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stirring up the paving question in a way that has the appearance of business. The Argvs is entitled to great credit for the very complete returns of the election which it reported in its last issue. The custom of observiug in the public schools days set apart for the teaching of humanity to dumb brutes is an excellent one. It is just possible that little Greece may accomplish what all of the diplomats of Europe have failed to dothe solution of the Turkish problem. The Democuat icknowledges the many handsome notices with which contemporary journals have favored both the old and ihe new proprietors. The peaceful manifestó which Detroit's new mayor issued Monday, has no cormection with the f act that Arthur Brown sojourned in that city over Sunday. Low taxes, beautiful surroundings, untxcelled social and educational advantages are iirst among the features that attract the home seeker to Ann Arbor, the model city of homes. An unusually long winded council meeting cuts down the space available for news matter in this issue of The Democrat but even this matter may be perused with proiit by the tax payerá. The -manner in which the railway magnates will circumvent the recent decisión of the U. S. Supremo Court deelaring pooling t be il egal, wil form an interest ing a dition to the inventions of the age. SinceGov. Pingree has divorced him self from the Ftepublican party, it maj be neeessary to appuint a chaperone foi the silver Democracy. Hazen is a flirt from whom the guileless and uusophis ticated must be proteo, ed. Washington Hesing will now have the opportunity and the leisure to ac curately compute the diflerenoebetween the estímate plací d upon his distin gui.hed public iervices by himself anc the estímate placed upon the same goods by the peuple of Chicago. Whilb Gov. l'ingree"s power in Detroit may have been paralyzed by the result of the recent election in tha city, the frequent interviews whic! appear in the daily press are suflicien pruof tüat the paralysis has not ye reached the organ vvhieh has contribu ted most to the governor's notoriety. GiiovEit Cleveland once said, "Pulilio office is a public trust." It is presumed thatthat sentiment governed the policy of his administration. 'J hat b.ing the c;ise, theie are a great niany people in tliis country who wiil not be able to conceive the rottenuess of his government had it beeu conJucted up on less exalted lines. The organs wliit'h read the verdict of the pe pie in the McKinley maj ] i y in Chicago 1 .st fail fa 1 to see any sig nificance in the tidal wave whicli elected a silver mayor ín that city this spiing by a majurity over the combim-d torces, thé Republic;ins, Gold Democrat-, capitalists and nevvspapers of that city. Strange what a differenc it makes which way the cat jumps. Pkesident Angell is quoted a saying with reference to the Turkis Miss. on. "I am corresponding wit friends in Washington in regard to the matter. '"lf I go to Turkey I must pull up and out of here. and there are many things to be cons dered." lt would be a cause for sincere regr t in Ann Ar bor if Dr. Angell should conclude to leave the scène of his long and usefnl labors for good. And now the Alger Club is engaged in internecine warfare over the j tion of the surplus of the fund wliich I was subscribed lor the purpuse of carrying patrföts down to the McKfnley innauguraüon. Jn view of the'factl that Cleveland filled most of the offices with his particular bran I of statesmen, it would seem that this surplus is Ihe most substantial spoils the Alger Club lias to distribute at the present riting. I. S. - Democratie committees are never bothered by the distribution of surplus funds. Gen. Spaulding has digested the ection returns of the second congresonal district last fall, carefully sized p Sawyer's popularity in Ed Allen's eek o' the woods and arrived at the conclusión that heresy in the Tlepublican camp should be treated with toler: ation. It is well known in political circles that the. general always tries to be on the " safe" side, and it is barely possible that he contemplates decorating his hook with a new kind of bait before the fishing season opens. From Gov. Pingree's proclamation: There has been a reaction in politics 11 over the country. lowa and Ohio, nd other states' cities th;it gave enormous Iiepublican majorities last fall, iave elected democratie oflicers this pring. I predicted after the fall elee on that the Republican party would never win another victoryfor the single gold standard, and I am today firmer ,han ever in my belief. There is a reaction in favor of bimetalism which all parties will be compelled to recognize." A test case has been instituted in the courts at Detroit for the purpose of determining the right.of a toll-road company to charge toll upon bicycle riders. While The Dkmoorat can not conceive any reason why the people of so rich and populous a county as that of Wayne should need to depend upon a private Corporation to furnish passable highways for the use of the people. it is also unable to understand why a bicycle which, more than any other vehicle, is dependent upon good roads for its utility, should not pay for the use of a toll-road well as the driver of a milk cart. If the new city government proposes to take up the question of street im)rovement, the pavement of the business portion of the city should receive first attention. '! here is not a town of he size and importance of Ann Arbor n the state in which the business sec tion isnotpav. d. Ann Arbor certainly needs improvement in this direction, and the best is none too good when doing this kind of work. It is folly to attempt the improvement of the outaying streets and leave the business portion of the city at the mercy of mud and dust. This is, however, a matter which must be approached with a great deal of care and deiiberation. That portion of the freshman class of onr democratie university whose :ather's pocket books can stand the strain of high priced banquets, and who, so far as socit-ty is concerned, represent the class organization, were too fastidious to be suited with the excellent elass of printing turned out by the printing establishment s of Ann Arbor. Nothing sh ft of Detroit programs and menus could satisfy their aristocratie tastes. The ways of the sophomore, however, are devious and dark and the "fresliies" were obliged to enter upon the celebration of the most exclusive social event of their college year -without those bits of tasty printing. W. W. Wedemeyeu has been put on the Press committee of the State Republi -an clubs, lf between discharging the duties of the school commis sioners office of Washtenaw county, warming a chair in the office of the raili'oad commiss oner at Lansing and hel ping Kvart Scott prop up Pingree's fences in this localily "Weedy" don't find time to "press" auything more snbstantial tlian a fragüe school ma'am now and then, The Democrat will be considérate eirnugh to take the care of Rf publican press oiï his hands. Tobe honest about it that is jeist the kind of a job The Demockat has been looking for and we will guarantee to do it up to the queens taste.