The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-03
JOHN ". KERN
FORMALLY NOTIFIED
indianapolis and Surrounding Country
Out In force.

indianapolis, Ind. Especially. -
John Worth Kern, Democratic can
didate for Vice President, was for
mally notified of his nomination.
The meeting was held in the elabo-
rately decorated Colise Inn at the state
Fair grounds. and WAS attended by
many thousands of people regardless
of party attracted by the distin-
| guished speakers on the programme.
The weather was ideal, clear and
cool, with pleasant breeze that
swept over the grounds.
William Jennings Bryan and other
speakers, members of the notifica-
tion committee appointed at the Den-
yer Convention, members of the Ma
tional Committee headed by Norman
Il. Mack and others OF the official
party arrived on early trains.
The morning houra we're devoted
to conferences by rlrty leaders,
while a band concert { the Denison
Hotel assisted in anus ag the crowds
that poured through the corridors.
Later a reception was held by Mr..
Bryan and MIR. Kern In the hotel
parlors.
The programme for the day in
cluded luncheon at thu hotel by the
speakers and members of the ma
tional and notification committees,
after which the official party was
driven to the State Fair Grounds
in automobiles. Mr.. Bryan, Mr..
Kern and Chairman Bell of the noti-
fication committee. riding together.
The ride through the city to the fair
grounds was through the principal
business streets and past the Kern
residence. The doors of the Coli
scum were thrown open to the public
several hours before the exercises
began.
Thomas Taggart. national COM
| mitteeman from Indiana, had been
selected to call the meeting to order.
He Immediately handed the gavel
to National Chairman Mack, who in
troduced Theodre e. Bell, of Cali
fornia, chairman of the notification
committee, who formally notified
Mr.. Kern that he had been selected
by the Democratic party to go on
the national ticket with Mr.. Bryan.
In advising Mr.. Kern of his nomi-
nation at the Denver Convention as
the Democratic Vice Presidential
candidate Theodore A. Bell, chair
man of the notification committee,
! after alluding 20 the high esteem
in which Mr.. Kern is held by the
people of his own State, said:
You will be able to show that
Mr.. Taft is attempting to reach the
White House through mirror maze
which is likely to leave him on No
vember just where he started on
the 18th of June. After reading Mr.
Tafts letter of acceptance you viii
be able to show that his candidacy
is like one of those new-fangled
signs that we see on the streets so
often, when you are approaching 1t
reads one thing, and when you are
leaving it spells something else.
"And also in this connection you
will be able to show that in places
where President Roosevelt is sup
posed to enjoy great popularity it is
sung into the ears of his admirers
that If Mr.. Taft is elected, the spirit
of the departed Roosevelt will be
found crouching behind the throne
and directing new onslaughts against
! the corporations and that in sec
| tions where Roosevelt has incurred
| grave censure by reason of his siren
uous policies they are whispering in
the ears of Standard Oil, the Steel
! Trust, the transportation companies
! and others of their ilk that after
| the 4th of March the shade of
Roosevelt will be found wandering
through the jungles of Africa in pur-
suit of bigger game, leaving Taft
to deal complacently with the Of
Tending corporations.
Even those who believed that be-
fore Taft was nominated for the
! Presidency he was thoroughly dip
| ped in Rooseveltian waters now have
a lurking suspicion that somebody
held him, like Achilles, by the ten
don of the heel, so that he might not
prove wholly invulnerable to COR
porate assaults in the event of his
election"
Mr.. Kern, in his speech of accept.
ance, devoted some time to the ques-
tion, Shall the people rule?" He
deprecated what he charged is ex-
'cessive power in the hands of the
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, and denied that the people
have ruled, because he said their
will had not been given effect. He
cited the demand for a reduction
in the tariff on white paper and wood
pulp and the failure of the BabcoclS
tariff bill in 1902. Mr.. Kern charg-
ed that there is a power within the
Republican party determined that
the people shall not rule, which pow
er has manifested itself whenever
effort has been made to check the
destructive work of unlawful conf
bination, reduce the tariff or equalize
burdens by legislation. The Demo-
cratic party, he said, would draw
sharp line between lawful business
lawfully conducted and unlawful
business.