The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-02
Nominee Is Compelled to Can- eel Engagements At CuII-
 man and Decatur
SPEAKS AT THE JEFFERSON
 THEATRE THIS AFTERNOON
Will Receive Prominent Democrats at the 1ilIman This Morning and Will Address a Conference of Busi-
 ness Men at Noon.

John N. Kern. candidate for vice presi-
 dent on the democratic ticket, will ar-
 rive in Birmingham at 10:40 o'clock this
 morning over the Queen and Crescent,
 and will be entertained royalty by the
 democracy of Alabama. II S. D. Mallory,
 who will preside at the meeting this aft
 ternoon, arrived in the city last night and
 a number of other prominent citizens will
 reach Birmingham this morning.
 There have been number of conflict
 ing reports, but the final pro-
 gramme. agreed upon by MT. Kern last
 night, leaves Decatur and Cullman out of
 his itinerary, and brings him direct to
 Birmingham on the Queen and Crescent
 railroad from Cincinnati
 He will receive prominent democrats in
 the palm room at the Hilman hotel un-
 til noon, and at midday he will address
 conference of the states representative
 business men.
 At 30 o'clock MT. Kern will address
 the public at the Jefferson theatre. His reputation as an orator and the honorable office to which he has been nominated
 will no doubt more than crowd the build
 ing.
 The utterances of the vice presidential nominee in Birmingham will be watched from all parts of the country. He has been saying things lately. and may let out
 a campaign shot while here that will startle his opponents. He passed through , Cincinnati last night, and the following
 special was sent out from the Ohio city
 to The Age-Herald:
 Cincinnati, O., October 1.-John w.
 Kern, democratic vice presidential nom-
 inee, passed through this city tonight on the way to Birmingham, where he will speak at two meetings tomorrow. He will address members of the business
 mems club during the noon hour and will speak at a rally in the afternoon. MT. Kern was to have stopped tomorrow morning at Cullman, 45 miles north of Bir- mingham, where a state fair is in pro- gross, but his engagement there was can celled today because 1t conficted with plans for the Birmingham meetings. His stay in Cincinnati was only between trains, the time being passed with per sonal friends He left at o'clock over the Queen and Crescent railroad and will
 reach Birmingham early tomorrow. Speaking of the outlook in Michigan,
 through which state he has been travelling during the past two days, MT. Kern said: Tt looks to me as though the demo- crats were reasonably sure of electing the state ticket, and they have good fighting chance to carry the state for Bryan" Mr. Kern left Saginaw before daybreak and came through to Cincinnati without
 stop. His itinerary now provides for stop at Atlanta from Il a. m. until p. m. on Saturday, which was not included in his original plasn.
 He will speak in Macon Ga., on Satur-
 day night.
 The hour of Mr. Kerns departure from Rirningham is not known definitely, but it is probable he will go to Atlanta over the Southern. If he leaves on the o'clock train efforts are being made to have him deliver a short address from the platform
 of the train at Anniston. which it is be-
 lieved the candidate will be glad to do.