The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-05
STATE TICKET
NAMED BY
DEMOCRATS
SELECTION OF CANDI-
DATES FOR STATE OF
FICES MADE BY CON-
VENTION.
Fist Fight Hats Balloting; Plat
form Scores State Republi-
cans for Stand on Tariff

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Indianapolis Ind, April 30
Opening in riotous discord AMI
closing in enthusiastic harmony,
the Indiana Democratic conven-
ton adopted Governor MarshalPs
proposition that it should indorse
to next years legislature candi-
date for the United States senate
and named John w. Kern WHO
was the party's candidate for
vice president in 1908.
The opposition made a grim
fight under the leadership OF
Thomas Taggart, former chair
man of the national cOmnittee
and himself a candidate for the
nomination for SENATOR. but in
defeat it joined heartily with the
element headed by Governor
Marshall and John f. Lamb OF
Terre Haute, vice chairman OF the
national committee and another
aspirant for the senatorsllip, in a
shouted reclamation OF Kern as
the party's candidate.
This greater issue overshad-
owed the routine OF adopting
platform and naming a state
ticket and it was speedily con-
cluded.
Taggart Acknowledges Defeat.
THE Taggart machine Is on
the scrap heap" said Taggart to
the convention, giving UP the
struggle with a broad smile. Il
am going to say something most
ed when Gov. Marshall rear
peared upon the stand to present
the permanent chairman United
States Senator Shively. Only the
indianapolis delegation remained
seated.
Shively Attacks Republicans.
Senator Shively on taking the
chair. delivered a speech attack
ing the Indiana Republicans, the
Taft administration and the
Payne-Aldrich tariff.
"Wm. H. Taft in a series OF
public addresses has pronounced
the Payne-Aldrich bill the best
tariff the country ever had" he
said.
Kern Dodges Formal Speech
Senator Shively after his speech
called for the report of the COM
mittee on resolutions, which was
read and adopted as the platform
Nominations for candidates for
the United States senate then
were presented by districts, and
the balloting began in an atmos-
phere of stress and excitement.
The first ballot gave Kern 203 !;
: Taggart 22S; and Lamb 226; In
the second ballot Taggart threw
of you won't belieNe-but | would
rather see Kern in the senate,
than to be there myself
Taggart delivered the 1873 votes
of the Marion county delegation
to Kern on the second ballot,
though Kern had declared, in the
course OF the first ballot, that his
name had been presented without
warrant and that he was Gin no
sense a candidate"
The voting proceeded, Kern
gaining more and more, apparent
ly against his wishes until the
fourth ballot, when all the other
ten candidates had Withdrawn
and he was nominated unani-
mously.
When the count of the ballot,
showing SSSH for to S5S and ONE
half against the plan, was an
nounced it was received with a
mighty cheer which was redoubl-
Marion county votes to Kern and
he got Gil in all.
Here Kern made his way to
the platform in a second effort to
withdraw his name. He said he
had been charged with vacilating
in the hope of capturing the
nomination. His protest was in
vain Taggart shouted that the
Indiana Democracy wanted
Kern in the senate and Kern
retired before the cheers. Then
the landslide for him started, and