Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-29
DEMOCRATS
NAME JOHN ". KERN
AS j. s. SENATOR
Former Vice Presidential Can
didate Wins Nomination After
Bitter fractional Battle Fought
All Thursday
"GIVE EN- HE'LL JOHNNIE"
DELEGATE CRIES TO LAMB
NV Associated Press.)

/ vice president on the Democratic ucket
in the last national election, was this aft
ernoon nominated as United States sena-
tor from Indiana. The nomination came
after a day of hard fighting.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. April 2S.-By
vote of SSS 1-2 to SS5 1-2 the Indiana DEM
ocratic convention today adopted the
proposition presented by Governor Mar
shall that the convention should indorse
a candidate for the United States senate.
Thomas Taggart, former chairman of the
Democrats committee, opposed this
plan, favoring a statewide primary an.
the election next November
To decide wheher or not IL should in
dorse a candidate for the United states
senate was the first business of the In
diana Democratic convention when it as
sembled today. Action upon the ques-
! ton had been postponed at last nights
session and hot contest upon the adop-
ton or rejection of the plan seemed
| certain today. The matter had been the
subject of contention among the party
leaders for weeks and all of last night
the leaders of the divisions among the
delegates held conferences, marshaling
| their forces for their impending battle.
Governor Marshall and John e. Lamb
of Terre Haute, vice chairman OF the
Democratic national committee, favored
| the plan. The opposition was led by
Thomas Taggart.
There was a debate of As minutes on
side for each side on whether the
plan should be endorsed. When John
f. Lamb rose to conclude for the af-
firmative, he was given an ovation,
which was followed by roar of laugh
| ter when a leather-lunged delegate
! shouted:
Lamb concluded his speech with the
| declaration This convention will stand
| for the rights of the people and NOM
mate a candidate for the senate, either
myself or some better man."
, Balloting on the proposition by counties
| then began.
| The names of candidates were present.
ed to the convention when nominations
| for United States senator were asked
for. follows: G. V. Menzies, Mount
Vernon; Robert w. Miers. Bloomington;
! Joseph H. Shea, Seymour; l. Ert Slack,
| Franklin: John (. Lamb, Terre Haute
Thomas Taggart, Indianapolis John W.
Kern, Indianapolis; Lawrence Becker,
( Hammond; Daniel w. Simms. Lafayette:
| Edward G. Hoffman. Fort Wayne, and
John A. Adair. Portland
/ AS the first ballot proceeded the name
of Samuel Ralston, of Lebanon, was add
| ed to the list of candidates. Kern ap-
peared to be leading in the early voting.
| Mr.. Kern, when he learned that his
name was being voted upon, declared the
voting for him was without his knowl-
edge and against his VIII.
| RIOT is THREATENED.
i A riot was threatened when a delegate
from Marion county assaulted a delegate
I from Terre Haute. The police interfered
and separated the combatants.
When the result of the first ballot was
| announced Kern led with 303 votes, Tag
CART second with 22S There are LA in
! the convention and ST4 are necessary to a
choice
AS the second ballot proceeded many
changed their votes to Kern and he made
/ great gains.
! GIVE EN- HE'LL. JOHNNIE"
| Give 'em hell, Johnnie" Great con-
| fusion broke loose during Lambs
| speech and the police rushed through
| the aisles trying to clear them of ex-
| cited delegates. Thomas Taggart min
gled with his delegates from Indfanapo-
lis and Marion county, urging them to
keep quiet.
Lamb finally was permitted to con-
/ tinue his speech, but there were fire.
quent outbreaks of Kisses and yells of
| protest. -.
There is battle for the people"
! shouted Lamb above the tumult. IF
that is usurpation 1 am an usurper."
PLATFORM AS ADOPTED.
i Following is the platform adopted by
the Indiana Democrats:
/ Democracy is a conservator Oh prop
erty. 1t defies alike both paternalism
and communism. It's theory o. govern
ment is best which governs least. 1t is
| the friend of both labor and capital 1t
adds to the rewards of human endeavor
by giving equal opportunities to all ami
| special privileges to none Democracy
fixes no limits to honest accumuIa ton
| Of capital, but ii denies that wealth and
cunning, leagued together, may lawfully
| concentrate into a few hands the fruits
of the productive energy of the world.
I'VE denounce the Payne-Aldrich tar
if fact as a masterpiece of injustice, in
| Nolving remorseless exactions from the
! many to enrich the few, through the
trusts and monopolies, which it fosters.
/ Tariff taxation, like other taxation,
| should be for public purposes only, and
not for private profit; and should be
| so levied as not to discriminate against
any section, class, industry or occupa-
ton, and limited to the actual necessi-
ties OF the government, economically
| administered
I'VE condemn the cowardice of the Re-
| publican party in Indiana in failing 20
met the issues in a fair and manly way;
| that in it's endeavor to gain Democratic
! votes 1t has, on the tariff question, one
proposition in it's state platform and diff
| ferent and opposing propositions in con-
! gressinal Platforms that by indorse-
nent 10 commends President Taft, who
approved the Payne-Aldrich tariff law
| and in the same resolutions commends
/ Senator Beverage, who voted against
the same measure, for his course in op-
| posing such tariff law.
President Taft has Endorsed Cannon
! and Aldrich We submit to the people
| whether relief may be expected from.
| the party standing for Taft, Cannon, Aid
rich and BeSeridge all at the same time -
FAVOR A PENSION LAW.
1--WE favor the immediate enactment of
a pension law by congress providing for
a pension Of not less than 30 dollar a
day for all Unicn veterans of the civil
| war.
we most heartily favor the ratifica-
! ton of the proposed amendment to 10
, constitution Of the United States au-
! thorizing congress to levy an income tax.
we are opposed to all subsidies by
| the government and we especially con-
denim the present ship subsidy BILL
| I'VE are opposed to the indiscrimi-
nate use of the power of injunction BY
the courts without notice to the defend