The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-01-13

auspiciQps circumstances under which th'
Legislature has met, and the hattering pros
pect of national affairs, the Governor review
ed the financial condition Of the State. E
si FINANCES.
The expenditures OF the past year hay'
been 81 .OSS, $40 0l. and tho income 81, l03
93l II, leaving balance Of debt OF SIS, ,389.
ii on the year The whole debt Of the Stat'
is SIS 1897 900, in addition to which is tn,
amount to he refunded to cities and town.
for soldiers aid. A wise and early process
of liquidation is recommended, and the I'M
position Of one mill on the valuation Of 1861
would be entirely adequate to the purpose
The assumption Of State debts incurred il
aid of the general Government in prosecut
ing the war is advocated on the ground thai
In order to give the Government almost OK
elusive possession of the market for the salt
of its securities, State and municipal taxes
have been abrogated in its favor. In th'
matter Of the hank tax the State Of Maine
loses not less than $4,000. Some appro
pirate legislative action on this subject Is re
commended. ..
RANKS. ..r...
Owing to the changes of the banks from
State to national institutions, such legisla.
ton us will protect the public interest with
out producing such shock US would disturb
the course of commercial transactions is nd.
vised. The people OF the State, the Govern.
or saws, have the fullest confidence in the
banking institutions, and in tho integrity Of
their managers. r .H
RNLIsrxENTs. .
The number of enlisted men sent from the
State in 1864 was 1858, besides 1925 vet,
erans who re-enlisted ut the expiration o
their terms of service. All these received
the bounty of the State, which. according tC
a financial table, amounted to 80, ,9SS, 1881
During 1864 eight regiments, numbering
about 1000 men. were mustered out of the
service. There is small deficiency on the
quota Of the State Of last July, but it is ex'
pected soon to be filled, and that the forth
coming call for troops will be filled with nlac
rity. The history of the war during the
past year has added honor to the name OF
tho State. r.
BoUNrIB.
The system Of bounties has overleaped the
prudent limits established ut tho beginning
Of the war, and has proved great evil il
many respects. Among the worst associa'
tions it has had is that Of substitute brokers
Gov. Cony recommends, sin regard to this
employment, that heavy duty for license
should be imposed upon those practicing it.
and that their qualifications be defined by
law. Among other abuses is that OF enricing
boys under ago to enlist, destitute of mental
or bodily stamina to fit them for soldiers,
without the consent of their parents. So
we're penalties should DO prescribed for such
practices, rs well as for oil the various fraud.
ulent artifces by which soldiers are defrand.
cd of the bounty of the Government, 1t is
within the province of the Legislature to
protect our citizens against these frauds. ii
the Government Of the United States would
adopt regulation that every broker who
put into the service a recruit that subsequent-
ly deserted. should be summarily seized aud
put into the army to make good the place Of
the deserter, considerable portion Of the
evils inflicted by this class upon the commu-
nifty and Government would be cured" F."
Further, the Governor recommends that in
lieu of the bounty now paid. lot the State
establish an addition to the monthly wages
of the soldier. to be paid while he rcmains
in the service This will most eIectually
put stop to the swindling operations which
have absorbed thousands Of dollars.
HOSPITALS.
The sanitary results of the establishment
of an army hospital at Camp Keyes are very
favorably spoken of. Since the establishment
OF this hospital twenty-five hundred soldiers
have been admitted for treatment: five hun.
drcd have passed through il; eight hundred
and seventy one have returned to duty with
their regiments; fifty.fve have been dis.
charged for permanent disability, one hum
dred and twenty.three transferred to other
hospitals, twenty-five have died and thirteen
deserted. The Soldiers Rest at Bangor and
the Relief Association in Washington are
severally very efficient and Of great benefit to
the soldiers. The Sanitary and Christian
Commissions and the whole.souled and chris.
tian generosity Of the people Of Maine have
done much to relieve the wants Of the men
in the army. ....H ... ..... 1910
rr0IrlvEs FROM TUE DRAFT. . D..
Gov. Cony says regarding these creatures !:
"Men who are guilty OF such gross dereic.
ton OF duty us Is implied in the failure to
respond to the call Of their country, pur-
posely expatrating themselves at tune when
their services were urgently needed, compel
ling their manly and loyal neighborI to meet
their obligations, morally forfeit the right to
American citizenship. A man who thus
wants My repudiates the claims Of his Gov.
ernment at such u crisis, deserves the with
drawal Of its blessings and protection forev.
er; and submit whether Il Is not duty
devolving upon you, in behalf Of the loyal
citizens of Maine, TO devise some mode by
which this class Of persons shall DO perpetu-
ally disfnnchised and cease to be American
citizens" ni.aLii az raln n.
COAST AND nARDoR DErgNcEs.
After relating the means taken to strength.
en- these defencos, the Governor says: "What
mischief may have bcen averted BY these
preparations 1t is impossible to say. but with.
out them almost our entire coast was an To-
viting 6eld for plumber and destruction,
which single cruiser could have visited, laid
under contribution and escaped before cap
ture was possible" And slluding to tho
threatened raids from the Canada border,
and the means taken to prevent thctn, he
says--"over caution is better than neglect"
-as incidents apparently OF trivial charao-
ter IL allowed to pass unhseded, might have
bred moro serious movements.
- THE SOLDIERS VOTE, 30. ..r
The whole vots Of the soldiers at the State
election was 49l5, The most rigid inquiry
has failed to show q suspicion Of fraud In the
manner Of casting the vote. Provision is
recommended for the preservation Of the