In Its Last Number, The Argus Tried To

excuse itself in the liquor bond business by declaring that on their face all the liquor bonds are straight enough ; that is, every surety swears he is a resident of the city. But this doesn't excuse the Argusfor failing to give the real facts about that liquor bond case, which it hasn't done yet. The Argus told its readers that it was merely a question of liberal or close construction ' af.tbe law, when it knew it was nothing of, the kind. The question was, Can a aian who is not a resident of the city, ftea surety on the bond of one of our city saloon-keepers. The law says distinctly that he cannot. It was adniitted openly by Mr. Ortman that one of the sureties is not a resident of Ann Arbor, and the city attorney told the council that the bond could not be legal under such a circumstance. Yet the editor of the Argus, who sat in the mayor's chair, is on record as voting to accept that bond. Andthenhe failed to give his leaders the true facts in the case, so as to cover up hiB vote as much as possible. Even if it should turn out that the surety is a resident of the city, it wouldn't ïeave the mayor and Argus in any better situation, because of the fact that at the time the mayor voted and the Argus 8upiressed the facts, they supposed he was not a resident. Henee the mayor voted to defy the law, and the Argus ept qniet about it.