The Out-going Council

A few words in respect to the retiring naerubers of the common couneil may not be out of place. First upon the list of retiring officials is the Mayor, Dr. John Kapp, who has presided oved the deliberations of the council the past year with eminent fairness :iinl imparllality. This is the fourth time Dr. Kapp has held the office, he liavi'ig been elected mayor in 1880, '81 and "82. (uiet and unassuming, yet iirm in his couvictions, he is of theclass of' mi n who make friends everywhere. It is needless to say tliat he retires gladly, for the duties of the office interfere very muob with his practice, and he has of ten neglected hls private business durinjf the past year to attend to the city's business; this we state from personal knowletige. In lii retirement the city loses an upright and pleasant official. J. S. Henderson, who retire from four years' service in the lst ward, bas been a good aldermau. He has never missed a meeting of the finance committee durtng hia two terms of office; has neyer missed a regular meeting of the couneil; and has atteuded every special mt-ding except two, whlch were of no special importance, one ot' them being to extend Uie time for Uxes. He has served the city f aithfully as chainnan of the street committee and as chairman of the lire comuilttee, and whatever he has had to do, he has done it well, and when a public official does attend to bis duties be certainly desertes praise. Aid. Heinzman, who retires from a four year's service as alderman of the 2d ward, lias beeiia tnithtiil and painstaking official. Honest and upright, always having clear ideas upon all subjects, the 2d ward never had a better representativo In the couneil, and In losing him it loses an offleer that carried much lnfluence in that body. He commands the respect and esteem of all who hare had official or business relations witli him. lt is surmised tbat be will not be allowed the pleasures of private life very long. I the person of Chas. E. Hiscock the 3d ward also loses a valuable representatire, and one who has done much to shape city leglslatlon for the past few years. He has served two terms, and for three years has been chairman of tlie finalice committee, a position requiring the 8trictest integrity and much time, whlch to a man in his position has been valuable. No man ought to be asked to do the work required of the chairman of the linance committee without compensa tion, yet Aid. Hiscock has served cheerlully and gratuitously and we believs his services fully merited the vote of thanks so unanimously passcd by the couneil, and more too. From the 4lh ward Aid. Lawrence retires nfter two year's service. Every one in Ann Arbor knows Mr. Lawrence so well that no words of our is necessary. To hls efforts more than any other persons, is due the Tact that the city has a Bystem of water works to-day. To hU efforts also, Is largely due the favorable outcome of the $5,000 appropriation for the M.C. R. R. Improvementó in this city. He is a man of force when he chooses to exercise it, and belng a pood talker, able to present his views in a convlucinit manner he has liad great iuliuence in the couneil. Mr. Lawrence could have succeeded bimself had he desired so to do, but concluded that he bad all the aldermanicglory be could well carry, and so refused a renomination. In the 5tb ward Aid. Ware succeeds himself for a second term. He was reelected by a large majority, showing how well satisfled the people of his ward are with him. In the 6thward Aid. Biggs retires after a service of two years, fully satisfled to rest upon bil laurels. There was probably not a more conscientious man upon the board, If he did get puzzled occasionally in hisendeavors to iolye the mazjs of parliamentary ueages. He is an honest, and upright man, and sajra what he tbinks regardleü of who lt hit, and never will be clawed a a pollcy maa.