Here Is Richness

John T. Rich, Republican candi date for governor, has a record fo apparent extravagance in the use o public money which the people saic two years ago, when they turnee the Republican party out of power they do not approve. The Lansing Journal, which paper has access to the official reports at the state capi tal, calis attention to Rich's expen ditures for postage and stationery during the last full fiscal yearofRe publican rule, when he was railroac commissioner, and compares them with amounts expended for the same purposes by Railroad Commissione Whitman, during the last fiscal year "The report shows," says the Jour nal, "that for the year ending June 30, 1890, Rich expended $154 o: the state's money for postage stamp and $219 for stationery." For the year ending June 30, 1892, Railroac Commissioner Whitman spent $50 for postage stamps and $119 f o stationery. The fact that Mr. Rich was running a gubernatorial boom against James M. Turner in 1890 probably had something to do with his large expenditure for postage and stationery, as it does not seem possible that his legitímate officia postage could have been more than three times that of Commissioner Whitman, and for stationery $100 more. Rich's allowances for the year for these two purposes were #373 while Whitman's are 169, a difference of 204 in favor of Demo cratic economy or honesty. O course the business of the office has naturally increased. This isa smal matter, but we have a very notable case of record when only the person who has been faithful in smallthings was called to be ruler over man; things. According to this test Rich should be ruled out of the