The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-01-16
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maine.
MESSAGES OF THE GOVERNORS OF
THOSE STATES.
OHIO.

TEs financial affairs Of the State vere
never in better condition The lyanc, Z
to the general government amoun. to
! Slj3,246 %, and of the public debt S676..
/ 1526S have been paid, yet there remained
in the treasury to tho credit Of the general
reverue fund on the 18th of November
last, 1893. 7S6 81. All taxes have been
promptly paid. -.
Concerning the escape Of John Morgan
the Governor says it was duo TO tho want
OF proper vigilance on the part Of thsso
en- rusted with the custody of the prison.
ers, and Z" that this negligence arose en-
| llrely from misunderstood ding betweest
ths United States military authorities At
this post and the officers il charge Of the
institution"
1t is recommended that the hank, OF
the State be given all reasonable Iaciii,Is.
fog c.osing the business Of their institu.
tious-- with reference to National Bank
ing system. 90
The board for the examination Of claims
against the State, growing out of the war.
has partially performed it. work. Claims
to the amount Of SI36.Ol4 Is have bees
presented, and the. board ha. passed
upon So, ,l6l ,T3, and Of ais amount has
aliowed S3S,146 20
Large claims viii be presented growing,
out OF the Morgan raid. The estimated
pay due to the militia who came out unaer.
the Governors proclamation is $3.50, ,oyO:
dam ayes committed by the enemy, 1895
900; losses and damages by ourown troops,
$ljo, coo. About 100000 has been paid
the militia ON the Recommendation of the
Secretary of War, and is considered oniv
All advance to the general government.
1A-t everything of interest relating to
the gallant men who have bctn CT may bo
engaged in the military service Of our,
country may be cole, ted and Perpetuated,
the G0verner recommends for that pur.
pose the establishment of a bureau, to be
known as the Bureau Of Military Statistics -
These statistics should contain the name,
age and place OF residence of evere officer
ant private who is in any way engaged in
the servicSAthe date of his enlistment
the compa md regiment to whi:h he
brl gel VIC term Of service; the time
d reason for his discharge; whether
killed os wounded in battle, and the time
and place OF death and burial Of those who
may die in service. This duty can we'll be
performed by the Surgeo, General of the
State; and, and IS much Of the info r.na.
ton will have to be- gathered from the
records of the several hospitals, can, per-
i.aps' better be performed BY him than by
any her officer.
The paw agents have received from SOL
disrs IN tho field and deposited in tTs
State Treasury for distribution to their
families $JG SIP ST. without cost 10 their
friends The tax for tho support of the
families cf soldiers should be increased
from ore to two mills on the dollar, and
the families should be included About
10000 families require relief aud will re.
celve about $50 each.
Ohio has raised during the past year
lj,g00 soldiers, maEing the total Of troops
from the State 2u0,61l, which have been
proaiptly raised and with comparatively
!ittle trouble ..d cxner.e to the national
government.
PENSSTLyA MA. ,..-
The total Indebtedness OF .ao State
amounts to thirty-niHe and half millions.
Hitherto the State has paid its interest
in coin or lis equivalent; but the Govern
o. recommends the careful and imnsdiate
consideration by the Legislature Of tho
subject and expresses the opinion that the
Commonwealth will have fulfilled her OBJ
legation. by providing fer the payment Of
interest Ia The currency of the governs
ment He deems the policy of paying
coin to foreign and currency to domestic
! loanholders as wholly Hnwise and founded
oh no legitimate principle Among other
financial recommendations is a tax on the
gross receipts OF all railroad, canal, and
mining companies.
Alluiing 10 the recent invasion Of the
State the Governor returns thanks TO New
| York and New Jersey fer their prompt
! assistance.
lie invites the attention of tho Lsgisla-
| h. nf h.a
! loyal people of East Tennessee.
| lie Isaews his recomme ndation for the
revision of the militia law, and trusts that
! a reasonable time will be allowed for the
! States quoia to be filled with volunteers
/ The State has already sent 2I1 ,409 mon to
the field FOR general and special service.
MAINE
Gov. Cony, ia hi: message, recommends
; an Increased State tax, the passage OF an
effective militia law, attention to educa>
| tiona! interests. attention to agricultural
colleges, the appontnent of a commission
to classify public lands, thinks the prac-
tice of granting Ia ds in parcels injurious,
and calls attention to the existing laws
relative TO capital punishment Twelve
coayicts are now in the State prison under
the penalty OF death, ard murder is alarm
ngly increasing He recommends making
it imperative on the Executive to issue
death warrants upon the expiration Of the
year of grace recommends that the SOL
diefs in the field be allowed The right OF
suffrage, says further legislation is neces.
sary relative to the reciprocity treaty, the
benefits OF which are all on the size Of the
provincials The dream Of trade is ever,
and the treaty has signally failed IN elicit
Ing the good feeling of our territorial
neighbors A railroad 10 the northeastern
frontier is necessary as means Of defence
The constr uc;ion of such road can only
be accomplished by combination of pri-
vate enterprise and public i'll ..iih ar State
or national Some more speedy means oi
communication should be devised to reach
our eastern frontier near Calais.