New Post Office Site

NEW POST OFFICE SITE

Hoorah for Congressman Smith! By his exertions the $12,000 appropriation for an Ann Arbor post office site was placed back in the public building appropriation bill, which has now passed both houses of congress. Mr. Smith may rest assured that Ann Arbor thoroughly appreciates his work in this particular and is disposed to give him a long credit mark. The business of the Ann Arbor post office is constantly increasing, the actual needs of this city cannot be gauged by the population alone. The business of the Ann Arbor post office demands a building especially built for the purpose. Ann Arbor is much more deserving of a post office building than many other cities which have such a public building. But the surprising thing is that anyone should have knocked on this project (if someone did), even though President Angell and other University people favored it. It is fortunate in this affair that Congressman Smith understands perfectly that the influence which it is rumored undertook to deprive Ann Arbor of this appropriation has been more than once repudiated by the people.

The senatorial head of Senator Alger must be somewhat uneasy these days. He wants one Meginnity for collector of internal revenue of the port of Detroit. Now, Meginnity is supposed to be a follower of William Alden Smith, who desires to succeed Burrows as United States senator when Mr. Burrows term expires in 1905. Now it transpires that the McMillan influence which has owned Burrows, body and breeches, for years, is opposed to the said Meginnity and a merry war is on therefore. It is claimed by the friends of Burrows that Alger agreed to maintain the status quo, which agreement he is going back on in championing Meginnity. The end is not yet. It is too early to know what Teddy will do when the scrap reaches him. If he be too good a churchman to swear long and loud he may just content himself with thinking damn.