The Ann Arbor Democrat

^ • "4 ^ University Library ^ ^ THE ANN ARBOR DEMOCRAT. VOLUME XXX. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, JANUARY 21, 1898. NUMBER 26. LET US HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION. , in cas' our Republican friends can't OUT OF TOWN SHOPPINC. people. In theory a currency bas id MORE SESSIONS NOT NEEDED. THE DEMOCRAT. A special session of the legislature agree on the disposition of the Ann For the purpose of attracting trade upon tiie assets of banking corpora- Hon. A. J. Sawyer, in a column in- PUBLISHED EVERY FBIDAY. called! to consider the problems of Arbor rw-st office they might compro- from the Interior towns to the retail tions may be all right, but in practice terview in the Detroit Journal, takes merchants of Detroit, tin- Evening it has been all wrong. The eonditio i railroad traffic and general taxation, mise <>n .] Democrat. an advanced stand for a constitutional CHAS. A. WARD, EDITOR AND PROP and honestly devoted to those pur- News and Detroit Tribune have com- of ideal honesty and consideration for amendment providing annual sessions PER YEAR. poses, will be a luxury in which the If Senator Wolcott would represent menced a system of "plugging" which, private to public welfare, necessary TERMS: $1.00 of the legislature, and removing tha people of this state can well afford his Colorado -'constituency beyond the viewed from a Detroit, standp>i>n. for the su'-c<*ssful operation of that to indulge. It is a notorious fact that limit, of lirs present term, lie will do ;c....- be commendable, but which theory, is yet to 'be esta-blished. time limit for the tat; iduction of bills. the ordinary sessions of our state well to remove all suspicion of undu not calculated to meet with ,o, ! The advocates of bank currency At present all bills must lie intro- legislature are almost wholly giv-3-.a Intimacy with thi Hanua admiiiistia with business interests outside of that recognize this truism when they pro- duced during the first 50 days of thg Entered at Ann Arbor Postofflce as Secon tion. Class Mail Matter. over to the consideration of legisla- city. The scheme is. comprehensive, vide in their schemes for government session. tion of a private and of a local na- covering everything from the clothing supervision and guarantees of re- Mr. Sawyer says: "A1 considerable After calmly surveying the post OFFICE: TIMES BLDG.. 8. MAIN ST ture, and. the log-rolling incident to of the family to the supplies for the demption. But if the government percentage of the bills introduced are office situation in Washtenaw count} this species of law-making precludes table. The News closes a glowing < redit is so good and so strong that prepared by citizens, and se.it to some we are led to the irresistible conclu more than the most superficial con- description of the merits of "shopping it is to be preferred to the credit Of representative or senator, with a po- sion that g. o. p. politics in Washte CLUBBING LIST. sideration of measures of a general by mail" with the following appeal: the banks, why resign to the banks lite note requesting their introduction. naw county is not without its liumoi "Now just a word to those who have the power and profit of issuing a cur- character. But, in an extraordinary ous side. The legislator addressed, by reason session! called, for the consideration been already converted to buying by rency ? of the fact that he has b-.it a few YOU can secure the Democrat anc mail, but who have been persuaded the following publications for of certain problems of grave, public days in which to prepare and Intro- We would remind the divers othe into the idea that they have to bu.» one year as follows: importance, and into the deliberations THE JOURNAL AND MR. BRYAN. duce measures which he believes to candidates for congressional honor i-i Chicago or New York. Have you Enemies of the cause of bimetallism !><? necessary, and upon whii h he is Detroit Tribune $1.20 of which n*.> other issues can be right- at the hands of the g. o. p. that thej people tried Detroit? You cannot Twice a Week Free Prees 1.41 busily engaged, has but litt'e or no fully injected, the d'istractio is of an would do well to defer a recapitulation beat Detroit goods or Detroit prices. have been in high glee because a Michigan Farmer 1.5' opportunity to examine the bill pent Michigan Farmer and Cleve- ordinary session will be wholly re- of their prospects until the fog-lion Besides, you ought to have some re- signed article appeared in the Nc,v him, and he finds himself reduced to land Daily World 2.00 moved and no legitimate bar will be of Ypsilnnti has been sounded. gard for your own state. Every bit York Journal, a newspaper which en- the alternative of either refusing to St Nicholas 3.25 placed upon the careful and deliberate of business diverted from Detroit is Harper's Magazine 4.0 thusiastically supports the Chicago introduce the measure, or to introduce eorskleratioH of the subject IU hand. Should party loyalty require it. it if. diverted from the state of Michigan. Youths Companion 2.01 platform, professing a wariness of it without so much as reading it; and Cosmopolitan 1.6( Though nothing should be accom- said that ex-fJovemor John T. Kiel Just try a Detroit house the next time he naturally reasons that, if he intro- Farm News 1.01 plished the educational results of an would sacrifice himself upon the altar you are sending out. an order." Mr. Bryan and arguing against his Womankind l.(X duces the bill, when the rush is over extended official discussion of the sub- of the Detroit eollectorship. "John T.' candidacy in 1900. The Journal has American Poultry Journal 1 2( The News might have said. Have he can give the ni.-.t-ter more e.iveful New York Tribune 1.25 ject of taxation would lie of inestima- has always been noted for making since announced that the article in you tried your home town? . You can- examination, and if he finds it is a ble value. The question of taxation sacrifices which were padded •with question did not reflect the opinion of Address, not, beat your home goods or your doubtful measure, or positively wrong, comes directly in touch with the good salary. home prices? Besides you ougllt to the paper, that it v/as simply a "feeler" he can suppress it. Acting up:.a this THE DEMOCRAT, everyday affairs of the people. It has li.-.ve some regard for your own town, intended to sound public sentiment, fallacious reasoning, he Indorses the Ann Arbor Mich. always been a fruitful theme for re- We would suggest to any of the your own locality and the people upon and that the Journal would at all bill and introduces it without so much formers and the occasion of much possible future postmasters of till whom you must depend directly for •as opening it." To say the least there is somethinj experimental legislation. That the city that if they are a little short on your own prosperity. Every bit of tin.es be a hearty supporter <>f Mr. re-Mark-alble about that Ohio legisla- sirbject has not been exhausted nor a enthusiasm, they might pick up a business diverted from your !ioin° Bryan or any other candidate who The class of bills which Mr. Sawyer ture. satisfactory conclusion reached, the ready-made elu'b, with all modern at- town is so much subtracted from, its stands upon Democratic principles. evidently had in mind in the above paragraph is comprised almost wholly universal dissatisfaction with existing tachments, in the vicinity of Colnm- prosperity. The article answered its purpose* of that "private legislation" which Mr. Burrows should put up sigm irethods and the acknowledged in- bus, Ohio, at less than first cost. There are few towns of consequence well. It. brought forth protests from occupies at each succeeding session warning Mr. Pingree to keep off his fficieney of those methods to secure m Michigan whose business houses all parts of the country whi-h should more and more of the time of the grass. an equitable apportionment of the If the numerous gyrations which •annot give just as good values for afford conclusive proof that the Dem- legislature, which was designed by the cost of government upon all classes Mr. Charles' Page Bryan has per- the same money as the shops of De- ocracy has not wavered iu loyalty t,> constitution to be devoted to measures About all that the Diagley tariff of citizens and all species of property, formed in order to land a diplomatic troit can give, and tiie buyer who its cause or its leader. All considera- of a general character. Much of the has raised thus far is trouble and should afford conclusive proof. appointment have not turned his head iurcluises of a home dealer lias the tions favor a firm and unyielding sup- local legislation which occupies the vexation. While the methods pursued in the the cordiality with which his name satisfaction of knowing that he is as- port of the Chicago platform. To re- severe! statos are by no means unl- has been* received by I lie senate eir- cede from any of the principles there- legislator's time could be better per- sisting iu upbuilding the resources of formed by municipal bodies. The This is not the season of the year •onn, the s.-une complaint of injustice tainly will not injure his thinking part.

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