Cahlornia cast 40,000 more votes thls ye...

Cahlornia cast 40,000 more votes thls year than she did fouryears ago. This would indícate that California K gaining in population at the rate of 50,000 a year. The greatest known depth of the fieans is just off the north est coa;-t of Japan, where the ocean is 4,655 fathoms or something overfive miles deep. Think what a dreary waste Of water is there. And now comes the Adrain Times and praises up Sir Lionel Sackville West as a gentleman. We always thought West was endeavoring to pull the republican chettnuts out of the fire and while pretending to favor Cleveland, did so because he really favored Harrison. The democraU can console themselves with the fact tha-t there are more demucrats than repubhcans in this country anyway. Cleveland'!) majority oí the popular vote is auout 50,000 larger this year than it was four years ago. If the popular vote elected, Cleveland would be the next president. President elect Harrison and Jefferson Davis are distantly connected by blood kindship. What a howl would have been raised had the democrats nominated a relative, however distant of Jefferson Davis for president. Theie would have been no virtue in the cry and we only cali attention to the l'act that the distant relationship exists to mark the dense silence of the republkans concerning it. Geography is renïade every few years. We were taught some few years ago that Lake Itasca was the source of the ïlississippi r,iver. Then some claimed that lake Glazier or Elk lake was the source and now the true source is iaid to have been discovered to be a number of large springs, three miles southeast of lake itasca. The true source of the Mississippi seems to be almost as puzzling to our geographers as the source of the Nile. The official figures show that Edward King of Ypsilanti, made a good run for member of the state board of educatiön. Not only did he receive the largest majority given any candidate in this county, but the majority of his opponent is less than that of the other republican state candidates, excepting the two highest officers, whose local option record cut down tlieir votes. Although Mr. King was defeated, he has 110 reason not feel proud of his run. The Monroe Democrat pays the ofllowing handsome tribute to Sena tor Gorman. "Gorman has shown himself a leader of much ability. He s honest and capable and has the entire interest of his district at heart as well as the business and agricultural interests of the state. No doubt he will be placed in the front rank of the democracy. His handsome majority is evidence of faith in him. As the Senate is strongly republican, Gorman's position will become one of hard work." The Ypsilantian reminds us that Owen Lovejoy, whose fathers name is revered by the abolitionists, was elected tocongress from Illinois. We had a faint suspicion of that fact, the day after election. But Illinois might have done worse than to send Lovejoy to congress. Does the election prove, bro her Ypsilantian, that however much the republicans may now praise the workof theabolitionjsts they wouldn't vote for one now' if he were not on their ticket or doe8 it prove that "daddyism" in politics is played out? Perhaps Frei Grant believes it proves the latter fact.