Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-01-14

nj s,iouer., approving tbs, report, the ss.
'ent OF tbe, Sla,e vas given to the recop,
'trpctiop of tbe company as therein pro-
posed The cemmisSohers. will probable
PRESENT eou-tbe detailtd. result Of the trans.
action. entirely concnr in the conclusion
arrived at by the agent asd the Sinking
Fund Board
MORGAN RAID. -Ga 49,
Under the provision Of the act Of March
30lh, 1894, Lappoiuied Alfred MeEeigh,
Gcorge NJ eiker, and IIsbrs 8. lBabbitt,
commissioners to -examipe and report upon
clai ms for property destroyed in The Nor.
gan raid Of 1868. The suddtd death Of
Mr.. McVeigh in September, has embarrass.
cd the preparation Of the report and shall
not be able TO examine it before closing
this Communication. 1t will be early pre-
sented 10 ycu. and upon examination Of it,
you will be able to determine what further
legislation, il any, is expedicn'. The labor
o! this communications necessarily extended
over more time than was contemplated
and additional appropriation is therefore
necessary to cover its expenses. .sf
SALARIES OF STATE FFIcERs. -.
AsI hsvo several times spoken Of the
inadequscy of compensation to different
officers, feel a eelicacy in again allpdipg
to the subject iu general terms but it can
not be properly avoided What was once
question Of policy, is now O matter Of
necessity / sm aware Tie time is unpro.
pituous but it certainly canaot be posi-
BILE that the people of great aud prosper,
Gus State are DESTROYS, or even willing. that
every tficcr Of the state government should
remain at bis post, in the discharge Of oner
Gus and responsible duties, when he Is com
PEELED to draw upon other means than his
salary for his actual support. 1t is fact
universally known and recognized, that
there is not single State ficer who can
cloihe his family, aud pay bis board in a
respectable private house. from the salary
that is allotted 10; him. This should not
be SO II is illiberal ou the part Of the
State, and u,just to the officer.
Our scale vi saleries was adopted under
a very different state of things than exists
at the present, tune Even then it was
said that none bat the wealthy or the very
poor could afford to hold ,fice. We have
passed the point as TO the latter !; for the
man whose circums lanoes required him tC
rely on the compensation oil the best o.
your Offices, would be compelled to aban
don his position. There are clerks 10 ths
| public 1fices, without care aud response
biltity, who are receiving equal, and, in ont
or two cases, better salaries than The head
Of Departments who empty them. This il
a stern necessity. that canuot be avoided
| Without it, the public interests woul(
suffer.
! 1t is d common argument that there arc
! seekers euongh sfer the Offices and be
who is chosen understands what The alary
is, aud has no right to complain. Thert
is such thing, especially in times like
these, as men conseuliHg 10 assume impor
tant positions from higher considerations!
than those of pecuniary character anC
it has been tue, aud may be true again
that men will coasent TO take Stale, Offices
even alta pecuniary sacrifice, in order /,
make ol them stepping stone 10 highe
and better positions. In the FIRST case, i
i is unjust 10 impose upon patriotic impulses
i 50 severe a saclflce and in the last it hu
been amply dtmonstra'ed that the publi
ulerest is not promoted by making of you
ufficers mere bot beds for the growth ant
Arrangement of political ambition. There i
a dignity and charac er about the compeu
4 sation, rs there is arising from the honort
If Office The more respectable your salar
les. The better abe you will belo sattrac
1 men Of The highest character and abilii
! from other ay. catious Of life, TO serve th
State 40 it is now, the smallest railroat
coropora ,iou within its limi's offers NOR,
solid inducements to lis Prtsdeqt or Sup
erintendent Than the Siale does to its Gov
ernor or Chief Justice The result is that
under ordinary circumstances, with al
your hoGors threwn 10, your co poratons
have the cLo.ce Of m:n Of business talent
and integrity. w .5ass Dr.. a,se ...
l have been, for the last fifteen years, in
posi- ions she was enabled 10, aud have
thoroughly tested this principles; and my
upvuryiug experience has been that lhert
was no economy so poor as that Of low
wages and cheap men. l have always
found that when made my service at.
traciive, aud its positions valuable, com
maBded q class of men whose skill, devo-
ton aud integrity retuened. four-fold, the
liberal compensation allowed them. What
is true of n corporation is true OF Stale
aud We will do we'll 10 profl by the lessons
that our corpoI ations are affording US. ..
Apart from the considerations Of public
policy the chars act er of Stale is always
irjuriou,ly affected by the manifestation
of spirit Of iliberaliiy and ipjnstice toward
itsservants. Ia population and wealth
Oaio ranks as the third Safe in the Union
yet. in point of compensation to her public
officers she stands almost q. the foot of the
list beg leave to present you com
parison with the two States above anG
several telow our class, taking the Office O
Governor, which holds relative position
10 all others t ri we'd. .
New Yeik. "a 600 and furnished hous,
Pennsylvania, q. 1000 4" Z" 81
Ohio, ......l 800
Indiana; ..... a. 900 and furnished hons,
Massachusetts, q. 500-in 1865, So. .0O00.
New jersey, 600 Z.
Maryland, 49,. g 900 and furnished houS
The comparison is about the same will
the Judicial aud all other State officers
In scanning it, we must either charge ou
sistar States with oross o-,...--