The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-29
TAGGART'S MACHINE SMASHED
INDIANA DEMOCRATS NAME
JOHN ~. kHRN FOR SENATE.
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1s EsstsS~ s"to No@tesN'
= ISOsAsAPoIIs. April 1s.-ThrouGh q
csmbinatiOn OF tho friends Of Gov. Mar,
shall and John W. Kern. the TaRRar,
eLe.asOt in the D-mOcFatic party Wal
put to route to-day in the state con.
ventiOn.
When the COMMITTEES on TOllsa and ortiOu
OF business reported last night. nHins
the discuastOn OF thu question % naming
a senator az this convsntiOn. Il WaI
! through concessions by TaGgaFt and his
fStenda for the sake Of harmony such
that q r,Ils was adopted.
immediately after the convention ad-
JOurned. the Governor and others got
delegates frOm each Congress district
together anal made a strong plea for
seatling the question Ot the Senatoruhip
at the convention.
Men were appointed from each district
and between midnight and tho assem-
bling % the convention this morning
hundreds or delegates wsre sought out
many oG them bsinR found in bed. and
imp"rtuned tn join in the .efort to elimi-
nate Taggart from the campaign.
The methods adopted In this county
In tn" primaries were dweIt upon. and II
was asserted that " the convention did
not nominate ar did nominate TaRRart.
u would he certain defeat for the party.
II was said that his shadow in the cam
pa'gn. even as a possible candidate for
the Senate. would drive hundreds %
Democrats from tho party. while his
nomination would give the Republicans
the state by a landslide
The men engaged IN the canvass found
that the primaries herr had made marked
impression on many % the delegates.
The opposition entered the convention
CERTAIN ~ victory. and friends % the
Governor were doubtful ~ the outcome
A. SoOn as the convention Was called
Ia order the chairman announced that the
T'oadinK question was whether or not the
convention should nominate q candidate
for the Senate aud that forty five minutes
3 ~ouh bs given Ia -ach side for a dis
ciIss'un ~ tho question. James L.
Mccullough. former stats senator.
spoke Tor the Governors proposition and
was followed nv Samuel RAl-ton and
Senator Shiv-iy who spoke against n
John y. lamb closed the debate for the
proposition. tie provei Ia I,e the most
forcibls 81 the speakers and Openly de-
clars'd that he was opposed To- TsGxa rtism
in the democratic party.
/ The opposition in the convention began
Ia d~ride the apeak.r and u was several
minutes I-fore hs could b- heard He
said he wanted the tune Ia end when the
Tom TRgEartS and Crawford FAIRBANKS
would SIT in the Deuissa Hotel and dictate
Ia ia" party, b'It he could get M further
With the thought. The TagEari folIo~inK
"a the convention hi~-'si aud Ehgutssi and
Tor i've minutes there was such a lpssilam
thai nothing Cuuld bs heard. IaAn1b
cl,s~S-i his Sp~e~h. aud tho ballot was
/ taken amid intense excitement,
CiN-er- follOwssr"ysry prono,Incs.i vote
Tor nr against the prpp,-si'iOn to nominate
and l-fOre the roll call was half through
u WaA -s-n that the result Was Ia 10. very
Cl'S-- Ns-'k aud meek The vote. ran with
the Governor slightly ia IN" lead TIL
MARION county was reached The an
nouDc~m@0i 81 iTs votes against nomi-
mating and six vUt~s IA favor carried the
Opposition FAR ahead. hat the G0v~nOr's
cause gained steadily H. the hallot pro
gres-@d lappr,@ ~o'tHty had given
twelve votes 20 the Gov~Tnor and seven
teen against him aud this Waa q diAap-
po'ntn~nt to both aides. TaRRart -xp..rt-
ing solid vote AMI the Governor hoping
Tor more than his proposition gn' When
~, Joseph county was reached u divided
lie vote. giving tO zach side wenty three
v"'sS. THIS vas a TaEEart disappo,nt-
neni. for u carried the Governor ten
ahead NanderbuTg gave twenty five 90
the siov-rnpr. which was another eur
pr,-e AMI when tho hsllot was '.JnClusirS
" ~tp-s HNs' Ter nominating "a senator
and sSs' against. the ti"v-rnDr having
Son Icy thirty votes "a convention -
la delegates
n'i~r the r'Iie at the convention the
detet u'naf'on Ia name Senator was
tott"sest by Nominations for the place
aud tsu candidates we're presented a.
tOllONS a. ' henzieT - Mount NeTnon
h.''-r' N'sr- 20 Bloomington. Joseph
shea ~ Seymour l. D. slack 81 Prank
iIns John b LIANT, uT I~rr- HatIte Tom
iaEgsri 81 lndianaI Dl,-. John v keru
81 lnSi'ansI.oiis Lawrence RecksT II
Hammond. - ". Sums of Isfs yett-. D.
q Hoffman ~ Port MAvne Though not
plACrd ~ nomination Congressman
Adair aud Samuel kslstou Of INllanun
were voted for
Du the fiTrt ballot TaREart lei With
2?s Votes, Marion county EiVinE hun I.p
aud the others ieinE scattered over the
state ksrn received 2sI votes. OU m"
-s.'Urid i-aiIot there ~as = manifest slump
fTsIIn other candidates tO ksrn. Hs ap-
poars-t IA the oUavsntiOu aud de-. Ia rod
that no OIIe had iseen authorized Ia place
him ~ nomination And that be- was net
q san'tstats. . he bnNv-ni ion how ssd him
dUNn asd - Was ry.d-nt lllat tber- Na-
"A settled I''IrI,O-e 70 nominats ham after :
conpl,n'.niing the other candidates
ia the -ec,Bnd ballot lie rscsived as5
votes and with the nomination WIth,n b
h,r grasp he Appeared pp0n the platform
aud ,ieclar',i that hc womb not aCy~pt
" nominated
II wPs during that ballot that TakRaTt
Withdrew hts name. saving that the Tag ,
gari InRchine had lIeen asOt to the scrap .
pale and Marion county would give Kern |
Is5 votes
The third roll call was or,ierrd and
Kern reviewed. ia votes A. this juno
iurs John r.. famb Withdrew in favor
81 ksrn. and all the other Candidate.
f"lloNIng. his nomination was made
unanimous
The platform adopted threw q fsw
l'ouQ,Iets az the party and little interest
was manifested IN any except the tariff
aud liquor planks. both Of which the
Republicans dodg~d ia their platform
The PlankS on these -ubjects follow
W. cSnounc~ tho PAYNE Aldrirh tar,H
az a. = nsst~rpi'c" IT Injustice. inyOlN wing
r~nOT-s.ls-- ~NartiOpa from the many 10
snTi"h the feW through the trustS and
utoEopOit-r Whrrh u fosters. TaVin TAXATION,
Ike other TAXATION. should 10 for public
purposes only End not f"V private profit
aIsd should b~ lev led 49, mot 90 discFitn-
inst. against nUN -~"tiOB. Glss-. industry
~ o,ciI.ahpn. snd hunted % the SEXUAL
n~,..---Hi.K of the GoNsEHt' eHt. s-,.Un"ra-
tUallN administered.
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