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The Mayor And Common Council And The License Law

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Day
15
Month
December
Year
1871
Copyright
Public Domain
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Wq fear thit our gitizens uiv pcarcely alívo to the im{ itanco Of the laoviinoiit wliii'li is uow inoking liy Hio Mayor ivnd Common Council in ío&itaoo lo tho bu luous. Thu keopen of thosu ostali li ■ muiits are thuioughiy rvwake la it. Ti.cy have tlicir conferences aml theii funJ to sustuin legal proceodings. It ;s anderstood tlmt they havo retaüied tminaatl counsel. Thcy íueun work, and, from ! thoir stand -poi.it , they aro right. They sy, "uur cr.ttt is in dafager." ÏS ow, as wo unieretand tlio cus, for t'c lrst time tho Mayor and C un ;il Uaw soiiously tuküii in hand thia matter, as oharged with the gooil order and morality of our city. Thoy aro doing, sujing tho casi; as it i, what thcy eonsider piiotioable. And thoy hato waltod upan opposition whicb, siiiglo-Uaudcd, thoy c;i.n uot put do.wu. it ianokenough for citizens to suy to tbem, " you aro right, go ahoad.' It must be made to appear whtther tlic amnwiity nv irilh ■ tht'in und icill simtain tuin. Sirs! if yon mean work you must show ymr hands and use your tongros. You mut not shirk to sit on juiies that shall try tho causes. You should go to tlu; Mayor and Council and say to thcin, r in some forni repretcnt to them - we will sustain you ; when you want us cali o us. If this movuinent failu, what Board oí fri'iltif Píw wiil nrciín vniiflir' tet iirnlK" t.llls controversy 't Wu know tlmt tlicrc aio persons wlio i'ccl as kiuuly as any tho shamo and ovil of this saloon business, carricd on as it ha been, who are yet opposod to any movement that loares tho sale of üquor as such untouohod. Now wc pat the 0086 to these oitizona in the forra of au appeali to sec thu caso procisoly as it is. Wo havo a most U-nigunt prohibitory law, and last winter tho Legislaturo made it more ■tangent than ever. And yet the sale of liquor is porfootly froe, and if to-day twonty now saloons wero opcued in Aan Arbor, each with the bar well stocked, who would intorfero ': The law is ahoad oi public sentiuient, or else soltishness and timidity curbthat sentiment, and the law is very generally a doad letter. Are my body of citizens here rcady to say to these who are now pressing tho now act - " Wo dou't liku your ineasuros, they aro luil f way, they couipro:niso the great Cjuotion Xow let us take this matter in hand, auil wo will eariy out tho Statu Law in this city. We will do all, aud ïuorc,. thuu all you proposo." Which is better,. to. rest in tho gloryf;) of a law ou the stevtute books whiek,, read with tho commeut of what may bo Been in oiir citics and towns, is a perfsot burlestjuc ;or to go to work at the evil whero you can reaeh it, thus to make it luss formidable, and edúcate tho public sentiment to a higher grade ï It is much. to bo deplored if a divide t sentiment on the method of warfare shal place this business on a surer and safei basis than it has ever been before, and gentlemen, this will bo the result if Uil present measuros are dcfeated. Wo have a word further. It is cornmonly said that it is tho patronage of the students that, to a largo extent, sustains our nearly ono hundred saloons ; tha1 students are found to a late houv of the night at the garabhng tables. If this be so, it is certaiuly timo for tho University authorities to look into tho matter. Nol that we would imply any censure, certainly not on the lately clected hcad of the University. Wo appreciato the difficulty of auïveillanco over a thousand and more students living outsido tho campns. Only this must be granted, that if tho city authorities appreciato thoir re sponsibility as guardiaus of a University town anc act accordingly, they must bo met by coöperation on the part of thoso to whom this body of young men are responsible. A contrc-veisy is npon us, and sooner or later every mail will havo to tako sidos Wo aro bound to decido this saloon question. The time is propitious. Tliere are no great political issues pending. Lei all be fair anl frank - no cringing, no triinming to save political intluence, to keep customers or clients. If you approve tho prosent order of things, say so ; anc if you disapprove, act accordingly. Tax-Payer. The Xew York World of Friday last had a letter from Hon. Moxtoomery Blaik, advocating at length tho adoption by thé Democraey, in tho coming Presidcntial election, of tho so-eallec " passivo policy." Tho letter is reviewec in the samo issue, both logically anc statistically, resulting in the following conclusión : " Such being the fucts we " were never more certain of anything " than wo are that tho Democratie party " will not accept of the passivo policy " Wo shall take an early occasion to stato " our opinions on this subject on a broad" er basis than more views of party suc" coss ; but what wo havo now said wil " sufSco to show that we havo no faith in " tho ' passivo policy.' We aro for a lib" eral policy, a polici iclekh ignores dead " ústtes and deals tcith present questions, a " policy which mounts into tho saddle " with its faco towards tho horso's hcatj " and not towards his tail ; but still a " vigorous, activo, couragoous, (i'j'jresire "policy as against our political oppo" nents." EvKN' the leading Iiepublican journals do not tako kindly to the joint or concurrent recommendation of President Grant and Postmaster-General Cheswell for the purehaso of all tho tclegraphs of the Unitod States, the same to bo attached to and operated by tho PostoiEco Department. Tho thing is too patent a swindle to bcseriously considereil a moment. The stocks have all been watercd, and besidos if they could be purchased at absolute: cost thoy woulil bc a burden to tho govornment, and tho inass would havo to pay tho fiddlcr while tho for thoso who ase tlici telegi'aph are and would bo, an ineor.siderablo fraction of tho people - would dance. Hands off is tho word. - Wouldn't it bo woll to inquiro how much stock is hold by tho official promoters of tho scheine ? For ii week the daily Loudon cabio dispatches havo prepara l the rcading public for news of the deatli of Ai.bkkt Edwauii, Prince of W.ilo; and heir to tho tlirono of Englanil. I3ut the latest di. - patch, dated yeshrlay merning t:t 6 o'clock, reported his symptoms botter, lli.s disiMso ia typhoid fever, and ho li; s been delipiom for a number of dayn. TIm excitement in Kngland is intenso, giowing out of a mixture of loyalty, Rnd t aifox tho futuro if tl.a Princo dio?. Hia futher died ton yoai sago ycsterday, of tho sama disoase.

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