The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-29
Nearly 1000 Indiana Demo
Gratis, After Much Wran-
Cling and Wire Pulling, Sue
coed in Naming State Ticket
FORMER BOSS VERY MUCH
IN EVIDENCE AT TIMES
Successful Candidate to Sue
coed Beveridge Was the Tail
End of the Bryan Kite in
Last Presidential Campaign.
PLATFORM OF HOLSTERS

INDIANAPOLIS, April 2S.-OpeniBs
ia riotOuS discOrd and closing I'm
enthusiastic harmony, the Indiana
Democratic convention today adopted
Governor MarshHiIs proposition that IL
Endorse candidate for the United
States Senate, ana named John w.
Kern, who was the party'S candidate for
vice president i'm 1905.
The opposition mate a grim fight I'M
der the leadership oft Thomas Tagga-t,
former chairman of the Democratic ma
ttOnal committee, and himself candI-
date for the nomination of senator.
When the count of ballots, showing
SIS = for, to SS55A against the plan.
was announced, IL was received with n
mighty cheer.
The names of nine other candidates
besides Kern were presented to the
convention. but the former candidate
for the vice presidency was in the lead
from the first ballot.
Kern made his way to the platform
in an effort to withdraw his name. He
said he had been charged with vacii-
lating 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
ne was quickly nominated.
Other nominations follow:
Attorney general-ThOmas NJ. HOnan.
at present speaker of the house Of
Judge supreme court, Second district
Douglass Norris OF RushYille.-
Judge supreme court, Third district
Charles T. Cox of indianapolis.
The Platform.
The following platform was adopted
by the convention:
Democracy fixes no limits to honest
accumulation of capital, but il denies
that wealth and cunning, leagued to-
gether, may lawfully concentrate into
IA few hands the fruits of the productive
energy of the world.
I'VE denounce the Payne Aldrich tar
if act as a masterpiece of injustice.
involving remOrseless exactions from
the many TO enrich the few through
the trusts and monOpolies which il fOs-
ters- The tariff taxation, like other
taxation, should be for public purposes
only, and not for private profit, and
should be SO levied as not to discrim-
mate against any section, class, indus
try or occupation, and limited to the
actual necessities of the government.
we condemn the cOWardice OF the
Republican party in Indiana in failing
10 meet the issues in a fair and manly
way. that, in its endeaVOT 20 gain Dem
ocratic votes il has on the tariff ques-
ton one proposition in state platforms
and different and opposing PROPOSE
UOns in congressional platforms. that
by endorsement il cOmmends President
Taft who approved the Payne Aldrieh
tariff law, and in the same resolution
COmmends Senator Beveridge, who
voted against the same measure, for
his course in opposing such a tariff
law.
President Taft has endorsed Cannon
and Aldrlch. We submit TO the people
whether relief may be expected from
party standing for Taft, Cannon,
Aldrich and Beverage all at the same
time.
I'VE favor the immediate enactment
of pension law by Congress provid-
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