Why Not Now?

a we onderstand the attitude oï gome ui the members of the cornmon councU, tliey do not propose absolntely t retóse the people ii this city tJie. chance m vote oa the si'wit queeüon, lut they claim to Tvfah to put it off until itext spring. The rwison given is tliat elty la ::ï ! lir .'lul they do not wlsh to prut il h ' expense oí ;i special clection. We understand tliat there are quite ;i nutnber of citizens wlio so earnestly desire this clection to ! lield this fall tJiat they Vil] be Avilling to pay for this expense out of tlieir own pocki .- ■ 1 1 1 ■ than to have sm-li u (b'lay. Now to show th' evldence ol f 1 1 tli in this matter Th ■ ( ourfer wi'.l offer to be of bhree or more to pay the city's expenses of an elect.ion on sewers to be held next montli. Who will join us ín t.his work for the public good ? We do this reatfzlng the uaelessness of delay about this Important matter. At ivxt spring'8 election, wfcen it is proposed to voto on the sewer quesr.ion, there is i general election for state ■uní city officers. It will be held ander the new Austnilian ballot l:iw whicli few onderstand. The new mcthoilw vi;i make mueh confusión (ind tiie importance of the sewer qn.eefion will lo lost siiiiit of, in the rush ol candádate. Uoreover, it is in Jangwr of iM't-oming then a political qnesüon if one side or the other take it up. And such a grand plan for mi Arbor'g advaneenient should not íw esxdangered by draggin$ it Into . politics. One great advantage of having the 1 oleetion now is that it will afford work for our own citizens through the ;t nionths when otlier work is slow. The starting of the gewer hik will Ik' deep enougb to be below the frost line, so that no particular trouble would be met wtth. If cvcrything is put off until late next prins there is likely to be urjjeney for rushing the work so that outside laborrs wlll have to be called in and our own people will be erowded ovit. Many of thera who would be fflad of the winter's Avork, are busy at other thinffs durtng summer, and would not ■care for lfc. So ioreigners would le brought in as they were recently in Toledo for the natural gas mains, and as they were here for the water vorks. The man who fights an immediate vOte for sowors, fights atfainst givïng work to our mvn eitizens. The man who fights against sewers Jor Ann Arbor is likely, (should an ■piiii-Tiiic aiis', taking valuable Uves whtel might have been saved by propP4- sewerage) to have the feeling of Iiaving been acceeory to the crime of murder, for everyone is a murderer who can save a life but reíusea to do it. Detroit can proíitably take a leseon from St. Louis in respect to lier horse cars. There the people ceascd rilling on the cara, and aetuall.v starved bhe roads out, and compelled them to cliMiii;-.' Tii" manner of propulsión from hor.-.' .nul mille power to cable and electrlclty. A $10,000 model of a stamp mili for reducing eopper, now the property of the state museum of Michigan, al Ann Arbcir, will bp shown at tho World's Fair, This model was made nd presented by the Calumet and Hecla Coppir Company. If the people of Detroit deslíe a good goTwnment they havo á way of securing it, by voting for Pingree and the republican tickot, :ill of ivhom nre men of integrity, white the democratie factions are generally composed of men chosen by the slums. Monday, the supervisors unnnimously voted ProsecutittK Attorney !hman $200 extra eompenntion for hiH efforts in securing the amounts duo the county from saloon keepers, a Httle over $B,000 altogether. When 'au officer does his duty faithfully. the iKople always stand ready to pay him for his work. A. type Ketting contest was held in Chicago last week between the lour type setting machines now in use. tlie Kogers typograph, (which is aaed in setting the type upon the Oourler) the Mergenthaler linotype, t lic McMillen type-getting machine, and the si. John typobar. The resuli was ,-i vlctory rot thé Rogers typograph on eTery polst. It certalnly is the machine of the day. The country rejoiees that thé secretary of state has retmrned to bis seat In Washington wit 11 venewed health and Btrength. His strong gnlding hand is needed at the helm to to shape the course ol the ship of state amld the rocks of Bering Sea, Chili. Canadian reciproctty and European negotlatlons. Erery one feels confident that he know.s best how to deal with these great (juestions and hopps that he may bo spared many years to help his country by his matchless stntosmanslnp. The supervisors, at sesaion Thursday. re-districted the coumy. pivinii Freedom to the Ann A.rbor distriat, and compemating the Ypsilanti district for the loss with Superior. That makes two democratie representatives ia thls eounty sure. Tlie first distri.t svül oonsist of Lyndon, Sylvan, Dexter, Lima, Preedom, Scio, Webster, Ann Arbor, Northfield and Salem. The second district 8ts oí Superior, Aujcusta, Yisil;uiti. York. Salino. Plttafleld, Lodl, BridRewater, Maneheeter and Sharon. It would li" a flne thing for our ciiy i'f-ici w!; i have in tlieir hands lection m 'chinery ( go to Detroit and attend the Trltonne'a school of instruetion, belng held there, and learn innv to vore and earry on electlon ander the new law. We venture 0 rt that there Is not only not an ifficlal, lm! not a oitiüen ia Ann Aror that understande the requirements t the new lnv suSlciently to lratruct 1 voiei' how tO lis;' the ballot. If théy eannót attend the school they ui attend the eleetion there next Tnesday, and ascertain what otight to be dono.