The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-02
EDITORIAL COMMENT

One of the most gratifying indica-
lions of the decline of sectionalism is
the cordiality of the greeting which
leading Southern congressman and SEN
ators are giving to President Roosevelt.
This also, we owe largely to President
Mckinley, who knew so well how to
disarm antagonisms.-B Journal.
The Rev. DR.. Minot J. Savage gets to
the root of the matter in his discus
sion of yellow journalism, when he
says that I'VE ought to make 1T mat
ter of conscience not to contribute TO
lsuch a paper and not to buy it," This
is a work in which men of DR.. Savage s
cloth should take the lead, for 1T is to
bishops and clergymen that the most
notorious exemplar of yellow journal
ism owes more than to any other class
in the community. 1t is of no use to
berate the masses for reading disrepu-
table papers while the leaders contrib
ute to them.-New York Evening Post.
The campaign committees of the can
didates for attorney general are not
permitting the grass to grow beneath
their feet, judging from the amount OF
literature" which they are sending
out Mr. Harris committee now claims
to have received assurances that
goodly number of the delegates from
the western part of the state Will sup
port him in the convention. 1t is quite
evident that the committees claims
should be taken with a grain of salt.
From all the information that can be
gathered here, the delegates from the
four western counties favor the cand1-
dacy of Mr.. Parker.-Springfield Union.
1t would be a mistake to infer too
strongly from the existing uncertainty
about the Croker candidate for mayor
that Croker is disturbed over the out
look He is proceeding in accordance
with his regular custom. He allows
the whole matter to be yelled in i'm
penetrable mystery till the last mo-
ment. Everybody else may have can
didate, but nobody will be allowed to
catch a glimpse of what is going on
in the Croker mind. This adds to the
interest of the situation, keeps all the
aspirants and all the followers anxious
and nervous, intensifies the public in
terest by aggrayating the amount of
newspaper speculation published daily
and accentuates the dramatic effect of
the disclosure when the ruler makes
known the name of his man" The
whole proceeding thus becomes a spec
tacular demonstration of the absolute
power of Richard Croker of Vantage,
England.-New York Commercial Adj
Vertiser.
The doctors who are attending the
victims who were injured in the recent
railway accident at Avon, report that
the victims are doing as well as could
be expected under the persistent perse-
e Low VII trV-
ing to secure clients. One victim re-
Gently had as many as eight calls from
different Boston attorneys who were
anxious to secure his case. This merely
shows the difference in the professional
ethics of lawyers and doctors. Doc
tors who were caught drumming up
trade in this fashion would be disci-
plined by their medical associates
Boston Daily Advertiser.
The campaign in Ohio this fall, will
be the shortest in the history of the
state 1t is fortunate that there are
no new issues to be discussed when
the period for enlightenment of the
voters is so necessarily curtailed. To
those who believe in the maintenance
of the national honor and of the pros
perity of the country there can be no
question as to their duty in the unex-
pected crisis which has been forced
upon the country. 1t is imperative that
Ohio's voice must sound out clear and
sharply the declaration that President
Roosevelt is to be supported in his de-
termination to maintain the policies
which Mr.. Mckinley had great share
in inaugurating. 1t must not be re-
corded in history that Ohio, the state
Of the illustrious dead, the first state
to vote under the new administration,
returned an adverse verdict. More
than before, have recent events forced
the necessity for a reafirmation of last
years national verdict at the polls in
November. Times-Star.