The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-31
EDITORIAL COMMENT

| Congressman Knox spoke of the
| Supreme Court decision and its bear
| ing on the Philippines decision
which must have brought great sat
isfaction to this stalwart original
"expansionist" He pointed to the
fact that we are ruling and develop
| ing Alaska from the seat of national
| Government in Washington, though
| Alaska has not even a delegate in
Congress. Nobody objects to this as
| demonstrations" or "tyrannicaP'
and our title to Alaska is no better
than our title to the Philippines. The
Aleuts of Alaska are higher in the So
cial scale than the Malay savages OF
Samar who treacherously slew Lieut.,
Bunpus and his brave men of the
Ninth Infantry, and the red men of this
continent, fierce and cruel though they
are, have never gone quite so far as
to exterminate the wives and children
of those of their tribe who were friend
ly to the white men. Congressman
Knox made an important point, too Of
ten forgotten, when he declared that the
consent of the governed implied the
intelligence to consent, which is lacking
among most Of the present Malay in
surgents in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Journal.
At this time there are about 900
divorce cases pending in the courts Of
Rhode Island. In many of these cases
the applicants for divorce are but
technically citizens of that state. The
divorce laws Of Rhode Island are as
lax and so trivial that the state is
taking the malodorous place once held
by South Dakota as a public divorce
mill New England sentiment is that
Rhode. Island should be thoroughly
ashamed of herself. There are many
decent, self-respecting people in Rhode
Island who would be glad to see the
stencil of this scandel suppressed. Yet,
curiously enough their efforts have
been defeated by the very body which
should be most anxious to get rid of
the shameful notoriety which Rhode
Island now has. If the Bar Association
of that state would consent to help in
the movement, the divorce mill of
Rhode Island would soon be stopped
Boston Advertiser.
In calling Governor Shaw of Iowa, to
the Treasury Department President
Roosevelt not only gets a man whose
record gives promise of an excellent
administration of the office, but also
recognizes in proper and wholesome
manner the legitimate claims of the
great section of the middle Northwest.
Mr.. Shaw is a thoroughly good repre-
sentative of the best and strongest
elements of that section of the coun-
try.-New York Times.
Attention is being called to the mon
osyllabic character of the cabinet we
have had. Hay, Gage, Root, Knox,
Long, Smith-six out of eight secretar
les have names of one syllable. Now
instead of Smith We are to have Payne,
and instead of Gage We are apparent
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bles still have the great majority.
Hitchcock and Wilson are conspicuous
as exceptions.-Topeka State Journal.
The Island of Bermuda is said to be
enjoying an unprecedented degree of
prosperity. A great many Boer pris-
oners Of war are quartered in Bermu-
da, and they and their guards have to
buy things. Thus at least one small
section of the British possessions is
proflting by the war in South Africa.
Savannah News.
Mr. Croker has felt obliged to mod
estly confess that after looking the
field over. he has been unable to select
a competent successor to himself in
the leadership of Tammany.- Washing
ton Star.
Schlatter, the Divine Healer" has
lost his vogue since the practical au-
thorities of Blackwells Island cut off
his long hair. He is not the only So
cial Samson to find his power shorn
with his locks.-Baltimore American.
Rear Admiral Barker says the Ma
clay incident is closed. The rear ad-
miral is altogether too sanguine. Ma
clay has a publisher.-Chicago Record
Herald.