The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-22
KERN BOOM THROWS SCARE
into GOV. MARSHALL'S RANKS
Movement Give Indiana Presidential Delegation to
Senator Kern Grows Despite the Protests Which He
Has Always Made Whenever His Name Was Con-
sidered For Ofice-Labo Issue Is Forced to Front

ton by calling for an investigation of
the dynamiting outrages as well as
the circums tances under which Nc
Namara was taken to California This
it already has been urged upon Senator
Kern should be done in the interest OF
fairness Meanwhile Senator Kern's
resolution is still in his possession, &C
cording to advices here, and has not
been introduced.
Labor leaders are displaying a very
warm feeling for Senator Kern be-
cause of the views he has expressed. 1t
has been reported in political circles
that Governor Marshall construed
Senator Kern's public criticism of the
spiriting away of Mcnamara as some
what OF slap at himself. and it is said
that he delivered his mind to a certain
state official recently on this point. and
declared that he did not understand
why Senator Kern should crfticise him
Mr. Kern. while in Indianapolis recent
". FASTENED to explain in an interview
that he did not intend to cast any re-
Elections upon the Governor because of
the latters action in honoring the re-
QUESTION from the Governor OF Cali
fornia. He reiterated that he is not a
candidate for President, and insisted
that talk of his being candidate was
"a joke" He declared that under no
circumstances would he allow his name
to go before the next Democratic ma
tional convention.
Recalls Former Cases.
One of the men who is pushing the
Kern boom, however, with wink, re-
called that Mr.. Kern was not a candi-
, date for the nomination for Vice Presi-
dent in 1908. and yet he received the
nomin alton; also that he was in no
sense" a candidate for Governor when
he was nominated for that office, and
likewise he stated and reiterated the
statement that under no circumstances
would he be a candidate for United
States senator before the last state
convention. nor would he accept the
senatorial nomination were 1t tender
ed him.
There are indications that the entire
Taggart organization in the end will
he found behind Kern, state commit
tee and all, with one or two exceptions,
while the anti-Taggart forces Will try
to make the delegation for Marshall.
1t is pointed out that If Taggart should
get behind Kern's candidacy and his
organization with the aid of organized
labor. would stand pretty good
chance of landing Senator Kern the
delegation except in the Fifth and
Twelfth Districts. The Marshall men
are not backward in stating that they
regard the Kern boom as dangerous.
| There is much discussion among
! Democrats as to who the delegates at
large likely will be. 1t has been Gus
! tomary in the past to send some official
| or representative in Congress to the
| Convention as we'll as other big Demo
Gratis. It Is not unlikely that nearly
every Democratic member of Congress
from this state will be delegate, in
Guiding Senators Kern and Shively
who probably will be two of the dele
gates at large
Two delegates and two alternates
will be elected from each district. the
remaining four OF the thirty delegates
from this state being selected at large
by the next state convention. 1t is not