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Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
SENATOR CUMMINs IS WILLING.

81. Louis Globe Democrat: Senator
Cummins says squarely that he will run
for president, which is candid IL not fas :
ionable.
St. Louis Republic: Senator Cummins'
announcement that he is a candidate for
the presidency is interesting chiefly be-
cause he tells the people of Iowa that he
has learned that more than two can
didates will be seriously considered by
the national republican convention" We
are wondering about the other two. Who
are they?
Indianapolis News: What is certain,
however, is that progressive politics is
getting very badly tangled. Apparently
II has been impossible to bring about a
combination on Senator La Toilette. who
was supposed to be the official candidate
Of the progressive wing Of the republican
party. 1t Is even said that he was so
weak in Iowa that it was necessary 10
bring out Cummins In order to prevent
the state from falling under the control
OF the Taft men.
Washington Herald: The Cummins
movement TO secure the delegates In Iowa
and as many other states as possible is
not primarily in opposition to the grow
ing power Of La Toilette or the still
greater power OF Roosevelt, should his
friends continue 10 urge his name as a
candidate, but II is to divert a portion
OF the delegates to the Chicago conven-
ton away from the president That Is the
object of La Toilette and that is the OBJ
Ject OF Rooseyelt's friends. ...
Boston Transcript: Two interesting
questions are presented by his announce
ment. How many friends has Senator
Cummins in Iowa and how many outside
that state? The Iowa party is in SYM
pathy with the insurgents, but not so
sympathetic as to prevent 1t from in
vading the field which La Toilette has
officially pre-empted. Senator Cummins,
1t will be remembered. was prominently
mentioned In 1908 several months before
the convention Of that year assembled.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.

ST. Louis Globe-Democrat: President
Taft is so much In earnest on the sub
ject of economy that congress Is some
what pressed for time TO catch up.
Cleveland Plaindealer: Three men in
the public eye should 90 into partnership
the Kansas candidate for the supreme
court. The mayor Of Lima and the mayor
Of Indianapolis. Hook. Shook a shank
Sioux City Journal: Colonel Harvey
says he ''eo-operated earnestly and 10y
ally In advancing movement which was
inaugurated solely In the hope Of rem
derlng a high public service" The word
of the distinguished publlclst. who rose
from the common people, ought to be
good for that. He has withdrawn from
the movement by request. II would have
been better for Woodrow Wilson to have
died in the love and confidence Of his
friend.
Philadelphia Record: A politician Of
Colonel watterson's long experience
should have understood that It is essen
tial 10 an effective explosion that II
should come SO late as to leave no time
after il for recovery from the confusion
created by II. on the eve Of the con-
ventIon. or Just before the roll Of states
was to be called, his deep SORROW at dis
covering the governor OF New Jersey to
be schoolmaster and not a statesman.
and In no sense q relncarnation Of
Samuel Jones Tilden, might have had a
decisive effect, But six months in adj
vance of the convention there is plenty
-
smoke TO blow away and the smell to
evaporate. and there Is imminent dan1er
that before June % the shafts OF ridi-
Guile may be sticking In the skin Of the
Kentucky Warwick
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

Several county officers have noti-
fed their employees that they will not
be permitted to continue on the
county payroll and devote their time
TO running for city once. The rule
is good one. and ought to be like
wise promulgated in the city hall in
the various departments of the
municipal government. II may be
all right for elective city officers to
stand for reelection. but this habit
Of every one from janitor and street
foreman up fling for ONCE Just to
hold on to his present Job under the
new regime, ought to be discouraged
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
No Revival of Jail.Feeding Graft.

No Revival of Jail.Feeding Graft.
1t is in accord with the eternal
fitness OF things for our new demo-
cratic reform sheriff to attack in the
courts the validity Of the law that
put an end to the county jail-feeding
graft by requiring the contract to
supply meals to prisoners to be let on
competitive bids, This law has been
in force for four years. in which time
it has saved the taxpayers of Douglas
county upwards of $4,000.
The money saving. however, has
been only part of the benefits de-
rived, chief of which was cutting out
the source of a fostering sore of po-
litieal trading and corruption. Prior
TO the enactment of this law, for
which The Bee had fought year in
and year out. the feeding Of county
jail prisoners was done by the sheriff
at price fixed by the county COM
missioners, who we're regularly per-
suaded. or cajoled. into making it a
good thing for the sheriff. To protect
this jail-feeding graft. the sheriffs of
those days had to see to It that
friendly county commissioners we're
elected, and also to keep them
friendly after they were elected.
Whenever the demand was made
tor law to stop the graft. the sheriff
found 1t worth while to have friends
in the legislative delegation sent TO
Lincoln, and one sheriff actually pro-
claimed in public that without the
iail-feeding graft the office would
not be worth having. This condition
of affairs was not confined to party
lines, but was manifested under dem
ocratic sheriffs as well as republican
sheriffs, who helped protect one an
other. and no one could tell how
much the velvet amounted to.
At last, when the law requiring
competitive bids for Jail feeding was
put through. by the almost and I'M
aided efforts OF The Bee and its edi-
tor, the lid came off and the same
prison fare for which the taxpayers
had paid 40 cents day per prisoner
was supplied for 10 cents day. Con-
currently another fragrant abuse was
stopped which had grown out of II
by the sudden stoppage OF the custom
OF keeping prisoners after sentence
the full thirty days In order to get
the profit Of their meals. and the
delivery Of the, convicts forthwith at
the penitentiary In Lincoln with cor
responding saving to the taxpayers OF
the state who foot these bills.
II Is to be noted that the objec-
tons entered by our democratic re-
form sheriff to the contract law are
purely technical, We do not assume
to argue the case, but we give due
notice right now that II the law is
knocked out on a technically. no re-
turn to the iail-feedlng graft will be
tolerated, and the legislature will
be called on TO make a new law that
will fully cover the ground.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
Hoaest Merit Awarded.
New York Sun

The Thsne OF Ssnbo is entitled to hi,
ts270 mileage. but he would cheerfulIy
have paid ss.Se.oo out Of his weekly
pocket money rather than have lost tht
Washington opportunity TO testify &c
himself We win now sing the affect.
ing old lowiand ballad
''Uts siIler has and the guild red gold
And the pokes o. steel bonds handy;
I love my brither man, but-weel.
I'm q paul<y chiel," says Andy.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
5O,ll9

State Of Nebraska, County Of Douglas, 81.
pwight Williams. circulation manager
Of the Bee Publishing company. being
duly sworn. says that the average naily
circulation. less spoiled. unused and re-
turned copies, for the month OF Decem-
her, 1911, was lA,1ls.
DWIGHT WILLIAMS.
Circulation Manager.
subscribed IN my presence and sworn 10
before me this 9Th day OF January, oil
fgsaD ROBERT HUNTER.
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

The former president Of Ecuador
ought to know enough to know that
Il is not safe to linger around the old
nslghborhood. President Dlaz OF Mex
leo was wise enough TO hike TO
Europe without unnecessary delay.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
Give the Consumer a show.

While II : legitimate to make two
blades % grass grow where only on-
grew before. the man who would help Us
to make one pound OF butter AZ % cents
swell into two pounds. with a ehear
milk filing. IL condemned BY law. Neither
are any steps being taken At Ra<sari
or washington TO prove that oleomarskr,
Inc viii produce as many hard blows a.
the sane aauntity Of butter. All the biz
Interests are working against the con.
sumner.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

It's poor campaign that does no,
enrich our vocabulary with a few
spot-touching words. Here's the In
dianapolis News commenting on the
account OF the convention in the
Fourth Oklahoma district with the
declaration that evidently the peo-
pie are not going to be rough-ridered
or ballooned off their feet" That Is
pretty good for start in our quad
rennial political aviation meet.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
whe Can Draw the Lfnef
Indfauanoiix News

Another rather complicated Job would
be involved In the suggestion OF Chief
Postoffice Inspector Sharp for the en-
actnent Of legislation defining ''ths
horderiand between legitimate undertak.
ings and criminal schemes" This twi-
hight zone Is such peculiar region that
some people manage to get into and oui
Of ii again without knowing the differ
enes, or at least without letting any one
Else suspect that they knew the differ.
ence.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

BY the test of placing sixty cross
marks in the squares where they be-
long on the primary ballot the num-
Der OF intelligent voters among us is
liable TO shrink considerably below
customary estlmates
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
Fortifying am Old sayins.

NNFtIIII1FN -hFEEEFENHIIa
n any one doubts the truth OF the old
saying that the fool and his money are
soon parted. the government can offer
the doubtsr substantial proof IN Its report
that the easy marks" Of the country
annually pay over to the workers in the
rich mines Of human credulty the amazing
sum OF gT7.eoeoo.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
Reasonably safe,

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The United States, a. II appears In the
news columns. Is getting ready TO send
se.ooa troops TO Cuba. 1aeoo TO Hawaii and
other detaehments 10 various disaffected
points, That leaves nobody but ordinary
citizens to protect the home from the
invader. We're safer than We have been
for a long time
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
Hammer blow for Erperts

The unconditional pardon by the presi-
dent Of man who was falsely con-
victed OF crime on the testimony OF
handwriting experts may further con-
vince you that handwriting experts should
eoufine their skin mainly to the paying
ielleI's department Of banks.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

Through the attorney general Gov
ernor Aldr.ch will at least keep an
eye on the grand jury investigation
into the ugly rumors'' OF oficlal
grzft in Douglas county. The county
attorney could. IL he would. make
even this unnecessary by going to il
himself in way that meant business.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

Why 10 It that Insurgency Is so
largely recruited from er-offiee hold
ers who have lost their grip. and ex-
once seekers who failed to land'
Give 1t up.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

Now that II Is known that that
disastrous Illinois Central railway
wreck was also due to human falli-
bility. the old question recurs. What
are We going to do about II?
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

Senator culberson's list Of con-
tributors to the last democratic ma
tional campaign fund omitted the
names Of several who would have
been promptly in evidence demanding
high appointive jobs had Mr.. Bryan
landed safely.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

Some OF the chronic local politi-
clans now listed AS progressive re-
publicans have not progressed since
they were put out Of ONCE ten.
twenty or thirty years ago. So they
have some progress coming.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

Our amiable democratic oontem-
pcrary goes 10 great lengths to warn
the public against the danger OF
--efty government by amateurs .
Even at that, city government by
amateurs may be Just as attractive
a. city government By professionals.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

Still another fertile field OF water
works iitigafioh'is opened up by the
proposal OF the city comptroller TO
offset hydrant rental Judgments with
unpaid occupation taxes. The law
yers must live.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

Coal operators and coal miners are
negotiating a wage scale TO. 20 into
effect in April. In the meantime.
coal consumers are negotiating to
settle or stave off their coal bills.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

II goes without saying that adj
journment Is taken every week from
Thursday to. Monday to save our
august senators from breaking down
under the strain OF overwork.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

How fastidious our great demo-
cratic leader has suddenly become.
There was a time not far back when
he would never have bothered to be-
think himself Of the need of having
bis trousers pressed.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
The Retort Courteous.
Cleveland Plain Dealer

Governor Woodrow Wilson's statement
that Colonel wstterson is fine old gem
tleman sounds eminently respectful but
there are reasons for doubling Its sp-
proyal by the object Of the unsolicited
fiatter'.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

II the length OF the ballot fore
shadows the amount Of the printing
bill. the printing Job for our coming
spring primaries ought to be keenly
sought after.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

Subscribers leaving the city
temporarily .heuid have The
Bee mailed to them. Address
viii be changed as often as re-
auestea.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
Rivalry In Navy Building.

Rivalry Ia Navy BuiIdinR.
In the rivalry between the maritime
powers OF the world for sea supremacy
Great Britain still manages to maintain
It's lead. Its German rival having
lately built the battleship Moltke. with
a tonnage Of $500. 5000 horsepower and
developed speed Of 81 knots, the Brit
ish shipyard answer with the battleshlp
Lion. $500 tonnage. 1000 horsepower
and an accomplished speed Of NJ knots,
The IAon IS a remarkable big and pow.
erful ship. one OF the wonders OF present
day naval construction. Its length ia
GO feet and normal displacement 8.OoI
tons. The biggest United States war
ships in commission. the Utah and Flor
ida, are SCI feet long; their normal dis.
placement Is slsS tons. The Lion. q
sister ship to the Princess Royal. viii
have primary battery Of eight l2S-inch
guns. and twenty 4-inch guns to repeI
torpedo attacks. A speed Of 81 knots
would therefore make the Lion one Of
the most formidable warships afloat
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
lIsokin$ Backward
(IhisDayy in0maha.
+ COMPILED FROM BEE FILES
JAN. "a.

Thirty Years Ago
The board OF trade banquet in honor
Of the opening Of the new elevator by
Messrs Himebaugh and Merriam, was
grand success. many visitors from
out OF town being there as well as home
folks. The oratorical outpourings I'LL
over four columns In The Bee.
The young friends Of Miss Inez n
Haskell to the number of about twenty
five. gave her a pleasant surprise this
eSenlng.
Teams wanted TO haul ice when
weather is suitable. Wages $50 per day.
Inquire at Boyd's Packing house"
A local grocer offers oranges and
lemons at % cents per dozen.
II Is reported that large bath house
built on the metropolitan plan will be
erected In this city next summer by
wealthy gentleman Of Omaha.
Mr.. George w. Holdrege, general su-
perintendent Of the B. & NJ, Is rejoicing
over the advent Of a little glri that came
to his residence a few days since. The
Union Pacific can't enjoin him in this
matter.
The Boston clothing store will remove
TO 1910 Farnsm street, one door cast.
Hugh Murphy & Co, the sewer con-
tractors, are now employing forty men
on the lateral. which 1t is expected to
finish In ten days. Thirty men are COM
plotting the sewer at the foot Of Farnam
street
As improvements in his office. County
Clerk Banner. has added a number Of
new pigeon holes and purchased step
ladder for his own and the publie's con-
venienee.
The women's Christian Temperance
union have rented q room in the Jacobs
block for the use of the society and a
public reading room. The committee In
charge is Mrs. Burroughs. Mrs. Bell, Mrs.
Narrower Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Charlton.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

In the midst OF all this excitement over
the high price OF butter is there no room
for mention OF the high taxes on oleomAr-
GARNER
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

Apparently Senator cummins' pres
idential press bureau is not yet fully
organized.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

The beauties OF that democratic
reform law providing for jury trials
in the police court are exempiificd
right along. '-'s
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

A good drenching right now
would be helpful adjunct to our
street cleaning force.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

President Taft will deliver st.
Patrick day address which will offset
those st. Jackson day addresses.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

II will take more than this to
bring the mean temperature for Jan
nary somewhere near the average.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
Cos, Of british EIection.


The legally recognized expenses OF the
last general election in the United King
dom was nearly u.ocooo The averase
cost OF each vote, estimated ON this
basis, works out at IS sd,about % cents,
Had each candidate spent the maximum
amount he was legally entitled to spend
the aggregate expense Of all the candi-
dates would have been n.i7o,ss. The
actual aggregate OF tho candidates ex-
penses was nso,s5e. Tho actual number
Of votes polled was 5,2SS,a23 showing that
Iss.nS electors did not exercise their
privilege The average cost per vote in
England and wales was 3s 50. In Scot
land the cost was cents less and in Iro-
land cents less.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
Twenty Years Ago

A good-lookiRg young man appealed to
County Commissioner Stenberg for work.
stenberg. knowing that Commissioners
Paddock had some wood to be chopped,
directed the good-looking young man to
him, and the youth. without chopping q
great amount Of wood, left with Pad
docks axe.
William Tyndsll, an Omaha Indian.
came to the city from his farm near
Bancroft TO take steps preliminary to
asking Uncle Sam for a soldiers pen
sion, as he was mustered out Of the army
In 1851.
County Commissioner Stenberg proposed
a new system OF buying supplies for the
county other than of awarding TO the
lowest bidder, which, while on its face,
looked like the best method, he said en-
tailed enormous padding and waste. His
scheme was for each department head
to list what was actually needed and
ask for bids only on these things.
some forty friends gathered for an
evening Of pleasure at the home Of DIR.
Painter, s2as Errkine street. in honor OF
the seventeenth birthday anniversary oil
Miss Jessie Painter,
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Mflard entertained
q few friends at dinner.
Mrs. McCauley. wife Of Captain Nc
cauley Of the army, and children were
the guests Of Mrs, George W. Ames, en-
route from Portland to Chicago. where
the captain was stationed.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
In Other Lands

side Lights on What IL Trans
pirfng Among the Near and
Far Nations of the Earth.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

most welcome to the city, and will
find that Omaha is. not only. char
liable, but ia hospitable, too.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

Does your wife win at bridge?''
Il don't know for sure" replied Mr..
Meekton, "but I think so. The women
ali look as IL they disllked her very
much, but they keep on inviting her to
Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
Government Ownership.


Government ownership and operation OF
railroads In France. far from being a
model TO which advocates Of the system
can point with pride" The Frankfurtsr
zeitung relates that during a rush Of
fruit from France to Germany last sum
mer and fall the transportation facilities
proved costly failure The value Of the
fruit, when started. aggregated N,26oo COO.
The average distance from the fruit
craving districts 10 the frontier may be
put down at aboit go miles and the
average time taken WAS two weeks.
though sometimes six weeks were re-
quired. The sams wagons and trucks
harnessed to German engines, were deliv-
cred at distances OF from 80 10 200 miles
in twenty to thirty-six hours. In other
words. on the French railway French fruit
progressed at the rate OF about twenty
four miles a day, whilst, including the
customs formalities. they quickened up to
abou, 10 miles In the twenty-four hours
rs soon as they changed bands. Dozens
OF wagons never reached their destination
at all, Owing TO the tickets beng defaced
or the chalk serswi on the panel Of the
truck having been obliterated during the
long pilgrimage.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
LAUGHING GAS.

Uncle Joe. do you believe in votes
for vomen?"
mo. sal. don't. Nanda's get sIt de
money dat's good for her now."-CleVe-
land Plain Dealer.
Miss Ganderprest." said the hostess:
allow me to present Mr.. Prendsrgsst."
why, can 1t be possible?" exclaimed
the charming young woman, that any
body has such a name as hat?'-Chicago
Tribune.
Il hope my daughter will marry either
a baker or butcher"
Because IL she marries baker. he
knows how to raise the dough. and II
her choice is a butcher. he can eontriVe
TO make both ends meat. Baltimore
American.
Clerk-That new customer says his an
cestors came across with the Purtans.
Grocer-what interests me more is, can
he come across with the doush--Boston
Transcript.
You always judge a cigar by its band,
don't you?
Yes: II it has a band around it I don't
buy it.-Chicago Tribune.
Knieker-How did that dentist build
Up such q good practice?
Bocker-Hss moving pictures for his
victims TO look at.-Judge.
The Young man who IL visiting Eliza
has made a great deal Of money manu-
featuring wax candles. i hope he means
business"
MY dear. cease to worry. II he Is In
the wax candle trade his intentions must
be cereous. baltimore American.
That politician used to have a knife
UP his sleeve for you" .--.
Yes" replied Senator Sorghum, But
/ have observed him at luncheon and his
knife Is not going TO do me any harm.
ton Star.
Does your wife win at bridgeT''
Il don't know for sure" replied Mr..
Meekton, "but I think so. The women
all look as IL they disiIked her very
play. "-wasthngton Star
what struck you most forcibly during
your visit TO the city, Uncle Hiram
asked the village oracle
Wall" ruminated Uncle Hiram,
when ! cum to in the hospital III be
gosh-dinged IL / could reclect whether
Il was a trolley car or one o them
derned ottymobiles. philadelphia Rec
ord.
The Doctor-Most OF the sickness comes
from what we eat and drink. People are
not half particular enough about what
they put into their mouths.
The Professor (sniffngl-No, they're
not Do YOU often smoke such a ciga-
as that?-chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

allow me TO present Mr.. Prendergast."
why. can 1t be possibleT" exclaimed
the charming young woman, that any
body has such a name as thats'-ChicagO
Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

Oversee Invasion.
A lesson OF impressive force on oversee
invasion Is being drawn from Italy's raid
the later part Of October. IN three weeks
an army Of 500 men had reached the
coast OF Tripoh and most Of the soldiers
had landed. II is estimated that the army
has been doubled in the succeeding eight
weeks. With the figures first given as a
text the London contemporary Review,
squirting over the North Sea. swings the
hammer on the Hobsons Of England with
these words: IF II takes 5000 troops al
most three weeks TO carry out an oversee
attack. with no opposition whatever. how
long would ao.0co or even 70oo men. take
In tho face Of some very dangerous op-
position. even IL the bulk Of the defending
fleet is out Of the way? Our coastal tor
pedo fiotillas are always on the spot. As
far as the events Of this utalisn) war
afford an indication. We should incur no
undue risk II We dispatched our battle
fleets TO the Cape Of Good Hope or In
dian Ocean. except to our trade routes
near home waters II is only 800 miles
from Wilhelmshaven. the German naval
port on the North Sea, to the English
coast. From Naples TO Tripoli the distance
is little greater. 1t Is only necessary to
apply these calculations and observations
to an assault on the United States for the
east or the west with 5000 to 700 miles
lying between, and the absurdity Of the
propoSition IL clear enough to regale the
inmates Of feeble minded asylum.