Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1910 — KERN IS CHOSEN FOR U. S. SENATE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KERN IS CHOSEN FOR U. S. SENATE

Taggart Following Is Routed In Indiana Convention. MARSHALL DELEGATES CONTROL Result Is One of Surprises That Has Ever Occurred In Hoosier Convention-r-Full Ticket Nominated. i Secretary of State—Lew Ellingham, Decatur. Auditor—W. H. O’Brien, Lawrenceburg. \ Treasurer—W. N. Volmer, Vincennes. Attorney General —Thomas Hogan Seymour. Clerk supreme court —J. F. France, Huntington. Supt. public instruction—Robert J. Alley, Indlanapolsi. State Exologist—Edward Barrett, Plainfield. / State statistician—Thomas Broilleg, North Vernon. Judge supreme court, Second district —Douglas Morris, Rushville* Judge supreme court, Third District —Charles E. Cox, Indianapolis. Judges appellate court —J. G. Trebacher, Hammond; M. B. Lairy, Logansport, and A. A. Adams, Columbia City.

Indianapolis, Opril 29.—One of the greatest surprises that ever came in an Indiana convention, occurred when, through a combination of the friends of Gov. Marshall and John W. Kern, the Taggart element in the Democratic party was put to rout and defeat in the state convention and defeat changed to victory. .

As soon as the convention was called to order, the chairman announced that the question was whether or not the convention should nominate a candidate for the senate and that fortyfive minutes would be given each side for a discussion of the question. James E. McCullough, a former state senator, spoke for the governor’s proposition and he was followed by Samuel Ralston and Senator Benjamin F. Shively who spoke against it. John E. Lamb closed the debate for the proposition. He proved to be the most forcible of the speakers and he openly declared that he was opposed to Taggartlsm in the Democratic party. The Taggart following In the convention hissed and shouted and for five minutes there was such a bedlam of nofsejsthat nothing could be heard. Lamb closed his speech in an effort to make himself heard over the din and his voice could not be distinguished ten feet away. The ballot was then taken amidst intense excitement, with the governor slightly in the lead till St. Joseph county was reached, which divided Its vote, giving to each side 23 votes and this was a Taggart dsappolntment. Vanderburg gave 25 to the governor which waa a second surprise and when the ballot was concluded it stood 886% for nominating a senator and 858% against. The governor had won by 30 votes in a convention of 1,747 delegates. ° Under the rule of the convention, the determination to name a senator must be followed at once by nominations for the place. The names of ten candidates were presented when nominations for United States senator were asked for, and are as follows: V? G. Menzies, Mt;Vernon; Robert W. Myers, Bloomington; Joseph H. Shea, Seymour; L. Ernest Slack, Franklin; John E. Lamb, Terre Haute; Thomas Taggart, Indianapolis; Lawrence Becker, Hammond; Daniel W. Simms, LaFayette; Edward G. Hoffman, Fort Wayne; John A. Adair, Portland. i On the first ballot Taggart led with 228 votes. Kern received 200 votes. On the second ballpt there, was ajianlfest

qlump from the other Candidates to Kern. He appeared In the convention end declared that no one had been authorzed to place him in nomination, and ffiat he was not a candidate. The ►convention howled him down. On the ballot he received 647 votes and with the nomination within his grasp, he appeared on the platform and declared he would not accept if nominated. It was during that ballot that Taggart withdrew his name, saying that the Taggart machine had been sent to the scrap pile and Marlon county would give Kern 185 votes. The third roll call was ordered and Kern received 772 votes. At this juncture John E Lamb withdrew in favor of Kern and all other candidates following, his nomination was made unaminous. The platform adopted threw few boquets at the party and little Interest was manifested in any except the tariff and liquor planks, both of which the Republicans dodged in their platfqrm. " _____