Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1912 — Jingoes Must Be Satisfied. [ARTICLE]

Jingoes Must Be Satisfied.

After all the pother over battleships, one new one Is authorized, and we hope that the jingoes will not lose sleep that there are not two. The most alarming thing that has come from the naval experts Is that battleships are no good unless they come in sets An odd one is a great nuisance. The most powerful ship in the world would be a detriment unless there were enough of her to make a squadron. But as the styles change radically every four of five years, we should have only the more obsolete vessels to discard if we built several at a time. We can’t order superdreadnoughts in half-dozen lots without bankrupting ourselves for the production of warships that will go out of fashion as soon as the hats of women.

Bourke Cockran has come out for Roosevelt, but our opinion is tin colonel’s word mill needs no reinforcement. What he needs is votes and Bourke is a political scarecrow.