Would Favor A Gold Democrat

The followinsr from a recent lasue of the Detroit Journal is but au expression of a that is quite general in tais state: The JournaTs sug?estion with reference to Regent Barbour's uoraination by the Republicana, finds entausiastic favor among many reprosentative men of the Uepublican party. It would be a deserved indorsement of the excellent record eredlted to the regent and it would be a just recognition of the sound money Democracy of Michigan whose influence was potent tor good in the recent campainn and at the polls on the third iiay "1 November. The silver party, tbi-ough ita manarers, has giren the people of Michigan tounderstand that ie will reeeive sound money Democrats into ts lold if they u-ill "stultify themselvcs. Burrender ttieir convictions and come in humbly, as bocomes a penitent. Not being in a penitent mood, the sound money Democrats are not likeh to profess penitence in order to be weloomed where thcy don't care to go. Sotheredoesn'l seem i much dunger of friction i)8tweon the two factions of the Deimmratie uarty, seeing that friction is possible only when two bodies or substancea are ■ughtcloie onoujrh LogeUior tn rub pttch ofcher. [l '..■ ibsoluloly certaiii. i' l!it h-te eilVer apokesmen are telling Mm u-uth about it, that no sound money iJemo i.i! will be nominated by the fusión freo silvor party on its April ,-tati ticket, lts candidate for justiee of the supremo court will be a lree gQverite lipth of its candidatos for reents u iio university will be free silverites. y will be nominated Ijecause tbej .irr free silveritea. This is nol. mueh nl ui induuement to sound money Demui-rats to unitc with the Popocrate and i liere is no reason to beliove that such sip aüiance if attemptec) couW be , ■ ■ 'J'hc Journal believes that it would I not only good business hut good ■ ilitics for the Republicans to make ent Barbour one of their regency ■ Miididates. Certainly his nornination uould not be recommended by The lournal or by representative Republi'■uns anywheie if he were not eminently fit lor the place. From no sourco oan come anything but praise for hira and his services in that capacity. Michigan has been fortúnate in havüfíhad many able, popular and hard working men on the board of regenta, but none more efficiënt or acceptable in every way that Regent Levi L. Bat1 iQi ir.