Object To Partisanship

Object To Partisanship

The Democratic Committee Refuses to Put Up Candidates for Regents

The democratic state central committee has decided not to nominate candidates for regents believing that the state constitution did not contemplate the election of regents at any time excepting the spring elections, when politics would be apt to be a less potent factor in determining their choice. The committee through Secretary Hampton gave out the following statement to the press.

"The committee was not disposed to give even a tacit approval of Gov. Pingree's attempt to make the University of Michigan a part of his political machine and to punish the faculty for their many refusals to prostitute their positions by furnishing an official opinion for the purpose of assisting the governor in one of his numerous controversies. It would be a public misfortune if an educational institution which is the pride of our state should be dragged into politics, It was to avoid this that the frames of one constitution wisely provided that the election of regents should be held in the spring when political issues are so largely subordinated to the question of personal fitness. For half a century the power of the governor to appoint regents for the whole of the unexpired term stood unquestioned. Gov. Pingree is trying to oust two of the board of regents, who are honored members of his own political party, and to put one of his clerks into the place which the ablest citizens of Michigan have been proud to occupy. It was solicited by Gov. Pingree's friends to use my influence with our committee in favor of following their example. I emphatically refused and both the executive and the campaign committees unanimously decided not to countenance the governor's attempt to make our great university a mere political machine. "

The Hawaiian Islands.

The Chicago & Western Railway has issued a booklet with the above title, giving a brief description of these islands, their topography, climate, natural resources, railways, schools, population, etc. It contains a folding map and mentions the various steamship lines plying between the Pacific ports and the islands. Attention is also called to the unparalleled facilities offered by the North-Western Line, the Pioneer Line west and northwest of Chicago, for reaching San Francisoo, Los Angeles, Portland and other western points. The booklet will be sent to any address upon receipt of four cents in stamps by V. H. Gnerin, 67 Woodward ave., Detroit, Mich. ; or W. B. Kniskern, 22 Fifth ave., Chicago, lLL