Evening journal., 1896-01-04
john BrIrhrs cousin IN Politics.


nota candidate for eubernatorial honors
At the hands Of the Democratic party
He prefers to 20 on ia the even tenor Of
his professional work While not stating
positively that be Will not accept the
nomination, he does net propose to make
an active canvass for IT, This means
In short. that tho nomination must b.
forced upon him n be is TO have e. We
cannot imagine that such a course will be
pursued. for there are men in the feld
who know that It requires work to secure
delegates and they and their friends are
acting upon that knowledge.
There ls one mac who Is particularly
anxious that Dr. Back should stand for
the nomination II is John Brighrs
oouain. He does not dare en'er the
primsrles with his own paper. bat no bas
his ends served by another agency. The
managing editor Of the Every Evening is
also Wilmington correspondent for the
PhIladelphla Record. and 10 may be said
that the cousin. OF John Blight exercises
sbsoluie control over him Ia the per.
fcrmance OF bis dual function.
Any political matter which II would
not be polite FOR tho Every Evening
to publlsh or endorss is sent on to the
Philadelphia Record colored to suit the
cousin o. John Brig I, aud hs hides him
sell behind tho aileuc, Of his own paper
and makes his managing editor the ssape
goat
l. IS plain 70 be seen that the cousln OF
John Bright Is opposed to the nomination
OF Peter j. Ford, else be would call halt
upon the manner in which bis managing
editor Is misrepreseniiog him IN the
Philadelphia Record. The cousin OF
John Bright evidently has short
memory for past fAvors. for no man con
tribufed moro to his nomination Tor
Congress than thla same Pster Ford
He worked night and day for him.
With such a retrospect. &c seems
strange that be should permit his
managing editor to load the Phladslphia
Record witb stories calculated to injlrs
Mr. Ford ia the eyes OF his party
IA DslAvars Tn, f'ss atlaox
accused Mr. Ford Of allowing him
self TO b. made tho tool and eats
paw Of JOAN T. Dlekey and Patrick
Neirg. This WAS promptly denied by
Mr. Eora who boldly declared that hl
could no, be made tue eat's-p,v Of aay
body.
This Eat denial eeuIsi ths mla.glng
editor Of The Every Egouing 10 30 OF on
another line OF att ok. Ia letter pub d
llshed Ia yesterdays phll,dslohh Record
he opsued BY glging D. Bacs big
boom Tor the governorship AMI, referring
to Mr Ford. said:
In additional to his personal strength he IS
70 have strong support from o'har sources
assurance n the support of q Chancellor
James T. Wocolt OF Dover. This ctrrIes
with n, Ia a prob tb liiy. tne NeHry -Dickey
lnfiuence In Wilmington. VIII ch has haretO-
fnr- bsen with W1lontt lu hts D frty clltests.
Wheth this viii hAna urce OF strength or
OF weakness 70 Mr.. Ford remains TO be seen
Here Is tat contradiction o bile other
statement regarding MIR. Fori. osps cialiy
that part which charEo,erizsl him ala
cats paw. He now coacsdss him the
Nsary-Dlckey influence, bnt questions
whether It will b. a Source OF strength
or weakness"
How do Neary and Diokey llko thls9
What does Mr. Ford think Of this radical
change OF bass with the douot
impiied9 Probably the conaln Of
John Bright has oonoludol. siaae his
deleat for Congress, that there are
stronger elements OF political strength
than Nssry and Dlckey Il not at ,he
primaries. It least a. the general elec
tlon
Regarding John T. Dickey's prefer
enoe, we neither know nor care As Tor
Patrick Nsary. We do know that he has
been engaged and Is stlll engaged Ia an
effort to prevent the nomlnatlon Of bis
old political enemy who has always
whipped him Ia this city when hs get on.
to do It Some parts OF his argumont
sgsinst Mr. Ford are weak and ous OF
place, but that does nQi alter the nltua-
ton,
The cousin OF John Bright and he
mana ging editor are laundering 10 a
Black quagmire and throwing mud at
Mr. Ford Without going into the
merits q Mr Fori's caudidacy. We think
that. after what be has done for them,
be Is deserving OF better treatment ai
their hands