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Show THE HARD LUCK DEMOCRAT p X 1 VI. .. . : .:..'SM.'.:' :, , . Vft-JftW OF COURSE YOU RECOGNIZE THOSE EYES AND WHISKERS For tough political luck Indiana's Democracy offers the Simon pure article. ar-ticle. He was joyfully acclaimed the gubernatorial gub-ernatorial condldate of his party In Indiana In 1891 and 1901 when there wasn't a ghost of a chance of election. elec-tion. In 190S, when the Democrats of Indiana elected a governor, thi3 fel- low was busy running tor vice-president. In 1905 he was the unanimous choice of his party for United States senator sen-ator when his paity didn't stand the ghost of a show of electing 'nlm. In 100$. when his party had a successful suc-cessful senatorial candidate this chap is turned down for another. He was willingly permitted to run for vice-president when he stood no show. All in all, John Worth Kern i up against tough luck. He has always arrived either too soon or too late. His political fate is nearly as sad as Henry Clay declared hjs to bo. Clav always said that his party was glad to glvo him nominations when there was 110 chance of success, but that when successful campaigns opened they turned to someone else. |