It Is Intimated That Judge Folger Will

only rernain secretary of the treasury unlil December wheti Hoscoe Conkling will be given the office. There was spiittiug in Detroit Tucsday. The republicana elected city offlcers, bul Miner, democrat, with shame be it said, was re elected pólice justice. Miner, it will be remembered, was re-nomiuated by the bummer element tbat coutrolled the democratie city convention, and waa supported by the bummer element in both parties, to whom he owes his electiou. Elections were lield in a number of states Tuesday, and the result is a little mixed. In New York the democrats will have a majority ia both branches of the legislature probably. The democracy have made large gains in Wisconsin, and, t the present writing, it is not known which party lias carried the state. Mississippi gives 25,000 democratie majonty. Massachusetts, Minnesota, Connecticut, Nebraska and New Jeisey went repuWican, hut in these states the democrats have made large gains. The democrats of Virginia weve defcated by the Mauone readjusters and republicans who favor repudiation. Party lines havo been mosily ignored in Detroit this fall, dcniocrats and repubhcans uniting on an independent notnination for pólice justice and for sorne other offices. This augure well for a careful administration-of local allairs, if the people's candidates are elected, and should be the precedent for future guidance in local elections. This thing of making bad nominatious and sticking to them merely because a lot of seabs have forced them on your ticket is playea out. De cency and independence revolt at it. It is time party couyentions were taught a lesson in this respect, and we hope the citizens of Detroit will rise in their might and teach them it. Some time ago the studeats of ; the Lansing agvicultural college raided a farmei's melón patcli doing considerable damage. The farmer, several days later, compelled two or three of the raiders to settle for the meions, after which the students, in a body, went to his house and forced him to give back to them the money he had received. The faculty have been trying har3 to lcarn who wcre to blame in the matter, and their investigation so enraged the studeats that they resolved to consider tbemselves suspended or, in other words, to "bolt" the college. It is to be hoped that the ring leaders will be found out and dealt with as they deserve. It is a case of insubordination, and the rowdies should be made to feel the strong arm of the law, and should also be expelled f rom the institutiou they now disgrace. A great many improvements have beeu made in this city during the present year, and it is remarked on all sides that Aun Arbor is becoming more and more a metropolitan city, in everything except the matter of streets. These are in a worse than filthy condition, the mud on Main and Huron streels being deep enough to almost drown the intrepid pedestrian and mire the poor beasts of horses, compelled to traverse thoso thoroughfares. It is a perfect shame and disgrace that Ann Arbor, with its manifold beauties, should be at the complete mercy of every little sliower. Scraping seems to do no good, as only another coating of deep mud stantly follows the. next rain. Graveling makes the riuisance worse. There is only one adequate rcmedy - paving. The only argument against paving our prineipai business streets is that it is expensive. Yes, but not as expensive as the mud, singular as this statement may appear. We have no doubt that in flfteen years, the average length of wear of a good wooden pavement, our merchants lose more trade on account of and have more goods ruined by the mud and dust than the pavement would cost twice over.