Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-07
INDIANA DEMOCRATS
Get Through Their Work in a Sim
gle Day with Kern for
Governor.
sHIVELY PLEADS TO BE EXCUSED,
But Gets 292 3-4 Votes on the ,One
Ballot-Platform Simply Leaves
Out Mention OF the Ratio.

Indianapolis, June :. The differ
ences and con1iction of opinions which
on the eve of the Democratic state con-
ventiOn threatened to disrupt the delib-
erations and precipitate a warm dis
cussion We're settled in the various
committees, and the convention yes
terday was strikingly harmonious from
beginning to end. The following ticket
was placed il the field: Governor,
John w. Kern. indianapolis; lieuten-
ant governor, John c. Lawler, Salem;
secretary of state. Adam Heimberger,
New Albany; state auditor, John w.
Minor. indianapolis; state treasurer,
Jerome Herff, Peru; attorney general,
G. Z. Drummond. Plymouth; reporter
of supreme court, Henry G. Yergin,
Newcastle; superintendent of public in
struction, Charles A. Greathouse,
Mount Vernon; state statistician, Ed
ward Horuff, Madison. Supreme
judges-F'irst district. George L. Rein
hart, Bloomington; Fourth district, J.
NJ. Adair, Columbia City. Delegates
at-large-Samuel E. Morss, Indianapo-
lis; Hugh NJ. Daugherty. Bluffton; Jas.
Murdock, Lafayette; George Il. Men
ZieS, Mount Vernon. Electors t-large
Allen Zollers. Fort Wayne; Nichols
Cornett, Versailles.
ShiveIy Declines to Run.
From the beginning the work OF
the convention was transacted eX-
peditiouSly, and with but two eX-
ceptions the nominations were made
either on the first ballot or by acclama-
ton. The exceptions We're the NOM
inatiOn for lieutenant governor, which
was made on the third ballot, and for
attorney general, which was accom-
plished on the second ballot. When
the convention opened delegates on
all sides expressed their firm belief
that b. F. Shively's name would be
presented in the gubernatOrial race,
and it was freely declared that if such
should prove the case the convention
would be disrupted at it's beginning
by a fight between the Kern and
Shively forces. This uncertainty was,
however, quickly dlSpelled by the read
ing of a letter from Shively, in which
he begged that his name be not placed
in nomination. and declared his I'M
Willingness TO make the race. Instant
ly the threatened breach vanished and
the result was the nomination of Kern
on the first ballot.
Says Nothing of g to L,
The only other breaker that threat
ened the tranquility of the convention
was the adoption of a platform which
would be entirely satisfactory to the
different factions. When the report of
the committee on resolutions was called
for anxiety was plainly depicted in the
face of every delegate. The platform
as presented indorsed William Jennings
Bryan for the presidency reaffirmed the
Chicago platform and omitted mention
of the ratio of III TO l. Its reading
was followed by Il burst of tumultous
and the platform was
adopted unanimously. This matter be- |
ing so quickly and satisfactorily dis |
posed of Il wave of relief seemed to |
sweep owe: the convention. good |
spirits universally prevailed. and not |
a jar occurred throughout the entirety
Of the session. In other points the plat |
form is standard Democratic. and op-
poses Imperialism and denounces |
trusts. The whole number of delegates |
present was 1927, making 764 votes |
necessary to a choice. Kern got $40 |
on the first ballot, and Shively was |
given 292A