Evening journal., 1895-12-23
UNTRUE IN EVERY IOTA.
Peter J. Ford Denies His Mo-
tives Are Based on Revenge.
Is IN THE eUBBRSAToRIAL RAOB

And VIII Enter No Combination Either
for or Against Any Other Candidate.
Leaders OF Both Factions Urged Him TO
Enter the FIeld-whst Mr.. Ford SAYS.
This mornings Philadelphia Record
devotes a column TO the candidacy of
Peter J. Ford. president OF the Ford
Morocco Company, Of this city, for the
nomination for governor on the Demo
cratic ticket In the coming campaign
The article assigns to Mr.. Ford motives
OF revenge In entering the race. rather
than a desire or belief that be can be
nominated
A reporter Of the EVENING JOURNAL
called at the Office Of the Ford Morocco
Company this morning for the purpose Of
ascertaining Mr.. Fords views on
the statements 40 made, Mr.. Ford was
found at his desk, busy with the multi
tudinous affairs Of his mammoth business
but at the request OF the reporter, laid
aside his work for q few minutes and
granted the desired interview. To reply
to a query he said he had read the article
in the Philadelphia Record, supposed to
have been written by it's Wilmington
correspondent who is also an editor Of
tho Every Evening. Continuing be
said
Il am avsrse to taking any notice OF
such an unwarranted misrepresentation
Of my motives in this N after. especially as
It does me neither justice as an honorable
man nor credit as 4 party man Those
who know me will have ne hesitRncy in
branding any such suspicion as unworthy
Of notice, knowing as they do that such
motives are foreign to me. am
bound, however, in Justice TO
myself and my friends, OF
whom believe possess some, to say that
the state o. ents made In the article are
unVsrranied, unfounded and false In
their entirety. There is not one iota Of
truth In It, with the possible exception
that l am candidate and shall be until
that matter Is decided In the convention
That l am for or sgsinnt any of the
gentlemen named In connection with the
gubernatoriRl nomination, Is unqusli-
dedly false
MY relations with these gentleme
are now aud always have bsen Of the
kindllest and most pleasant nature. and
IL is far from my desire TO meet then In
the 6eld of politics otherwise than as
worthy fosm en-. II l am selected to bear
the standard OF the party in the next
campaign. shall consider myself as
highly honored and l assure you that my
victory In winning that honor will be
unsullisd by any unfair or mean
motives
"The claim that am simply seeking
revenge Ia absurd. To harbor such
feelings ne those attributed to me by the
correspondent would be unworthy Of any
man, much less one who, even BY small
-rN
honorsd with their support in past
COZ nlcts Such a man with such motives
would be unworthy of being mentioned
ir connection with any office, let alone
that Of the chief executive Of this state.
1 certainly would so look on him
while I do not disclsim the usual
amount OF ambition, vanity n you choose
to go call IL, that Is sPportioned to most
men, do say that my position as find
II to-day has forced itself on me- have
been urged to become candidste by the
leaders representing all the so called
factions throughout the state, and be
lisvs that their requests to me to enter
the field are Actuated by honesty.
The fact that these gentlemen, rs every
thinking man, who has given the
political history Of his state any atten
tion will know, have In the past been
allied with both the go called faci ions,
joined with the fact that they, unsolicited
and unasked made their request thst
become a candidate, removes from my
candidacy even the suspicion of faction
alism. In fact l believe, and believe II
honestly. that In no political cAmptRn
for the last thirty years viii factional
feeling and factonsl lines be 80
thoroughly eliminated as In the coming
one
II do rot believe that the leaders who
are mentioned In the article In question
attribute any such motive as revenge to
my candii Roy, nor do believe that they
lock upon my entrance into the race as 3
desire TO merely split the delegation aud
render impossible the nomination Of any
particular man. These are simply the
infsnJs born In the correspondents
brain and are ss unworthy OF him as they
are unjust to me B."
do not think any further denial at
this time Is nee ssary. have attempted
TO make 1t forcible enough, but for fear
have not. l will simply add; Il am
In this race at the solicitation of ny
/ friends. Of the best men In the Demo
cratic party throue hout the entire state
am In It TO win, II possible,
and shall be ia it until de-
clded by the convention. I sm
not in it for revenge, shall enter into no
combination for or against any other
candidate and will make the fight for
Peter ]. Ford alone. That is nv stand
point, no matter what the Record cor
respondent or any other correspondent
may say"
Pipes and plush cases. great variety
Dursteins, No East Second street.
Eden Lodge Degree Team Honored.