Editorial Notes

C. A. D. are the Hon. Charles A. Dana's initials, bnt nevertheless he is no CAD. JMr. Beakes very innocently asks ub ;o name the democratie boss of the county. Certainly, anything to accotnmodate. He spells it SAMUEL WILLARD BEAKES. Mr. Liesemer, of the Washtenaw Post, lias proved himself a brave politician and independent journalist. But few men of his standing would have the nerve to express their honest opinión in such an unmistakable marnier. Yaple's taffy for the people's part}' has been duly paid for by giving him the nomination for congress in his district. Yaple is no summer coon. When he talks 2-per cent. government loans for the benefit of paupers, he knows why he does it. The Chief Justice of our Supreme Court seeking political preferment at the hands of his party, while holding the highest judicial office in the state ! Is it not a spectacle? The idea that Judge Morse would so belittle himself, only shows his greed for office. We understand that the republican convention for this congressional district has been called, to be held at Monroe, Sept. 6th. If the committee would kindly mail their cali to the republican papers of the district, we presume that they would be glad to publish it. The people have always been told that Judge Morse was a little superior to the common ;herd of office holders, but his action in holding on to the Chief Justiceshipof oifr fcopveme court while seeking another office, and a political one at that, proves him to be just like the rest of them. The last issue of the Washtenaw Post had a two column article in plain and excellent English. Congressman Gorman did not have to cali upon his interpreter to translate it for bim. But he probably went off all by himself and communed with his agitated thoughts for a season after reading it. It was a story with a moral and one that has a mission to perform. The Commissioner of Labor in New York state thought to make some political capital against the McKinley Act, an 1 the republicans generally, so he had statistics gathered in that state relativo t} wages and manufacturing enterprises. What lie found was this : The net increase of wages for 1891 over 1890 in 6,000 establishments, was $6,377,925. This was for 285,000 employés, and made an average of $23.11 for each one. About 75 per cent. of all the industries of the state were included. The net increase of production was $31,315,130. The increase of wages of the laborers in the building trades was $49.96 each. So much for the calamity wailers. So much for the free traders. So much for the friends of Mr. Cleveland to put in their pipes and smoke.