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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12
MR.. CROKER PERSISTENT

Richard Croker has gone to his coun-
try place near Richfield Springs, N.
Y, to recover, it is said, from the
.fatigues and disappointments of the re-
cent campaign. The reports sent out
from New York Immediately after the
election to the effect that Mr.. Croker
had decided to give up the leadership
of Tammany Hall and that the mem
bers of that organization had no fur
ther use for him, were evidently pre-
mature.
Possibly, as someone has suggested,
when the material of leadership quail
ity was considered, the supply was
found not to be so good as many had
fondly supposed. Mr. Croker is
leader however bad he is, and few
perhaps have equal skill in holding to-
gether elements so peculiar and IL
verse as those which constitute Tam
many Hall.
Mr.. Croker is quoted as having said,
before going away from New York,
that he had no intention of retiring i'm
mediately from politics. There is hard
work ahead, and he means to perform
| his share. 1--WE have not the offices,
but we have the organization and the
future" The aspect of affairs at the
end of two years may be very differ
ent, he thinks, from the aspect today
He expects that there will be some re-
volts within the organization, yet that
only dead and useless material will be
lost through them. Furthermore, he is
sure that he has discovered the weak
places that made defeat possible.
with political organizations, as well
as with individuals" he remarks, lit
sometimes happens that more is to be
learned from defeat than from vic
tory"
Possibly Mr.. Cookers determination
to remain in politics may rather con-
tribute to New York's safety than
jeopardize it. How with Mr.. Croker at
its head can it shake off the great bur-
den years of shameless conduct have
loaded upon it? With new leaders
Tammany Hall might awaken the idea
among some that it had assumed new
aims and purposes. But it can hardly
give that impression SO long as Mr.
Croker holds the reins. Yet to dis
parage Mr. Croker's powers would be
idle. Defeated, and possibly hated by
men within the ranks. Mr.. Croker re-
mains a dangerous man. No one will
be able to discover mistakes in the
Fusionist administration more quickly
than he, or make better use of them.
Some mistakes. no doubt, are found to
occur. The people have reason to be-
lieve, on the other hand, that mistakes
will be very few and insignificant as
compared to the benefits of a govern
ment whose policy is honorable and en-
| lightened. If their belief proves well
founded they will scarcely become so
foolish or Indifferent as to trust the
city to Tammany Hall.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12

O'Connels interests would be elimin-
ated and some candidate like Charles
NJ. Thayer might be available for the
Republicans and independent citizens
to support.
We are going to elect a Republican
congressman in this district next term.
We believe there can be no doubt of
this, whether John r. Thayer is the
Democratic candidate or not. The
same arguments that would lead the
Republicans to give him a second
term will not aactuate them again. If
Charles G. Washburn or NJ. V. B. JEFF
ferson or Rufus B. Dodge be nomin-
ated, or some other equally good can
didate, he will be elected and the finger
of Boston politicians will not be pointed
longer towards Worcester as a place
where Republicans are unfaithful to
their candidates
The election of a congressman is diff
ferent from the election of a mayor.
The whole interests of the Republican
party depend upon the action of a con-
SreSSIHdH. II lIere Is any lIlluB GAZING
for party faithfulness, it is the office of
congressman, and if John R. Thayer
were really faithful to the doctrines of
the Democratic platform, he never
would have secured the election from
this district. 1t was by adopting
some Republican policies and repudi-
ating some parts of the Democratic
platform that he managed to secure
enough Republican support.
The Advertiser makes the mistake
of assuming that the election of Mr.
OConnell for mayor last year or this
year indicates any divergence from the
Republican policies. 1t indicates, per-
haps, some fractional feeling, but the
Republican aldermen were elected last
year and Will be elected this year.
Governor Crane got big majority last
year and this year. So did Mr.. Parker.
The Republicans of the city of Worces-
ter and Worcester County furnish
pretty good majorities for the Repub-
lican state ticket right along and they
need no advice from the Democratic
city of Boston about their municipal
affairs
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12
COMMUNICATIONS

To the Editor of The Spy:
Dear Sir:-A paragraph in one of
your editorials of last week gives
good text for the Republicans of Wor-
cester to act upon in regard to a nom
inee for mayor. You said: I'VE should
have been glad to see the Democratic
party have the courage and common
sense in a campaign of this kind to
endorse the nomination of Governor
Crane and give him a complimentary
vote. 1t certainly would not have in
jured them in the contests where they
hoped to elect other candidates for mi
nor Offices"
Mr.. Crane has been an excellent gov
ernor and his reelection was deserved,
but Worcester has just as splendid
mayor as Massachusetts has a gov
ernor, and I believe his reelection is
just as certain as was Governor
Cranes. The only question is whether
the Republicans will nominate a can
,didate to be defeated by Mayor O'Con-
nell by from 1000 to 1900 majority, or
will they have the courage and COM
mon sense to endorse the nomination
of Mayor OConnell and give him q
complimentary vote. 1t certainly will
not injure them in their contest for the
Board of Aldermen to endorse our
present mayor for the position he has
filled so we'll
Worcester is a Republican city, but,
last year. several thousand Republi-
cans voted flor Mr. O'Connell and l am
sure that very few of these men will.
vote against him, this year. no matter
who may be the candidate against him.
The sensible citizens of Worcester are
firm believers in the good old doctrine
of holding fast to that which is good.
1t was not so very long ago that the
Democrats supported Mayor Marsh in
this manner and it would be an ex-
tremely creditable thing for the Repub-
licans to return the compliment, this
year.
1t would be well for the Republican
organization to avoid the mistake that
the Republicans of Springfield made.
last year, in placing a candidate
against Mayor Hayes. They were dead
sure" of carrying the election, but
when the returns came in they were
some 5000 votes behind.
Mayor OConnell is as certain of a re-
election as was Mayor Hayes, last year.
The Republican organization cannot
defeat him; they can only weaken
themselves by placing another candi-
date in a position to receive the treat
ment administered to Messrs. Walker,
Washburn and Lytle. If they prefer
to add another to that list they are
welcome to do so, but they will show
their better sense in accepting the in
evitable at once and making as nearly
unanimous as possible the reelection
of our able and efficient mayor, Philip
j. O'Connell.
INDEPENDENT VOTER
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12
EXPIRES. Harrison on the Anarchists

A HE breadth of exPesdent Harrison's craftsmanship
has been acknowledged by his political oppo-
nents; but nowhere has it been srkngy evinced
than in his address '"The Obligations of Wealth"
in his book 'Vews of e-Presden This address furnish
es us with exPreden remedy for the evils of
archy subject which all thoughtful consider
ing.
ExPresdent Harrison firm believer that the removal
the popular of injustice the only real for the
which class conflicts and disorder arise The
chief injustice which he believes the rank and file of the people
are suffering from that the exemption Of the rich
er people of direct taxation The Sense of in
equality he said produces fierce and unreasonng
ates classes inensfeS social ndierences mo casu he
went draw sound oral distinction between the
who hides his property makes false return order to
payment of his debt the state and the who conceas
his property from his private creditors In forcing this point
home he told of gentleman in New England town who
had reputation for philanthropy yet had returned tor taxa
ton 100000 worth of property though at his death
his proved contain So 100000 This gentleman said
e-Presden Harrison "who lived in neghbory relations
his fellow and discharged apparently with kindness all
of the obligations Of citizenship had been every year of his
dene the defraudng his neghbors by compelling them
contribute to the public share that he should IN
honesty and good conscience have discharged He fitch
ing from every hand that extended to him in neghbory
confidence His aims her mems goods To prevent
the continuance of such public wrongs exPresdent Harrison
not only demanded public conscience which recognize
obligations the State to be just sacred as
obligations to Individuals but urged that better laws for the
mened by taxes at death which the public may recoup the
sums unpaid during life 81" no other remedy be found he
concludes perhaps the might declare and maintain
estoppe against the claim of his heirs for property
the ownership which he had dscamed in his tax returns
The Outlook
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12

the committee. no attempts to alter the
report should be made at this time.
1t 1t can be shown that the work OF
the committee is faulty and defective
and incomplete. then the report should
be rejected. otherwise the laws should
be enacted as recommended by the
committee. The work of revision is not
proper work for large body like the
Massachusetts Legislature. It must
be done by specialists in law-makins-
If their work has been done properly
this summer the Massachusetts stat
utes will be in better shape than ever
before. We believe that the commit
tees work has been thoroughly and
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12

To the editor of The Spy:
r:-Patriotism-"th vice of loving
men of one country, color, class, or re-
ligion only''-still lives; and according
to some writer's, in the editorial sec
ton of The New York Journal of last
Sunday, it will ever live. Let us not,
however, entertain such an idea, be-
cause to assert that patriotism will
ever live is equivalent to saying that
evil will never end. Let us not be dis
couraged when men sneer, as it were at
Tennyson, for writing these words:
For l dipt into the future, far as
human eye could see, saw the vision of
the world and all wonders that would
be: till the war-drum throbb'd no long
er, and the battle flags were furled in
the parliament Of man, the federation
of the world"
For I dipt into the future, far as
human eye could see
Saw the vision of the world and all
the wonders that would be,
Till the war drum throbb'd no longer,
and the battle flags were furled-
In the parliament of man, the fedora
ton of the world.
Rather let US rejoice in the fact, that:
It's coming yet, for a that
That man to man. the world DER
Shall brothers be for a that"
If am not mistaken, the writer's of
the New York Journal have for a mo-
ment overlooked the fact that there are
factors at work in the world which are
deadly enemies TO patriotism. Take
for instance. criticism, whose shafts are
used unsparingly. Patriotism may for
a day exalt a Dewey to the highest
pinnacle of fame, yet criticism causes
him to pass into oblivion
Nevertheless. as already stated ma
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12

The summer has gone by and we have
passed through the state election with
out coming any closer to the selection
of Republican candidate for mayor.
The Spy does not propose to embar-
rass the committee of twenty-five,
which has been selected as an advisory
committee to make suggestions to the
municipal convention. The Republi
cans may see fit to choose a Repub-
lican candidate to head the city election
who will enter the race handicapped
by the delay and uncertainties. but he
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12
Called Back
BY R. CROKER.

b r. CROKER.
Old Vantage lies over the ocean,
Fair Vantage is over the sea,
And there's something about dear old
Vantage
That's mighty attractive to me.
Goodbye, goodbye, I'm going far over
the sea:
Goodbye, goodbye. I'm taking my
rake-off with me.
Oh, I'm going to comfort and quiet.
I'm sick of the fuss and the FRAY.
And unless 1 need money you'll never
Perceive me returning this way.
Goodbye, goodbye, I'm quitting the
haunts of my kind
Goodbye, good-bye-but I'm leaving
the tiger behind.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Within the past few days two COM
ments on the incident Of the President
dining Booker T. Washington have
been made that are of more than ordi-
nary interest. Both come from the
South One was made by the editor of
the local paper in Tuskeegee, where
Mr.. Washington has worked so long
and is well-known. The other from
Prof. Council, a negro in a negro col
lege in Tennessee. Both agree that
there was not and could not have been
on the part of Mr. Washington the
slightest desire in accepting the Presi-
dents courtesy either to defy of to
seek to change the social conventions
that prevail as to his own race in the
South. And both are strikingly char
table and sensible as to the attitude Of
the races they respectively represent
The next mayor of New York is nc
pale srecluse who will allow his health
to weaken for lack of vigorous outdoor
exercise. Columbia never had a presi-
dent who was sounder and more
wholesome in body as well as in mind.
1t has been Mr. Lows habit to ride
frequently on his bicycle from his
home to the stored nights crowned
by the buildings of the university in
which the city and the state take so
just a pride. And the head of the in
coming city government is fond of golf
also. He is as we'll fitted physically as
in mental and moral equipment for the
serious tasks which confront him.
New York Tribune.
The tiny republic of San Mirano, at
once the smallest and the oldest re-
public in the world, recently celebra-
ted the sixteenth century of it's estab-
lishment on the heights of Monte Tita-
no, above Rimini and Urbino. Des-
cribed piquantly by one of it's histo-
rians os "a freak of freedom this
little republic, comprising all told less
than 80 sqnare miles of territory, and
that mainly precipitous rock, has con-
trived somehow to maintain an indie
pendent existence through the centu-
ries, in the midst of all the struggles
for empire which have gone on about
it.-Boston Journal.
President Eliot fstill insists that the
school teachers spend altogether too
much time trying to teach arithmetic
to young children. In his Twentieth
Century Club lecture he told of
naughty boy who was told by his
mother that he must either do as she
told him or leave the room. The boy
thought for a moment and then re-
marked That's fair" II would give
more for that judicial comment for its
effect on the boys later life" said
President Eliot, than for any amount
of accurate figuring.-Boston Herald.
The death rate in the South African
concentration camps is incomparably
worse than anything Asia can show
There is nothing to match 1t even in
the mortality figures of the Indian
famines, where cholera and other cpl
denies have to be contended with.
And yet civilization does not seem to
blush.-Boston Globe.
The difference between the Long
Island deer season and that of
Maine seems to be that on Long Island
they shoot deer and in Maine men,
New York Press.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12
WHEN YOU STAND BEFORE
ST PETER

Don't try TO impress him with the story
of how square you have been in the world.
because you might overdo the thing
However, it will do no harm if you do tell
him that you always bought your WALL
PAPER of US and we would appreciate 1t
If you mention the fact that we have the
best selection of Wall Paper and do not
want to get rich all at once.
GEoRGE H. HARRINGTON. Il Austin St.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12

This is the season for football, yet
somehow we miss the good old jokes
about football hair" Not even the
display of chrysanthemums has been
able to stir the ancient editorial jokers
into activity
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12

will be supported by all Republicans
who owe allegiance to the organiza-
ton. Surely, the committee must have
heard the suggestion of endorsing
OConnell and avoiding a contest this
year. 1t may be wise. 1t certainly can
not be very wrong.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12

Are college presidents becoming
hard-hearted? Twenty-four boys have
been expelled from a Mississippi insti-
tuition because, contrary to orders, they
attended a circus. Why were such
cruel commands issued?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12

The Worcester Magazine for october
attractive article is an illustrated
sketch of the late William Trowbridge
Merrifield by his daughter, Harriette
M. Forbes, Among other articles of in
terest are those Of Prof. Frank Par
sons on Initiative in the Referendum, ="
Charles C. Mum on American Taste
in Literature
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12

Such extraordinary care has been
taken in Remembering Mr.. Lawson's
yacht, Independence, that some crafty
salts believe that the owner may see
fit to have the craft rebuilt in the
spring
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12

A new packing house that cost ST.
100000 has just been opened at Chicago
stock yards. There are 5000 men en-
ployed in the plant which has a killing
capacity of 5000 hogs, $500 sheep, and
$500 cattle.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12

Tower, Mimi, claims the distinction
of being first to unveil a monument
erected in honor of the late President
Mckinley. 1t is a simple shaft stand
ing on a pedestal of concrete and iron
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12
Estimate of the Chinese Character

w ISHOP GRAVES, who has charge Of the Episcopal
~ mission work Shanghai China speaking in Grace
81 - Church New York Sun day night expressed kindly
views toward the Chine 1t is the people he main
tanned but government tn at inmcal to missionaries.
The Boxers he declared being hostile through ignorance had
been used tool twar the progress of Christian
work Bishop Graves is quoted as saying:
"In many minds there is prejudice against the Chinese
people and missionary work ong them but if you knew the
Chinese people well that prejudice would leave you Kindness
prominent characteristic ong them and cannot be
among them long without nd out that their present trouble
is due to circumstances for viii oh they blame
oo high tribute cannot be paid to the power of Chinese
character display ed in the which they toll
ON and on cheerful and happy, and help feeling
most thorough respect them The government has, the
other hand thrown the side of dsored and when the
missionaries being modest ed the Chinese people wished to
and heD them dared of ect issued
nv the government.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12

William Lloyd Garrison, in attempt
ing to mix the Philippine question with
the Irish question, is not commencing
himself to the good American peopSa
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12

faithfully performed and that the Leg
islature will promptly approve the re-
port.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12

The Advertiser says of President
Eliot
"Our greatest of educators is one of
the sanest, most sensible, most level
headed, most hard-headed of practical
men of affairs. Pres. Eliot's style
is as straightforward and clear as it
is scholarly and profound
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12
THE REVISION OF THE STATUTE

The Massachusetts Legislature is to
come together to pass upon the revised
statutes provided by the recess COM
mittee. While there should be no un-
due haste in considering the report of
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12

1t is a rare day when Kansas has
cause to pine for excitement.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12

The London Morning Leader is in
formed by it's Copenhagen correspon
dent that DR.. Nansen, the Arctic ex-
plorer, is trying to bring about bio
logical research in northern waters,
conducted Jointly by half a dozen or
more nations. A preliminary confer
ence it is said, will be held in Co
penhagen.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12

The difference between the Long
Island deer season and that of
Maine seems to be that on Long Island
they shoot deer and in Maine men,
New York Press
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12

I think this letter may be fittingly
brought to a close by a brief reference
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12
The Charm Of Being Out of Doors

NHE cold Of the past day two reminds that many
of the diversions Apr opriae to mild weather must be
put aside and that 9th must be substituted for them.
Yet no one should link that the pleasure OF being in
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-12
no the editor OF me spy:

INDEPENDENT VOTER.
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