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Hon. George A. Jenks of Pennsylvania, to whose daughter, Laura Emma, Mr. Shive- ly was married June 19, 1889.
When the silver question became a "paramount issue" Mr. Shively could not resist the temptation to resume active par- ticipation in political affairs. The silver element made him the Democratic nomi- nee for Governor in 1896. He conducted a brilliant campaign, but went down in defeat. The same year he was appointed a trustee of Indiana University and con- tinued in that capacity to the time of his death. He took a lively interest in that justly famed institution of learning. For several years he served as city attorney of South Bend, under Mayor Fogarty, and later on as attorney for the school board. During the first decade of the new century he was induced to make the race for Con- gress against Abraham L. Brick, and came within 300 votes of being elected. In 1903 and 1905, in the Indiana Legislature, he received the complimentary vote of his party for United States Senator. He was elected by the Indiana Legislature to the office of United States Senator in 1909 and took his seat in March of that year. He was re-elected by the popular vote of the State in 1914 for a term of six years. His death is recorded March 14, 1916.
Under the stress of illness and a heroic struggle to resist its encroachment upon his vital forces he aged perceptibly, and rapidly. Much of his senatorial work was done amidst adverse circumstances and under conditions that only those can fully comprehend who know what it is to at- tempt to ward off the approach of the Grim Reaper.
Senator Shively was an omniverous reader. His capacious and receptive mind absorbed information with an avidity that made it a veritable storehouse of varied knowledge. The theory of government was to him an ever-pleasing study. In his later years he broadened wonderfully. His philosophy underwent steady expansion.
Richly merited are the tributes be- stowed upon the departed Senator by the President of the United States and the Governor of Indiana, hereunto appended.
PRESIDENT WILSON'S MESSAGE TO MRS. SHIVELY.
On the night of March 14 President Wil- son sent this letter of condolence to Mrs. Shively :
"My Dear Mrs. Shively-I have just learned with the deepest sorrow of the death of your husband. Your own loss is tragical, and my heart goes out to you in deep and sincere sympathy ; the loss of the country is very great, for he was moved as a public servant by high motives of duty to his State and the Nation, and I join with his colleagues in deploring his death as creating a vacancy in the highest councils of the country which cannot easily be filled. May God sustain you in this moment of your supreme sorrow.
"With great respect, your friend, "WOODROW WILSON."
TRIBUTE BY GOVERNOR RALSTON.
"I very much regret the death of Sen- ator Shively. I became intimately ac- quainted with him in 1896, when he was the Democratic candidate for Governor of Indiana and I was on the ticket with him as a candidate for Secretary of State. We opened our campaign together on the night of the 17th of July at Anderson. That was the first time we had ever spoken together, and I shall never forget the fine impression he made upon me. From that time on he and I were very warm friends.
"Senator Shively was beyond doubt one of the very ablest statesmen Indiana has produced. He was exceptionally well versed on the subject of taxation and his discussions on the tariff question, and in fact any phase of taxation, never fell short of being masterful. His fine mental poise and comprehensive grasp, coupled with his strong oratorical and physical powers, made him almost invincible on any of the great questions of free government. His attitude was that of the statesman rather than that of the politician when he came to the consideration of public questions.
"Since he went to the Senate the people of Indiana have watched with keen inter- est his course on legislative matters. His
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whole State rejoiced over the prominence to which he attained on the Foreign Rela- tions Committee, which position gave him the opportunity to serve as one of the closest counselors of the President. It is generally understood that President Wil- son rarely hesitated to rely upon his judg- ment upon any question which he had in- vestigated. This is an honor that comes to but few men. It is an exceptional hon- or, when it is considered that President Wilson himself is a man of unusual attain- ments, and as a rule does not act until he has investigated a question himself.
"Senator Shively was recognized by the country as one of the strongest men of this State, as he had been for years by the people of Indiana. It is a fact that he never asked his party to confer upon him an honor that it didn't attempt to gratify his desire. He has made losing campaigns, of course, but he was always in the lead of those with whom he was associated on the ticket when he lost.
"He brought conspicuous honor to the people of the State which had honored him with the position of United States Senator. His wise counsel will be missed by the President; and his forceful and eloquent leadership will be greatly missed by his party in the State.
"He was a devoted husband and father, a loyal friend, and a tireless worker for the public welfare. Indiana mourns his loss, and the sympathies of her people go out in generous measure to the wife and dear ones who remain."
THOMAS TAGGART'S TRIBUTE.
"The State of Indiana has lost one of the greatest men and statesmen she has ever produced. Benjamin F. Shively was a great man and a leader among the great- est men of the nation. The Wilson admin- istration has lost one of its strongest sup- porters and wisest counselors. While he represented Indiana in the United States
Senate as the choice of the Democratic party, he was loved by the people of all parties and honored by all of us for his true greatness.
"Those who knew him best loved and appreciated him most, which is the highest praise that can be given any man. He was true and loyal to his friends. He believed in the principles of Democracy and in fair or stormy weather was ready to serve the party in any capacity."
BURIED AT SOUTH BEND.
The remains of the departed Senator, under congressional escort requiring three coaches, were conveyed to his South Bend home and interred in Riverview Cemetery Saturday afternoon, March 18, 1916. The utmost simplicity marked the obsequies, by special request of Mrs. Shively. Thou- sands thronged the streets of South Bend to witness the consignment to eternal rest of Indiana's distinguished and honored Senator. Their heartfelt sympathy went out silently and unostentatiously to the sorely bereaved widow and her two sons, George J. and John J., and daughter Mary.
Senator Shively had been gradually fail- ing for more than two years. His condi- tion became acute a little more than a year before his death. He was unable to at- tend the close of the Sixty-third Congress on March 4, 1915, and from that time dated the final and fatal stage of an illness that already had taken hold of him before he was sworn in as a United States Sen- ator seven years before. The immediate cause of death was diabetic cancer of the throat. The cancer was a manifestation of the diabetes from which he had long been a silent, patient, and ever-hopeful sufferer.
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[CHAPTER LX.] DEATH OF EX-SENATOR JOHN WORTH KERN
"HAVING SERVED HIS GENERATION, BY THE WILL OF GOD HE FELL ON SLEEP"
T HE middle of March, 1916, United States Senator John W. Kern attended the funeral of his distinguished colleague, Benjamin Franklin Shively, at South Bend. Seventeen months later he himself passed into glory and the tomb. In such manner is made apparent that life at best is but as a vapor that passeth away. "The glories of our birth and state are shadows, not substantial things."
The mournful tidings of the passing of John W. Kern were flashed over the wires August 18, 1917. His death occurred at Asheville, N. C., from an attack of uræmic poisoning. His devoted wife was at his bedside when dissolution ensued. He went to Asheville about a week before his death, in the hope and expectation of recuperat- ing. Failing health impelled him to notify his friends to cease efforts in his behalf for an important appointment by Presi- dent Wilson. He understood fully the precariousness of his physical condition.
Up to the time of his retirement from the U. S. Senate, on the 4th day of March, 1917, Mr. Kern was majority floor leader and Chairman of the Democratic confer- ence committee. He was one of Indiana's favorite Democratic sons for many years. As a typical Hoosier attorney and orator he was known probably more widely throughout the State than any other man of his time. For many years he partici- pated in nearly every political campaign.
His remains were interred at Hollins, Va., the summer home of the Kern family.
John W. Kern was born at Alto, near Kokomo, December 20, 1849. While he was
still young his parents moved to Warren county, Iowa, where they lived on a farm. He started to attend school in Iowa and lived there until he was fourteen years old, when the Kern family moved back to Alto. When he was fifteen years old he began teaching school in his home town.
Entering the University of Michigan in 1867, he studied law and graduated in 1869. He began practicing in Kokomo when he was but twenty years old. His reputation grew until he was known as one of the ablest criminal lawyers in Indiana. At one time he was city attorney of Ko- komo and ran for several other local offices on the Democratic ticket. He was mar- ried twice. His first wife was Annie Haz- zard, who died in 1884. One of his two children by his first marriage survives him. His second wife, who survives him, was Araminta Cooper, Kokomo.
Mr. Kern was admitted to the bar at Kokomo in 1869, where he practiced law for some time. However, Mr. Kern en- tered politics almost as soon as he was of age. He became a candidate for member of the Legislature in 1870. He was city attorney at Kokomo for five terms before moving to Indianapolis in 1885.
He was elected Reporter of the Supreme Court in 1882, serving four years. He was elected to the State Senate in 1892, serving four years.
He became a member of Thomas Tag- gart's Indianapolis political organization soon after it was formed, and for many years was closely associated with Mr. Tag- gart, who availed himself of every oppor- tunity to advance his friend's personal, professional and political interests. Mr.
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Kern was City Attorney of Indianapolis during the administration of Thomas Taggart as Mayor.
He ran for the office of Governor on the Democratic ticket in 1900 and 1904, being defeated each time. He was running mate of William Jennings Bryan for Vice-Presi- dent of the United States in 1908, being defeated again. Opposing the late Senator Benjamin F. Shively, he was a candidate for United States Senator before the leg- islative caucus in 1909. In 1910 the Dem- ocratic State convention indicated against his wishes that he was its choice for United States Senator and the Legislature of 1911, which was Democratic, elected him to that position. He ran for re-elec- tion in the first popular election in No- vember, 1916, and was defeated by Sena- tor Harry S. New.
On entering the Senate Mr. Kern imme- diately sprang into the limelight because of his friendship with William Jennings Bryan and after the Democrats gained control of the Senate he was made major- ity leader. He was very close to the Wil- son administration.
During the week following the burial of Senator Kern a largely attended meeting was held in the State House to pay tribute to the memory of the departed statesman. The meeting was arranged by the Indiana Democratic Club and was presided over by Secretary of State Ed. Jackson, a Re- publican, who presented former Governor Samuel M. Ralston as the first speaker of the evening.
"I am glad to join in paying a word of tribute to the memory of John Worth Kern," said Mr. Ralston, "for it was my good fortune to know him most intimately for more than thirty years. Personally, we were the warmest friends. Politically we were of the same faith and as a rule we stood side by side on the issues of the day.
"While I do not desire to dwell upon him as a partisan, it is perfectly proper for me to say that he was a most loyal
party man and an honest antagonist. He fought his battles in the open and never condescended to strike a blow below the belt. The result was that when he took his departure he counted among his friends men whom he had often opposed most strenuously in the political arena.
"As a lawyer he displayed very unusual ability. He hated shams and was at times unmerciful in his excoriation of those who perpetrated frauds. He had a strong sense of equity and he loved justice above every- thing else. These characteristics always held for him the affection of the people of this State and ultimately secured for him the confidence of the people of this nation."
Ex-Governor Ralston was followed by William Jennings Bryan who, in terms of rare eloquence, pronounced the late Sena- tor Kern a friend, a sympathetic adviser and loyal companion who held men to him with a threefold tie. "He was easily ap- proached," continued Mr. Bryan, "unaf- fected in his way and unsurrounded by any walls of false pride, a man about whom there was no atmosphere of con- densation or in whom there was a particle of tinseled dignity.
"No man had deeper convictions than did John Worth Kern and if anyone tried to swerve him in them he soon found to his sorrow the depth of feeling this great Hoosier possessed. He had a sense of hu- mor that put him in a class with Abraham Lincoln. He liked stories that made the point he wanted to carry home. He ra- diated sunshine and his heart was big enough to take in the woes of everyone. Kern was a partisan. He was a Demo- crat. He never concealed the fact that he always let everyone know that he was proud of it."
Judge W. W. Thornton of the Marion county Superior Court also extolled the life of the departed as that of a noble, companionable and lovable man whose loss is keenly felt wherever he was best and most intimately known.
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[CHAPTER LXI.] UNDER CHANGED AUSPICES
STATE NOMINATIONS WERE MADE IN THE CENTENNIAL YEAR 1916
U NDER the operation of the pri- mary election system estab- lished by the General Assembly of 1915, nominations for the two most important offices- United States Senator and Gov- ernor-were made by popular vote on the day fixed by law, in the month of March. The only thing that remained for the convention to do regarding these nominations was perfunctorily to endorse or approve the result of the primaries. The other nominations were made in the usual manner.
An important incident of the convention was its action with reference to the nomi- nation of a candidate for United States Senator to fill the unexpired term of Ben- jamin F. Shively, whose death occurred after the primary election had been held in the month of March. Governor Ral- ston had appointed Thomas Taggart to fill the then existing vacancy. Mr. Taggart, both at the time of his appointment and several times subsequent thereto, declared in clear and unmistakable terms that he did not desire to hold the office longer than until a successor could be chosen at the November election. His earnest desire was that Governor Ralston be made the short-term senatorial nominee by the con- vention. But the sentiment in favor of Mr. Taggart being placed on the ticket
was so marked, so pronounced, and so de- termined, that nothing remained for him as a loyal partisan to do but to acquiesce in the popular clamor and to take the place assigned to him on the ticket. There is no doubt, however, that he would greatly have preferred the nomination of Gov- ernor Ralston.
The convention met at Tomlinson Hall, Indianapolis. April 24, and was called to order by State Chairman Bernard Korbly. Governor Samuel M. Ralston was intro- duced as temporary chairman, in which capacity he delivered an incisive speech, reviewing at length the achievements of the Democracy since its intrustment with power, As a keynote for the campaign it ranks among the most forceful deliver- ances of the present century. Upon the completion of the Governor's address. which was liberally punctuated by enthu- siastic applause, Congressman Lincoln Dixon of the Fourth district was made permanent chairman. He assumed the gavel and proved himself a capable presid- ing officer throughout the session.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
1. Jacob M. Harlem, Mt. Vernon.
2. Hamlet Allen, Washington.
3. William Ridley, Corydon.
4. Thomas Honan, Seymour.
5. T. C. Grooms, Newcastle.
6. Benton Wilson, Cambridge City.
7. Anthony J. Lauck, Indianapolis.
8. Thomas Bulger, Bluffton.
9. Meade Vestal, Noblesville.
10. Daniel Kelly, Valparaiso.
11. John C. Nelson, Logansport.
12. William F. MeNagny, Whitley.
13. George Ford, South Bend.
A. C. Sallee officiated as principal secre- tary.
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES.
1. Philip Lutz, Jr., Boonville.
2. George Griffin, Spencer.
3. Charles T. Brown, English.
4. Minor Williamson, Vevay.
5. Charles J. Arnold, Greencastle.
6. Jesse E. Stevens, Liberty.
7. Albert F. Zearing, Indianapolis.
8. D. W. Callihan, Winchester.
9. B. F. McKee, Lebanon.
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10. Ed. J. Steinbaugh, Kentland.
11. Homer Ormsby, Huntington.
12. Cliff Lipkey, Allen county.
13. Chester A. McCormick, North Judson.
DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Delegates-at-Large-Benjamin F. Bosse, Evans- ville; W. H. O'Brien, Lawrenceburg; John W. Kern, Indianapolis; Stephen B. Fleming, Ft. Wayne.
Alternate Delegates-at-Large-Alvin Padgett, Washington; George W. Brill, Danville; Judge Al- onzo Blair, Shelbyville; Estil A. Gast, Warsaw.
First District-Delegates, Charles Lieb, Rock- port; A. C. Thomas, New Harmony.
Alternate delegates, A. J. Hearing, Winslow; P. W. Armstrong, Owensville.
Second District-Delegates, Fabius Gwin, Shoals; Wm. M. Alsop, Vincennes.
Alternate delegates, Chilton R. Pleasants, Bloomington; James M. Hudson, Bloomfield.
Third District-Delegates, James W. Fortune, Jeffersonville; Max Abrams, Campbellsburg.
Alternate delegates, Kelse Bottorff, Mitchell; Thomas B. Buskirk, Paoli.
Fourth District-Delegates, John H. Suverkrup, Columbus; John F. Russell, Greensburg.
Alternate delegates, Fred Whitcomb, Hayden; Frank P. Smith, Franklin.
Fifth District-Delegates, Peter M. Foley, Ter- re Haute; Morgan Tucker, Clinton.
Alternate delegates, Dr. A. B. Bridge, Danville; Charles J. Mccullough, Brazil.
Sixth District-Delegates, J. W. Trittipo, Fort- ville; Clem Thistlewaite, Richmond.
Alternate delegates, E. C. Morgan, Knights- town; C. B. Collins, Shelbyville.
Seventh District-Delegates, Joseph E. Bell, Indianapolis; Bowman Elder, Indianapolis.
Alternate delegates, Cortez Blue, Indianapolis; George Hardin, Indianapolis.
Eighth District-Delegates, W. A. Kunkel, Bluffton; J. H. Heller, Decatur.
Alternate delegates, Alfred Davis, Muncie; J. L. Hoppes, Farmland.
Ninth District-Delegates, Van C. Blue, Flora; J. W. Johnson, Kokomo.
Alternate delegates, E. Scott Blue, Kingman; S. E. Voris, Crawfordsville.
Tenth District-Delegates, Frank Welsh, Rens- selaer; William Darroch, Kentland.
Alternate delegates, Fred Dahling, Reynolds; Charles Lawson, Chase.
Eleventh District-Delegates, William J. Houck, Marion; Zachariah T. Dungan, Huntington.
Alternate delegates, Edward E. Eickenberry, Wabash; Erasmus M. Howard, Logansport.
Twelfth District-William P. Breen, Allen coun- ty; Elmer E. Gandy, Whitley county.
Alternate delegates, William A. Thomas, De- kalb county; Frank Dunten, Lagrange county.
Thirteenth District-William A. McInerny, South Bend; Charles M. Walker, Plymouth.
Alternate delegates. Arthur Deniston, Roches- ter; Arthur W. Taylor, Laporte.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
Electors-at-Large-Evans Woollen, Indianapo- lis; Meredith Nicholson, Indianapolis.
Contingent Electors-at-Large-S. M. Foster, Ft. Wayne; Lew O'Bannon, Corydon.
First District-Elector, Sydney B. Hatfield, Boonville; contingent elector, Newett Bass, Sten- dal.
Second District-Elector, Inman H. Fowler, Spencer; contingent elector, Homer L. McGinnis, Martinsville.
Third District-Elector, George Borgerding, New Albany; contingent elector, Albert P. Finn, Tell City.
Fourth District-Elector, Curtis Marshall, Mad- ison; contingent elector, George Long, Nashville.
Fifth District-Elector, Finley A. McNutt, Ter- re Haute; contingent elector, J. M. Bratton, Rock- ville.
Sixth District-Elector, J. V. Beavers, Mt. Sum- mit; contingent elector, Samuel Trabue, Rush- ville.
Seventh District-Elector, Charles Remster, In- dianapolis; contingent elector, D. F. Williams, In- dianapolis.
Eighth District-Elector, H. J. Wysor, Muncie; contingent elector, J. W. Vizard, Pleasant Mills.
Ninth District-Elector, George H. Gifford, Tip- ton; contingent elector, Bailey Hawkins, Carmel.
Tenth District-Elector, Beaumont Parks, Whit- ing; contingent elector, William Spooner, Valpa- raiso.
Eleventh District-Elector, Aaron M. Waltz, Hartford City; contingent elector, Samuel F. Rob- bins, Peru.
Twelfth District-Elector, Eph K. Strong, Whit- ley county; contingent elector, Charles A. Yatter, Steuben county.
Thirteenth District-Elector, Henry F. Schrick- er, Knox; contingent elector, Lee Lauer, Plymouth.
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.
1. John J. Nolan, Evansville.
2. Charles H. Bedwell, Sullivan.
3. E. W. Pickart, Huntingburg.
4. George M. Hillenbrand, Batesville.
5. J. S. McFadden, Rockville.
6. Louis Federmann, Brookville.
7. Michael A. Ryan, Indianapolis.
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S. J. J. Netterville, Anderson.
9. William B. Gray, Covington.
10. E. F. MeCabe, Williamsport.
11. Frank M. Kistler, Logansport.
12. Charles Niezer, Allen county.
13. Lemuel Darrow, Laporte.
PLATFORM ADOPTED COVERS MUCH GROUND.
The preamble of the platform declares the inauguration of President Wilson, in 1913, had ended a long period of Repub- lican ascendency, marked by the domi- nance of special privilege, panic and social unrest.
The Payne-Aldrich tariff act, written by its sordid beneficiaries and passed over the protest of an outraged people, and in which progressive Republican leaders joined, was replaced with a revenue law just and equitable. Under this law the country's balance of trade reached a high- er mark than ever before attained in the world's history, by this or any other country.
The reserve banking act is credited with having contributed more to the prosperity and business stability of the country than all the laws passed by the Republican party put together. Under this act the United States has the greatest wealth of gold ever accumulated by any country at one time, and the last twelve months have witnessed an increase of money deposits in national banks surpassing the entire amount of like deposits existant twenty years ago. Agriculture, commerce and manufactures are declared as daily setting new high records in industrial achieve- ment.
As justification for a continuance of Democratic rule the following reforms are enumerated : Popular election of United States Senators; most liberal pension leg- islation enacted in a quarter of a century ; extension of the parcel post; perfection of the postal savings bank system; reduction of tariff taxation and repeal of the Payne- Aldrich law; the income tax; expose and driving out of Washington the lobby which had become firmly established un- der Republican administration; strength- ening the Sherman anti-trust law in the interest of legitimate business; prompt action in meeting all just demands of la- bor; enactment of the federal trade com- mission law.
Unqualified endorsement of the pending
legislative program in Congress and the measures recommended by President Wil- son is given.
The loss of a great leader in Indiana Democracy by the death of Senator Ben- jamin F. Shively is lamented and deplored.
The leadership and service of John W. Kern and the fidelity of the Indiana Demo- cratic Congressmen are com- mended.
The appointment by the Governor of Thomas Taggart to fill the senatorial va- cancy is also heartily commended.
Approval is given the Democratic policy of liberal pensions for soldiers, soldiers' widows and their dependent children.
President Wilson is praised for his courageous conduct of affairs in the com- plications arising from the European war and the troubles of Mexico.
The record made by Thomas R. Mar- shall as Vice-President received recogni- tion of a highly complimentary character.
The administration of Governor Samuel M. Ralston is pronounced as wise, patri- otic and democratic. He is credited with securing the enactment of numerous re- form measures. His administration of State institutions in the way of economy and honesty, and his fair and just rela- tions to both capital and labor are set forth as evidence of his faithfulness and loyalty to the people.
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