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Show i MR. KERN OF INDIANA. The political career of the vice-presidential nomineeof thedemocratlcparty Is not very well known throughout the west. As it resembles closely on a small scale that of Mr. Bryan, and as the choice of Mr. Kern will make Indiana more than ever a pivotal state, the following comment from The Springfield Republican Is of much interest: "One may describe Mr. Krn politically politi-cally by saying that he would probably havo held one of the seats In the United States senate now occupied by Messrs. Hemenway and Beverldge had Indiana been a democratic instead of a republican state In the past ten years. He was trained In the political school of Hendricks, Voorhees and McDonaldwhich Mc-Donaldwhich Is not tho best of recommendations. rec-ommendations. But he was of such ability as a speaker and party warrior that between 11)00 and 1005 the democratic demo-cratic party's highest nominations In Indiana wero bestowed upon him. Mr. Kern ran fdr governor both in 1000 and 1004, and in 1003 ho was the democratic nominee for United States senator. "In hlsdoublebreasted record of defeat de-feat at the polls, Mr. Kern resembles Mr. Bryan; and this fact everybody Is bound to notice, with the Implication that the Hoosier lawyer adds no po lltlcal strength to tho ticket. The nomination certainly means that the effort to secure some eastern conservative conserva-tive of reputation as 'the running mate' was abandoned, for the conclusion conclu-sion must finally have been forced upon tho Bryan leaders that to make the most of their available assets In the middle west was the best policy. Mr. Kern's nomination thus promises to make Indiana more than ever a battleground, whether or not his name adds prestige to the democratic cause, Inasmuch as he will now Join Colonel Marshall, tho popular democratic nominee nom-inee for governor, in a doubly-determined effort to carry the state." |