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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1908)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA L. BARE, Publisher TERMS: $1.25 IN ADVANCE NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA MUCH IN SMALL SPACE FOR THE HURRYING READER. EVENTS COVERING WIDE FIELD Something of Congress, Political Gos sip Here and There, and News and Notes of General Character. Political. Senator LaFollolto, In Introducing Judgo Tnft at Madison, pledged IiIb Biipport to him and said thnt Wiscon sin Would givo him a magnificent majority. William R. Hearst In an nddroiw to tho Now York Independence leaguo convention rond moro lottors from John Arnhbold to United Stilton sonn torn and part of an Ohio court record to show that Governor Haskoll of Ok lahoma was ono of tho organlzors of tho Steel trust. L. T. RusHOll, editor of a democratic paper, In an open loiter to W. J. Ilryan says that If tho Nobrnskan was Ignor ant of ehargos against Haskoll It Is hocauso ho rofusod to read u ton-page statemont given him last fall covering tho governor's operations In five states. Senator Fornkcr linn cancelled hlH ongagomont for tho Lincoln Douglas colebratlon In Gnlosburg, Illinois, Octo ber 7. Mr. Uryan wrote a letter to Presi dent Roosevelt In which ho dofcndB Govornor Haskoll, treasurer of tho national democratic committee and challenges tho president to produce ovldenco convicting Haskoll of con nection with tho Standard Oil com pany. John Hays Hammond was rc-oloct-cd by acclamation as president of tho National Lcaguo of Republican clubs. A chango In tho constitution wns ndoptcd providing for four vlco presi dents In ordor to rocognlzo all sec tions. Nebraska republicans, In stnto con- J vontlon, refused to dcciaro tor uauit guarantee In any form. General. Governor llnskoll of Oitlnlioma, af ter a conforenco with olllclnla at democratic hondquartcrs m Cn.cago, announced that ho had resigned ub treasurer of tho democratic national commlttco. Report of Omaha banks to comp troller of currency shown an lncrcaso In nmount of loans, amount, of do posItB and amount of caon rcsorvo on hand. Nlnotcon pcrsonn woro killed and about twenty Injurod liy wreck of onstbound Hurllngton passenger train near Park City, Mont. Tho cholora opldomlc In St. Peters burg has been chocked by cold wonth or nnd no further Incroaso In num ber of now cases Is expected. Liberals In England loso tho Irish voto through tho nttltudo of tho par ty on tho religious iiucBtlon pro Bontcd nt tho recent Eucharlstlc con gress In London. Gonoral T. Coloman Dupont of Dol naro haa resigned as niomnor of tho republican executlvo conuulttoo and w director of Bpoakers' burotui. Senator Fornkor, In an oxtoudod statement, oaya his connection with Standard Oil company waB only( tem porary and defends his courso In tho Brownsvlllo affair. Dun's Rovlow of Trado nays thnt fall business hi Increasing and that more factories hnvo rcsumod opera tions. Jamea J. Hill sont a communication on tho bank guaranty to tho Stato Hankers' association In Lincoln, and Prof, J. Lawronco Lnughlln of Chi cago also rend n paper on tho aamo nubjoct, Samuel GomporB claimed In tho hearing In which he Is appearing thnt Mr. Van Cleavo hired dotectlvos to track him and nlso, at ono tlnio want ed to brlbo him to divulge tho sccrotB of tho laboring men. Nebraska bankers In convention op posed postal savings banks nnd tho hulk of sentiment Is oppoBod to guar anty of deposits. Tho Toxtllo Amorlcan, an nuthorlty on tho wool and cotton business, payw Omaha n high tribute as a wool nmr hot nnd says tho warehouses In that city havo passed tho oxporlmontul stago. Frank Shorcllffe, tho notorious diamond robber, Jumped from a train at Canon City, Col., Just as ho was about to bo takon to the penitentiary for a term of twonty-flvo yenrtf. A train on tho 'Frisco road ran over a bank nt Curthngc, Mo,, and a mini ber woro Injured. Tho open hearth furnacos of tho Cnrneglo steel works nt Homesload ana two dopnrtuiuntB of tho Howard Antlo works started to run on double turn for tho first tlmo since last Oc tober. Cholora bogliiB to take persona In high places In St. PotorEburg. Tho laud olflco 1b receiving many letters concerning tho Tripp county reservation land opening. President Roosovtl In 3,000-word letter furnlshod Mr. Bryan with Infor mutlon ho asked for regarding Gov ornor Hnskcll's connection with the Standard Oil company. OIL YBHI 111 Forest flis In Ma'n. ou'hrrn Can ada, New Yjik and Pi-nnylvanin do great damage and moke Inlorfera with movonipnts of shipping. Drouth In Now York and New Eng land tho moat sovoro In years and fac tories compollod to shut down. Forost firofl aro doing groat damage. William .1. Ilryan has offered tho mascot mtilo presented him by the Ag ricultural society of Minnesota as n prlzo to tho county showing the larg est percoiKago of Increase In tho voto for democratic olectors over tho nvor ago voto for electors In the last throo campaigns. Second Assistant Potmastor Gcnj oral McCloary has resigned In ordor to accept nomination ns congressman In Mlnnesotn. At tho thirty-first plowing match of Illinois held on n farm near Jollot, III., Alvln Stark was proclaimed tho chnmplon plowman of the world. Stark drove n single sulky plow with three horses over half nn acre. Tho judges declared that thoro was not a variation of hnlf an Inch In tho furrows, meas ured at the ends and tho middle. Washington. On ncoount of tho rapid sprond of cholera In Russia, Surgeon General Wymnn of tho public health and mar I no hospital Borvlco tins decided to send to thnt country a cholera ox pect to study the situation, advlso tin homo o Ulan nnd tnko such stops a may be considered deslrnlno In pre venting tho spread of tho dlsonso to tho United States, of which thoro Is considered to bo strong possibilities through Inimlgrnnts. Orvllle Wright, who was sorlously Injurod Thursday In tho aeroplane ac cident which cauBod the death of Lieutenant ThomnH IS. Solfrldgo, con tinues lo Improve. Tho Indian bureau has undertaken to prevent tho contlniinnco of what tho commissioner considers has been an abii8o In tho manner of procuring Indian children for nttondauco at non rosorvntlou Indian schools, by Issuing circulars prohibiting tho schools from sending canvnssorB to tho reservation to secure business. Presldont Roosovolt 1b back In Washington from his Bummer vaca tion. Tho trensury department has ordor ed tho acceplnnco of tho proposal of tho Bedford Stone nnd Construction company of Indlnnnpolls for tho con struction of tho St. Louis poslofllco building, using faco brick and orna mental torrn cotta for facing. Tho con tract prlco Ib $8(55,000, tho work to bo completed by .Inly 1, 1010. Amorlcan business mon will nood lo contlnuo unrolnxod effort if thoy iiopo to maintain their prosont trado rela tions with Mexico, becnuso o tho ag gresslvo molhods pursued by other countries to enpturo that trado, Buys Special Agent Butmnn of tho depart ment of commerco and Inbor, In a re port on trade conditions In Mexico. Foreign. The countess of Yarmouth, sister of Harry K. Thaw, and who recently wns granted a decroo nullifying her mar- lago, announced formally through her lawyers nt Loudnu thnt sho had de cided to drop her tltlo and henceforth bo known nB Mrs. Copoly Thaw. J. Cornoll Tnylor, charge d'affaires of tho American logntlon In tho ab- senco of Mlnlstor Morgan, wns assault ed by n Cuban In Havana, Cuba. Tho assault was unprovoked and sovoral Cubans wcro concerned In It. During gunnery drill nt Tulon, France, ono of tho big turrot gunu on tho French armored cruiser Lnt oucho Trovlllo oxplodcd with torrlflc violence, completely wrecking tho nftor turret and killing outright tho ontlro gun, crow of thlrteon men. Cholora victims aro dying by tho score In St. Petersburg, Russia. Tho report la published In Paris that Prlnco Miguel of Hiaganza, tho oldest sou of Dom Mlguol, tho protondor to tho throno of Portugal, wbb rocontly secrotly married to Mrs. Samuel Sloan Cl'.auncoy, n rich Amorlcan widow. An Imposing Anglo-Gormnu work- Ingmon'B poaco donionstrntlon was held In Borlln. Some 20,000 Gormaii workmon gathered to wolcomo a dolo gntlon reprosontlng the British work- in on, nnd much enthusiasm was dis played on both sldoti. Personal. Tho court of tho District of Colum bia ruled that Snmuel Gompers must unswor questions asked by tho attor ney for the range company In tho contempt case. Tho president and his family have returned to Washington. John Robinson, the veteran circus ownor, wns ninrrled In his prlvntu oHr at Clnrkavllle, Tonn., to Mla Mnry Maud Logan, a professional nurso, who hns boon traveling with him for some tlmo. Nat Goodwin, tho actor, has filed dlvorco papers. At Tilbury, Out., Sir Wilfred Lnu- ilor, premier of Canada, niado cam palgn Bpoochoa In both French nnd English nnd kissed sovernl Tilbury young ladloa who prosontod him with bouquota. Burglars who robbed Mark Twain's homo at Redding, Conn., wore captur ed after a light and tho humorist posts n notice ndvlalng tho next robbura how to proceed. Chairman Muck sont a tologrnm to tho prosldent bearing on tho demo crntlc campaign contributions. Mr. Bryan uont n telegram to tho president demanding proof of tho chargea made ngalust Governor Has kell. Tho will of Hanker Moroslnl was filed in Now York and lioquontliB an ostato valnod at $1,000,000 or more to his children. DROUTHREMAINS 'QTajp pni TP pi flTFnnMC'flto. ., SERIOUS CONDITION IN PENNSYL VANIA AND VIRGINIA. THOUSANDS OF MINERS IDLE Low Water Prevents River Improve ments and Mnay Factories Are Closed Along the Streams. Pittsburg. With losses aggregating sovoral million dollars from forest fires and heavy losses to crops and llvo stock, tho reported loss of a num bor of lives duo to fighting timber conflagrations, tho enforced idleness of thousands of workmen owing to tho suspension of manufacturing establish ments bocnuifo of lack of water, tho health authorities anticipating a so rlous opldomlc of contagious diseases and many Binall streams dried up nnd prac"cally obliterated, tho drouth of 1008, which has hold western Pennsyl vania, eastern Ohio and West Virginia' In Its grasp for moro than two months, remains unbroken each day gradually Increasing tho seriousness of tho un precedented situation. While In tho Pittsburg district tho water supply Is sufficient to enrry on all business, tho low stago of tho rivers hns causod a congestion of much coal In this vlclnltv. Evory nvallablo bargo and noat has been loaded with coal nnd at present, with almost 20,000,000 bushelB In tho Pitts burg harbor, the river coal mines havo been compelled to shut down for tho want of shipping facilities. There aro about 15,000 miners employed In tho rlvor mines along tho Monongahola vnlloy. This great fleet of coal Is for supply of points In tho west and south and tho probabilities aro thoro will bo a coal famine experienced, oapcclully In tho northwest should conditions provent tho shlpmont of tho coal be foro cold weather sots In. In West Virginia lumber plants, glass factories and Iron nnd stool mllla located nlong tho rivers, nro closed on account of Insulllclcnt water. In east ern Ohio tho tramo conditions provnll, and It Is feared tho great Iron nnd stool mills nt Youngstown, 0 employ ing over 20,000 men, will havo to sus pend operations unless tho drouth Is Bpeedlly broken. In all sections of tho dry zono prny- crH nro offered up dally and theso prayors will contlnuo until thoy aro answered with rain. TOWNSITES NOT SELECTED. Map Showing Lands Subject to Entry la Not Ready. Dallas, S. D. Bccauso of tho fnct that a great many maps purporting to bo correct plans of Tripp county, show-i lug tho allotments to Indians, somo of which havo not yet been npproved by the government, and purporting to ohow tho locations of tho Bovcrnl gov ernment townBltcs, Judgo J. W. Wit- ton, superintendent of tho opening, has stated, that ns a matter of fact tho accrctary of tho Interior has not as yet mndo any rosorvatlun for townBlto purposos, and tho commissioner of tho general land ofllco haa notified Judgo Wltten that his olllco 1ms in no wny recognized any of tho proposed townsltcs, and has cllroctsd Judgo Wltton to make nnd roport sitch Inves tigations and Inspection ns will bo helpful to tho sccrotary In making res ervatlona for townslto purposes. Tho secretary will, as directed by tho act of congrosB, hereafter rcsorvo from these lands Biich trnctB for towuslto purposes as In his opinion may bo re quired for futuro Interests. WHARTON TO HANDLE MONEY Chosen Chairman of National Repub lican Flnanco Committee. Omaha Hon. John C. Wharton of Omnlni has boon appointed by Chnlr- man Hitchcock of tho republican na tional commlttco to bo nn nnslstant to Assistant Troasuror Fred W. Ilpham. having In charge tho funds for tho western district of tho United Stntos. Mr. Wharton will bo tho chairman of tho Nebraska flnanco commlttco, nnd will havo chargo of tho rolloctlon of tho funda for tho national campaign In thla stnto. Oklahoma Thieves arc Busy. MiiBkogco. Ok!. Horso thlovos havo carried on tholr doprodatlons In nil parts of Oklahoma recently to an ox- tont not equalled slnco tho frontier days, nceordlng to t statement Issued horo by R. 11. Ramsey, sheriff of Mus kogee county. Shorlff Ramsey says that within two weeks ho has rocelved roports of 20S horses stolen In differ ent pattK of tho state. "It Is ovldont," said he, '"hat organized gangs of fhlovoH, tempted by tho prevailing high prices of horses, nro committing the deprdntloiiB. Fleet Is Nearlng Manila. Mnnlln Tho Zuinbonnga wireless station was In touch with tho Atlantic battloshlp float nt 8 o'clock (Monday) morning. j TWENTY-ONE ARE NOW DEAD. Two Moro Men Injured In Wreck at Youno'D Point, Montana, Die. Billings, Mont. Twenty-ono nro now dead nnd nine Injured as a re sult of a collision at Young's Point H. H, Vlvkors of Hardin, Mont., died nftor bolug brought to tho hospi tal In thin city, whllo Snmuel Clomo wltR, a hldo denlor of Hillings, atid Burg Western of Atchison. Kan died shortly nlur midnight Saturday morning. Republicans, Democrats and Independents Hold Their Respective State Conventions DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES SET FORTH Republicans Oppose tlie Bank Guarantee Idea, While Democrats and Independents Declare for (he Same RopubllcanH, democrats and inde pendents nil hold Btato conventions at Lincoln on the 22d. In tho former there was considerable discussion of tho platform, mainly over the follow ing plank. "Wo favor tho onnctmont of a law providing for tho security of deposits of funda In stato and national banks nnd urgo upon our next legislature nnd congress to formulnto a plan that will be equltabo to tho banking in terests of tho stato and nation and in wuro tho payment of ovory dollar de posited with Btato and national bnnks." Wattles Sholdon and others spoke, opposing tho amendment, nnd when tho roll was called It was lost by a voto of 18 to IB. Tho convention was well attonded nnd oUrlng the afternoon when speeches woro made by Senator Bur- kett, Congressman Illnshaw, Attorney General Thompson, and others, thoro was a largo attendance. During do bato over tho platform democrats and populists quit business and helped to bwoII tho crowd by their presence Domocrats held a Bhort session in tho sonato chambor and rapidly dis patched their biiBlncs8 and adopted lllatform appearing herewith. A now departure therein 1b tho plank which promises a law providing that tho stato Board of Equalization cannot Increase tho nggregato asBOsomont ns returned by nsscssorB. In other vords It enn only oqunllzo values be tween counties ny reducing valua tions. Tho popnllBtfl met in tho ofllco of tho health Inspector, adopting a plat from nnd naming Btato committees. Tho socialists hold their stnto con vention In tho ofllco of tho stnto food commissioner. But two delegates wero prosont. Tho Chicago socialist platform was endorsed nnd a atnto commlttco selected. .T. Warner Kelfor, Jr., was elected chairman of tho Btato republican commlttco nnd Chas. B. Anderson of Crete bb vlco chairman. Tho" oxccutlvo commlttco of tho prohibition party endorsed tholr na tional platform, declared for guaran tee of bank deposits, favored woman suffrngo and submission of tho pro hibition nmendment to tho constitu tion. Democrats unnnlmoiiBly re-elected all tho old commltteo olllcors. Platforms of tho respoctlvo parties follow: DEMOCRATIC. Wo. tho renresenlntlvcn nt tim inmr. cratle imrty of Nebraska In stnto con vention assembled. 1'oafllrm our lfi.llnf In nnd pledge our support to tho principles of tho party. Wo rejolco ut tho Blgns of democratic victory. Wo kIvo unaunlinpd approval of tho I'umiiiiiiii'H nnmiiinicu nna or tiio plat form proclaimed by tlio tmtionnl con vention nt Donver and nlodun our enrn- cst support to mild principles and tho nominees oi snui convention, Particu larly gratifying to tho domncrncv of Nn. hrnskn Is tho nomination of Nebraska's first democrat. William J. Urvnn, for tho presidency of tho republican olllco In tho oecupnncy of which his oualltlea n a stntesmnn will work tho welfnro of our nation, In in ensure uh his mlvocncy of tno cnuso or luinmnlt;' has challenged tho nttentlon and won tho npprovnl of lovers of liberty In nil tho world. In his companion In this contest, John W. Korn oi iiiumjin, wo I'cnoni n man mid demo crat worth" of tho nofltlon ho nmv oc cupies In tho dumocmtlc party. In him we recognize a man largo or heart and brain, fitted In every way for tho duties nnd responsibilities that, will devolve upon him. Wo pledge tho peoplo of Nebraska that If our state nnd legislative tlckots shall bo successful In this cnmpalgn, u. demo cratic legislature will enact nnd a demo cratic governor will upprovo tho following specific legislation: First A law under which the stnto bnnks shall bn reo.ulred to establish a cuarnnteo fund, under stnto supervision and control, for tho prompt payment of depositors or any insolvent stnto bank, under nn oniiltiiblo system which slinll also bo available to all national hanlc- Imr Institutions of this state, wishing to iuho mivauinKO oi u. Hccoud We are In favor of the follow Int: amendments to tho present rovonuo law; First A law to provldo for tho election of tho precinct and township assessors by tho people, Second A law providing that in the equalization of nsNCMtfUieut by the state board of equalization, tho iik- ItreRnie tootini; or tlie assessment as returned by th various counties slinll not bo Increased. Wo condemn the nrnctleo of tho tiros cnt stnto bonid of eounllzatlon and as sessment In rnlclnii tho UKKreirnt,, valu ation of the state as returned by the vnrlouB counties. This act Is In viola tion of the spirit of the prosont revenue law. Third We demand thnt the mllrond commission shall b Klvcn thn power to lunke a physlenl valuation of the prop erty of tho publto service corporations In the ntnte. KEARNEY TO HAVE CORN 3HOW. Exhibit to Be Taken Later to Omaha Corn Carnival. Konrnoy At n meeting of tho busi ness men It wns decided to hold a corn carnival In this city during No vember. Tho corn crop In Buffalo county la great and nn exhibit will bo picked for exhibition ut the na tion show in Omaha. Alfalfa wlll:nlso bo ono of tho loading foatut'OB, ; En deavors will bo ninduj to hold minor affairs In smaller towns in tho county. I'ourth Tho democratic party favors tho extension of agricultural, mochanical and Industrial educntlon. Wo therefore favor n law establishing nn agricultural collego In tho westorn part of the stnto and llbernl appropriations for charltublo and educational Institutions of tho state. Hfth We nro In favor of tho demo cratic and American princlnlo of homo rule, Wo nro In fnvor of cntictlnR such laws ns will t'tvo tho cities of Omaha and South Omaha tho right of locul self-government nnd to that end wo favor such legislation as will allow theso cities to absolutely contiol their own nffalrs. A soldier's nenslon Is n nolillnr'n rlobt nnd Is nnd should be his to prize and to elljov. Not tn bn nllnntiteil liv Inu, mm him or by nrbitrary rulo or command of those officials entrusted with tho duties ot superintending nnd managing tho sol diers' and sailors' homes of tho stnto. we, moretore. ruror tho passage of a law placing tho management of theso worthy nubile institutions In thn hnnd.ct of a non-partisan board to tho end that sucu inanaccment bo removed from tho touch of IlollllfH nml Hint nverv rltrlit In law or Justice bo reserved to thoso who won tho nation's gratltudo by the uo- icnso or mo nation's tins. Wo fnvor tho recent primary law, but favor Us amendment so ns to unable tho voter to more clearly and cuslly express nis cuoicc. Wo commend tho work of thn demo cratic nnd populist members of tho last legisiattiro ny enforcing tho passage of tho two-cent fnro law and other reform legislation enacted by that body. REPUBLICAN. Wc. tho renubllcnns of Nebrnskn. In convention assembled, ronow oul nllo Rlanco to the principles of tho repub lican party, mo prncticnl operation or which has brought to this country tho unprecedented prosperity now enjoyed. Wo heartily endorso tho nntlonnl plat form of tho republican party as adopted by tho nntlonnl convention nt Chicago. Wo endorso tho administration of Pres ident Thcodoro Roosevelt In Its morul nnd economic nspects. a contiuunnco of wnose policies will bo nssured to tno country by tho election of JuiIko William II. Tnft for president nnd of Hon. James S. Shernmn for vice president. Wo submit with pride to tho peoplo of Nebraska tho lnbors of our United States senators and tho republican mem bers of tho lower house of congress, nil of whom hnvo endorsed nnd supported nt nil times policies of tho president. Tho udminlstrntlou of Governor Georgo h. Sheldon nnd tho other olllcors of tho stnto hns clvcn to Nebraska a govern ment of which nil citizens' inny well bo proud nnd which wo commend to tho doctors of tho stnto ns an earnest of tho future conduct of tho stnto government under aovcrnor Sheldon and tho other republican nominees for stato olllco. Tho record modo by tho Inst leKlslnturo was ono of performance, squaring with prom ise, wherein every plodgo inado In tho campaign wns fully performed In tho legislation enacted. . Wo most heartily comemnd tho effi cient work of tho stnto rnllwny commis sion for Its enforcement of the laws of thf last leglslaturo and tho regulation of tho rates nnd services of tho common carriers. Wo commend the business ad ministration of tho financial affairs of tho stato government during tho last two years, under which tho Btato debt lias been nearly canceled, nnd wo pledgo our Rclves to tho continuation of tho strict est economy In expenditures, consistent with the requirements of tho state. Wo commend tho stnto board of public lnnds nnd buildings tn rescinding tho rulo taking a per cent of tho pension money from members of tho soldiers' and snllors' homes, and pledge a contin uation of that policy. Wo also favor on nmendment to tho laws governing tho soldiers' nnd snllors' homes bo thnt nny honorably discharged soldier or sailor may bo admitted. Wo express our gratification nt tho no tion of tho voterB of tho stato at tho recent primary In endorsing tho proposed amendments to the stnto constitution re specting tho lncrcaso In tho number of Judgs of tho supremo' court and tho In vestment of the school funds of tho state, and recommend that theso nmondments bo adopted by tho voters nt the general election. We favor such nmondments to tho pri mary law as experience has demonstrat ed are necessary to strcngthon It jinil mnko It moro efficient In Insuring popular control of nil nomlnnttonn. Wo favor tho ennctment of laws reg ulating tho Issuance of stocks nnd bonds by nil public service corporations nnd prohibiting the Issunnco of watered stocks and bonds by bucIi corporations. Apprcclntlng tho work being dono In western Nebraska In roclnlmlng desert land by Irrigation, and thnt its success depends upon Intenslvo farming, wo es pcclnlly endorse tho tnrlff revision plank In tho national republican platform, es pecially emphasizing tho clause in regard to tho Irttcrchango of products between the United Statos and tho Phlllppino is lands. POPULIST Tho populist party expresses confi dence la Hon. William J. Hryon; nlwoys ready to contend for better government: reaffirms the position in ncccpted In 1907 legnrdlng stnto regulation of freight rates: demand revision of tho rnnd laws; demand the passage of a compulsory bank suaranteo law. similar to the ono now in force In Oklahoma; domnnd a law giving tho railroad commission the power to mnko a physlenl valuation of tho property of the public sorvlco cor porations In tho stnto and laws that will glvo to tho motropolltnn cities of the Btnte the rlsht of local solf-govern-inent: fnvorB wide open primary, and Is in favor of adherence to the prlnclplo of thn lutltlatlvo and referendum. Applications for frco high school privileges lo tho number of 209 hnvo boon mudo In Gngo county. This Is tho greatest nuinbor mudo In any county In tho stnto. according to tho returns as shown nt Lincoln. Theso applications represent nlnoty-two dis tricts, of which district No. 37 has tho greatest number, nlno. YOUNG BRYAN AFTER VOTES. Lincoln William J. Bryan, Jr., son ot tho democratic candidate for pres ident, has been announced as a can dldato for prosldont of tho eophomoro class nt tho Nobraska university. Ills opponent la Ralph Woavorllng, who wna susponded from achool last yoar lor hiking part In a kidnaping nffnlv. Young Ilryan Is being vigorously pushed by a numbor of his clasa ninto.1, and theso supporters fool cer tain of his success. O f InLO UhPlI TAKES UP PRAIRIE STATE OIL AND GAS CASE. HE SCORES GOV. HASKELL Declares Him Unfit for Association with Patriotic and Moral Men Hot Reply from the Oklahoman. Washington. President Uooso- volt Wednesday night, following upon n prolonged conference with members of tho cnbtnot at tho Whlto Houbo, propnred- and gave out his ro p,ly to William J. Bryan, tho Demo cratic candidate, rolatlvo to W. IL Hearst's chargea that Gov. Haskell, treasurer of tho Democratic campaign committee, had represented Standard Oil Interests both in Ohio and Okla homa. Mr. Bryan hnd demanded proof of tho charges, promising that in tho event of their substantiation Gov. Has koll would bo ollmlnated from tho campaign. Dismissing tho Ohio case, which In volved an allegation ot attempted bribery, with tho explanation that ho had mado no direct chargo ngalnst Gov. Haskoll ns regards that particu lar Instance, President Hoosovclt takes up tho matter of tho Prnlrlo Stnto Oil & Gas Company, nnd nrgueB that Gov. Haskell's action In stopping legal proceedlnga begun by tho attorney general of Oklahoma demonstrates conclusively thnt ho wbb controlled by tho great corporation to which tho Oklahoma company wna subsidiary. Declares Haskell Unworthy. After contrasting Mr. Bryan's do fenso of Gov. Haskell with, Judgo Taft's repudiation of Fornker In con nection with tho Hearst charges against tho Ohio senator, tho president proceeds to declaro that Gov. Has kell's "utter unfitness for association with nny man nnxlous to appeal to tho American peoplo on a moral Ibsuo, haa been abundnntly shown by other acts of his as governor of Oklahoma." Haskell Makes Reply. Guthrie, Okla. Gov. C. N. Has koll Wednesday night Issued a statement In reply to Prosldent Itooso volt's letter to William J. Bryan, deal ing with four specific charges against Mr. Haskell, namely, that ho is sub servient to Standard Oil, that ho vo toed a child labor bill; that ho dealt oxtensivoly in Creek Indian lands, and that ho hnd allowed politics to domi nate htm in the removal of members of tho faculty of tho stato university' and tho appointment of others to suc ceed them. Gov. Haskoll took up tho four charges as dwelt upon by Presldont Hoosovclt in turn, dealing with each In a characteristic maimer. Tho Pralrio Oil & Gas Company charges Gov. Haskell declared to bo a "Joko on Roosevelt's stupidity," as serting thnt ho hnd dono nothing which would confer upon tho Standard Oil subsidiary company moro authori ty than it already possosscd under a franchiso granted it by Secretary Hitchcock. Declares He Acted Properly. Continuing, Gov. Haskell says: "Presldont Roosevelt comes to Ok lnhomn and finds a substitute for his Ohio failure. Docs he, in tho caso of tho stnto ngalust tho Pralrio - Oil & Gas Company which ho complains I compelled to bo dismissed? "Yes, I did havo it dismissed. Wo all know thnt tho Pralrio company is a Standard Oil offspring, and don't for get tho president claims to havo known this also, and I chargo that tho political allies, Hearst and Roosevelt, both know that I acted properly. "First, the Pralrio OH Company got its franchiso in tho stato not from mo, but from Roosevelt's secretary of tho Interior, long beforo statehood began, nud hnd its main lino built and operat ing, and congress In our statehood bill was careful to dcciaro that our now atnto when organized must rcapoct nil such vested rights and existing fran chises. That was all I did, and tho fedoral courts stood ready to call mo down if I violated tho Roosevelt terri torial franchises. . . . Sarcasm and Abuse. "Tho president comes to tho local affairs of our stato and assails mo for votoing a child labor bill. True, I did bo, simply because tho bill wont too far and Included things not desired by our peoplo. Union labor representa tives npproved my veto. I bono tho prosldont will survive this veto of a local bill and pormlt us to run our lo cal affairs. "Tho president complains that wo romoved certain profossors from our stato university, our threo Btato nor nml schools and preparatory school In violation of civil sorvlco rules. That Is, tho prosldent In his usual impotu. oslty and reckless disregard of others misstates tho facts. Less than one' llfth of tho facultlcB aro changed. All chnnges woro for good cause. His Indian Land Suits. "Tho presldont coinplnlns that thero aro sovoral suits ponding against mo to reclnim Creek Indian land. Tho president should have gono farther and said that I was not a donler in Indian land and only camo In ns a sub sequent purchaser and only Incldeatal. ly a party without personal intorost at all, nnd especially ho should havo said that Jt Is quite apparout that thoso who aro being sued Ui thoso land enses nppoar to bo nud apparent ly aro tho victims of political clitcnn ry which tho prrosldont etui bettor explain than I.