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In the Democratic party there was a split on the liquor question; a county option law, 

 resembling that urged by William Jennings Bryan, was defeated in the state senate in 

 February 1911, by a single vote. But in the state convention many party differences 

 were glossed over and Mr. Bryan's followers did not insist on an endorsement of him by 

 the state platform. 1 In the Republican convention the Taft followers, fearing an open 

 declaration for LaFollette, did not force the issue of re-nominating Taft. In the pri- 

 maries Clark received 21,027 votes to 14,289 for Wilson and 12,454 for Harmon; and 

 Roosevelt, 46,795 to 16,785 for LaFollette and 13,341 for Taft. Governor Aldrich was 

 one of the seven state governors who voiced the call for Roosevelt's candidature, and 

 the state Republican primaries were carried by Roosevelt over Taft. Norris Brown 

 (b. 1863; state attorney-general, 1904-06; U. S. senator 1907-13) was defeated for re- 

 nomination at the Republican primaries by a member of the more Progressive wing, 

 George William Norris (b. 1861; representative in Congress, 1903-11), who received in 

 November on the preferential vote for senator 126,022 votes to 111,946 for the Democratic 

 nominee, Ashton C. Shallenberger (b. 1862; governor, 1909-11). Norris was chosen by 

 the legislature, January 21, 1913. Early in September the Progressives decided not to run 

 a separate state ticket, 2 but in spite of this governor Aldrich was defeated by the Demo- 

 cratic nominee, John H. Moorehead, president of the state senate, who received 123,997 

 votes to 114,075 for Aldrich. The state senate will be Republican, the lower house 

 Democratic; on joint ballot the Democrats will have a plurality of 5. The failure of the 

 Republicans to " split " lost the Democrats two seats in Congress; the new delegation 

 will be 3 Democrats and 3 Republicans, that of 1911-12 was 5 Democrats and i 

 Republican. Woodrow Wilson carried the state with 109,008 votes to 54,216 for Taft, 

 72,689 for Roosevelt, and 10,185 for Debs (in 1908, 1,524). 



There was one lynching in the state in 1911 (June i9th) at Valentine where a white 

 man was killed after a quarrel with cattlemen over land rights. 



Bibliography. Laws, Joint Resolutions, and Memorials (York, 1911); A. Watkins, ed., 

 Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society (Lincoln, 1912). 



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Population (1910) 81,875, nearly double that of 1900, the greatest increase being 

 559% in Nye county, the most recent rich ore district. Density 0.7 per sq. m. The 

 Indian and Asiatic element decreased from 16.1% to 8.5% of the total. Negroes in- 

 creased in number from 134 to 513. In 1910 the native whites constituted 68.7% 

 (63.3% in 1900) of the total, and the foreign-born whites 22.1 % (20.3% in 1900). The 

 population in urban territory .was 16.3%. The larger places were: Reno (city), 

 10,867 (4,50 in 1900); Goldfield (town), 4,838; Sparks (city), 2,500; Carson City, 

 2,466; Virginia City, 2,244; Ely (city), 2,055. 



Agriculture. Between 1900 and 1910 the acreage in farms increased from 2,565,647 acres 

 to 2,714,757, and the improved land in farms from 572,946 to 752,117, the average farm 

 acreage decreased from 1,174.7 to 1,009.6 and the value of farm property increased from 

 $28,673,835 to 60,399,365 ($35,276,599 land; 84,332,740 buildings; 81,576,096 implements; 

 10,213,930 domestic animals). Of the land area 3.9% was in farms in 1910. The average 

 value of farm land per acre was $12.99. Farms were operated largely by owners (2,175 by 

 owners, 181 by managers and 333 by tenants). In 1912 (preliminary estimates) the principal 

 crops were: Indian corn, 30,000 bu. (1,000 A.); wheat, 1, 137,000 bu. (39,000 A.); oats, 400,000 

 bu. (10,000 A.); barley, 492,000 bu. (12,000 A.); potatoes, 2,136,000 bu. (12,000 A.); hay, 

 681,000 tons (227,000 A.). In 1909 (U.S. Census) the value of vegetables (excluding pota- 

 toes) was $264,122; of small fruits, $5,6^3; of orchard fruits, $82,695. O" January I, 1912 

 there were on farms: 72,000 horses, 3,000 mules, 20,000 milch cows, 429,000 other neat 

 cattle, 1,444,000 sheep, and 30,000 swine. The total acreage irrigated in 1909 was 701,833 

 (39- 2 % more than in 1899); 661,862 were supplied from streams. The total cost of irriga- 



1 For Mr. Bryan's part in the Convention and campaign see UNITED STATES. 



"The state supreme court, October 23, 1912, decided that only the Taft electors could 

 appear on the official ballot as Republicans. In the 6th district the Progressive nominee 

 for Congress polled only 84 votes (out of more than 50,000). Elsewhere Republican nominees 

 were "Republican and Progressive," and Democratic were "Democrat and Progressive In- 

 dependent." 



3 Sec E. B. xix, 450 et seq. 



