Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-21

Metropolis from nay 70 nay.
A Wall street Killing rivaling the
shakedown Of HeinEe. the copper plunger
from Butte. two years ago, is the bear
squeeze OF Eugene p. Scales, the Texas
cotton bull. Gene boosted cotton to the
limit and was smothered in his product
for about 100000 Mr.. Brewster's pace rs
a spender bears as much resemblance to
Scales speed as that OF a cripple to a
Marathon winner Last Christmas he
stuffed the socks Of his kinsfolk with a
total Of $500, 900 OF real money pulled out
Of the hides Of the bears. A trifle Of ST.
OOO.O OO went to a sister. To a brother he
came down the chimney with 10000. Rel
atives less favored all received visits and
he added 100000 Of gifts before the tint
for new resolutions came around. The
5000, 900 exaoted by the bears last week
doubtless includes interest on their pre-
vious donationsI
During the two weeks Of his administra-
tion Mayor Gaynor has distributed nearly
$500, 900 worth Of patronage and issued
orders that will affect the distribution of
hundreds of thousands more without Civ
ing Tammany so much as q "look-in.'
out Of thirty-five Tammany district lead
ers Just one has got a Job. out Of the
long list of new commissioner appointed
at salaries ranging from 5000 to $500,
just one is q Tammany man-Rhinelander
Waldo, the Campfire commissioner. And
the first thing Waldo did was to abolish
the private stable the city has been main
tanning for the commissioner. So elsewhere.
Comptroller Prendergast announced on
his first day Of office that the subway
was good nough for him. The mayor
walks. If the city automobiles do not
demonstrate their usefulness they and their
chauffeurs and the ehauffeurs' 10y rides
are all to go. Park COMMISSIONS Higgins
OF the Bronx laid off $50 men In the first
week. Water Commissioner Thompson has
done away with overtime and Sunday pay.
1t looks very lean for the small fry. There
is no sign, however, that the mayor will
attempt to build up a rival political ma
chine. There remain two positions to
I'LL, which in the public eye bulk larger
than any of the others-the commissioner
Of police and the commissioner of street
cleaning. Both are now held by Mcclellan
appointees.
1t wa reserved for the mothers and
wives Of Mount Vernon to discover the pos
sibilities of the telephone as an cleo
pioneering implement.
There was an election on Tuesday last
affecting the location and control Of an
additional high school. Like other New
York towns, Mount Vernon permits it's
women to vote on questions affecting the
public schools.
The heads of various womep's clubs held
a caucus conference on Mondav. One
bright president brought with her an idea.
II suggest she said, that each one OF
us go home, get a list OF the members of
her organization. and call each up by tele-
phone. making her pledge herself to so to
the polls and vote tomorrow"
And also call I'D every woman she
knows, whether a member or not" sug-
gested another sister.
I'VE should give our cooks and servant
girls an afternoon off," came from an
other, provided they pledge themselves to
go to the polls and vote for the school,"
The telephone girls of Mount Vernon re-
tired on Monday at midnight on the verge
of nervous, prostration. "a,
"The millinery lines.' as the men called
them, formed at the polls at an early
hour, and flying detachments came all
day. The women carried the day by a big
majority; 90 per cent of the vote cast was
theirs. And the telephone did It!
Times do change, and women reformers
change with them Mrs. Carrie Nation is
evidently learning moderation in the days
of semi-Obscurity into which she is enter
ing. When a New York theatrical manager
to pay her for a series of lectures.
or, rather, offered her less than she
claimed, she surveyed him with that sus-
picious smile that used to envelop her face
just before she produced her hatchet-and
walked out OF the room.
She did not return with an axe, as he ex-
pected, but sent a prosaic civil marshal in
stead. In other words, times and the
east have so subdued her that she
did just as a New England woman might
do under the same circumstances-sued for
her salary.