce was not the sort that calls for tor payment b by political preference preference prefer prefer- ence This almost nonpartisan attitude in t the e opinion ion of f many writers placed the general at least up to the time of his d defeat t at in Nebraska in a position simil similar r to that of Herbert Hoover The Lincoln Star Ind md in Pershing's own state says S The kind of a man that the people are demanding for president Is one whose patriotism is above his party- party Ism and whose hose ability to handle men and affairs in an efficient manner h has s been demonstrated Both General Genera Pershing and Herbert Hoover meet S SS these demands as frequently Though by byno no means S or or- oras as popularly mentioned the Utica attitudE attitude atti atti- Ind md thinks hinks Press Pres tude tudo is not unlike that of 0 Hoover and sees in the the g generals general's n rals ral's utterances a as s sentiment that would be bo bowell well welt received by workingmen and farmers farmers old fashioned and un- un pull virtue of modesty a as the p Baltimore Sun Sun Ind md Dem calls cans it It to while it seems seems to have brought sc scant nt rewards at the polls calls forth wide wid approbation and the Omaha Omah-a. Bee Rep Hell commenting on n his remarks b before fre feore the Nebraskan society In Vash- Vash inston Inton when when b he lie announced that thit he lie if jt the candidacy would not refuse called d to c do so so by y the people sa says s 's His words are ate those of ot a a. sincere his who has given and modest man life to the service of h his s co country do- do do doin doing in ing his duty and doing it well a aman mOan man who sanely and rationally appraises the problems and nd achievements of humanity hu manity inanity realizing th the difficulties Si as aswell aswell well wen as the triumphs and to whom greater opportunity success success success' means means only for service S The Baltimore Sun Ind md Dem likewise likewise likewise like like- wise gives full fuU praise to the man and and his his his' deeds which have hav received d far from the credit they deserve because himself he is not given to booming through publicity bureaus S He did what he was sent to do in France France it continues and from all accounts did it per percent cent w wen ll That it seems is Jack Pershing's Pershing s usual way when he has a job to do he does It and says no more about It He lets his work worl do the talking This method Is the th best In in the long longrun longrun longrun run th the Wh Wheeling Register Dem de declares declares do- do clares ciares and had had he returned with the Presidential bee abuzz in his bonnet bonnet bon bon- net he would have arranged so that he might have ha been invited to many large centers of population throughout the c country there to meet thousands ds and make them his friends The RegIster Register Reg Reg- ister asserts the fact that that outside Reg-I Reg of New York he appeared In very few cities will make him all the more popular among his his' fellow men and andI there is still sUlt a possibility that he may I yet receive political award especially shoud should some of the booms now on blow blowup blowup up up S Since it is generally accepted as a a fact th that t no candidate TV will go o into the convention with enough votes to secure the nomination on the first ballot ballot ballot bal bal- I lot the Roanoke Times Dem DeaL be believes believes believes be- be that it m may my y well be become ome anybody's any any- anY 1 body's fight tight before e the Hie nomination is made and in a a. free for General I Pershing would have hava as good a chance as any and far better than some some I When the overseas c cap p appeared am among ng th the other headgear o of would would- be candidates it renewed the cry of Beware of of a military hat says the Worcester Gazette Ind md but such a bogey is tommyrot this paper de declares declares de- de clares dares and no more reasonable than want vant who who to say We We dont don't a man wears a size 7 hat at But the Syra use Herald Ind md considers that some some- somehow how h w or or- other the Idea of a soldier c candidate has lost gro ground nd and even General Woods Wood's s delegates are are the fruit of at clever organization work rather gather than any tumultuous popular wave of ot enthusiasm for his candi candi- dacy In any case it concludes ItIs it itIs itis is pretty late for new presidential plantings except e of the dark horse variety and dark horses are never announced in advance The Baltimore News I Ind mci d. d seems to put some faith in the dark horse theory but regrets that Pershing took the step since the country will wIil be apt to regard It If as one that is not only barren of ot political results but which will lessen to a a. certain extent the peculiar position he has won In Inthe Inthe inthe I the country's affection and the Rock Island Argus Dem ironically ex excuses excuses excuses ex- ex the generals general's s act on the ground that He is the only man of ot f his rank In Inthe Inthe inthe the United States and the only one for tor- whom no no duties are are prescribed What is is' is isa a man accustomed to doing big things and still full tull of ot energy to todo todo todo do in In a c case se like that hat As for the political leaders who pull pun the strings the more more candidates the merrier I The Arizona Gazette Ind md Dem looks looks' upon the question in a similar though somewhat more serious manner manner manner man man- I ner ner- It seems ems a pity that so excellent a aman aman man as as' as Pershing it points out should allow altow himself to lose all all' all sense of proportions when the presidential plum is dangled dan d before his eyes eyes And forgetting all alt of ot the generals general's victories overseas the Johnstown I Democrat Dem cynically comm comments upon pon his unfortunate unfortunate- defeat on this side of ot t the e water with the m that General Pershing was about as near presidential preference as he Was to the firing line tine But for the most part pars the press pays tribute with the Buffalo News Rep to his dignity modesty and great reat service to the country which have won for him the admiration of oft t the e pe people |