Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15
Ono Ma yistgatc Asserts Han ing is
Not a Deterrent.
RECORD f-ADE IN PLURAL VOTING
One Man Casts Ballots in Six Differ
ent Counties.
YANKEE SAILORS SPEND FREELY
Men Lcnrucd In Che law Are 10 the
Majority IN the incoming Mouse
or Common---DuSincsS Men
Gaining Influence.

. LONDON. Jan. 1i-tSpecial to The Bee.D
There has been an alarming increase Of
crime IN this country. During the last six
months $50 crimes Of a serious nature
have been committed. Many were murders
No less than six women have been mys-
teriously murdered The great Southwark
Catholic cathedral was recently robbed by
burglars for the fifth time.
In this connection an interesting discus
sion on capital punishment has ELECTED the
views Of several well known men. MIR.
Plowden, the we'll known metropolitan
magistrate. says:
Perhaps you will allow me. as CON
firmed disbellever In capital punishment,
TO make one or two comments. not the less
true because they must often have been
made before. People Of course, are at lib
erty to think and believe that there would
be more murders than there are II hanging
were abolished; but, except from analogy
with foreign countries, notably, perhaps,
with France where capital punishment,
, after being abolished has recently been
restored. there is absolutely no evidence
nor in the nature OF things can there be
any. to show that the rope is a deterrent"
Record for Plural Voting.
one OF the most noted plural voters In
the Kingdom is W. J. Haywood Of Herne
Hnl who at a recent election actually
voted In six county constituencies In one
day. covering something like go miles in
his motor car The champion pluralist was
Rev. Washbourne West, late senior fell
low Of Lincoln college oxford who in
1902 at the age OF so. recorded hvcnteen
votes for conservative candidates in diff
ferent parts OF the country and still left
half a dozen unused. A hundred and
twenty votes in four years was Mr.. Vests
achievement and very proud he was OF It,.
as he moro than once told the writer. HIS
only regret was that he could not live to
make Il two centuries He recorded eight
Of his 1893 votes in two consecutive days
al places as far apart Sevenoaks and
Mid oxford.
In the United states you call plural
voter a ballot box suffer. But here plural
voting is recognized
Yankee Tars spend Freely.
In the aggregate the money spent by the
American sailors who have been here rep
resents a remarkably large sum 1t has
\ been case OF money to burn and
NpIenty OF It with most OF them. Unfortu
nately some OF them have been badly
duped by sharps, but this, OF course, Is
the almost inevitable fate OF visitors tC
London who are too ready to place conf
dence in plausible strangers,
The Yankee tsrs spent more in the few
weeks the fleet was here than the whole
English navy would spend in six months
aye. even a year.
Lawyers Numerous Ia House.
Lawyers as usual will predominant IL
the new House Of Commons. The country
gentlemen, who at one time formed th'
bulk OF the house, are now numbered al
fortyfour, though very likely many mem
NNHwaH
or bsrristers belong rather to that class
There Is a good proportion OF men en-
gagged in business. Nowadays they ar
treated in the house with more. rathe
than less difference than they deserve
but II was not always In the old days
when men thought Il quite creditable t.
live as parasites OF the public on life a
slnecures. the tradesmen in Parliament ha.
TO put up with the coarsest insults.
Nowadays It is not considered disgrac
TO earn a living in business or Commercial
pursuits or to be a mechanic or lsborer
one hundred and thirty-slx barristers an
twenty seven solicitors are included in tn
new house as against lSs barristers an
thirty solicitors In the old.
Aerial Code Of Laws.
Who owns the air." was the questio
discussed in a lecture at Kings college
by DIR. Hazeltine, reader OF English La
At Cambridge The newly established Ir
ternationsl Committee Of Aerial Law" h
said, lis at work on code OF the ali
which win include rules OF both nations
and International law. There are publicist
who maintain that the entire air aboy
the states territory is completely fire.
while others contend that the state ha
complete rlCht OF sovereignty other pui
licists say the state has only limited so,
ereiEnity
Duke Talks ia Cab Drivers.
The Duke OF Rutland presided at N
festival dinner of the Cab Drivers Benevt
lent association.
1t is not impossible in the near future
he said, that those who now fourishingl
drove motor cabs may be threatened wit
an aerial cab competition Those VII
make their living by driving public vehicl,
IN the streets may he called upon TO dri
asropanes In the future"
The duke said that there were now IL
cab drivers between 90 and 20 years OF az
$50 being 20 and So and six over 50 years.