The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-29
INDIANA STATE DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION ENDED IN
PERFECT HARMONY.
TWO BALLOTS WERE HAD
ion Second Taggart Delivered Enouuh
Votes For Kern to Win-Free
For All Fight Was
Once Imminent.


riotous discord and closing In enthus
iastic harmony, the Indiana State
Democratic convention today adopt
ed Governor MarshalPs proposition
that it should endorse to next years
legislature a candidate Off United
States senate, and named John w.
Kern, who was the partys candidate
for vice president in 190S
The opposition made a grim fight
rnder the leadership OF Thomas Tag
CART, former chairman OF the Demo
cratic national committee, and him
self candidate for the nomination
as senator, but, In defeat he joined
heartily with the element headed by
Governor Marshall and John Il, Lamb,
Of Terra Haute, vice-chairman of the
national committee and another as
pirant for the senatorship, in shouting
he acclimaton of Kern as the
party's candidate.
"The Taggart machine is on the
scrap heap" said Taggart, giving up
The struggle with a broad smile. Il
I'm going to say something that the
most Of you won't believe-but I
would rather see Kern In the senate
han be there there myself" He le-
lyered the lS3 votes OF the Marion
county delegates to Kern on the zee.
md ballot, though Kern declared, In
he course Of the first ballot that "he
was in no sense candidate
Kern later, when all of the other
ten candisi9tes had withdrawn was
@ominated unanimously.
The fight began as soon as the con-
'ention opened, Governor Marshall
putting up the question Ghether the
convention should nominate sena
orial candidate. Among the others
who eppoke in the midst OF the tp-t
r@lr following Marshall's announce
nent was United States Senator b.
= Shively, who declared that the con-
gention had not been chosen by the
9eople to nominate candidate and
therefore had no authority in the,
case. #.
John E. Lamb declared that he was
externally opposed to Taggartism."
4issa and groans filled the hall and
lrowned the cheers of his own Terle
Haute and Vigo county delegation
When the tumult subsidized he declar
ID that the convention should nomi-
rate him, or some better man
The question was put in the Wild
est kind of excitement in which one
lamb enthusiast was struck in the
face a general fight between thel
delegations was Immediately imment
until the police re tored order. when
the count of the ballot, showing SSSIb
for and S5Sh against the plan was
announced, It was received with al
mighty cheer.
The nominations were called for
in which Kern was quickly nominat-
ed. The first ballot gave Kern 1903;
Taggart 228 and Lamb 226: In the
second Taggart threw Marion coun-
'y's vote to Kern and he got 647 inI
Ill.
State Ticket Named.
The state ticket named Is as fol.
lows;
For secretary Of state--Louis Il.
dillingham; Decatur,
Auditor--William O'Brien, Law
renceburg.
Attorney general Thomas II. Ho-
nan.
Treasurer William II. vollmer, !
CLERK of the supreme COURT. r. |
France Huntington.
Supt of public Instruction. Robert |
]. Alley, Bloomington.
Geologist- Edward Barrett, Plain.
Held.
Statistlcian--Thomas Brolley, North
Vernon
Judges OF the appellate court
Southern division: Edward NJ Felt,
Greenfield; M. b. Hotel, Salem;
Northern division: Joseph |. Bach,
hammond; M. b. Larry, Logansport;
Andrew Adams, Columbia City.
Supreme court--Second district;
Douglas Morris, Rushville; Third dis.
rict-Charles E. Cox. Indianapolis.
The platform denounces the Payne.
Aldrich tariff as a masterpiece Of in
Justice and as favoring monopolies;
'avors the pension Of dollar day |
or union veterans Of the civil war;
IN income tax amendment to the fed
'ral constitution; opposes subsidies;
injunctions without afford.
ng the defendants hearing; con-
lemns extravaganza In the adminis-
ration; favors the conservation of
he natural resources; popular cleo
ion OF senator's; declares for local
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