A New Era Dawning

The following letter to the editor of ie Courier is self-explanutory : Columbus, O., May 15, 1897. . E. Beal, Ann Arbor, Micb. Mij dear Mr. Beal: - A copy of your ast issue of the Courier has reached ie. I note with decided pleasure tiie nessage of Ann Arbor's nevv mayor, has. E. Hiscock. The business like one of the message as well as the excutive force of the men behind it are a ufficient guarantee of an era of better ity government in Ann Arbor. Columbus, too, is beginning to expereuce the benefit of a business adminisration. While with you enforcement f ordinance prohibiting bicycles riding a sidewalks is an imperative demand, ïere the equipmentof each wlieel witha amp after 7 p. m. is now being enforced. Vhile Mayor Hiscock insists and will arry out an ordinance to close saloons t 10 o'clock p. m., here Mayor Black )ids fair to be the first mayor to close be saloons at rnidnight as required )y law. I believe, Mr. Editor, tliat we are on he threshold of a new era in city govrnment; that Mayor Hiscock, Mayor Black, Mayor Harrison (of Chicago) nd others are eslablishing precedents vhich their successors will be forced o obey. We are slowly but surely beginning to get what we need - enforcement of law. The message taken as a whole, and especially the forcible final clauae, is worthy of your University city where so nany young citizens froin all over the and have for the first time in their ives had their attention called in the class room to the serious responsibiüties of citizenships and then look forth from university windows upon on an active city govermnent. It goes without saying, therefore, that it behovees Ann Arbor to furnish a model city government as well as a model state institution of learning. I believe, with you, that Mayor Hiscock is the man to bring it about. With kindest regards, I am Very Truly yours,