Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-26
Disappr0ves of Roosevelt Try
ing to Name His
Successor.
TOM TAGGART FAVORED
Bryan Endorsed for President
and John W. Kern for
Vice President.

Indianapolis, March 26.-When the
second days session of the Indiana
democratic convention opened today
the report of the credentials commit
tee in favor of seating the Taggart
delegates from the Seventh district
was adopted and those delegates were
given seats in the convention.
Outline of Platform.
The platform renews allegiance to
the principles of the democratic party
and pledges if the party is returned
to power the evils that have grown
out of republican official shortcomings
will be corrected; demands Immediate
revision of the tariff; that the tariff
shall be for revenue only: favors an
income tax, postal savings bank de-
mands that surplus treasury funds be
deposited at competitive rates and
fairly distributed throughout the coun-
try; favorS the election of senators
by direct vote; urges a speedy COM
pletion of the Panama canal and lib
eral appropriation for the improve
ment for waterways; opposes the Aid
rich and Fowler financial bills; favors
emergency currency to be issued and
controlled by the government; OPP
poses the ship subsidy bill; believes
in the conciliation of capital and
labor; opposes the indiscriminate use
of power of injunction by federal
court; disapproves the efforts of the
president of the United States to die
tate the nomination. of his successor:
condemns the last congress for profit
gate waste of the peoples money;
favors generous pension policy to
surviving veterans, their widows and
dependents, and attributes the present
financial stringency to the incompe-
tency of republican leaders.
Kern for Vice President.
The delegates to the national con-
vention are instructed to vote for
Bryan for president and John w.
Kern of Indiana for vice president.
The platform was unanimously
adopted.
VIII support TaGgart.
Delegates to the convention yester-
day afternoon selected by districts 26
delegates to the national convention
at Denver and the committee on rules
selected four delegates at large.
All of the 80 national delegates will
vote for Bryan for president and a
majority of them will vote for the re-
election of National Chairman Taggart
as the Indiana member of the national
committee.
Iowa Democrats for Bryan.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, March 26.-The
democratic state convention for the
purpose of selecting delegates to the
national convention convened at 10: 80.
Claude r. Porter, temporary chair
man, called the convention to order.
The caucuses held earlier developed
some spirited contests, but the Bryan
men were clearly in the majority. A
fight against Charles Miller led by
George f. Rhinehardt of Des Moines
resulted in the changing of the meet.
ing place of the next state convention
from Sioux City to Des Moines.
Fight In seventh
The Seventh QlStrlcI caucus elecJeu
John e. Mulvaney of Polk county and
]. p. OMally of Dallas county dele
gates to the national convention
Jerry Sullivan of Polk county was
endorsed for delegate at large.
fight developed in the Seventh dis
trict over the selection of district del
egates which resulted in the defeat o.
Farley Sheldon of Story county al
one of the delegates. Sheldon wa!
offered the position of alternate dele
gate, but refused to accept it.
North Dakota for Bryan.
Grand Forks, N. D., March &c.
After almost three hours of orator.
yesterday afternoon the committee ol
resolutions of the North Dakota dem
ocratic state convention reported res
olutions the chief purpose of whic
was the Endorsement Of William J
Bryan as the nominee of the nationa
democratic convention at Denver.
The resolutions instructed the DELE
gates from North Dakota to vote TO
Mr.. Bryan
After all statements from Johnso
men that an instructed delegatio
would be contested, and that ther
would be a second choice candidat
In the person of Governor johnson
the fact that there was not a dissen
ing voice raised when vote wa