The Mayor Says He Won't Run

THE MAYOR SAYS HE WON'T RUN

FOR MAYOR OF ANN ARBOR THIS SPRING

But He Hardly Knows What He Will Do if the Convention Sees Fit to Nominate Him

Again the politicians are at work. With the mayoralty campaign in sight there is not a little to talk about. In the opinion of many of the lesser lights there is "something doing" round the heart of the present administration, but the big fish are not swimming, or at any rate, if they are it is in muddy water, and they can't be seen. Will the present mayor run? He said to the Argus that he would not. "No, sir." he continued, "I am not a candidate. I haven't the time and it's too expensive. This time it will not be an analogous case to my refusal to run last time for then I said I would run if nominated, but that I would not seek the nomination.'

When told later thot several republicans said that he must run and that they would force him to do so, the mayor said that he did not think that he would run if the nomination was tendered. "I don't think that a republican convention would nominate me," he went on, "and I don't think I should run if it did." It looks from this as though Mayor Copeland would not go out after the throne, but that if it descended by divine right there might be other things to consider. The mayor said that he did not know how "Bill" stood on the matter and of course it is conceded that the second Rockefeller controls conventions, or did.

When asked about the revision of the charter the mayor said: "The charter as it is at present leaves a wide gap between the executive and administrative powers of the government, and it is difficult to say how to remedy it. I think that the present move for revision will end in a deadlock, and this is becoming more and more apparent every day."