The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-07
WHAT THE EDITORS SAY.

s ance OF equal rights for all given in
1901. 90 there is wrong as well as right
on Doth sides.-Washington Star.
Senator Tillman tells the Providence
newspaper men that in next years cam
paign Mr.. Bryan will stand on a three
iesged platform-"a tripod" There will
pc silver leg, and an anti-trusts leg
ana an anti-imperialism leg, saws the
South Carolina senator. Witch soros-
now suggests the memorable experience
of Zekle:- ie-
He stood a spell on one foot fust
Then stood a spell on t'other.
An on which one he felt the Wust
ne Couldn't ha' told We nuther."
Hartford Courant.
While the United States is fully COM
mitted to the policy of Cuban indie
pehoence. there are many able men in
lHe country who believe that it is only
a question Of time, and not a very Iang
llInc either when the island win he
come one OF our territories by annex
alton. 1t is not thought that this will
pe accomplished by force or chicanerv.
put as the free choice of the Cubans
themselves. Undoubtedly if the ClIbans
OF TIER own accord should seek 10 he
annexed, the United States would ex-
tend them cordial welcome. Ru4
measures to this end must originate
49, 49, me Cupans; they must take the
lhitatlVe, and make their purnosa nm
m1stakable by an organized movement
anu full expression of their peonle
oetore the proposition can receive for
MAJ CONSIDERATION by our congress and
preslaent-Kansas City Journal.
There is no question of expansion y
mas occurred. The United States could
as well withdraw from New York as
from the Philippines or from Porto
RICO. There is no question of inne-
rlallsm. Imperialism Is impossible in
yer the stars and stripes, and the argI-
aist OF loolatry or of iniquity or of
s s,7 could as well be drawn from
.IIe new Testament as the charge of
imperialism sustained against the Aee
OF the free. There may be MANY thinee
upon Which the people or some ~ ar
people, VIII differ from President Mo
hlnley, but they are not the tbines
which he so well set forth at PittsbuSe
ana at ocean Grove.-Brooklyn Eagle
Mile. Cousedon is interesting She
made great hit in predicting the
charity bazaar fire in Paris, the death Of
PRESIDENT Faure and the Dreyfus re-
Nisioh' NOW she turns her prouhetic
tt Amer1ea-ward and it is said
&c, HeI most recent utterances con-
Germ america. She predicts that pres
luent Mckinley will be reelected for
second term. Beyond this she seems n
see notning but war for the limited
states, wars that will eventually unite
~ Inc Wnole continent in a great reuuhIic
me american navy will be the vreatest
IN the world, and Britannia will cease
10 rule not only the wave, but the land
ISL Ior IN the wars in which the
~, 0iteu states is to be involved, Canada
WI become a matter Of dispute ard
the most terrible war ever waged I'LL
oesln between England and America
great Britain will be defeated ana 81
ter the war there Is to be great "
union of the Anglo-Saxon race r,itt
America at the head Germany foIlo,,.
ing IN the alliance. Russia, France end
emma Will form the opposite alliance
anu great struggle for commercial
SSu o VIII begin. The Anglo
saxon alliance will eventually win ond
america will become the richest COW
try in the world, for in her Cbinana
possessions she will realize wealth ,,,,o
told.-Haverhill Gazette. uN-
Cheers from the threats of a large
crowd of democrats in Cooper Union 81
the mention Of Aguinaldo as "ona os 49,
heroes of the world" are a sign Of 49,
times which it would be follv 10 ioro o,.e
ana which it is easier to sheer 81 -
10 explain away
nothing could be SIMMER thar -
apply to this incident the strict intar
pretation of logic, and nothing womb
oe more misleading Aguinaldo is in
a. nis against the government of the
~ SnI'eu States' TO support him, to give
MIN aid and comfort, is, in the farms
OF the constitution. treason. When Con-
gresham Lentz of Ohio lauds him ara
comp ares him to Washington, when he
eaiis MIN one of the heroes Of the world
ana When the audience howls with do
lgnt at such utterances. IL csnnot ~
denied that to the extent of their cana
city they are giving aid and confor,
70 an enemy OF the United States. and
tnat by the hard Interpretation of The
language OF the law they are in snrit
anu intent traitors. But the sparing use
- ioslc ana steady refusal to take Of
Tense at the spirit and intent of ctti,a ~.
who do not do any concrete act in VIC
latlon Of the law have been for ages tha
traits OF English-s speaking peonle tbat
nave secured for them a larger rnea sure
OF Dotn liberty and order than anv othar
people have enjoyed.
me FEELING at the bottom Of the dem
onstration in Cooper Union is not e.
much sympathy for Aguinaldo or an.
proval OF his war upon the United
states as intense partisan feeling of ami
mostly toward the party in power and
an equally intense longing to take its
place. What Mr.. Lentz and his friends
want Just now is cry" They need
II, and they need it badly, as the nhrasa
is, in their business" That business Is
70 turn Mr.. Mckinley out and put Mr..
bryan in. 1t need not be inferred tbat
they invent the cry" about Aguinaldo
put they are in frame of mind To ar.
cept 1t with zeal and even with a Ger
tain fury. II they should succeed they
WOULD promptly cool down, and If Mr
Bryan were president of the United |
states he might capture, iinprlson. han.
ish, or STAY this hero of the worldr 81 |
bis leisure, without fear of criticism
from his ardent supporters. And n is |
extremely probable that this is what he
would do. "e
There are two essential elements in |
the Philippine problem--the sunnreas-
lon OF the insurrection and the estah |
lishment Of orderly self government |
under the guidance and control of the |
United states. The latter is as import-
ant as the former, and though the for-
mer must precede the latter in nniny 80 |
time, 1t cannot be made the sole ~ ~
chief object pursued Especially II ,rust
not be allowed TO occupy public attens