The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-16
KERN NOTIFIED OF
HIS NOMINATION
Democratic Vice = Presidential
Candidate Makes Speech.
INDIANAPOLIS CELEBRATES DAY
Vice.Presidential Candidate Answers
Sherman and Says Peoples Will
is Thwarted - Bryan Wants
Trusts Exterminated at Once.

Indianapolis, Ind. - John Worth
Kern, Democratic candidate for Vice
President, was notified formally Of
his nomination, and accepted in a
speech delivered to Is 5000 persons in
the Coliseum at the State Fair
Grounds.
William J.. Bryan selected the oc-
casion for the delivery of his much
heralded speech on the trusts. Thus
he eclipsed his running mate, attract
ing by far the greater share of at
tention.
The notification speech was made
by Theodore e. Bell, of California,
chairman of the committee selected
to inform Mr.. Kern. The meeting
was called to order by National Com
mitteeman Thomas Taggart, who re-
linquished the gavel to National
Chairman Norman E. Mack.
At the Coliseum the speakers, Mr..
Bryan and Mr.. Kern, received enthu-
sisastic ovations, the Bryan demon
stration lasting several minutes, dur
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hats in the air.
After asserting that the Sherman
law had been Ineffective and compaT-
ing the declarations of the Republi-
can and Democratic platforms upon
the trust question, Mr.. Bryan said:
Because the private monopoly Is
~indefensible and intolerable the DEM
ocratic party favors it's extermina-
ton. It pledges itself to the vigor-
Gus enforcement of the criminal law
against trust magnates and officials.
It is impossible for the Republican
party to enforce the present criminal
law against trust officials; these OFF,
Gals are intimately connected with
the Republican party in the present
campaign"
Mr.. Kern's speech was in part a re-
ply to the speech of acceptance deliv-
cred at Utica by Mr.. Sherman, the Re
| publican candidate for Vice-Presi-
| dent. He devoted much time to the
question, SHALL the people ruler"
d%eprecating what he held to be ex-
! cessive power in the hands of the
| Speaker of the House, and denied that
the people have ruled, because he said
their will had not been put into ef-
feet. He charged that there is a
power within the Republican party
determined that the people shall not
rule; which power has manifested it
self whenever effort has been made
| to check the destructive work OF I'M
lawful combinations, reduce the tariff
or eaualize burdens by legislation.
The Democratic party would draw q
sharp line between lawful business
lawfully conducted and unlawful bust.
ness.
The following Is the paragraph in
Mr.. Kern's speech Of acceptance on
shall the People Rule?":
twill any intelligent man claim
that there is, or has been, any sub.
stantial diversity Of opinion ia this
country on the question as - "hether
the tariff duty on wood pulp used in
the manufacture Of paper should be
reduced or removed? In this cas- the
tariff tax operated for the benefit Of
the paper trust alone, allowing that
combine to levy millions Of tribute
each year upon the newspapers Of the
country and their readers. The press
of the country, without regard to
party, united in demanding relief.
The people unanimously seconded the
demand. The President threw the
influence Of his great Office in favor
of the demand o.. the press and the
people. But all without avail.
"The dominant forces within the
Republican lrty had established in
,, the lower house Of Congress a p~arlia-
mentary condition, in the interest of
monopoly, under which the sole power
to determine whether a measure
! should be allowed to become a law
or not was lodged in the Speaker Of
that body and his Committee on
Rules. The people and the President
were set at naught. In this instance
did the people rule?
"If the wages of labor depend upon
a high tariff, why should any MAI
favor a reduction of that tarih?'