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TlIUItSDW, JULY 10, 11108.
Democratic National Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN,
of Nebraska.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN W. KERN,
of Indiana.
Democratic State Ticket.
ITJDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT,
- WEBSTER GRIMM,
of Bucks .County.
Temocratic County Ticket.
FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS,
JOHN G. McIIENY,
of Bentou.
FOR MEMBER OF LEGISLATURE,
WM. T. CREASY,
of Catawissa,
FOR PROTHONOTARV,
FREEZE QUICK,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
FRANK W. MILLER,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
CHRISTIAN A. SMALL,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
JOHN MOUREY,
of Roaring Creek Township.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
CHARLES L. POHE,
of Catawissa.
JERRY A. HESS,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY AUDITORS,
CLYDE L. HIRLEMAN,
of Benton Borough,
(Second Term.)
KARRY CREASY,
of Blooms Durg.
(Second Term.)
THE TICKET.
The Democratic National Con
vention has nominated William
Jennings Bryan and John W. Kern
as their standard bearers in the
Presidential campaign. We have
placed their names at the head of
the political announcements, and
will give the ticket our warmest
support.
Mr. Bryan, twice a Presidential
nominee, has been before the public
eye for the past twelve years, and
is so well known that a biographi
cal sketch is unnecessary.
John W. Kern was born Decern
ber 20, 1840, at the village of Alto,
Howard county, Indiana. His
father, Dr. Jacob W. Kern was a
Virginian by birth, who removed to
Shelby county, Ind., in 1836, and
lived there until 1846, when he
moved into the new Northern coun
try. Kern's mother was Nancy
Liggett and she and Dr. Kern were
married in Warren county, Ohio. .
In 1854, when John was five years
old, the family removed to Warren
county, Iowa. Prom the time he
went to Iowa until be was 15 years
IN THE COUNTY
Surplus
8160,000,
E R H :
Myron I. Low, Vlco PreMrient.
Frank Ikolcr, Cashier.
olJ he did not see a railroad train.
The family moved back to Howard
comity in 1864. In the 6o's, while
still in Iowa, Mrs. Kern died. Two
children were left, John and li s
sifter, who is now Mrs. Isaac Engel
of Danville, Va.
John was educated in the district
schools and he continued this edu
cation by attending the Indiana
Normal School of Kokomo, Ind.,
riding borseback 10 miles each day.
Later he taught school near Alto.
He earned money to enter Ann
Arbor, graduating from the law de
partment of Michigan University in
1869. He immediately began prac
ticing in Kokomo, Ind.
Mr. Kern has been president of
the Commercial Club and has al
ways been conspicuous in all State
and Civic movements. Mrs. Kern,
who is his second wife, and whom
he married in 1895, is prominent in
all of the social and literary affairs
of the city. Miss Julia Kern, their
daughter, is well known socially.
There are two other children John
W. Kern, Jr., aged 9, and William
II. Kern, who is now 5 yearsold.
The nominee is one of the best-
known men in Indiana and though
he has made two losing races for
Governor as the nominee of his
party he led his ticket on both oc
casions and has since then been re
garded as the leader of the party in
his state. When just 21 years of
age and only entering upon his pro
fession as a lawyer, he was "draft
ed" to make the race for the Legis
lature in the Republican county of
Howard, but was defeated, after
which he was chosen city attorney
of Kokomo for six terms over Re
publican aspirants.
In 1884 he was nominated for re
porter of the Supreme Court on the
Democratic ticket. He was elected
and served four years. In 1890 he
was elected a State Senator from
his county, and in 1900 uud 1904
was nominated for Governor, but
was defeated.
Since 1884 he has resided in In
dianapolis, where he served as City
Attorney under the last two admin
istrations of Mayor Thomas Tag
gart, from October 1897 to October
1901.
Before the St. Louis Convention
of four years ago Mr. Kern's name
had been prominently mentioned
among the Vice Presidential possi
bilities.
In 1907 he was the caucus nom
inee of the Legislative minority for
Uuited States Senator, and received
the entire Democratic vote in both
Houses.
Mr. Kern has not always agreed
with his party, but he has always
bowed to it when it announced its
principles in convention. Prior to
the assembling of the State Conven
tion in 1906 he was a pronounced
gold advocate and made a number
of speeches to deter the party from
declaring for free silver. He was
beaten in the convention, and when
the Chicago Convention nominated
Bryan on a free silver platform he
yielded his individual judgment and
went to work for the ticket. In
reply to the criticisms of some of
his gold Democratic friends and of
the opposition press, he declared
that the party law as enunciated in
the platform was higher than the
individual judgment and if a man
were a Democrat, as he was, it was
his duty to hold his judgment on
political questions subordinate to
that of the majority of the party.
It was through Kern's fealty to
Bryan and the Chicago platform
that he won the regard of Bryan,
and In the years that have passed
this regard has ripened into a gen
uine friendship on the part of Bry
an and into generous admiration on
the part of Kern.
While not a polished orator, John
W. Kern is a forcible and logical
speaker and campaigner of more
than ordinary tact and ability. He
tells a story illustrative of his posi
tion on any question well and has
the faculty of getting a crowd in
sympathy with him wherever he
speaks.
He Is thoroughly acquainted In
Indiana. Those who have backed
him for Vice President believe that
this strength will be greatly aug
niented this year, and they will
make a special effort to awaken
State pride in his behalf.
Though not a polished orator,
Kern's delivery is so forcible and
his logic so convincing that there is
no doubt but he will make a credit
able campaign for the ticket.
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Dr. Miles' Antl-Pnln Pills relieve pnln.
TAFT AND TRADE.
Mr. Bryan's nomination was an
nounccd Friday morning. On that
and the following day th?re were
several favorable items of commer
cial news. As a result of them the
New York Tribune came out on
Sunday with the announcement
that "business interests of all kinds
in the East, West, North and
South are moving rapidly toward n
normal condition.' hot several
weeks past there has been a slow
movement toward better time s
which has been noted from week 10
week in these columns. Probably
Ihe Tribune's jubil.iton is slightly
exaggerated. The Commercial and
Financial Chronicle says more calm
ly: "No doubt the current week
has afforded evidences of an im
proving business outlook." It will
be observed that the current week
is the week during which Bryan
and Kern were nominated. Dun's
Review is less optimistic; it says:
"Further small net gains are re
corded in commercial progress, fa
vorable reports predominating, al
though the tendency is by 110 means
definite."
Ihe Taibuue' s crowing overtrade
wonditions follows hard upon the
action of the Democratic conven
tion. It says: "The revival as
sumed a pronounced character im
mediately after the close of the
Chicago convention." We have
not observed in the trade reports
that the Chicago convention had
any perceptible effect upon the
amount of buying and selling that
was going on. Ihe Jrtbune con
tinues that "the nomination of Bry
an, whose election would be con
sidered most deploring (deplorable?)
from a business standpoint, has no
depressing effect because it had been
expected and fully discounted. His
election is not conceded by any
business man."
This is an engaging combination
of trade and politics. Business has
been moving cn an up-grade for
several weeks. It continued to ad
vance after the Taft nomination;
therefore that was the origin of it
for political purposes. It continued
to advance after the Bryan nomina
tion, but that was because his nom
ination had been discounted and
business men did not tuink he could
be elected. We shall get this sort
of trade news in the Republican
papers for four months. When
trade improves it will be due to the
expectation of Taft's election.
When it falls off it will be due to
apprehensions of Bryan's election.
The truth is that Presidential cam
paigns and prospects have vastly
less influence upon trade than po
litical organs are wont to represent.
The facts are that Bryan is nomi
nated and trade continues to im
prove. Record.
Feared Without Reason.
Dr. Herbert L- Burrell of Bos
ton, in an address before the Amer
ican Medical Association recently,
said:
"The medical profession and
many of the public are afraid of the
press. Whether this position on
the part of the public is justified or
not need not be discussed. I never
had occasion to appeal to the press
for assistance and co-operation in
any public measure without receiv
ing hearty but at all times, to my
mind, indiscreet assistance. News
papers will publish what they think
the public wants to know, but not
what we think the public ought to
know. They assume, quite prop
erly, the right of decision. The
greatest power that we can have to
diffuse information u the public
press. Let us be frank with it and
I believe that it will almost invari
ably be honest with us."
Culm Fire Threatens Railroad.
Some anxiety is being felt by the
officials of the Witkes Barre & Ha-
zleton third-rail line owing to the
fact that the culm bank of the Em
pire colliery, Wilkes-Barre, is on
fire, and the flames are approaching
that part of the bank along which
the third-rail line runs. 1 ne ciau
ger point is on Northampton street
Wilkes-Barre. It is feared that the
culm bank extends under the car
track, in which event caves are
likely to result from the culm being
burned. A close watch is being
kept on the danger point.
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WASHINGTON
Washington, D. C, July n, 1908.
The nomination of John W. Kern
of Indiana, as Bryan's running
mate on the Democratic ticket
makes it certain that the battle
ground of the coining campaign
will be in the Middle West. Close
friends of the Nebraska leader have
repeatedly declared in the last few
months that Bryan no longer look
ed to New York or the East for
sympathy or support. He and his
immediate advisers were disposed
to wiite the East down permanent
ly as the "Enemy's Country," and
cease to waste their time and
energy in trying to make inroads
in it while there was a more prom
ising field of endeavor in Ohio, In
diana. Illinois and Wisconsin, where
the Republican party has been rad
icalized and the party ties of thou
sands of Republicans unmistakably
loosened.
The fact that Bryan has now
turned away from the several can
didates for the Vice Presidency pre
sented by the Empire State and
chosen his running mate from In
diana seems to prove that the idea
of abandoning the East is to be
given practical effect this year by
the Democratic National Commit
tte, which Bryan will absolutely
dominate.
CHOICE REGARDED AS WISE.
The choice of Kern is regarded
by Democrats here as an eminently
wise one, in the light cf the sup
posed Bryan plan ol campaign, lie
is a man of ability and popularity
and his mine on the Democratic
ticket will arouse the State pride
and enthusiasm of the Iloosier De
mocracy. The State for years has been in
every campaign debatable ground.
Just now the Republican party in
the State is badly split up. The
failure of the Republicans to re
nominate Fairbanks will still fur
ther weaken it, not becaus-j the
Vice President is particularly popu
lar there, but for the reason that he
and his friends will have no imme
diate stake in the campaign and
will probably sulk 111 their tents
instead of getting out and hustling
for the ticket as they would have
done had he been on it.
In Ohio the lack of harmony and
organization in the Republican par
ly are notorious and the conditions
there are likely to get worse before
they get better. This will be es
pecially the case if the Administra
tion and Taft people carry out their
suspected purpose of backing Rep
resentative Theodore E. Burton for
the Senatorship against Foraker
whom many of the Taft people are
bent on eliminating from Ohio pol
itics. The Foraker following are
aware that the Taft crowd can do
this if they go at it with determi
nation and the bare announcement
of the fact that Taft has given his
consent to the attempt will be apt
to drive thousands of the Foraker
supporters into the Democratic par
ty. In this situation there would
be a very good chance of the Dem
ocrats capturiug the State this fall,
despite the fact that an Ohio man
is the Republican candidate. The
Foraker men are desperate and will
not hesitate to bolt once they be
come convinced that their leader is
marked for slaughter by Taft and
the Administration.
ILLINOIS DOUBTFUL, TOO.
In Illinois the condition of the
Republicans is better than in the
neighboring States, and in normal
times probably there would be small
hope of the Democrats carrying it
But the times are not normal, and
will hardly become so before No
vember. The industrial and busi
ness depression is still keenly felt
in Chicago, where thousands of
men are idle. The labor element
of the city is very strong and thor
oughly radical in its political tend
encies, and for this element Mr.
Bryan will make a most determined
play. He is expected to make a
personal canvass of the city and
surrounding region, as he did in
1896 and, again, in 1000, and, if
there is much business and indus
trial depression there toward the
close of the campaign, the Repub
licans cannot tail to suner heavily.
Bryan will, no doubt, devote most
of his campaigning to the States of
the Middle West, and he may be
expected to work even more ener
getically than he did ;in his two
previous campaigns.
The feeling here is that there are
the liveliest sort of times ahead in
politics.
1' .laync
SUBSTANTIAL
Lowering of Suit Prices!
Today we commence a period of Suit Selling destined
to be the best in the department's history. To get quickly
to the bottom of the matter, these few facts are told.
Within a very short time the space occupied by these suits
will be taken for advance summer garments. This low
price method is' taken to get what Spring Suits remain out
in time to accommodate the new arrivals.
The following prices will prove interesting to the
woman who has yet to purchase her Spring Suit.
10.00 SUITS FOR 7.50.
Latest styles stripes and plain colors. Sale Price $7.50.
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Blue and brown, self striped Panama, Prince Chap Style.
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Worsteds and self stripe Panama, Prince Chap and Cuta
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Excellent quality of Chiffon Panama, blues, browns and
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styles included. High grade handsome materials.
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The newest creations. Some of them copies of fine im
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Sale Price $25.00.
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