Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1908 — JOHN WORTH KERN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JOHN WORTH KERN

Nominated for the VicePresidency, PROMINENT INDIANIAN HONORED. Is a Good Clean Man of Pronounced Ability and Has No “Bari” To Tap for Funds. The democratic national convention at Denver adjourned Friday afternoon after nominating by acclamation for the second place on the ticket the Hon. John W. Kern of Indianapolis, one of the most able men In the state and against whom naught can be said. He is

Very prominent in the councils of his party and has always been a consistent Bryan man. As a lawyer and as a man he stands very high in Indianapolis and all over the state. It has been the custom with both parties generally to nominate tor the vice-presidency a very wealthy man, one who had a barrel of money to open up for the good of the cause. Mr. Kern is only in moderate circumstances and is as clean a man as there is in the country. While having been twice defeated for governor of Indiana he ran ahead of his ticket each time, and it is generally believed that his nomination for the vice-presidency will add considerable strength to the ticket in this state. With such standard bearers as William J. Bryan and John W. Kern, with Thomas R. Marshall at the head of the state ticket, Indiana democracy will enter the fight with the battle more than half won already.

JOHN W. KERN.