The Doctrine Announced"

Under this hoadiílg Ulo State News mourns dolei'ully because the Coinmon Counoil, at its last session, elocted a Cuy Piiiiter, in pretetvnco to invitiiig tho severa! publishera to ent thuir oivn and eaoh othecs throa's by doing the worl; for nothing or at les-i thnn half the established and legal prices, as the News avora t has dono it for tlie last year. AVe belléve, however, the " doe trine innounced " that " to tho viclors betóngsthenprais" is by no means a new oiie, and that tho News has enjoyed confi ilera Me pat ron n ge for se veral years, whiuh it owes to the enforcing of that rule, for whichno one has been tendered the privilege of bidding, and for which it has .iot oftorecl to take loss than established prioéa ; say, tha pnblication of tax lists, and printing blank?, etc, tor county offioers. And, further,its party has so rigidiy enforced the " doctrine announced " that ilidiuid'jáfa have nol boen permitted to get thoir printing done whero they desirod, even vvlien it was to be paid for out of their private and not the public purse. The Ni'ws says, " the charter tnakes no provi.-ion for a city printer, and it is manifesily the duty of the Board to get tho printing done as low as possiblo. Bilt the new Board, contrary lo all former procedents, have inaugurated a new policy." Tho charter gives the Cornmon Oouncil " power to appoint an Aitorney for the City, a Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, and such other qffi'.ers whose election is not spectlically provided for, as they may i doem nocossary.". S , 11 tha Gouncil deoms a (Jity Printer nwcessary, it can elect one, and f his bilis ara exorbitant it oan out them down or remove hitn. But there is no shadour of reason why the proprietor of the News, or nny other printer, should be paid leas by the City than .he exacta of uisfortunatö debtors who must have farms or homes aold on mortgage or exeention salos, or for advurtisiug for estates of widows and orphans. The City ia able to pay regular, estüblished, legal, living prices, and we hesitate not to say that if we give anybody the benefit of "losa than half ratos" it shall ba needy and unfortunate individuáis, and not the City of Ana Arbor, But, the polioy adoptod is not a new one, and and kas nol been inaugurated " contrary to all former precedent." ïüe Iaat Common Ciuncil is the onljr one in niño jaar that has let the printing to the loiToat bidder, and wtt think the only one since the inoorporation of the City ; snd had not the lust Council been tied politioaliy a printer would have been doubtles electeci s usual. Ioall the cities of the State, except Detroit, which is reqnirod by its charter to contract its printing, city printers are elected, and no one thinlcs of wbining about it. The assertion that the election of a printor " wil! rnake frorn fifty to ne hundred dollars difrerence in that one item of our uity expenses " is all boih, and needs no cotnmeut. We have said this much, oot because the Cotnraon Council neod any dolense, uorto relieve "a nmnbor of Democrats who were present " of the coijt of ehame whicli the News has so kindly furnished thern, bilt to espose the utter falsity of our cotemporaries' statements ubout the " inauguration of a new policy." XyST The Jaukeon Citizen says that we awill'nlly falsitiod" its position in sayino that it "defends 4the administration for giving Ropublican soldiera fur loughs to go homo to Oonnec'.icut and vote at tho recent eleetion, and refusing furioughs to Demócrata," and thereat waxea iudignant, calis hard namos, and avows itself a victim of " rnisplaced confklence." We toust still assert, neverthelesa, that we gave a fair and legitímate interpretaron oí the CidzerCs article, andthatit will beur no othr construction. We submit, too, that ,he Citizen's response takes the same ground or language means nothing. - t says, "we did and do now defencl be adrninisiration in doing its best to efeat a well knowa traitor for Governr of Oonnecticut." And again, "we jelieve, if tho administration did let oldiers go home to vote, it was not particular whetlier they were Republians or Demócrata, onbj that thoy wero nconditional Union man, knowing full ■ell thatsuoh men wciuld not vote for "homaa H. Seymour." Then the adminstration knew their men, did they-, and cnow that they would not vote for Seymour? JPerhapa the Citizen will again harge us with falsitying its position, )ut if so it bad botter be satisfied with lökiog.the charge and let explauation lone. The Citizen asks ':the Argu.i whether it will dare (is the Gdaen writer a Provost Marshal with a üttle brief - and fancied omnipotent - power?) to furtber arraign the administration by the j charge that it is attempting to th'row the 'cloctive ÍVauchiso ?" We daré sayT that, in view of the Generáis urjdor pay sent to canvass Oonneuticut, j tlie furloughs granted to men thoy knew tu 11 well would not vote for . mour - tho Citizcris own language - and of tho dismissal oí ofBeers for ! ting the ''Oopperhad tioknt" - digniñud languaga fora general order - tbat it loóle veri mnch like i!. jL-5f Jriï( DoCkino, A.dministrator of the Estáte of Mary Ann Dockino, the wo man whó was killed sume months ago by falling into the collar way of Joiin IIosk, has cornmenced uil against the city, claiming darnages in the suni . of $5,000. L3?" Senator Fowler, of Eaton ; couiHy, hiis suud the Gharfotte Argus for libel, olaiming dumages to lbo ainount ot $5,000. The editor has given bonds for his appearance, and proposes to let the law take its course.