Ann Arbor Banks

The Adiiaa Evening Telegram of Thursday, Sept. 24, had the following accuuut in' its oolnnius.of au interview between one of its reporters and a "widely traveled, intelligent Anu Arbor gentleman" the day previous: "The refusal of some of the Aun Arbor banks to acconimodate silver men on the best of eollaterals, if conti'jned, will likely result in the etablishment of a bank in that city that ■will treat all alike, and the result will be that the silverites will pull their money out of the gold banks, and they ■will soon realize how easy it is to cut the foundations out from under themselves. The modern form of bulldozing people by refusing aooommodations as a punishment for exercising the right of American freeruen to favor snch politial policy as they believe to be best, and the methods used this year by great corporations to line their men np and vote them for the Wall street gold standard, like so many sheep and oattle are driven to the slaughter, íb as reprehensible as the old time shot, gun policy of the south. While many laboring people, business men and clerks are frightened lest the money power close down on their eniployer and shut him up, thus tbrowing them out, yet when they getinte) the booth they are where they can vote to break the ability of the money power to thus control their franchise without fear of anyone ever kuowing how they vote. The bank threat to cali in their mortgages if free silver carries is simply a big bluff to scare the timid. They don't dare attempt it without pulling down the house over themselves. No bank thft nndertakes that scheme can keep its doors open 48 hours. "