The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26
Of Nomination for Vice Presidency. CEREMONIES HELD AT
 STATE FAIRGROUNDS William Jennings Bryan Present and Makes Address.
  Mir. Kern Was omcialiy Notiaed of His Nomination by Chairman The- odore Bell. of California. Who Introduced Him
 In Briea Address. 

Indianapolis, Aug. 2b-John Worth Kern, Democratic candidate for Vice President. was notified formally today of his nomination by the National Con- vention at Denver, and accepted the honor in speech delivered to 15.O0o people in the Coliseum at the State Fair grounds
 The notification speech was made by Theodore k. Bell. of California. Chair man of the committee selected at Dem yer to oflcially inform Mir. Kern.
 William Jennings Bryans candidate for President, was present and spoke at length on the subject of trusts.
 The meeting was called to order by Thomas Taggart, member of the Ma tional Committee from Indiana, who re- linQufshed the gavel to Norman E. Mack of Buffalo, N. r., Chairman of the Ma tional Committee. Mir. Mack presided throughout the meeting.
 Preceding the notification exercises. Mfr. Bryan. Mir. Kern. Chairman Mack and the members of the National. Con- gressional and Notification Committees. held conferences at the Denison Hotel. where luncheon was served and the en- tire party was driven through the prln- cipal streets of the city to the Fair grounds
 Following the meeting. Mir. and Mrs Kern entertained MT. Bryan and the visiting Democratic leaders at the Country Club for dinner.
 Mir Bryan left tonight over the Van dalia Railroad for Salem. H.. where tomorrow he will speak at his birth- place and will go from there to Topeka. Kas.. and then to Lincoln.
 Chairman Mack left tonight over the Biz Four and c. and Q. Railroads for WashinEton City.
 Twenty members of the notification committee, representing as many States. ; attended the meeting. Special trains on the railroads and traction lines brought the crowds hare, ana soc street ears were used to transport the people to and from the Fair grounds The day was ideal Crowds lined the streets and MT. Bryan was greeted with a contin- uous wave of applause as he passed.
 At the Coliseum the speakers. espe- cially Mir. Bryan and Mir. Kern, were given enthusiastic ovations. the Bryan demonstration lasting several minutes. during which men stood and threw their hats fin the air in their effort to express their welcome.
 Thomas R. Marshall. Democratic candidate for Governor of Indiana, spoke briefly and was warmly greted.
 Mir. Taggart National Committeeman from Indiana. had been elected to call the meeting to order. He immediately hand ed the gavel to the National Chairman, Mack, who introduced Theodore A. Bell, who formally notified Mir. Kern that he had been selected by the Democratic Party to go on the national ticket with Mir. Bryan.
 Mir. DelI's Speech.
 Mir. Dell spoke as foIlows:
 The lines of battle are drawing for in 1 the history of the country. Just one more ceremony remains to be per formed before the contending forces take the field for action. Assembled hANA tfSFo 1F AYfYN NF4 4- ca, are representatives of the Demo cracy to whom has been delegated the great privilege of rendering to you. MT. Kern, an honor and trust as sacred as any political body can offer to one of its most loyal and distinguished mem bers, and that is the Democratic noTnt- nation for the vice presidency of the this honor the Democratic National Convention was not unmindful of the fact that the office of vice president has so gained in authority and national importance. that he who is chosen for that exalted position must possess ever qualification, moral and intellectual. that fits man to become the chief magistrate of his people.
 These qualifications you were found to possess in a pre-eminent degree. Your neigh bors told us at Denver that in your private character you valued the homely virtues of life far above the tinsel which so often excites the desires and ambitions of men. In your
 
 state, your neighbors recalled that your official acts were always born of an honesty of purpose. and that your con- stituency, from your point of view, was limited only by the boundaries of your state. They also told us that in offer ing yourself for the governorship of Indiana. you had declined to compro- mise with any force or influence not in strict harmony with the highest inter- ests of your people, and that you pre- ferred to go down to defeat. preserv- accept the glory of office at the sacri- flee of principles which you deemed es- sential to the security and welfare of the commonwealth. This splendid tes- opinions are the rarest gems that can adorn the reputation of any man. coupled with your own pleasing per sonality and your comprehensive grasp of problems that affect the nations life, moved your Democratic brethren as a unit, to demand that you be one of the two men to carry the Demo cratic standard to glorious and lasting victory at the November polls. Before you accept this nomination and go forth thrice armed with truth to over. we briefly present the Democratic cause that you purpose to sustain be- fore the jury of your country
 Repubs UnfaithfuI.
 You win be able to show that the Republican party has been unfaithful to its trust, that 1t has violated the most solemn cOmIndnumentS or the political decalogue. that it's use to the people has not only been impaired but utterly destroyed by permitting its energies to become absorbed in the arti- ficial life of the corporate creatures of their laws. and that at this time we must either make complete surrender to corporate misrule, or redeem once and for all time the heirlooms of our nation from the corporation pawnshop in which they have been hypothecated by the party in power. In this connec- tion you will be able to show further from the concurrent testimony of all ages, that a party long continued in, power becomes honeycombed with cor ruptIon and If more recent authority be demanded, you can point to the speech of Mir. Taft in Virginia a few weeks ago, when, forgetting the ma tional application of his remarks. he