Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1916 — FOR AMERICA FIRST. [ARTICLE]

FOR AMERICA FIRST.

New York Supreme Court Justice Ford Quits the Republican Party. New York, Oct. 24. —John Ford, a Justice of the Supreme Court in New York, a life-long Republican, announced today that he will vote for President Wilson. He says: “I am a Yankee, but I am proud of my Irish blood. ' I was born in this country, hut my father was horn In County Roscommon and my mother in County Mayo. This makes me pretty much of an Irishman, hut I am no hyphenate, and tbs propaganda against our President In certain quarters entirely disgusts me.” In a letter to President Wilson Justice Ford says: “Since ray first vote for ftlnlne in 1884 I have consistently voted for the Republican candidates. Rut this is an election which demands of every citizen the castint: off of partisan ties and a merciless search of conscience to itetermine how his vote may unselfishly and honestly be cast to serve best the interests of the United States without regard to the effect it may have upon any other country or any foreign interest. “I haVe endeavored to bring my mind to view the issues from such a standpoint, and have concluded that it was my patriotic duty to vote for you. “In my opinion It would lie most unwise to change the national administration in the midst of this unprecedented world crisis. “Moreover, I would be false to my lifelong allegiance to the cause of the plain people if I failed to support you, to whom is mainly due the loug list of progressive nnl beneficent laws enacted during your tdininlstratiou.”