Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-05-04
DEMOCRATIC BOSS OF INDIANA
BEATEN BY VICE PREsi-
DENTAL CANDIDATE.
CONVENTION OPENS WITH RIOT
AMI Ennis WITH IoVF
FEAST.
CHOICE OF CANDIDATE FOR SEN
AToR MADE AFTER BITTER
CONTEST.

Indianapolis, April 29.-Opening in
riotous d;scord and closing in en-
thu iastic harmony, the Indiana DEM
ocratic convention yesterday adopted
Governor Marshalfe proposition that
it shoul9 endorse to the next year $
legislature a candidate for 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 Tag
CART, former chairman OF the demo
cratic national committee, and HIM
self a candidate for nomination for
senator, but in defeat, it joined heart
iIy with the element headed by Gov
ernor Marshall and John E. Lamb,
of Terre Haute, vice chairman OF the
national committee and another as
pirant for senatorship-in shouting
acclaim of Mr.. Kern as the party S
candidate.
THE raggart machine is on the
scrap heap" said Mr.. Taggart, giving
IN the struggle with broad smile.
Il am going to say something that
most of you won't belieVe-but |
would rather see Mr.. Kern in the SEN
ate than to be there myself" He de-
livered the 1873 votes of the Marion
county delegation to Kern in the
second ballot, though Kern had de-
clared, in the course of the first bal
lot, that he was in no sense a can
didate."
Mr.. Kern later, when ali the other
ten candidates had withdrawn, was
nominated unanimously.
The fight began as soon as the
convention opened, Governor Mar
shall putting up the question whether
the convention should nominate a
senatorial candidate. Among others
who spoke amidst the uproar, follow
ing Governor Marshalrs announce
mlnt, was United States Senator b.
F. Shively. who declared that the
convention had not been chosen by
the people 10 nominate a candidate
and therefore had no authority in the
case
When John E. Lamb declared that
he was externally opposed to Taggaru
:sru, Kisses and groans filed the hall
and drowned the cheers of his own
| Terre Haute and Vigo county delega
ton. When the tumult subsidized ne
declared that the convention SHOULD
nominate him, 'or some Better man.
The question was put in the bes
kind of excitement in which one
Lamb enthusiast was struck in thu
face. A general fight between delega
tions was imminent until the poles
restored order.
When the count of the ballot, show
ing SS8 for and S5S against the pIal
was announced it was received with ;
mighty cheer.
Nominations were called for il
which Mr.. Kern was quickly nominal
ed.
The first ballot gave Kern 3O3, Tag
CART 228 and Lamb 266. In the sec
ond Taggart threw the Marion count
votes to Kern, and he got CAT in al
The platform denounced the Payne
Aldrich tariff as masterpiece of il
justice and as favoring monopolies
fayors pensions of dollar day TO
Union veterans of the civil var; tn
income tax amendment federal cor
stitution; opposes subsidies; az
nounces injunctions without affordin
| defendants a hearing; condemns e1
travagance Of administration; favor
conservation OF natural resources
| popular election OF senator's: declare
for local self government especial
where it concerns the liquor traffic.
| A state ticket was named as fol
| follows:
Secretary of state-Lopis E. Filing
ham. Decatur,
William o'Brien, Law
| renceburg.
Attorney Thomas NJ. He
nan.
Treasurer William H vollmel
VincinDes.
| Clerk Of supreme court. F
| France, Huntington
Superintendent Of public instruc
| ton Robert J. Alley, Bloomington.
! Geologist-Edward Barrett, Plair
tfeld,
i statistician-Th Thomas Brolley. Nortl
| Vernon
| Judges appellate court, southern d
vision-Edward NJ. Felt, Greenfield
| NJ. 3. Hotel. Salem: northern diyis
| ion-Joseph ] Bach, Hammond; N
B Larry. Logansport; Andrew Adams
| Co unbia City.
i upreme court. second district
I Douglas Morris. Rushville: third dis
trict-Charles E. Cox, Indianapolis