Those Ballots

The followiiii.' maiily tetMr froni Hm. O. A. Critchett, of Monroe, to tlie Detroit l'ost Mi Tribune, fully explaitis itself, and U n wortliy document, fïom n wortliv ¦mi: Tl tiommt uf fiets in yi mr editorial n pon " The Twenty-Second Judicial Ciriiiit," in vour i.-siic'ot .May t, u mine respect Inacurete, and yet, o tur as I aui tilormed. li ¦ubttanttalljr correct Hut it seems to me that ooimiderations of propriety should proliibit me froin a tlie board of oauvM ard the i-vrtilifüteof eleetion to.Mr. Jo-lin, if within their jiower as you siijtl1' 'l'licrecanbenoiinr-íiiiiiii tliat th r( tnrnwl for Chauncey Joslin, and ihOH imriteil lor ( liauiieey M. .loslin, ui re :1M intended fbr my oompetitor, and ouiflit m jnstice to he eoiintetl tor liim- it the board of canvaswr have tlic power t M -ount them. Wliat power they have in tlio premiaos must be decided by them, under tlie advicc, I presume, of the attorney-freneral. sliould they desire sucli advke! It' I oorrectly aadentand the ritwtfok, I Imve no powr n the premlses. I imve iiotbing to rarrender, ua eau turrender nothiog. If I had mpposed that my word wouW rmpower the board to oount all theae roti i for Chauncey Joslln, I should Imve pren it before now. I desire nothing Whtch doei not legally and equitablv belon? to me. Affiilavits havo alreailv been forwanted Iroin here to the secretan of state, show Ing wlmt the miatake waa, and liow ii oocurri'd. To these affliliirits I have appended a tatement that I bellere tbea to be truc. Sliould tliey be admitted t be read iny statements wil] lie legitimately befori the t)i:ird. Hm anv voluntciT advioe would teem t" ma te proper. If [ cttnuot clothe tbe board witli power, I ca onlv kdmonish them to do their diity. and tliis admonltlon, I trust. tliey do not iiceil. TIkv weN etected m i-epublhsana, luit I presume will forfrel thcir iMilitit in the discharge of their offlial (lutv. as niaiiv of the people t liiy mvii county forgrx their politics In their jreneroiw tn-HtmtMit nt' uu-at tliepolls. I bellere in a " Irt-f voli-, a tair eoiiiit," and the rule "I tlif iiiainritv. "Trmrr. Maye, ísw