City Government

O„e ofthc greatcst advantages of 1iyií l„ inn Viborascontrastedwithalarger ,.iv s the low costot the city government, henee reasonable taxátUm. Forinstance, In New York city thcre is a tax of $36 per capita; In Boston, $28; Detroit, $11.!¦;¦ BrookVyn, $10.88; Cleveland, $8.7o; Mllwaukec, $.07; Chicago, $16.18; Buffalo S10.14. In foreign cities Londoi pay's $7.40; Berlín, $7.33 and Paris $5.40 [ngreat contrast to tbis we liave to con gratúlate ounelTee that In Ann Arbo with an expense tliis year of about $20 000 the cost per capita is 2.50 for the city government. This is, as it sbould be, a (jreut imlucement lor well-to-do families to move here to live and edúcate their children. Our citizens would do well to make a trong potot of this in urging their friends to move here and belp builcl up the city. __________ The national debtisnot sucli a national bteuing that it ehould be made perpetual when we as a Nation have it in our power easily and rapidly to wipe it out. What is the use of piling up silver dollars in the government vaults when wc have to keep paying interest on bonds? Why not take them un with the silver ilollars, tbereby tócömpltohing a doublé object, viz.: putting the silver In circulation and stopping tbs interest? Even should we get this Oebt pald, a neceesity for another loan might suddenly arise, and, starting without an oíd debt, a new one could be negotlated at a lower rate of interest, tlms aflecUog a Urge saving for many of the foton yearm. This Democratie ,adïninistration will make a great mistake M t attempts to jujjgle with the Nation's linunces by refusing to pay the debt simply to aflord the bond-holders a ood investment. Yestciday the legislature of Ohio did a deed for whicli it cannot be too higbly commeniled, In the re-election of tha grand oh! Senator, John Sherman, fo another term of six years in the Unite States senate. All of the intrigues tha could be thought of were resorted to by his enemies, inchiding fiauds at the bal lot box, to compass bis defeat, but they were unsuccessful. Senator Sherma possesses one of the stalwart minds o the nation. He is a tower of stren;tli t the whole country as a inember of th senatt-, and a fallara to re-elect him would have been a oalamity. The entlr country as well as the republican party i to be congratulated.