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It is time fordemocratsto gettogether. Where they have done bo viotory has perohed npon their banners. The repoblicans can extraet what comfort they can out of the returns froui Pennsylvania. They will not care to read the New York returns. Tuesday was a democratio day. It was also a day when the votera of New York settled Boss Platt and the voters of Ohio made Boss Hanna shake in hfs boots. Hanna feels better now, bnt it was a close cali. For the first time in five state elections Nnw York has gone democratie and has turned the enorraous republican majority of 268,000 of last year into a democratie majority of 60,000. The people have spoken once more. For the nest f our years the democrats will coutrol Greater New York, the second largest city in the world with 32,000 employés and a .pay roll of $33,000,000. This naturally means thafc at least 32,000 men in New York city will be hustling haid for the eleotion of a democratio president in 1900. Scarcely a day passes without complainta oming ia abunt the crowd of loafers who hang around the opera honse and Savings Bank blooks every evening. They swear and teil disgusting etories loud enongh to be heard by passers-by and keep at it till late at night. The Times respeotfully insists that these nests be cJeaned out at unce. - Times. The editors of the Argus cordially endorses this reqnest seeing that they are among the parties who aie most seriously disoommoded by the existing stati of afiEairs. We have already preferred onr oomplaint to the ohief of pólice and the mayor, both of whom have promised their hearty co-operation in abating the nuisance and we hope soon to see it an acoomplisbed fact. There s no reason why this state of affaire shonld not be remedied if the ordinance relativo to disorderly persons and the state law piohibiting the nse of profane or obscene language witnin the hear. ing of women are rigidly enforoud. The ordinance before the oonnoil in referenoe to bicyoles is drawn in the interest of the safety of the bicyolists and the general public. Unfortunately all ■who ride the wheel are not equally discreet and the average wheelman ig more in danger from some freak or careless rider than he is from any ac" cident whiob may occur to his own wheel. The nse of lanterns at night Will be particnlarly commended. It is opposed by bicycle liveries on account of the nnmber of lanterns they will have to buy, bnt the wheelmen who has to boy bat oqb can then ride at night without incnrring the danger of collision with some other rider. The wheelmen themselves should be the stontest advocates of this ordinance which gives them a definite position in tbe road, where if they have any accident caused by a careless or malicious driver, they can more easily recove1 civil damages. Such an ordiaance as the one proposed is in foroe now in nealry all of the progressive cities of the country and the few dollars expense to bicycle liveries shonld not be allowed to stand in the way of the good of the general public. If lanterns are required in the city, the wheelmen on the "Whitmore Lake path will probably keep themselves equipped with lanterns.making it poesible to ride on that path with safety at night.