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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09
DRAW 6.
A REPUBLICANS soLILoQI

Humph, here's a pretty mess, l wish
they'd nominated six, but I suppose I've
got to see whom I'll leave out. ward
one-John z. Lancaster. I've heard that
some will cut him, but l can't see any
good reason. He has conducted a sue
cessful business Of his own, has at
tended his duties the past year, and l
do not know of any thing that he has
done which calls for censure. A man
is not always to blame for his pecu-
liarities and they do not always carry
the right idea of his nature. Many
man whom I've met has seemed to be
over aware of his own Importance,
but longer acquaintance proved him to
be a modest man so far as himself was
concerned, so l guess l will vote for
John Lancaster. In Ward two we have
Capt Barrett. He's a good fellow,
made some mistakes in the board last
year, but no enc lays them up against
him, knowing his heart is in the right
place, l guess Capt. will be pretty near
the top of the ticket. He will get my
vote Ward three; well of all the rot
ten caucuses that we have had in re-
cent years / believe that this ward
had the worst. If I've got to vote for
a man nominated by Democrats I had
rather vote for the straight nominee
of that party Then / hear that this
ocratic votes at the polls, and If cleo
ted he will have to cater to them. l
think that this ward deserves to be
left out, at all events it is easy for me
to say that ] will not vote for him, so
l have only another to sort out. Ward
four; John F. Jandron. well, l know
John and he Is a good man. 1t seems
very proper that his nationality should
continue to have a representative in
the board, particularly as they have
given us so clean and able men in the
past. Yes, I will vote for Jandron
anyway. Ward five, now I don't know
McGauley, but if Matthew J. Whittall
knows him and Vouches for him as
he does and as 1t seems only fair to
give this ward a chance l will take
Thomas McGauley as one of my six.
Ward six, well as that iSmy ward and
I participated in the caucus 1 cannot
do less than vote for Wright, seeing he
is an able and clean man. Ward sew
en-, let me see, what did Mitchell do in
the Board last year? Blessed if 1
know. Was he not the man who did
not want it at the beginning of the
thing? 1 guess we'd better take him
at his word and that will leave me a
chance to vote for my old friend Bel
cher from Ward eight, who ought to
make a good member. He has run a
business successfully and that is a
good test of a man. Now let me get
them in my mind so I'll find 'em ca
sily-John e. Lancaster, Edwin G..
Barrett John F. Jandron, Thomas Nc
Gauley, George M. Wright, Herbert B.
Belcher. There, that looks like a pref
ty clean list.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09
cARINe EoR THE INSANE

SUPERINTENDENT Ernest V. Scribner,
~ the Worcester Insane Asylum re-
ports that on September 80 there were
ST persons enrolled as patients in the
institution, 221 men and 256 women.
The daily average of the number of
persons under treatment the past year
IL somewhat larger than It was the
year preceding. Dr.. Scribner, like DR..
Charles A. Drew Of the State Asylum
for Insane Criminals at Bridgewater.
lays emphasis on heredity as the great
predisposiug cause Of insanity. Given
q faulty, nervous Inheritance, he says,
very many causes of strong excitement
ere sufficient to occasion mental symp-
toms that often terminate in actual in
sanity. 1t often happens that the uu-
derlying causes are lost sight Of in the
attention given to the more prominent
exciting cause. or the patients admit
ted last year dementia was the pre-
dominating condition.
The Board of Trustees Of the asylum
asks for an appropriation by the legis-
isture Of $4,000 for refurnishing the
kitchen department and for making
changes in the laundry.
The trustees Of tine Worcester In
game Hospital in the annual report ask
for an increase OF the appropriation Of
$4,000 already granted for building
end equipping a nurses home. 1t was
POUND that the work could not be done
for the amount awarded. There were
at the hospital at the close Of the year
1923 patients. The smallest number OF
patients under treatment any day of
the year was IO43 ard the largest num-
Der was 1850. The daily average was
1Os7.s. The percentage Of recoveries cal
oulated upon the number Of admissions
is 15.47.
The past year an unusual number Of
persons escaped. DR.. Hosea N. Quinn
by the superintendent, says that most
OF those who ran away were cases Of
alcoholic insanity. SO long az such
pstisuts abstsin from the use of in
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09
"Penning Up the Anarchists

LLB bOSLOU NTlDD6sl
Internationally the senior senator from
Massachusetts meant we'll" exceedingly
well, indeed, when he proposed that the
whole international tribe OF anarchists
should be moved from this and other
civilized lands to a desert island or some
where in the distant seas-the more re-
mote from mankind the better.
1T is impossible" comedies the venera-
BILE statesman of Worcester, ito control
the beliefs and minds of men, but there is
no reason why men who try to overthrow
all governments, who want no govern
ment should not be deported to a place
where they can put their theories to a
test"
Mr.. Hoar's idea seems to be that
wrangling anarchists, thus set apart
kill one another Off, and thus rid the
earth and humanity of a number OF very
veXatious and disaRreeable persons.
The possibility that those exiles OF an
archy might be converted from the error
of their ways through the jealous efforts
Of devout missionaries located on Devils
Island" or in some equally unpleasant
place of sotourn, doesn't seem to have
occurred to our senior senator.
We are living In "fated and expansive"
times. II Is not beyond the limits of pos
sibillty that George Frlsbie Hoar himself
may yet be charged with advocating an
views. He should so
amend his Punishment BILL II possible
that no ouch untoward happening as the
freedom Of expressed opinion can posi-
bly, be mistaken as anarchy by any public
prosecution under the bills provisions,
whether at Washington, Worcester or
elsewhere.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09
THE NEW TREATY

It is difficult to fortell what the fate
Of the new canal treaty will be. The
text. it cannot be denied. is sufficiently
vague in certain respects, to justify
very careful scrutiny, and only experts,
perhaps, are capable of saying whether
the present treaty, if adopted,
will insure to the United States such
q canal as it is our purpose to possess.
It is pointed out that the treaty does
not recognize our right to fortify the
canal. The permission TO police the
canal for the sake of preservation Of
order suggests to the ordinary reader
that the United States is not expected
to do more than that. As matter of
fact, there is no clause prohibiting for
tifcation. Very divergent opinions
possibly will arise on this point. Some
may contend that the United States
may do as it pleases about fortifying,
and others that no such free construc-
ton should be placed on the treaty. To
those who believe that our right to
fortify should be definitely acknowl
edged the treaty is likely to be unsat-
isfactory.
The text is held to be somewhat I'M
certain in relation to the principles of
neutrality and equal privileges. When
This nation is not at war the canal
should be open to all countries alike,
hut should the canal, when this coun-
Try Is at war be open to the ships of
She enemy? Does the new treaty mean
that when it specifies the adoption
generally Of the rules governing the
Euez Canal?
The new treaty does away with the
Objectionable C1ayton-Bulwer treaty. 1t
places the management of the canal
under the exclusive control of the
United States. Important concessions
have been made to the United States
by England and 1t is hoped that there
will not be any unnecessary bubble
over unimportant matters. The canal
should be built with a clear and honor
able understanding with England. If
the treaty is found TO provide such an
understanding then it should be
Rassed as speedily as possible.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09

The student is nothing, and can
never become anything more than the
manufacturer Of ammunition for the
people to fire back and forth at each
other until something of the original
purpose Of the idealist has been at
tanned, and his only reward is the
knowledge that this result though 1t
may have ever 80 little showing to-
ward the grand sum total OF progress
and right could not have accomplished
that little had not his ammunition
been Of the right quality.
New England people seem to be very
DESTROYS to believe not only that
Everything that is is right, but that
whatever now is in New England al
ways will be right" But they must
not be let to think so, and go to sleep
so thinking, for they are only por-
ton of these United States, and there
are states in this great and glorious
country that declared against capital
punishment over 40 years ago, and
there have been no presidents assas-
sins reared there yet to my knowledge.
The doctrine is surely growing-be-
cause 1t is being agitated-that in our
treatment of evildoers of all kinds, it
must be with a view to reform and
not revenge-of safety to the commu-
nifty and not in hatred and retaliation.
Have the lynchings Of the South had
a tendency to reduce crime there? Has
the example Of a burning negro
seemed to deter other negroes from
the same crime? Rather has 1t not in
famed greater numbers to brutality,
both black and white?
Does the killing and annihilation OF
the body of one criminal eliminate the
desire for criminal acts in others? Has
the killing Of Czolgosz, for instance,
done away entirely with yellow jour
nalism? Rather have we not had
miniature instance of it in this very
city?-an attempt for the sake of SEN
sationalism, to misrepresent the facts
and spirit of the paper read before the
Unitarian League recently, and to in
cite the people to horror over garbled
statement, that their papers might
sell?
Let each man or woman who thinks
examples of punishment deter others
from crime stop moment and try to
remember one instance in their lives
from childhood to the present where
the punishment or the consequences of
any act sustained by some one else
deferred them from doing the same If
inclination led that way. But let each
man hold his own opinion until he can
honestly feel he has grown to hold
better one, and IN the meantime let
the pendulum swing, and wind up the
works with the key Of all things
agitation.
MRS. f. o. CUNNING.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09
FARMING IN ALASKA

Prof. c. Georgeson who has had
charge of the experiments conducted
by the Department of Agriculture in
Alaska, to determine the farming re-
sources of that territory, says that
Alaska is capable of sustaining in COM
parative LUXURY rural population of
5000, 900 people Prof. Georgeson bases
his estimates on experiments conduct
ed under his supervision and on at
tempts to raise various crops made by
prospectors.
At Sitka it was found that hardy
crops could be grown, but that at pres
ent. the cost of production is so great
as to make the development of the
surrounding country Improbable. 1t
was in the Yukon Valley that the most
favorable results were obtained. What
was accomplished there convinced
Prof. Georgeson that there are vast
stretches Of land in the interior, south
of the Yukon River on which the hard
Ter grains can be raised with profit,
Just as soon as there are transporta-
llOll lhCillllGSs AT NlAS oeOSACAA , y
which was planted August l, 1900, came
through the long winter in excellent
condition and matured by August /,
this year. Barley and spring wheat ri
pened in time to escape all damage
from frost. Many vegetables were found
to be we'll adapted to the far north.
There is also reason to believe that
cattle and horses can be raised with
profit, over a large territory. Horses
that have been turned loose by pros
pectors to take care of themselves
have not had any trouble in finding
food summer or winter Sheep have
defed the rigors of the climate and
flourished on the native vegetation.
Prof. Georgeson does not pretend to
say that farming in Alaska presents
at this time a promising investment for
large capital He does think, however,
that farmers who have the courage
and energy to face the hardships of
pioneer life in the North may make
for themselves very good homes. 1t
WIFI be necessary for them to do most
of their own work for some time as
wages are very high. They can raise
enough of staple crops to maintain
themselves and their families in com
fort and they can sell the surplus at
good prices.
The opinions of Prof. Georgeson are
IN accord with those that have been
expressed since Alaska became better
known through the great tide Of travel
to and from the gold fields. 1t has
seemed more and more apparent that
Alaska will sometime support a large
and fairly prosperous rural population.
If the mineral developments fulfil the
promises that have been made by ex-
perts it will not be a great while before
the mining communities Of the terri
tory will be sufficiently large to furnish
attractive markets for farm produce.
Once the markets are created the farm
ers will be pretty sure to move into
the Territory.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09
To the EDITOR of The Spy

To the Editor of The Spy
I was very much impressed with the
arguments in favor of Mayor O'Con-
nelPs reelection as set forth in the
letter of Prof. Chamberlain published
in this mornings Spy AS DR.. Cham
berlain says, the burden of proof lies
wholly upon the shoulders of Mr..
O'Connells opponents, and a mighty
poor mess they have made of their OPP
pOrtunity.
The fact is, however, burden of proof
or not, the anti-O'Connen leaders have
not throughout this campaign, right up
to this very morning, placed before the
watchful public one single iota of a
reason why the present mayor should
not be given the endorsement Of a re-
election.
Neither at the December election last
year, nor at the special election in Feb
ruary, did I give my vote to Mr..
O'Connell. But from the day he entered
into office I watched and scrutinized
the young mayors executive conduct
as l never watched that Of any pre-
vious mayor of Worcester who served
this city since I became of age.
Mayor O'COnnelTs official bearing
during the ten months he has held Of
flee has been such that no honorable
citizen, no matter about party, should
hesitate for one second about voting
him another term next Tuesday.
He has been honest fearless, shrewd,
high minded and independent He has
done his own thinking and no man or
set of men has wrapped a collar around
his neck or made him wear it like a
puppet He has, in the highest and
best sense, and in every sense, been
mayor of Worcester and if every man
in American public life acted as he has
acted we should hear but little Of the
curse of ring rule in our cities and the
corruption of our municipal politics.
Of course, independence like that
shown by Mayor O'Connell is not the
brand best liked by Mr.. Cristy and Mr..
Moriarty, and accordingly both those
lucid and luminous editors are en-
gagged in the congenial task of grind
ing to pieces the candidacy Of Mr..
OCOnneH.
But the independent citizens of Wor-
cester, whether Republican or Demo-
cratic. want neither the offensive boss
ism of Messrs. MOriarty and Cristy,
nor their marvellous leadership in po-
litical affairs. This fact. I think. will
be made plain at the polls on Tuesday.
with many thanks for your courtesy,
am, Respectfully Yours,
WARD SEVEN REPUBLICAN.
worcester, Dec. :, 1901.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09
COMMUNICATIONS
e Editor of The Spy

To the Editor of The Spy
There is only one great force in the
world-Agitation! What is legislation
but the elimination Of the long con-
tinued agitation among thinking people
of the problems of the world? When
any given subject has been agitated.
pro and con. long enough to awaken
the masses of followers to the knowl-
edge that something is being said
often enough so that they risk their
popular regulations as followers Of
progress if they do not hurry to get
into line they then loudly proclaim
we, the majority, rulel We viii put
this through, and Herewith they seize
some one else's hobby horse-and
sometimes ride it to death, leaving
nothing for the obscure students to
do but start another ball rolling to-
ward the heights.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09

vice of his country.
One could almost see Caleb Wall
stepping about in his modest and quiet
manner. 1t was treat to have Ca
leb hold forth in the back office on the
decadence of oratory and statesman
ship and grow eloquent on the glowing
speeches of Daniel Webster and Wen
dell Phillips.
We missed the presence of Walter
Moody Lancaster whom I count as one
Of the best all round newspaper men
on any paper. He was a good friend
too, and esteemed by his associates.
These are few certainly whom we
could not forget on such occasions
when the reunion spirit takes hold Of
us. Nor would we be unmindful of the
good fellows who are still among the
living who have made their names
elsewhere who were once with us on
The Spy.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09

Avoid all drying inhalants and use
that which cleanses and heals the
membrane. Ely's Cream Balm is such
a remedy and cures catarrh easily and
pleasantly. Cold in the head vanishes
quickly. Price 80 cents, at druggists
or by mail.
Catarrh caused difficulty in speaking
and to a great extent loss of hearing.
BY the use of Ely's Cream Balm, drop
ping of mucus has ceased. voice and
hearing have greatly improved.-J. w.
Davidson, attorney at law, Monmouth,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09
THE CAMDEN TETANus CASES

The report of the Camden ". J.,
Board Of Health IN respect to the
cases of tetanus which occurred there
recently is such as to defeat the pur-
pose Of anyone who had expected to
find in the prevalence of the disease an
argument against vaccination. The re-
port was the result Of a very thorough
and searching investigation. 1t says:
THE tetanus cases in Camden are to
be explained on atmospheric and telIu-
rio conditions which have prevailed in
Camden during the past six weeks
There has ben a long period Of dry
weather with high winds, so that te-
tanus germs, which have their normal
habitat in the earth, dust. dirt of sta
bles, &C, have been constantly distri-
buted in the atmosphere. 1t is notice
able in all the cases, after careful ex-
animation as to the cause, that the
wound had been exposed by the scab
being knocked off or removed, or else
the arm had been injured and infection
resulted; frequently children scratched
the vaccinated arm with their dirty
finger nails and infected the wound"
Anyone in Camden who had a wound
that was not properly cared for was
in danger from tetanus. Anyone taking
proper care was in no danger what
ever. There was nothing harmful in
the virus. Whatever evil results arose
came through negligence and We're
such as might have arisen in the case
of any wounds other than those Of
vaccination.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09

According to estimates made by one
of the United States consuls in Ger
many that country will import 5000 600
tons of wheat and 1000. 900 tons of rye
to make up for the shortage in the
harvest. The calculation was based on
replies to 5000 circular letters of in
uufry
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09

A contributor to the New York Sun,
noting that there is not a single ne
gro in the ftfty-seventh Congress of
the United States, says that this is the
first session Of Congress in thirty-two
years when there has not been one or
more colored members, excepting a
period from 1887 to 1889. Furthermore
there is little prospect that a negro
will be elected to congress for some
time to come.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09

A man who gave himself the title of
Baron appeared at the Waldorf Asto-
ria in New York a week ago and en-
gagged room costing $500 a day. He
Immediately visited a livery stable,
explained who he was and where he
was stopping, and made arrangements
to have a stylish team and brougham
sent around each day to the hotel, the
understanding being that the baron
was to pay for horses and carriages
once month. The baron lived so high
that at the end of the week he owed
the hotel $685. Everything went well
with the baron until he tried to get
some valuable diamonds from Tiffany's
by presenting a bogus check. The
fraud was discovered and the police
for the time being, at least, put an end
to the baron's gay career.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09

There is considerable criticism in
London against those who had charge
OF the luncheon at the Guildhan Thurs
day, in honor of the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales, because a pie was set
before the royal guests which con-
tanned a thousand larks. 1t Is pointed
out, sarcastically, that the Prince him
self Is the president of the Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty to Birds. and
that his hosts did not. therefore, show
very good taste.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09

The financial troubles of the Pan
American Exposition Company are so
acute that it finds itself unable to pro-
vide diplomas for exhibitors who won
them. Every building on the grounds
not owned by private individuals has
been attached and deputy -sheriffs have
been placed on guard.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09

Students Of the Case School of Ap-
piled Science and of Western Reserve
University at Cleveland, Ohio, brought
disgrace on those institutions last week
by riotous and disgraceful proceed
ings. The trouble began in the cele-
bration by the Case School students of
a football victory. It is perhaps in the
institutions of the Middle West and
West, rather than in those of the East,
where the worst phases of student life
present themselves.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09

English trade returns for eleven
months of the current year show a de-
crease in imports of more than $4,000,
900 and in exports of more than $751;
100000 as compared with the CORE
spending period last year.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09
rRlEs 10 PROVE 100 MUCH

If the Benchley story had been pub
lished by the Gazette without the pur-
pose of injuring a political opponent on
the eve of an election and it gave some
reasonable evidence that it was inno-
Gently at fault. Mayor O'Connell would
probably never have made the state
ment that appeared in The Spy
denying it. Errors are often passed
over and forgiven even in a political
campaign. But in this case the Ga
zette took the position that the lie was
not a lie and it's publication was JUS
titled The Gazette still believes it"
To believe it the Gazette refuses to
take the mayors word, stigmatizes
William H. Pratts political news in
The Spy as "colored;" brands ]. F. J.
Herbert and William J. Larkin I'M
faithful to their newspaper and liars
in fact. and to complete the alb
surd charges, it finds 1t expedient to
attack the sincerity Of The Spy and
insinuate that candidates can buy its
support The Gazette tries to prove
too much.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09

A man over sixty years old was SEN
fenced in New York to twenty days in
Jail, the other day, for cruelty to an
animal He trapped rat. saturated
its body with kerosene, lighted it, and
freed it in the street where the crea-
ture ran madly about until it died.