Editorial Notes

If Mr. Yaple persiste in contesting the seat of Mr. Burrows, he makes a sad inistake. The democratie officials appear to have disappointed .30 or 200 whenever they have appointed 1. Farmers had to pay $.15 for il Strowbridge Seeder iu 1880, now it can be bought for $13. "The tariff is a tax." Wbo isnow postmaster at Carrollton, Mississippi ? Kespectfully referred to the silver U. S. Senators of Republican antecedents. When the government goes into the raoney-lending business it will be a sorry day for the people. Such a scheme would only impoverish the country. The Allegan Journal states that there was no grand inaugural ball at Lansing, because there would only be room for the relatives of the state officials to dance. The 80 cent silver senators of republican predilictions may find out that they have been hoodwinked and befuddled by the democratie southern tiger before tlieir term of office ends. In good oíd free trade times, "befo' the wah," ladiea paid au high as 37)4 cents for calicó, all made in Englaud. Now they buy, in tariff times, better calicó for tíve cents per yard. ' 'The tariff La a tax." Fenton Independent: "Ah, there, friend Connor ! You did not get that speakership. Please accept our most heartfelt sympathy, Rowley, old boy. And by the way, get a few more ballot stuffers next time." Here are two remarks by Governor Hill of New York : "I didn't bring my encyclopedia with me." "I did my speaking before election." What did he nieau? Kespectfully referred to G. Cleveland for solution. In one year (1889) Canada bought 9,718 farm wagons froin Uncle Sam and none from John Buil. In 1880 a farm wagon cost our farmers $6ó, now it costs $50. The tariff you see is added to the price of the artiele and the consumer pays it. You see, don't you, how it is ? Adrián Press: "Adam Bohnet, of Ann Arbor served an injunction on the Ypsilanti & Ann Arbor motor line, hut Judge Kinne dissolved it. It was his judical opiniou that the motor was of the male sex and as such eould'nt be allowed to wear Adam Bohnet." A ball of flre. looking no bigsrer than a base ball, was seen in the kies abont 9 o'clock in the evening, on Monday night. It took a southerly coarse of severa] feet and disappeared in the elouds. Tlit' light glven out was bright red, different froin "shootins stars" or meteors, commonly seen. - Wayne Review. Nothing alarming at all. It was simply one of the faithful on hia way home irom Lansing with tire in his eye. With a deficieney in the postal revenue of nearly $6,000,000 aunually, the one cent letter postage can hardly be a a thing of the near future unless higher rates are put ou other than first class mail matter, and about $8,000,000 exacted for executive, or government matter that goes through the mails. The legislature should amend the election law so that no man can vote a ballot not obtained in the booth, and make it a misdemeanor punishable by fine and imprisonment for any one to have a ballot outside the booth. And if a man cannot read the ballot in these days of schools and civilization he has no business to vote. There ought also to be some less lumbering way to count the ballots than the present law provides. The appointment of Hon. Chas. R. AVhitman as Railroad Commissioner, by Gov. Winans, was indeed a surprise to the people of tliis city and of this county. It is an appointment that reflects credit upon the good sense and good judgement of Gov. Winans. Mr. Whitman is not only well qualified to perform the duties of the office, but is far above the average man who accepts appointments. It is all the more flattering to Mr. Whitnian since it came unsought and unasked for. The Courier congratulates Mr. Whitman, Gov. Winans and the state on thig appointment. It is understood that the great rush for marriage liceuses this winter is the direct result of the McKinley bill. How the ladies bless that bill. The Detroit High School Alumni are engaged in the very laudable undertaking of aceumulating a fund to found a scholarship at the U. of M. for needy alumni of the Detroit High School. The ('ourier favora the idea of the consolidatiou of the aeveral agricultura] Bocletlesol the ciuinty. The time is coming when it will be done. - Saline Otaerver. Like the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti street railway, it's certainly only a question of time. Robert E. Frazer, well-known lawyer of Detroit, formerly of this city, said in a public meeting the other day that a minister who will attend his ward caucusses will do more good than if he preached a hundred sermons on political corruption. And Robert is about right. The dropping of Prof. C. F. R. Bellows from the faculty of the State Normal School by the State Board of Edueation, creates considerable coinment, and elicits numerous criticisms. The Board say he was ambitious - to run the whole machine, therefore they slew him. Others think it was something else and hint at jealousy somewhere. "Every Farmers' Grange, every Knights of Labor Lodge, every Trade Union, not only urges the necessity for mutual protection in explauation of its existence, but finds ampie reason for continued organization in defending its members from influences and coinbinations against which individual resistanee bas been found ineffectual. The eight Republican United States Senators who sold themselves to the democracy for a little silver will find that they have lost not only their honor but also their silver, for, what does it profit them if they gain in the Senate to lose in the House? After pledging themselves to pass an election bill they resorted to a trick to defeat it. We believe they will soon see they have made a serious blunder. The coming of the G. A. R. encampment to Detroit next summer is an honor to the state. Michigan should do no less in entertaining that distiuguished body, which has also honored it by selecting as its Commander-in-chief our Gen. Alger, - than has Massachusetts, California, and every other state where they have met. The legislature should vote an appropriation to assist in their entertainment. Here is a little item taken from last Saturday's Detroit Journal that has a wholesome lesson in it, and proves the wisdom of Ann Arbor in keeping what too often proves to be an elephant off of its hands: "The Adrián water works, which cost $200,000 to build, were sold Tuesday to a New York firm for $127,000, and 10 per cent. of the purchase price paid down. In the apportionment of committees in the House Speaker Wachtel bas provided for "Washtenaw's representatives as follows : Mr. Gregory chairman of the committee on Insurance, and a rnember of the following : Drainage, and State School for the Deaf and Dumb. Mr. Lowden is chairman of Ways and Means, and a member of : Northern Asylum for the Insane, State Library, and State Prison. Why"A. A. andY." instead of "Y. and A. A."? The idea of connecting the two cities by rail, originated in Ypsilanti and met only derision in Ann Arbor, until its persistent advocacy by the Sentinel was followed by the construction of the road. It looks now like another case of "sic vos non vobis." - Ypsilanti Sentinel. Perhaps the Sentinel can prick up its memory enough to remember that the CoL'BiERhasalways persistently advocated the building of this road and always been firm in the belief that Bro. Woodruff would live to see the visión a reality. Every democrat elected to the legislature by the votes of the Patrons of Industry has fallen into the ranks of the democratie party, although the Patrons united held the balance of power, and could have seeured all the advantages for that order. Mr. Richardson, the farmer candidato for speaker of the House could have been elected had the members who were chosen by Patron votes stood by him. But every democrat Patrón voted for one or the other of the democratie candidates, entirely forgetting his farmer constituents. All the farmers have accomplished has been to put the democrats in power. The Puritans are said to have enacted some laws that were very blue, but if they had anything of a bluer hue than those now in force in the State of Alabatna, no one has ever beard of them. Here are a few Alabama specimens : A stranger that goes to Alabama is called upou for street tax, even after a two weeks' residence. If he refuses to pay, he is promptly put to work on the street with the chain gang. Minors at the age of 18 come under this law. Persons under arrest in civil cases, and witnesses in the same, if they fail to furnish bond, are confined with the vilest crimináis. While the employés of the local government are exempt from attachment and garnishee, pólice officers have free and unrestricted authority to search a man's person or premises without even a search warrant. Any woman who may be on the street after 9 p. m., is liable to arrest and fine without distinction as to character or conduct.