Who is to-day the most popular man in th...

Who is to-day the most popular man in the country? Grover Cleveland. Who will poll the greatest number of independent votes ? Gro ver Cleveland. Who would poll the greatest number of democratie votes- Grover Cleveland. The people want Cleveland. The politicians may as well put that fact down as settled and if they are wise politicians they will not attempt to defeat the will o the people. The boomerang which the Hon. David B. Hill threw with such force at ex-President Cleveland on February 22, missed its mark, and with the peculiar characteristic of that instrument returned to the thrower, striking him with such force as to knock him clear off the presidential track. The Cleveland wave is now surging from one end of the country to the other, carrying cvery obstructon before it that has crossed its path. Cleveland is growing in popularity every day, and States that were figured solidly against him in the estimates a few weeks ago, are now divided or have come out solid for Cleveland. One of the most striking illustrations of this is Pennsylvania, which was counted solid for Hill but a few days ago; but the feeling has now chaoged, and Cleveland will bc given more votes by this state in the convention tlian Hill. In Michigan, Cleveland is almost the unanimous lïrst choice of :he party. The Cleveland sentiment remains unchanged. He is emphatically the living embodimentof the great democratie issue of tariff reform, an issue sure to win if unincumbered by side issues. It behooves the democrats of the various townships to nominate their strongest men. They owe it as a duty to the people every year. Besides that as this is a presidential year, they owe it, also, to theh party. City politics are exceptionally quiet for this time of year. This means that the city is in good hands. The fact that there is a larger balance in the city treasury than was there this time last year is encouraging. The election this year will be a quiet one. The absence of poll workers will be noticable, and every one will have an opportunity to cast a quiet vote. The democrats will open a school of instruction in this city next Wednesday evening at which the regular election forms will be observed Inspectors of electionsfrom the adjoinng townships would do well to make ït a point to be present at this school some evening to familianize themselves with the system of voting which it will be their duty to explain to the voters in their various townships. ' At the elections so far held Tom five to ten per cent of the vote cast has been defective. A little practice at this school would largely decrease the araount of defective voting nnd the practise given wil be as good as that obtained at the regular elections.