City Blunders

"By a serios of blonden the demócrata wearly lost the city atMonday'selection. In the first place they went into their ■convention with an anythinj-to-beat&eisemer ery which, althougb sueeessjfal, was not good politics. Then they Wfarew overboard an okl-line and true lemocrat for justice in order to put up a can who had just come into their party pith the manifest object of getting affice. Mr. Pond ha.s made as good a íustice as this city has seen, vet he was ïoo good for his party and they deserted Wm %o the disgust of the better elementa oí their party. This lost them a hunctred votes. Another blunder was where the democraíir ]irty leaders went around to the committeemen whom the citizens had reqnested to meet to put up a non-partisan ticket and whipped them into line with the old threat of blacklisting them if they took part in it. The citizens aaovcment was an honest eñbrt toward a better city governinent, for everyone adQBitted that last year was the worst Ann JLrbor had ever had for open saloons, si&merous houses of ill fame and riots. The Trorst elements were on top. To ■'remedy this, over 1000 citizens petitioned i committee, a majority of whom were rlenrocrats, to get together and put up a non-partisan ticket. But the democratie ieaders ignored this lionest effort for "a tgovernment of tlie people, by the people -and for the people," and the ring ruled as n6ual. Tliis lost tliem another hun■dred votes. By the skin of their teeth they won the election, however, and although the men they elected on their ticket are men ■f personally irreproachable characters, stke lower elementa claim they can control them the same as last year. We certainly hope iiot, but shall view with rest their course as they struggle ■aotween their natural inclinations to do ?ñglit and their regard for their political iötnres.