The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-30
EDITORIAL COMMENT

The Republicans of the city of An
sonia, CT, a busy manufacturing COM
munity, have nominated for mayor the
chief mechanic of the Coe Brass Co.,
who is also a graduate of Princeton
University. College graduates are not
often found, it may be, in industrial po-
sitions of this sort, unless it be for the
purpose of learning the business" but
there is no reason why a young man
who has spent four years in university
walls should not become a mechanic If
his tastes lie in that direction. Many a
college alumnus now struggling to
maintain himself as teacher or clerk
might find greater profit in work in a
factory, especially if his college course
had helped to fit him for it. There are
mechanical positions of great import
ance and responsibility that demand in
telligence of more than the ordinary
kind.-Providence Journal.
Men, women and children who travel
in the street cars and the elevated
trains of the Gotham of today in the
busy hours, and especially those who
cross the Brooklyn bridge at any time
between o'clock and o'clock, need no
training in parlor gymnastics or ath-
Iletic exercises of any sort. They are 80
kneaded and damned and pushed and
jostled that the fittest who survive are
so hardened and toughened in muscle
and sinew that they become accom-
plished wrestlers, we'll prepared for vio-
lent struggles Philadelphia Press.
The president is A years old now, and
his birthday finds him as full of vigor
as a colt. He is simply overlooking
with vim and enthusiasm, and at an
age which used to be considered we'll
along in middle life he Is as fond Of
stir and movement, exercise and hard
work, as a healthy lad of 90 1t is a
great thing to have good mental ma
chinery, with an effective moral bal
ance wheel, driven by such power as
public has at his command.-Cleveland
Leader.
This campaign in Massachusetts is
the most remarkable in the history of
the state in that not a word has been
breathed by his opponents against the
Republican candidate for governor. The
only charge laid at the door of the Re
publican party this fall is that it is de-
pending entirely upon Gov. Cranes
splendid record to carry the ticket
through. However that may affect the
party it is the finest endorsement of Mr..
Crane that is possible.-Springfiel
Union
There is a lot of smallpox scattered
over this country. Philadelphia reports
over 200 cases, with rev ones coming
to light in disheartening numbers. Nat
urally the board of education is enforc-
ing vaccination upon teachers and pu-
pills in the public schools. The Boston
Record, without wishing to alarm its
community, makes serious report as to
| the prevalence of smallpox there, and
urges vaccination. AS in these cities,
so in others, east and west.-Springf1eld
Republican.
A justice of the Supreme Court in
New York receives a salary of ST., 500,
and is elected for a term of IA years.
That seems rather a large reward to
pay Robert A. Van Wyck for such an
administration as he has given New
York the past four years, but Mr..
Croker is always generous when he
can pay political debts at the public
expense.-Boston Journal.
High honors await the Turk who
wrote about the private life of the sui
tan if he will but return and receive
them. The gifted biographer however,
is pretty certain that they include the
order of the headsman's ak, or the de-
gree of the strangers cord. This has
something to do with his remaining in
gay Paree.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
What's in a name? The five new sub
marine boats of our navy when finished
will bear the cognomens of Adder. Por-
poise, Moccasin, Shark and Plunger.
This would seem to call for another
board of inquiry, with the suggestion of
boiling oil or something adequate to the
occasion.-Philadelp Times.
Minister Wu's popularity in this
country has alarmed his government.
The genial diplomat is committing the
objectionable mistake of being ahead
of his times-a crime seldom forgotten
and never CONGRATULATIONS Ameri
can.