The KcbrasUa Independent
JUNE 14, 190
republicans can present except It be
LaFollette of Wisconsin. The Badger
senator is not a party favorite, but
the politicians who are wise and read
the signs of the times aright believe
that LaFollette would command many
thousands of votes in every state
west of the Alleghenies that Roose
velt could not command.
The question of expelling Senator
Smoot from the senate is warmly de
bated among politicians who do not
like the case, presented from any
point of view. So much fuss has
been made 4 over this that the ma
jority party feel that they must ex
pel the senator although they, admit
that the senator is innocent of the
charges brought against him and that
the expulsion, , when it takes place,
will be little less than a blow struck
against the Mormon church in re
sponse to a loud clamor from certain
sections that this be done.
TERRIBLE FLOODS IN CHINA
High Water in Hunan Causes Death
of Thousands
Victoria, B. C MaU advices from
Hankow, China, show that the great
floods of this spring in Hunan caused
an appalling loss of life, amounting
to tens of thousands. The rivers were
higher than in any previous year and
swept over the dykes, submerged
houses and covered an immense area.
In fact the whole valley of the Siang
was flooded, the floods pouring over"
the dykes in torrents. Siantan, a
prosperous city, was flooded with wa
ter to the second stories of the river
side buildings. This place is the ter
minus of river steamers, thirty miles
from Chansha, and all business is at
a standstill. At Chansha the water
flooded through the city gates, flood
ing out the people, sampans being
as high as the tree tops in places and
tremendous loss, was occasioned, 'The
river was thick with wreckage and
villagers on 'floating roofs. The for
eign commissioners in Siantan were
heavy losers th6ugh all escaped In
boats. None could estimate the loss
of life, which was placed at tens of
thousands.
A famine will follow, for the floods
have brought disaster to an immense
area of the best rice growing dis
tricts in Hunan.
PATRICK DENIED NEW TRIAL
Recorder Goff So Rules in Rice Mur
der Case
New York Recorder Goff has de
, nied a! motion for a new trial in the
r.flfifi nf Alhrt T Patrick the rn-
victed murderer of William March
Rice. '
x Patrick's lawyers it- is said, were
prepared for the adverse decision,
and have the papers ready for an ap
plication to the United States sup
reme court for a writ of error and
for a writ of habeas corpus. . These
applications would again delay the
carrying out of the death sentence
and would make the fifth postpone
ment for Patrick, who has now been
in the death house in Sing Sing for
more than four years.
The last resort in the effort to save
Patrick will be an application to Gov-
. ernor Higgins for a commutation of
the death sentence.
Infested by Pirates
Lisbon, Portugal Official reports
from Macao, Portuguese China, state
that piratical craft infest the coast of
that neighborhood. A number of j
trading steamers and other small ves
sels have encountered pirates, to their
loss,
The Portuguese sailing vessel, f
Dona Carolina, was
attacked and
robbed of 1,200 pounds of money and
her cargo was looted. Several Brit
ish vessels plying between Hong
Kong and Macao complain of being
pursued and fired upon by the pirates.
A Portuguese cruiser has been or
dered to proceed to Macao and put
an end to the depredations.
BRYAN BOOM FOR 1908
Endorsed by Four State Conventions
" Former Party Leaders Are
Now for Him
Missouri First state to indorse
Bryan for the presidency in' 1908
Party leaders of all factions united
at the state convention in declaring
the Nebraskan "the greatest American
citizen." ;:. - ,
Iowa Bryan indorsed by counties.
Delegates ' to state convention expect
ed to indorse htm as presidential can
didate in the state platform.
Indiana State convention pledged
full electoral vote to Bryan, more
than a hundred former leaders in the
gold democracy falling into line.
Ohio Bryan indorsed in county and
judicial conventions.
Arkansas state convention gave
Bryan unanimous indorsement.
South Dakota Delegates to the
state convention pledged solid sup
port to the Nebraskan and put a spe
cial indorsement plank in the state
platform.
With four states pledged to his sup
port and others falling into line, Wil
Ham Jenninga Bryan will, in August,
return from his travels to find his star
again in the ascendent and his boom
as presidential candidate in 1908 un
der full headway. Conservatives and
radicals of 1896 are flocking into
camp, so far as the developments of
ihe last few weeks indicate, and gold
democrats and free silver men alike
are acclaiming the former leader as
the "logical candidate."
The growing harmony was shown
when former Senator William F. Vilas
of Wisconsin, who was one of Bryan's
bitter oppdnents in 1896, announced
himself for tbe Nebraskan simultan
eously with a similar declaration from
former Senator Jame.K. Jones of -Arkansas,
twice chairman of :the demo
cratic national committee and man
ager of both the Bryan campaigns.
Are Firmly for Bryan
Former Senator Vilas, who was a
member of President Cleveland's cab
inet during his first administration,
and was one of the foremost support
ers of the Palmer-Buckner ticket in
1896, came out flatfooted in Milwau
kee for the former standard bearer
of the party, declaring that he is the
logical candidate, while in Washing
ton former Senator Jones, closest po
litical friend of Bryan, indulged in
a like announcement, adding the re
mark: v
"I am inclined to doubt whether
Bryan wants the nomination. , Two
races for the presidency ought to be
enough to satisfy any man, but if the
convention should nominate him I do
not think he would refuse to run. I
believe he would stand for any other
candidate who espouses the same prin
ciples he espouses."
Although the national campaign is
two years away, the recrudescence of
Bryan sentiment has taken on the
proportions of a widespread political
movement, and all signs point to a
concerted effort on the part of the
party leaders to advance the Nebras
kan to the front at once and thus
head off other candidates. The great
est outburst of ; Bryan enthusiasm
comes from the west, where four
states in their party conventions have
indorsed the "prophet of the Platte,"
while two others have indorsed him
by counties.
Missouri took the lead, and at the
democratic state convention held in
St. Louis last Tuesday declared in
Its platform that Bryan was the great
est American citizen. The boom was
led by former Governor David R.
Francis,- secretary of the interior in
President Cleveland's cabinet and
leader of the sound money democrats
in his state, who declared that the
conservative wing of the party could
unite with the radical wing in sup
porting Mr. Bryan.
Governor Folk followed with the
declaration that Bryan would be nom
declara'tion that Bryan would be nom
and that the principles advocated by
the standard-bearer of the party which
were considered anarchistic in 1896
now. were looked at as the "acme of
patriotism." After this outburst the
Missourians unanimously adopted a
platform pledging solid support to the
Nebraskan.
In Indiana on Thursday the demo
cratic convention was a Bryan con
vention, the ticket nominated is a
Bryan ticket, and the , atmosphere
throughout the conclave was unmis-1 r,,,., rt,t . . . . ,
takably Bryan. . Such a remarkable ! Custer count ' who wIU make a con
condition was never before seen, in j.test for the United States senatorship,
Indiana. Among the democrats who
demanded the indorsement, among
the leaders who framed it, and among
the visiting democrats, who applaud
ed when it was read, were more than
100 men who fought Bryan in 1896
and who supported him in 1900 in a
perfunctory, apologetic spirit.
In the convention, as delegates, were
Judge J. C. Robinson, who was a
Palmer and Buckner elector in 1896;
Colonel Charles J. Jewett, who for
mally entered the republican ranks in
1896 after years of service as a dem
ocrat and who was a delegate to the
convention in Philadelphia that nomi
nated McKinley for a second term;
Samuel O. Pickens, state chairman of
the gold democrats in 1896, and a
score of others who were prominent
as dissenters from the Chicago plat-
orm in 1896.
They were all in line, and when the
ntense moment in the convention j
came and the indorsement w read,
gold democrats and free silver men
pranced up and down the aisles and
joined hands in a war dance.
1 Other States in Line ?
Before Indiana got into action the
Bryan movement had been given im
petus by Arkansas and South Dakota,
both' of. which in their democratic
state conventions gave Bryan a unan-
mous indorsement and went wild with
enthusiasm at the mention of the Ne-
braskan's name.
Two other western states, Ohio and
owa, are primed for similar, action,
n each the democrats have declared
or Bryan by counties, and the dele
gates to the state convention from a
majority of the ', districts will be in
structed to vote for an indorsement
plank in the platform.
DEMAND FOR REFORM
Douma Stands for Settlement of the
Land Problem
St. Petersburg The discussion of
agrarian problem is now claiming the
attention of the douma to the exclu
sion of all other subjects. Exertme
pressure is being brought to bear up
on labor deputies by their constitu
ents, who have been flooding them
with letters and telegrams demand
ing that they shall stand- firm on the
agrarian question. The peasant elec
tors also insist on immediate atten
tion being given toward their burd
ens. The effect of this agitation has
been to stir up the labor deputies to
unusual exertions. A proposal to
limit the time of speakers in the dau
ma was rejected,
WOMEN FOR STRICT MEAT LAW
Council of General Federation of
Clubs Urges Action by Congress.
St. Paul. The council of the Gen
eral Federation of Women's clubs to
day passed a resolution commending
President Roosevelt for his efforts in
securing an investigation of the Chi
cago packing houses, and urging con
gress to pass stringent remedial legis
lation. The council decided to hold its next
meeting, which takes place between
biennial years, at Jamestown, Va., the
last week in April, 1907.
TWO MORE CANDIDATES
Chas. H. Weston Wants the Repub
lican Nomination for
Governor
An index of the red-hot character
of the political contest that will con
vulse Nebraska this summer is the
injection of two new candidates for
nominations at the hands of the re
publican state, convention. Frank M.
Curri. fnrmpriv tttnt sonotr ' tmm
au wrmer Auanor tnanes n. wes
ton, who wishes to be named for gov
ernor. '
Both men have strong personal fol
lowings, but as neither has given an
indication of where he stands upon
the great issues of- today, their
strength as candidates will be un
known. Weston comes rom way up
in the northwest, where he Is a bank
er and stock raiser. His entry into
the contest has been foreshadowed for
some time. One of his most persistent
boosters in this city has been the
gentleman who attends to the political
business of the Northwestern rail
road during legislative sessions, and
the politicians say that he w.l likely
have the road behind him when the
wind-up comesj Weston is rather a
puzzle to the political seers. He . is
an able man, with a clean record for
honesty and integrity. He is a man
of culture and force. His friends say
that it is absurd, and unjust to class
him as a railroad sympathizer or as a
man whom the railroads could in
fluence as a public official, yet among
the wisest of the politicians he is be
ing picked out as a man the railroads
are likely to unite upon, not their first
choice, but the "sane," conservative
man' that is their last resort.
Currie was a factor in the contest
for the place Millard now;. holds. , He
is a well educated man, a former
school teacher who turned to stock
raising in later years. Currie is well
liked by all. who know him. He has
a considerable acquaintance among
the politicians, but it Is hot so well
known out in the state among the peo
ple generally. He resisted the bland
ishments of the railroads in his sen
atorial fight in 1901,, and refused the
tentative offer of the Mexican em
bassy that Thompson,, finally landed,
if he would get out of the way for
Rosewater. Currie has not been ac
tive in state politics in the last five
years, and just where he does line
up in the new deal is not known here.
He is now in Mexico on business.
Millard Despondent
That the railroads have not given
up all hope of Inducing the state con
vention to pass up a senatorial nom
ination is shown by a dispatch to the
World-Herald from Washington this
morning. It says:
"On the whole," said Senator Mil
lard today, "I would prefer that the
state convention In Nebraska should
not nominate a candidate for senator.
"There Is, I understand, some move
ment in the state to have the scheme
of convention nomination given up. I
am not taking any hand in the fight
and do not expect I will, but there
are some evidences that people at
home are interesting themselves. I
think if the nomination is not made
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