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The Republicans Now Have Full

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Day
9
Month
April
Year
1896
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Public Domain
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trol of the oudcü with a sufficiont number of votes to carry any measure over the mayor's veto if they so desire. As a result the party wil! be held respousible for all the acts of the counoil, jood or bad. Some people, who are nothingr if they are not rabid partisans. are making great brags that the recent municipal elections in Michigan indícate a great change in politieal sentiment. From the reports in the daily papers it is evident that both parties are making this claim. The fact is that in the largo majority of cases, party politics played a far less important part than did matters of local Interest. As The Register has alreadysaid, the Republican party in this county could not make a wiser move than to nomínate Mr. John F. Lawrence for the office of Judge of Probate. Althought there are other men in the party who would be glad to accept the nomination and who would make excellent officials, there is certainly no one who is as well qualified in every sense of the word to fill the office so acceptably as is Mr. Lawrence. He is thoroughly competent, considering the matter f rom, a legal stand point, as he stands in the very front rank of nis profeasion in the county. He is also equally well qualiñed in respect to his judicial ability. He is certainly as (ree from personal bias in dealing with legal matters as any man in the county. Then too, his reputation for sound judgement and íairness is such as to inspire confidence in his opinión, and thus save many a person from.carring into the higher courts matters which he would be called upon to decide should be elected Judge of Probate. This, of itself, is, we believo, a very strong argument in favor of Mr. Lawrence. It is to be hoped that tho vention wül decide unanimously in avor of Mr. Lawrence. If he is nommatod ha wül be elected by a rousing majority. ___________ The new men who will take their places as niembers of the common coun cil this spring are all good men. In the 2nd Ward Mr. Grossman is a keen and careful business man. It goes without saying that he will add strength to that organization. In the 3rd Ward, Dr. Jesse Dell will be the new momber. He needs no iontoAnn Arbor people. The roten L n his wad made no mistake when they selected the doctor torepresent ;hat poition of the city in the council ■or the next two years. In the 4th Ward Mr. H. Krapf the Republiean nominee, led by but two votes. Mr. Krapf has lived in Ann Arbor all his I Ufe and is highly esteemed by those vvho khow him best. He will make an able and efficiënt offiicial. In the 6th, Major Soule, treas. of the University, „oceived the maiority of the votes. It is not neeessary to say that he will add weight to the city government by his experience and good judL-ement. In the 7th Mr. Danforth, who has not re. sidcd hereas long assome of theothers, is, however, thoi-oughly conversan! with the needs of the city and is weli able to ronder the very best of service as a member of the council. Although ! soine excellent men retire from the city's service, the board will be quite as able as its predecessor. We believe that it will make a record oí which it will have every reason to be proud.

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