The Democrats Have Been Claiming

during the winter that the farmers wiU not get as much fortheir wool.now that the Republicana are in power, as they did last year. If you are inclined to believe this, just watch the wool market. Already one buyer oiTers to contract for 100,000 pounds at 25 cents a poumd, a price far above what our Democratie friends have claimed would be 7aid. ______- The "Gym." appropriation has been laid en the shelf for another two years at least. It seeins too bad that the U. of M. cannot have a place where our stndents can get exercise, and especially ao as the boys have raised aa much as they ask the state for. Many smaller and poorer institutions pay more attention to the health and manual training of their students than does our great University. Congrfüsman Chipman was interview, ed by a Free Prese man, last week and very frankly stated what the Republican press have claimed, that the protection sentiment in the south was growing stronger each year, and will soon be the ruling sentiment.- Ex. How could he state anything else after figuring up the presideutial vote. Free trade received guch a set-back in that section of the Democratie " stronghold " that it is doubtful if their leaders will dare to bring that iwue Hp again. Wherever this fallacy is forced upon the people the Republicans are assured of success. The papers of the state are greatly excited over the free trade teachings of Prof. Adams as given with rather broad Unes by the Detroit Tribune recently. The Registee claims to be as strong a protectionist paper as the Tribune or any of ita esteemed contemporánea in the state, and we do not hesitate to say that the Tribune has raised a "bugaboo" which does not exist at the Univereity. That Prof. Adams is a free trader personally is not denied ; but that he teaches this doctrine to the exclusión jr detriment of protection is claimed to :e false not only by the Univereity authorities but by the students studying under Adams, two-thirds of whom are as staunch Kepublicans as are in the state. Mr. H. B. Dewey, president of the University branch of the Michigan Club eays that Adams' teachings have been without prejudice to either side. Let our brethrea of the press yisit the University and investígate this matter for themselves and they will coincide vf ith Tue Register. Corydon L. Fobd, Je., (not Prof. Ford) has proven hirnself well adapted to the service of those who would dismember the University and transplant one limb, at least, in Detroit. In his explanation in the Evening News last Satarday hestates that "thereis no vehicle in Ann Arbor for the public utterance of a word on the subject of the clinic except it be on the side which favore petty local interest." That statement is evidence that he has a very slight estimaüon of the value of truth wheu itintetfere8 with any of his plans. His very lame apology for the use of the word "mountebanks," in speaking of some members of the facultjr, would seem to indícate that he is not sulliciently familiar with the English language to be a safe medium of information relating to any matter of serious import. He admita that he signed his name to the libelous circular in an unr.saal way. Ifthiswasnot to deceive the public and the legislature, what was it for? Any person whose judgment is not based on better principies than are shown in this matter is not in a condition to erect any very lofty 'parallel columns" or to pose as an adviser, even to those whom he may arrogantly term nountebanks and foolg. The Rhines voting machine has car" ried conviction of its practicability wherever it has been teeted. The Lansing Republican says : The legialature can make no serious mistake in giving the Khines voting machine a trial in the incorporated cities, as contemplated by the substitute for the Welis bill, which was reported yesterday from the ways and means committee. It is conceded that the cities can use these machines to better advantage than can the rural districts, and there is more demand for them where undue Unnience of the voter, intentional fraud and mistakee iu the count areHbe most numerous. The saving in the matter of expense alone, which is secured by a epeedy connt, is a very important consideration in the cities. Since the company is required by the provisions of the act to guarantee the cities against any Iobb, in case tbe machines do not ■ do tbe work they are intended to do, there can be little risk in making this experiment. Theoretically the machine is an excellent thing". If it is all ihat is claimed for it and that it has appeared to be, the honest voters of the state certainly want to see it adopted. .An honest expression of the will of the ■voters, a speedy and accurate count of "ballots are what the people want, Give the machine a trial.