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BRYAN and kern
IS PARTY TICKET
PICKED At DENVER
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ViceePresidertial Can.
dfdRte by the Dem.
ocFats.
OPPONENTS suCCyMB QUICKLY
Commoner Corrals Majority
Of Votes in a Hurry at
Great Meeting.
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wild Demonstration Among Followers
OPPONENTS SuCCyMB QUICKLY
Wild Demonstration Among Followers
Gomez After Reault Of Struggle
ia Announced.


Denver. Col, July 11.-WNham Jen.
nings Bryan, Lincoln Neb., for presi-
dent; John Worth Kern, indianapolis.
Ind. for yics-presideht
That is the ticket which viii carry
the celors of the Democratic party In
the national election this fan. Both
men were nominated Friday, Bryan
being made the choice Of the party for
the highest ONCE as dawn was break
ing, while late Friday afternoon the
1000 delegates put their official stamp
upon the Hoosier statesman as the
party selection for the second Office.
Both men were chosen On the first
ballot, though Bryan by far the great
er number of votes. The balloting on
the vice presidential candidate was
scattered. there being several candi-
dates for the nomination. Word went
out Friday night from Fairview, Lin
cola, that Mr. Kern is the Bryan
choice and Is perfectly acceptable as
running mate Kern viii stop over
at LincolnAon his WAY home to confer
with Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Kern is wen known lawyer
In bis native state and was the unsuc-
cessfui candidate for governor In 1900
and 1904. He received the eompli-
mentafy vote Of his party for United
States senator tn 1906.
Sketct, Of kern's Career.
John Worth Kern was born In How
ard county, Indiana, December 90,
1s49. He graduate from the univer-
sty of Michigan in 1869 at the age OF
40 years. with the degree Of doc
Tor Of laws. His first official position
which brought him into the public
eye was when fulfilling his duties as
reporter of the supreme court Of
Indiana, which office he held from 1885
to 1889. For four years-l892 to 1896
he was state senator. He became
city attorney q Indianapolis IN 1889
apd held that office for fur years.
A year before ne gave up tho office
he ran for the gubernatoriai chair IN
Indiana and was beaten. -Four years
iHte<--in l904--;he also tried for the
ey,1sxaoastap ON ehs nAmooaesa stelset
aAa was egs1n deSeeGesf. Later he re-.
es1vea tAs cs<uptaQaptas5 veto 81 Sse
p4skt AtF ctfiAA snalsas atsaatar.
eYverA essasdaees TIP.
The convention was called to or
der at LAO p. m. by Chairman Henry
D. Clayton. AS soon as the presenta-
ton OF names started 1t was seen that
Judge Gray of Delaware, John Mitch
ell OF Illinois and John W. Kern Of In
diana were in the lead for second
place. j. j. Walsh of Connecticut pre-
sented the name at Archibald Nc
Neill. Gov. Thomas Of Colorado fol-
lowed Immediately with the presenta-
ton of the name of Charles A. Towne
OF New York. Mr.. Marshall of Indiana
nominated John w. Kern and Gov.
Folk Immediately seconded the nomi-
nation. Delegate Hill of Georgia placed
in nomination the name of Clarke
Howell. Nominating speeches were
limited to ten minutes and seconding
{ speeches to five minutes.
Details of Bryan Nomination.
William Jennings Bryan of Nebras-
ka was nominated for the third time
for the office Of president of the
United States by the convention Fri
day amid scenes of frenzied enthu-
siasm. The result came after an all
night session, which was kept in a
constant state Of turmoil up to the
eliminating moment when the Ne
braska leader was proclaimed the
choice of the convention as the Demo
cratic standard bearer.
The nomination was made on the
first ana only ballot, the vote stand
ing:
Wiltam J. Bryan, 1921.
GOV. John A. Jdhnsan, 46.
Judge George Gray, sou.
Absent or not voting, 8.
Total. z.008.
The announcements Of the vote was
the signal for q wild demonstration,
equaling In turbulence, if not in dura
ton, the record breaking display
which on Wednesday afternoon greet
81 the first mention of Mr.. Bryan's
name IN the convention.
Wild Scenes Follow.
The scene within the amphitheatel
at the moment the nomination was
made was one Of stirring animation
From pit to dome the vast building
Was packed with 10000 people, thinned
tut In the remoter galleries afte,
hours Of waiting and the intense dis
comforts of the hot night 1t was
spectacle of grandiose proportions
tier on tier and gallery on gallery Of
sgitated forms, the women In white
The delegates massed below, many Oh
them coatless.
The heat and close atmosphere Of
This long pent-up exuberant multitude
was ever ready to spring into feyerish
outbreaks of enthusiasm, and every
Where the blaze of flags, bunting and
patriotic devices and the enveloping
folds Of old glory were prominent.
Twice before the throng had been
moved into a mad ecstasy, first by the
speech placing the name Of Bryan IN
nomination. and again when that Of
Gov. Johnson Of Minnesota was pro-
posed; but these manifestations paled
before the c,iimihatlnF cuthurst Of