Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1919 — “HAVEN’T TIME TO RUN,” SAYS GENERAL JOHN [ARTICLE]

“HAVEN’T TIME TO RUN,” SAYS GENERAL JOHN

That General Pershing, mentioned several times in the last two; months as probably the next Republican candidate for President, will not 'be a candidate for the nomination, was announced Thursday. The announcement was made after a letter -was received from Colonel Carl Boyd, Pershing’s private secretary. The letter came in reply to a letter from James Brackin, a Republican leader in Pennsylvania, in which Brackin congratulated Pershing on the defeat of. Germany and said that in response to the wishes of returning American soldiers ■’the Republican party would probably nominate him for the presidency in 1920. In reply Colonel Boyd, writing for General Pershing, said: “General Pershing is concerned only with his military duties.” The letter follows: “My dear Mr. Brackin: General Pershing has asked me to acknowledge receipt of your cordial letter of November 14 and to extend his hearty thanks for your high appreciation of the achievement of our armies in France and of hinxself . "commander-in-chief. Asfbr the other matter mentioned in your letter, he thanks you for the compliment which you pay him, but he is concerned only with his military duties and feels he could not consistently become interested in anything which would divert his attention from them.”