Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-04-29
Driver Himself Says that it is Now
on the Scrap Pile.
BAD RIOT NEARLY TAKES PLACE
Delegate Assaults Another and Police
Settle Trouble.
PARTY PLATFORM IS ADOPTED
No Limit IL Fixed for Honest Accumu-
IatiOn of Capital, but IT Denies
the Use of Cunning
Methods.

INDIANAPOLIS, April 2S.-John w. Kern
was unanimously nominated as the demo-
cratic candidate for United States senator
from Indiana by the democratic state con-
vention late today on the third ballot.
Louis c. Eldingham of Decatur was
nominated for secretary Of state and Will
liam H. OBrien of Lawrenceburg for
auditor.
Thomas NJ. Honan speaker Of the In
diana house of representatives. was nomi-
mated for attorney general on the second
ballot
j. Fred France of Huntington received
the nomination for clerk of the supreme
court on the second ballot.
Robert j. Alley of Bloomington was re-
nominated for superintendent of public in
struction by acclamation.
Within 127 votes of the nomination after
the second ballot had been announced, j.
W. Kern said he would decline the noml-
nation. There were shouts of mo" from
all parts Of the hall Thomas Taggart de-
clared that it was the wish of the demo-
Gratis Of Indiana that Kern accept the
nomination. A third ballot was ordered:
TaEEart Machine wrecked.
When Marion county was reached on the
third ballot Tom Taggart arose and said:
LAS the Taggart machine is now in the
scrap pile, Marion county casts 1873 votes
for Kern"
By vote of SsS1h to S5S1z the convention
adopted the proposition presented by Gov
ernor Marshall that the convention should
endorse candidate for the United States
! senate.
| A riot was threatened in the convention
when a delegate from Marion county as
saulted a delegate from Terre Haute The
police interfered and separated the COM
batants.
! The platform follows:
Democracy fixes no limits to honest ae-
cumulatiOn of capital, but it denies that
wealth and cunning, leagued together. may
lawfully concentrate into few hands the
fruits Of the productive energy of the world
DenOunce Payne Bill.
We denounce the Payne-Aldrich tariff
| act as a masterpiece of injustice, involv-
ing remorseless exactions from the many to
enrich the few through the trusts and
and monopoies 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 dis
criminate against any section, class, in
dustry or occupation and limited to the ac=
tual necessities of the government, eco
nomcally administered.
We condemn the cowRrdice of the re-
publican party in Indiana in failing to meet
the issues in fair and manly way; that,
in it's endeavor to gain democratic votes,
it has on the tariff question one proposition
in state platforms and different and oppos-
ing propositions in congressional platforms;
that by Endorsement it commends President
Taft, who approved the Payne-Aldrich
tariff law, and In the same commends
Senator Beveridge, who voted against the
same measure, for his course in opposing
such a tariff law.
Question Relief.
President Taft has endorsed Cannon and
, Aldrich We submit to the people whether
RELIEF may be expected from a party stand
ins for Taft, Cannon, Aldrich and Bever-
; idge all at the same time.
We favor the immediate enactment of a
pension law by congress providing for a
pension Of not less than 81 day for al
union veterans of the civil war.
We most heartily favor the ratification
of the proposed amendment to the constitu
ton of the United States authorizing con
gress to levy an income tax.
We are opposed to all subsidies by tn,
; government and we especially condemn tht
( present ship subsidy bill.
. We condemn the extravagant admlnistra
= tion Of affairs OF the nation by the re
:. publican party.
= We favor the conservation OF our natura
resources and demand the withdrawal from
entry of our remaining timber, coal ant
iron lands and water power sites.
x We favor an amendment to the constitu
p ton Of the United States providing for tn
d election of United States senators by tn
: direct vote of the people.
y The platform heartily commends Unite,
e States Senator b. F. Shively and the In
!. diana democratic representatives in con
= gress and the administration OF the affair
OF the state by Governor Marshall.