Not To Ratify

A cold wave froni Chicago struck Aun ArborDemocratson last Fridayalternoon; (Cleveland and Ilendricks had been nominated. Tlie sun of Democracy that was to liglit the pathway to political glory liad íisen f rom tliat sink hole at the eastern end of Lake Erie, btit t had no sooncr risen titan t passed behind a cloud of Intelligent voléis, whohad insisted that they would not be represented by any uiushooin politician. They had demanded of their coiivention the iiomination of a man of the people. Such a man as Butler, Bayard, Thurmau, Rosecrans or McDonald, but all their representativo men were pnshed aside for a man known only to monopolist I, and wlio liad notblng n cominon with tlie inany expected to vote for liiin. It was in view of this dUappoiulmeiil and nol la niift, hut to apologlze ti) the soldier and tlie hborlnjf man for tho politicul blunder mode hy the Democratie ConyenUon thut tlie local cilebrilies uttempted wliat they ealled a ratilication meetlng4M Satunla'y nlght and to ronder the apology a little more palatable lïreworkf were added to the attractions. The pyrotechnics werc rather enjoyable ani operated as ¦ mild tonic to tlie disheart cned Domocracy - a very poorsubstitute however, for genulne enthusiasm. Sk; rockets and women can'tvote. The man Hgeis.by a lavish distribution of platfon lioiiois.succeededin coaxinffa few waver ing Bourbons into line. Seventeen vice Presidenta ought to keep the county po itics in shape, saying nothing of lts effec on the general results. One of the disa: fected who had been heard to cali ofte on the Bible for strong language, whe telegrams f rom the conveution were bein received, was, after much persuasión, in dticeil to orate for the party and the plat forni. The speakers took occasion t mention th.it the nominees were not thei lirst chotee, but that Clereland was a pui man, although there wa3 no further ev dence of his purity than the presumptio of innocence, that eTery stranger i entltled to. One political skeptic wa mean enough to inquire " Who is Cleve land? Is lt truc that there is so muc contiption auiong Democratie leaders tha if we would nomínate a pure man we mus draw f rom tbs miknown of the party! The flreworks and the vice-presidentsgav ;ood satUfaction, but the voters went hom still detennined that they would not cas their ballots for a man who had not been heard of except as he had been identifie with the intciTStsof someNew York cap tnHfts.