Show w r II III Sye t u n wr hlf e I Ii I JN Is RT A t tr I Ij i r r n 1 t r l J t r r i j i Inv In InS IETI o hear deed but S for the first the thc Ins hag of t a newly mullo vice Ice hUll ar It l I n American n to toM the M for further rl on for acre O In c II j 10 c oC mo t oC thOM who have to d at political la In the 18 In lire tenancy tin In the Cour year son on with 11 I a u House were who were p 11 1 hero thero Whoa Who In ut ul to 10 driven announcement of the recent Demo Democratic tM lit that It had national cratic crat John Cern for Mr fore 1 on Oft It II IC that be tc asserted with ah be e It IL mil may rase the e confidence that not flat ono of oC those thoM I solute hailed from II the IC state b 1 a I There Is no one w 1111 1 n tl the Ie or progressive I common ot of that O th who ho u have hae balked nt the a ralth or of the vice presidential candi candidate mention than women woman and child In Inthe date ate Slate knows John t the 11 ot of call It Curran Some 1 rn even en spell It that way war hut but thy they and nom Just the 81 same e and their know Proud of him t they h Tits hb arc of oC Ids his fellow fello citizens him Curran la In almost ke m make t to some solar parts of lo In d dEl daY after the Ihl nomination the WI slam received the tho Information that thata Curran club was being organized a fn In roe county All 11 right he be laughed good natured lf I ts 5 Ion long liS as It Is to be spell spelled td ed rot on the ballot I guess Ill Fare ble to 10 stand it tt 11 does nut not always Jet get Into print I OnlY n a few months ago ugo u a I cants In which Mr Kern appeared as l a I s was teas taken tallen to 10 the court When the Judge began reading I over om one ot of the briefs submitted he discovered that One John JQhn W V Curran i q llo conspicuously I sull masquerading I see observed I the judge with a chuckle lf Mr Kent i to be present was wall visibly t I at al the blunder blumler Twice n 0 candidate can te for lor governor ot of Indiana and still Cur Curran n his honor went on bunter banter In b Such alas Is tame ame yes Tea such Is fame Kern admitted with a sigh m a ait It Is current belief In the o of Indiana that the o of politics Is john W Kerns diversion that the burly hurl bu rl of n a hot political n is Ie the ono form of oC at art on which hIs system thrives Yet i le bl has been singularly unsuccessful In i i I for himself those rewards reward for party devotion which make the tho attractive In the eyes ces of oC most men Since Sinco the early days dars of his po pa i career carler he hils experienced Il a cries of t def defeats which must have been to n a man Inspired solely b by i 1 ambition That he has haR ae ac defeat 1 feat about liS as cheerfully cheerfull as others accept victor victory Is Ie proof sufficient that the Democratic candidate Is not lint linta a f of oC the ordinary Pc It Il I ii that the political re remErS mErS which have hae been ao 10 frequent and ru roO emphatic have never brought or even The odds against which he ins been pitted have han as a rule been too hea heavy to admit of hope ThC Thos It has haR happened that defeat has bu done orr for John W Kern titan I has done for man many another i tits to bear beur the burden hUlden of ofa a hopeless often at great grent i Personal sacrifice leas hoB endeared him to 1 his party parly It may Imly he said RaId that his 1 failures have b been en brilliant failures they have become political us assets c and i 1 a t q r r 1 ti f r 0 ra y t Fa I 4 rA y Y 1 a v 1 i try I l i 1 t 4 JI y lv yr t tL L 1 i rv It t I i I I III I Il ii T K Is q r rF ru ra F a a r u lt f rHIA Ul r j fr l 4 d r 7 1 r tI d dA it j A The to at Indians rile Gar I 4 I a V f r r ft Val eSa Aa Y 1 t I have hav done their part In thrustinG him to tiC the fore and have r Yr him the first Democrat of Indiana t at atOC m Of OC course courso there Is a reason bo beyond ond all this why John W Kern has been nominated to the vice Ice presidency How did it II happen that he was wall singled out from the scores ot of m men n man many of wider fume tume who were ro declared to be lit t for presiding officer of the United States Stales senate and In pase Fase the tho need should j come com for the cider mU magistracy itself The answer Is III not to find nor noris noris is it II complete when hen It h is III as asa asa a probability that he will como coma nearer than any other man who I could be named to carrying his state for his party part Practically every dele delegate delegate gate from rom th the Hoosier State Stale to the Denver convention Was wal quite certain I of that As AR a spellbinder there Is not hl Lila peer In till the middle West weRt but not notwithstanding notwithstanding withstanding his pia r reputation as n a mag I none stump speaker and vote getter Rettel he would not nol have been beon cho chosen en for or the vice presidential nominee had It ft not been for his unswerving loyalty to the head of f the ticket Kern II la heart mInd muscle and soul soula a Democrat I Even en longer ao ago than that eventful day on whIch Mr Bryan Bryans cross of oC gold oratory set Fet the Democracy th the Indiana man had been sitting at the tho feet ot of th lead er whom he regards as the one ideal I Democrat In both campaigns led Id b by bythe the 7 Mr Kern bore aloft th the hammer and gave freely reI ot of otI I his hili strength and substance Never was WIlS there a more devoted champion a amore more unselfish friend Never has a aBran I Bran disciple subscribed to the creed creedIn In larger letters or blacker Ink both campaigns Mr Bryan did ld not lose sight of the man who was 1111 hl his tireless promoter He Here recognized I the genuineness of Kerns faith In him I and It touched him deeply That is IR wh why John IV Is slated to share any political prize which may maybl maybe bl be won by till the head of oC the Democratic Um In their friendship the two I men are like af affectionate brothers Never does the tho Nebraskan pass through the Indiana capital without the modest home of the Kerns Burris and his Is In n a familiar face at the Kern board and fireside It was Kern who went abroad two years earl ao ago to meet Mr Bryan and to 10 tell him of oC tile the great which would he be I given hen him himat III at Mo Madison Square Garden Gardn on his When Mr Bryan In Indianapolis last February to deliver an In Inthe inthe the regular course ot of the Mens Christian a association he went ent to 10 the tho Kern home at as usual Mrs Kern Is II a amodel model housewife and 11 occurred d to her that a strawberry shortcake would hs he a pleasant surprise trl to the guest who very appreciative of her culinary efforts to In his behalf To 10 that end she sho In some som especially flee and rather cost costly costly ly hothouse berries Shortly before dinner was served she happened to re remember remember member the tendency of oC her two small boys bOYR to make audible demonstrations III at the tho appearance of oC anything unusual Rt at the Iho table and she feared that the sudden e of luxury a like mid midwinter midwinter winter strawberries might provoke some rather startling comment from fromI them To provide against this probability ability sh she decided to 10 prEpare them 10 for forthe I the occasion ow lo boys dont let mother hear I J t I I yott say II IL a single word when n the tho straw strawberry I I berry shortcake ok names on the tho table t I III II she hr with firm firmness I I ness Promise rot 1111 that you wont I IK K speak I TIll The oulI promised faithfully I Wh When n tI the e lo tidbit rondo It Its It walt 1111 Mr Ir Bryan who laho I opened his eyes cyell lu III astonishment and 11 ejaculated i Strawberries this time of al altine I tine Well well Is some something thing II ng i Mrs Kern took 1 n glance at atthe th the buys find and saw that the they were guz gaz i big at Mr tr Bryan lIrlIn In open mouthed mouth d donder wonder onder They kept their I however and the danger period passed I I without disaster After dinner the continued to remain speechless epee until unlit the guest observing f I II I Ione their quiet took the tho larger one on In his hili lap and blandly i Does tills this little ho boy like strawberry jl I shortcake Yeth th I doth hut but Ive got loo I good to 10 thay the tho the hope hopeful ful ul lisped virtuously i r rIn In spite of the ring of hIs mane Mr Kern comes from good old aid J German stock hl his paternal great I grandfather having emigrated to America from the and set i tIed In do Virginia laying out tho little hamlet of Kernstown near Winchester i Mr grandfather Jacob Kern went from Virginia In ill 1636 and set let tied In Shelby county lad Ind Ills son lIOn father of at tho candidate Il a ph phy physician j and lived Id the life of a pioneer country doctor at Alto near Kokomo That was SS tile the birthplace of oC John Y V Kern and to It Dr Kern and his family i returned after n a sojourn of ten un unprofitable profitable yearn ars In Town Iowa John was then fourteen and had alreadY made the discovery that he must be the ar architect f of hl his own fortunes tie accepted the dut duty manfully to In 3 1 time lim the tho baccalaureate In arts at the University of MIchigan and I i later being licensed to practice law lie HI opened an In Kokomo served il nil aR city attorney tot tor ten years rears and In I 1885 took office ILS as recorder of the tho state 1 supreme court During his bener ho he published seventeen volumes ot of reports which speaks well for his I industry I IThon Then Thon h he removed to In Indianapolis and served as aR state stat senator four years and andas as cit city solicitor for tor six In 1 1900 OO ho he I nominated for tor governor and de defeated Pour Jour years later Inter hll he repeated ted i the tho venture again unsuccessfully Two I years ago 1160 h he was IS Senator os opponent and that thol brings iris i political c rd up to date dato Of tho I It t two o children or of I his s fim first marriage only i ione one Julia Is living The son Fred rd tIel Richmond Kern died or of fever contracted In Cuba during the Span SpanIsh Spanish Ish war The present tars Kern Is the mother of two to V very I interesting little W Jr aged ored el eighty ht and William Cooper aged liVe The CamU family including Miss Jolla lives at 1836 North street In IL a modest frame framo f house and nil all aUnd the T abe r i church hurch although Mr lr Kern is 15 a GEORGE PICARD H i |