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Show y f IN THE PUBLIC EYE 1 JOHN WORTH KERN I w. John Worth Kern, selected by the Domocrntlo convention nt Denver ns Bryan's running mato m "le nat'onal campnlBn of this fall, Is conceded flr 5jjim to 1,0 'cndcr of tho Indiana Domocracy. i W ftSMt JIr' Korn uaa run several times for governor, IISmW. an eacn t'n' '10 WBB sul( to llavo rcun"'i tno Wr sMWjfffa warring -factions of tho Democratic party and to ft M isiif navo won over R 'arKO Republican following, but VL ' -Ki H$lw each tlmo he was badly defeated. Ho was elected jfflremW c"5r a"orncy 'n Kokomo In 1871 and sorved r ftrVm soveral years. Ho was elected roportor of tho 'wVuwPV Indiana Bupreme court, but was defeated for ro- fF ' "h'S&Sv MJrh. election. Ho served two terms In tho state senate y 'ifwiM anJ ono as cy attorney of Indianapolis, but some jgMjfmMfM Hcpubllcan always happened to come along to This docs not Imply that Mr. Kern Is a weak or an unpopular man In his state, for ho Is neither. Democracy was on tho down grade In Indiana when ho was coming to tho front, and was.only kept from dissolution by tho phenomenal strength of United States Senntor Voor-hoes, Voor-hoes, tho "tall sycamore of the Wabash," who managed to havo a Democratic legislature elected Just In tlmo to ro-clcct him to tho scnato when his term expired. Slnco ho dropped out of politics Just beforo his death, a llttla over ten yours ago, Demociacy In Indiana had been practically wiped oft tho map, and Mr. Korn has had no moro show than would a Democrat In Michigan. Ho Is a graduate of tho University of Michigan, and for a time practiced law In Kokomo, but later moved to Indianapolis, whoro ho has since lived. He has a high reputation In his native state, and Is a man of considerable per sonal magnetism. 1 WINFIELD SOOTT HAMMOND I I Winfiold Scott Hammond, tho man who placed tho name of Gov. Johnson In nomination for tho f presidency, Is a member of congress from tho fit Second Minnesota district. BwfflkA. Hammond Is tho official Johnson nominator. WMjMw!?&tI4 This thing of nominating Johnson may almost WmWfSj rC" bo said to havo become a habit with him. Ho (nniwx M- nominated Johnson at tho Minnesota stato conven- xfMffl? tffi l'on ono time, and to tho surprlso of a largo WMWra' a3feh number of pcoplo who thought they know some-MlM((ffyg some-MlM((ffyg V thing about tho gnmo of politics tho country cdt-WiMililmfa cdt-WiMililmfa Ji tor wnB nom'natcd. To tho surprise, too, of nn dMifWMmmfrfcWun ovon 'ar8er number of people, ho was elected. wStLTMlMmHwn. When his term was out Congressman Hnmmond 1((wfh nroso beforo anothor state convention and noml-KeS' noml-KeS' SfezA nutcil him again. This tlmo the outcomo wns not so unexpected. When tho Minnesota executivo mndo up his mind to let his namo go bo-foro bo-foro the Democratic national convention It wns suggested to him that he permit per-mit somo eloquent orator, somo spollblndor of tho Bourko Cock ran typo, to mako tho nominating speech. Uut Mr. Johnson balked. "Out thoro In St. James, Minn.," he said, "there Is a plain-spoken sort of chap who does my nominating just about tho way I Ilko to havo It dono. I havo had somo cxpcrlcnco with IiIb brand of nominating, and I don't know that I hnvo a slnglo objection to make to it. And I reckon, when I havo any moro nominating to bo done, I'll Just let Win Hammond do it, for he's my mascot." Hammond lives In ono of tho string of townB up In Minnesota that seem to have bcon christened by Bomo pious persons In tho intervals between prayer meetings and Kpworth league sessions. Ho lives In St. James. Gov. Johnson lives In St. Peter, nnd when ho left thero It wns to go to St. Paul. Congressman Hammond Is Massachusetts-born, a Dartmouth graduato and when ho enmo west In 1884 ho taught school for six years. Then ho began tho practice of law. Ho Is on his first term in tho hotiso, having defeated James T. McClenry, a Ilepubllcnn of national note, in a district that was al-r- ways considered unalterably Ilepubllcnn. v I LEVIN IRVING HANDY " j Lovln Irving Handy of Dolnwnro came into jfgjfc'E. tho limelight at tho Denver convention after an EyS'BxxK. absenco of years, because of his selection by tho mnnngcra of Judgo Georgo Oray'a presidential Wz gMgi campaign as tho man to plnco tho Dolawaro Jurist H beforo tho delegates as a candldnto for president. 33SEe!L Besides being a politician nnd nn orator, Mr. fSjj SS "andy has bcon a newspaper wrltor, n' lecturer 'Mi j.1 and a school teacher. In 1898 nnd 1899 ho was ftffiS. CJ tno entire congressional delegation of tho state of !MBMmjk f Dolawaro In tho lowor rouse of congress, and for WjjffflmL I a "ttlo whllo ho was tho wholo delegation In both llsPsE'' y3V houses, during tho brlof porlod In which both jwbfWJKjmfo seats In tho Bennto woro vncant. After serving mmW one term, Handy was defeated for re-election by jnjjrVsW' a Ilepubllcnn nnd retired to private llfo. Mr. Handy was born In Maryland 4G years ugo, nnd was educated in the public schools. Ho taught school In his natlvo stnto and In Dolawaro, was school superintendent of a county In tho latter stato for soveral years, and later becamo an editorial writer on Every Even' ing, a Wilmington daily novspnper. In preparation for tho recent crisis, apparently, ho becamo a public lecturer, and for a numbor of years delivered lectures throughout tho country upon assorted topics, calculated to appeal to tho patrons of tho local lyceum locturo courses In town nnd city. From 1892 till 189C he was chairman of the Democratic stato central committee of Dolawaro. M, Having been ono of tho earliest men to urgo tho selection of Judgo Ora i ns tho Democratic presidential candldato, and ono of tho strongest supporters of that movoment In its moments of sunshlno as well as Its hours of despair, ho was selected by tho Judge's personal representatives to get whatovor glor comes of tho opportunity to mako tho speech formally placing hla candidate's muuo beforo tho convention. I COL. JAMES M. GUFFEY m 1 Mm I Col. James M. Guffoy, Democratic boss of H y' .-SSsS? Pennsylvania, who furnished ono of tho most sen- V , ggjpSy satlonnl features of tho Dcnvor convention In his W i&&r ' "pllt w'"1 n,'J'an' ,eB8 tnan two years ago wns S$l&i7&' rcad out ot tl' l'011 down 1,18 own Btnto. Hut WaBW & 110 resoIut3ly declined to stay dead. Anybody nt , WftuW nI1 acaualnted with tho Ponnsylvnnlan's mako-up knows that retirement for him will bo but torn- fcWW'v I)0rary' nnd tlmt 1,0 wl" bo shuffling tho cards In WJIk'Lt "10 I10,u,unl Bamo for a good many years to como. JPI Ttf&Kf .) Guffoy Is a political fighter for tho pure lovo IWMlMsrh ot 11,0 "l'01"1, 110 ,ia8 nc'11 11,0 Domocracy of Ponn- flSmffmptSmtk. 8',van,a ,n tno h"ow of his hand, bo to speak, IfliFilmmmmfmM for lnore tnan ten years. Ho has never asked (wllWafmmiMl III tor an mco nn(1 coul(1 not 1,0 'nduced to tako ono, YilmWtm tM WlllK WlUm I Ho Is referred to as nn oil mngnnto In six states, coal king in two, silver mine owner in two and gold mlno ownor In tho eleventh. His wenlth goes Into so many millions that ho probably could not tell off-hand Just how much monoy ho hns. In tho first Hryau convention In 189C, Quffey wns a "sound monoy" delegate dele-gate After Hryan had been nominated, Guffey camo back homo with thoughts of bolting In his head, but when ho found that his rival William P. Harrlty, retiring stnto boss, had nlready bolted, Ouffcy turned In and bent every effort to swing bis stato to tho Bryan column. Slnco that tlmo ho has been national committeeman, succeeding Harrlty, who had beon national chairman. Four years later Col. Guffey was again a Dryan worker In Pennsylvania. Ills thousands havo always flown easily Into tho party cortors in tlmo of neod, and ha Is credited with being ono of the threo hoavlost givers of cash to tho Ilrynn campaign In both 1896 and 1900. Col. Guffey is a nghtor and ho Is undeniably a powerful factor In Penn sylvanla politics. Whether ho Is to bo crushed for good by the Bryan Btenm if roller remains to be seen, but thoso who know him host doubt It, The present T" ' foud betweon tho candldato nnd tho boss grew out of the latter'B opposition to Pennsylvania's sending n delegation to Denvor Instructed for Bryan, |