Editorial Notes

The democrats meet to-day at Grand BapUla to pass around the empty lionors of nominatiiij: the state ticket. Wliat's the ase? Have you heard from Maine, oh Atlrian Press? Tliat is an indication of hovv the elections are golng this fall. Keep your eye on the indicator. Over half of Michigan'8 84 counties are in dcbt, hut this district is in good shapp, with Washtenuw, Monroe and Lenawee having do bonds or interest to pay. Ann Arbor is in luck with no city, county or state indebtedness. Few cities in the land c.in say that, we are confident. Win. Ball, of Hamburg, bas been nomlnated by the republlcans of the sixth district for Congress. He has had experience in public affiirs, Is a leading farmer of Livingston Co., and so popular that Barnes or any other democrat could not defeat hiiu by ependiiijt half a million in the district. There should be a session of congress mniedintely after the November elections to pass an election bill. The senate should change its rules so that a majority may rule and see to it that election frauds shall be stopped. The blood of tliousands of martyred repnblicans soutli demands not revenge, but justice. The demand of the hour is for honest elections. The election bill ü not a forcé bilí, but an anti forcé bill. It should and must pass. The recent action of coDgress In the silver bill brings it about that the New York market governs the price around the world. Even London prices rise and fall witb it. But the best pari of it is that it makes India wheat cost the Engllsh bu}rer 26 cents more than formerly per busl.el. He used to take our silver at $ (J'i% per ounce and buy India wlieat on a basis of $1.29% [Kir ounce. Now, silver having gone up to $1.19 Johnny Buil has to stand it. Perhaps this will iiinkc him buy more wheat of us. Once in awhile a free-trade advocate mnkcs a fatal admissimi. The New York Herall, speakins; of reciprocity with American nntions, says the benefit to our farmers will not be "by new markets for their grain and other products," but "by the greater prosperlty of the manufacturinr operatlona wliich will result from a w'uler market for American manufacturera." That is to say, the more people we cmploy in manufacturlng, the better the market for our farm product?. How, then, can it benefit our farmer3 to import from Europe goods we can inake here?