Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-01

o,trTtNtES-no frequently IN
dced but sometimes-on near
UNA ne for the first time the name
- a newly made vice presi-
..ntial nominee II mas pee' a,,,ynn 70
ae"'',b e average American cruz" W.
0,nire further" The reason IoI s ,"''
Uu' no found in the unfortunate uis
wation VI most Of those VINO nav
H inci.,,'s Of political eminence to serve
an comparatively insignificant ot-
h IN III, ,sirnIacant. that is, in coinpari
H nee In a four year tenancy IN the
n white House ,,oso who were
a. who's who In America al
arnouncement of the recent Demo.
n the ,otinnal convention that 1t mad
crau. ,od Mr. John Worth Kern FOR
non's nlace on its ticket. If that BE
se.ase If may be asserted with an
tht ,opadenre that not one of those
Sou. inotiirers hailed from the state
pt'ns,,,a There is no one within the
OF nary sorv Of that progressive common
poui ,.,, who would have baked at the
wes,1n of the vice presidential candi-
NV" rvery man, woman and child in
IN .ho HoOstcr rldtt h'S"' "N''' WIZ ~
the some of them call 1t "Curran"
i oven spell it that way, but they
81 their man just the same, and
II .hey are proud of him.
a Wsy tendency of his fellow citizens
|N a,o him "Curran" Is almost cpl
a. - IN some parts of Hoosierdom,
IT. nv, very day after the nomination the
,a.,, received the information that
a aCnrran" club was being organized
# IN Posey county
s,u right" he laughed good natured-
=. 'oAs long as 1t is likely TO be spell
a. correctly on the ballot ] guess I'll
N have 10 stand It,"
II does not always get into print
Ell ,,rrecty. only few months ago
oose in which Mr.. Kern appeared as a
witness was taken to the supreme
oonrt When the judge began reading
IE orsr one of the briefs submitted he
s Sscoyered that one John w Curran
ri srpred quite conspicuously.
E sSull masquerading l see observed
VI me- Judge with chuckle Mr., Kern,
NJ who CHANGED to be present, was visibly
Fl annoyed at the blunder Twice can
n aidate for governor of Indiana and still
a Cuuan." his honor went on banter
9 ingly such. alas is fame!"
yes such is fame" Kern admitted,
with sigh
"a II is current belief in the state Of
Indiana that the game of politics is
!. John W Kcrns supreme diversion:
II that the hurry burly of a hot political
-
,rt on which his system thrives Yet
II he has been singularly unsuccessful in
n securing for himself those rewards for
Il lifelong party devotion which make the
n struggle attractive In the eyes of most
n men Since the early days of his po-
II MIcal career he has experienced a
4 gries Of defeats which must have been
A s:kening to a man inspired solely by
M prsona ambition That he has ac-
IA Npted defeat about as cheerfully as
h others accept victory is proof sufficient
that the Democratic candidate Is not
Es politician OF the ordinary type. 1t
d s his consolation that the political re-
verses which have been so frequent
and SO emphatic have never brought
humiliation or even disappointment.
The odds against which he has been
4 pitted have, as a rule, been too heavy
Il TO admit Of hope.
Il Thus It has happened that defeat
has done more for John w Kern than
fyictOry has done for many another.
His willingness TO bear the burden of
Il hopeless campaign. often at great
PERSONAL sacrifice, has endeared him TO
'his party II may he said that his
failures have been brilliant failures;
they have become political ASSET and