| Show KM ERN SELECTED by it not even a ballot required to civet givet cindrina man second place on presidential ticket De denver iier tho the national convention concluded its labors ata friday afternoon atte by the nomination of john worth kern of indiana for vire birc completing the tha tic eti on which william J bryan was waa made the nominee for pies president ident during tile tha early curly morning hours of friday ih 1 I he of mr air kern was made by mcclam atlon amid the resounding cheers of delegates nod and spectators no ballot vaa mas necessary as tho the tado of sentiment hat had set irresistibly toward tho the indiana candidate state alter state registering their dizo dinega go eions in KB its favor anar all other eon can didies withdrawing awing before the universal demand for ills hla indiana presented the tha name or of kern ern Coloia colliado do through ex governor thomas homac placed in nomination charlesl Char leal A towne of new york connecticut presented archibald mcnell mcneil and geor gla blaik floell tito tha names oe of judge adge george gray of delaware and john mitchell Ml of cf illinois were not pre anted s owing to the positive requests f these men not to have thir names go before the coni convention antion mr towne in person vaa mas the first indicate indi date to the siva grature of the kern movement and in a ringing speech he withdrew life ills name from consideration and pledge dt ilia his support to the ticket of bryan antl kern withdrawals quickly followed facin loni the supporters of rowell howell ot of georgia and mcnell mcneil of connecticut leaving caving the indrani candidate alone in tho the held field the withdrawal of the tha connecticut candidate was by ft a mo lion tint that the nomination of kern be made by acclamation the tha motion carried with a deafening shout about andl ana the great assemblage broke broka into elam orous demonstration on oil the accod of its ita work anil and the completion of the democratic national ticket tile the nomination was mas mado made at 4 23 eblock and tile the convention thereupon without day john I 1 borth kern won bom boin on po do 2 20 1819 at tho the village of alto ca koward county C nty indiana ilia father dr jacob IV korn wits was a virginian hy by larth john was educated in tho the schools and continued con linued ma his ed ti cation by attending the indiana nor mal school of kokomos kokomo Kolio nici ind riding horseback kor 1 ten en miles eich L way every day later ho he taught school no noir ir A ho to ile ho earned mon money ey to enter michigan unav ralty at ann arbor win the law department t f that university in ile iia imme loael diatel agan tn fit kokomos kokomo ind and ite ile was dratted drafted when he fie was 1 11 years old to withe make the race for tile tho 1 in the ho republican county of toward but was defeated lie ile was waa chosen city attorney atto iney of kokomo kokomos for tx terms over republican aspirants ll 11 1884 ho he h o war elected re reporter ort P r c ot t the supreme court since then india ita polls has been hla his home where h b 1 practiced law ile he has haa worked in ciery cery campaign camp aln served tile the county in tho the legislature and was the leader of ills party in the state senate ile he was waa ity attorney under tinder the last two ad n Inist ministrations rations of mayor thomaa to tai gitt from october 1897 to october 1101 1901 in 1900 lie was nominated for jo over vernor nor but was defeated before tile the st I 1 onis convention of four our years yeara ego CRO mr air kerns name wid hid been prominently it rilly mentioned among the vice pre |
