The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-28
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Rear-Admiral Schleys objections to
the verdict of the Court of Inquiry are
disingenuous in many respects. he re-
fers throughout to the report Oh the
majority of the Court even WHen
touching on those points upon whicn
Admiral Dewey was in full accord with
Pear Adnoirals Renham and Ramsay.
In remarking upon the HOdgson mat
ter, he calls attention merely to the
question of the collOquy, when 1t was
his treatment of the subsequent cores
pondence with Hodgson for when the
Court censured him. AS a whole, Rear
Admiral Schley's exceptions are Simply
those which any man might make IN
any court where a case had gone
against him. To his question why the
Court did not take his word on certain
points, there is but one answer which
the Court can give-it found the evil
dence to the contrary from many cred
lille witnesses entirely too strong to be
overlooked 1t would hardly be adVls-
able, if it were possible, for the Kear-
Admiral to force the Court to Stlll
greater frankness. However he may
succeed in puzzling the public by his
protests 50 per cent of the ofhcers OF
the navy have but one view, that he
has got off remarkably well, and far
better than he deserved. If this is
conspiracy" on the part of his fell
low-officers, it is the most complete,
whole hearted, and generally remarka-
BILE conspiracy this country has ever
Semitic Nation.
Mr.. CleveIand's acceptance of a place
on the new arbitration tribunal makes
that most impressive body complete.
Every man asked to become member
has accepted which is in itself fact
of great significance and encourage
ment. The same high sense of duty
which impelled Mr.. Cleveland, In spite
of i'll health, to accept has animated all
others to have entered upon this ser
vice The tribunal as now constituted
is far and away the most competent
bodv of the kind ever organized any
where Surely If 1t be possible to
smooth away antagonism between cap
ital and labor this body will be able to
accomplish 1t. The promise of far
reaching and permanent advantage to
the working classes which it holds out,
is very bright, for as they are the chief
sufferes from strikes so will they be
the chief beneficiaries from the cessa-
ton of strikes.-N. Y. Evening Post.
The Union Traction Company, early
this morning, notified its employees that
beginning January / next the wages OF
motormen and conductors will be in
creased to 10 cents an hour. This or
der means an advance of wages to
5000 men. and it is estimated will cost
the company 5000, 900 a year. The news
is gratifying, not only TO the employees,
but to the community, and its an
nouncement comes appropriately at
Christmas time. The advance is a vol
untary act. made after the traction
company had declined the request of
their motormen and conductors for an
increase to 20 cents. It is in the ma
ture of a compromise, but it is a sub
stantial advantage to the employees,
and there is no doubt they will be
grateful for it.-Philadelphia Ledger.
A brother of Sixto Lopez, the Tagal
emissary who was lioniZed so much by
our Boston anti-imDerialsts, has just
been hanged by Gen. Chaffee for a
crime of monstrous cruelty. Three
years ago a detachment of Spanish
prisoners, 173 in all, were handed over
to Lopez for safe keeping. He be
trayed his trust and persuaded a gang
of Malay assassins to hack the unarm-
ed prisoners to pieces with bolos. Lo-
peg himself, it is said, helped in the
awful slaughter. Facts like these,
which transpire from time to time,
must have a peculiar effect upon the
anti-imperialist conference. - Boston
Journal.
Is it possible that the political cen
ter of the United States is going sud
denly to shift from Ohio to Iowa? 1t
is asserted that Secretary Wilson is
not to withdraw from the cabinet even
if Shaw goes in (and everybody will be
glad to hear that; the speaker is from
Iowa. and the senior senator, Allison,
is chairman of the appropriations com
mfttee and second member of the fl
nance committee. This is what the
press agent calls an aggregation
Hartford Courant.
II is said that since the formal an
nouncement of Secretary Cages inten-
ton to retire from the cabinet was
made public several big New York
corporations have offered him places at
salaries much larger than that of the
President of the United States. Mr.. |
Gage is a valuable man wherever his !
field of service. The Government en- |
ployed him at a bargain price.-Rich- |
mond Times.
Now comes Postmaster General |
Payne, that is to be, and authorizes !
the statement that there is not the |
slightest foundation in fact for the re- |
port that he is in favor of the pur-
chase and transfer of the telegraph |
lines to the government. The coming |
early.-BOston Herald.