The Five Mile Law Fails

Last Friday thefamous "fiyc milebill," was up in the legislature, and received its death blow. Tlie provislons of thia bill sought to remove all Ann Arbor saloons live miles out of town. We are sincere in the conviction that the bill receivetl its just fate. It was impracticable. Besides the vcry fact of moving these saloons outside of all pólice surveilance and restraint, would have a tendency to make a bad matter worse, in the estimation of many. Anotlier argument used ngainst its passage was tliat liquor would be brought to club rooms and society houses by the quantity and thus many young men be tempted to dissipation who would never think of entering a saloon. Any person familiar wlth the history of Ann Arbor for the past 25 or 30 years must admit that never before bas there been so little drinking and c.irousing among studenti as there is to-day. Tlie student custom of saloons is not profitable now, there is so little of it. There are several reasons for tuis. One reason is tlie healthy temperance sentiment that has been growing and growing in Ann Arbor, (and the whole state In fact) for seyeral years, which biings Inimmers to social ostraeism, and dissipated studants to disgraee in thcir studies and classes. Another reuson may be found in tlie continual raialng of the standard of the university, so that tliose who kcci ap with thell classes CM) not lc tdto, The student who enters Michigan univenlty, who keepa ap with lus classes in good ihape, and graduales with honor has no idle timu upon bis hands. This is especially true of the literary and medical depaitmeiits, and the luw department also is requiring more and more perfection to entitle its candidatos to the deslred degree of Bachelor of Laws. Another thi dít, tho young men who seek koowledge at this seat of tearnlng, as we remarked in a recent issue, are not from the dissipated olawet, nor do they come here to have a rood time, but to so fit Uieinselves forthe battle of life that they may meet with better success than the general masses acquire, and well thoy know that this is only accomplished by clear heads, clean hands, and pure hearts. Honesty, sobriety, and perseverancc ue tbc tliroe ewential dementi to success in the world, and they alone can successfully take studunts tlirouh our university. A bilí is befoic the leglllatore appropriating $200,000 for the erectiou of a Soldiers' Home. The purposes and scope of the uieasurc is to be found in the following clause: All honorably dlscharged soldiers, sailors and marlues, wlio havo nerved In tho volanteer forces of the United Htates, luid who are diHabled by dlsease, woumis or otberwlse, and who have no HíU'qimtc nu'iins of support, and by means or reason ol saob dlsabiiity are Incapable of arl livinu. aud wno wuaid ue otherwist' dependen! upon public or private cliarity, .sliall beentltled to be admltted tosald home. tsubjoct tt) the rules and rcKUlatlons that sliall bfl adopted by the board of manage to lovern the admlsalon of appllcants to said limnt: : pi ai'uleJ, that no appltcant sha 11 beadnaitled t o said home who ha not been a resident of the state of Michigan for one year nexl preoedlDg the date of hls appllcatlon lor admisglon. We bclieve this bill ought to pass. There have been one r tuo instances of recent occnrrcnce where old soldicrs have died in poor hoolW, triendless and in need. Such a thlng onght not to bc. Old soldiers should OM all legitímate measures to secure the patsogeof tliis bill.