Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1916 — DEMOCRATS TO HOLD STATE CONVENTION [ARTICLE]

DEMOCRATS TO HOLD STATE CONVENTION

Arriving Now In Indianapolis to Nominate Adair For Governor and Taggart For Senate.

The democratic state convention will be held in Indianapolis Wednesday and the vanguard began arriving in the state capital Sunday. The convention will not, represent many contests as the primary selected John A. M. Adair for governor and John Worth Kern for the senate and all this convention will do is to ratify the primary result. The death since the primary of Senator Shively makes the naming of another senatorial candidate necessary and it is now- a foregone conclusion that Thomas Taggart, who was named by Governor Ralston for the place, will be nominated to make the race this fall against James E. Watson, named by the re-

publicans. Harry S. New, the other republican candidate, will run against Senator Kern, who seeks re-election. Senator Taggart does not find busi- * riess so rushing at Washington that he can not take time to come back for j the convention and he is expected in [ Indianapolis Tuesday. The blond boss may decide not to accept the nomination and some of his friends are saying that he will not but the general impression is that his admirers will be so entirely in charge of the convention that they will put him on the ticket. The only other person mention is Governor Ralston. Delegates to the national convention to be held in St. Louis beginning June 14th will be selected by districts Tuesday evening and the delef gates at large, 4 in number, will be chosen at the convention Wednesday. There will be 1,363 delegates in the convention. Governor Ralston will make the keynote speech Wednesday morning and will act as temporary chairman. His speech and the platform are expected to contain a sweeping approval of the Wilson administration and also o? the democratic administrations of the state, including the primary law, public service commission and all laws of the past democratic controlled legislatures.

A new line of Harper and Brown buggies just received at Scott Brothers.