The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-07-23

and a good one. He stands at the
very forefront OF the Indiana bar.
But he is not like most other lawyers
OF unusual ability, a corporation law
yer. Indeed, was Informed this al.
ternoon by Indianapolis newspaper
men who knew him we'll that he has
never In bis long career accepted a
retainer or tried case for railroad
or any other great corporation. On
the other hand, his name, more
frequently than that OF any other
leading Indiana lawyer, appears In
cases brought ny employees or custom.
ers against these great corporations,
or In the public name to compel them
to perform a public service.
Though bis earning ability is coI-
mensurate with his skill and exper-
fence, Mr.. Kern Is not rich man.
He is only moderately well-to-do,
partly because he takes many case
for penuiless clients who come to
him pleading for help.
He is man of exemplary habits
and private life, little past 80 years
old, and his great ability rs an orator
have long made him a favorite at
democratic banquets and consen-
lions.
The knowledge OF these facts about
John W. Kern was what caused the
delegates to rally about him with
such hearty and surprising unanim-
ity that. by the time IL was o'clock,
his was practically the only name SER
iously consided. 1t was In the knowl-
edge OF these facts that he was chos-
en- as the running mate for William
]. Bryan. With the ticket thus
completed democrats are going home
tonight, leaving for all points of the
compass, satisfied, happy and conf
dent. They feel that they did their
work we'll at Denver. They Ieel that
the difference between their candi-
dates and the Chicago candidates is
as striking at that between their
platform and the Chicago platform.
| They know to begin with that Mr..
Bryan is platform In himself. That
every one knows what he STANDS for,
and why. And they know that the
things he has been fighting Tor have
become, through stern experience
and the spread OF enlightenment the
most popular ideas In this nation to-
day. And they know on the other
hand that Mr.. Taft's position is 81
extremely uncertain with regard not
only to specific issues, but the way
his sympatbies lean, that most peo
pie are frankly In the dark bout
him and doubtful where he stands.
And they know that those few
things, as to which he has taken /.
positive stand, beginning with hi
use of the writ of injunction for Tn,
settlemen of labor disputes, and end
ing with his unsuccessful attack OF
the Oklahoma constitution, havr
gone to make him the reverse of pop
ular. They know that their candi
date for vice presidsI. is a genuin
Bryan democrat, Of progressive view
! and a firm ''anti-corporation" mai
, In the sense that he has consistent
J opposed the corporation In polite
and as an aggressor In the industria
field. And they know his record
clean. On the other HAND, they knoi
that the republican candidate fo
vice president Is the antithesis {
! Kern, corporation man, reaction
AIRY and a congressman with a recor
that is not wholly savory.
They know that their platforI
voices frankly and boldly the deman
Of the common people for justice an
equal opportunity, lodging the issu
and retreating from no outpost viii
the republican platform represents
dictionary triumph.
They know that az to every sing
issue on which the reactionaries VIC
in Chicago they lost in Denver.
They know that as to every sing
issue on which progressiyes like Ii
Toilette lost 10 Chicago they won
Denver.
i They feel that, with the iss'
clearly defined, with the line tn
sharpy drawn, they are bound to W
Z In an appeal to the conscience, Il
patriotism and intelligence OF q
county.
i They feel Furthermore that In G
nomiation of men like Bryan al
Kern. In the adoption OF a platfor
that strikes hard at every plutocrat
special interest In the county, In I
ejectment from the national c0une
OF the party of men like Guffey a
McCarren they have given an earn'
OF their good faith and proven tt
their party is 10 be trusted. I'll
are proud, too, OF the character
the leadership, that has been ma
tested. They point out that the
men In this convention, the II
who directed it's destinies where 81
men as Tom Johnson Of Ohio,
. Governor Folk Of Missouri, As G.
. ernor Haskell of Oklahoma, as Geo
Fred Williams of Massachusetts,
Augustus Thomas Of New York; II
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