Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-01-04
LEADER
REDrE.nA1. JANUARY 3. !.
Governor Brougil's aTessage.

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though quite lengthy, is an able and
thoroagh review Of Che affairs Of the State.
The leading features of It can be gathered
BY glsneing over II, but we trust cur read
ers viii give it careful perusal.
The financial system. Of the state is
working admirably. On the 18th Of NO
vember there were 81 ,OOO, ,seO.67 in the.
Treasury. The amount ofanotiment fund
received from soldiers was $2,25l, 1906.
Better facilities for sending it 10 County
Tressurars are needed. Some amend
ments in the Revenue Lsws of the State
are recommended. The Governor re-
commends an increase of pay to the
Adjutsnt-General, Quartermaster- General
and SuFgeon-General. The services of
the Pay sgents have been very valuable
to the state. Governor Brough has ez-
pended, from January Ilth to November
18th, s4s, ,27 of the Contingent Fund
of the State, chiefly for the relief of sick
and wounded soldiers. Governor Brough
warmly commends the labors of.our milil-
ary agents, and sfirms that the best
method Of assisting soldiers is through
State agencies, rather than by Aid Soeie-
ties. BE suggests the adoption ofthe In
diana model for State Agencies, and gives
four reasons for it at length. he also rec
ommends sn increase in the eompenss-
tion of military agents. 10 especially
suggests the establishment, at Columbus,
of q Bureau in charge Of an Auditor of
Soldiers Claims whose business it shall be
to assist soldiers aud protect them from
shsrpers.
Our Benevolent Institutions all need ad-
dilioual and larger appropriations, owing /
to the increased cost of labor and the
means of living. Governor Brough de-
tails the progress Of the work for the erec-
tion of new Deaf and Dumb Asylum,
also the efforts mvds for the Asylum for
the idiotie.
The Ohio Penitentiary has been well /
managed, the expenditures hsvinff been
SI7, ,6s4 "a more than the receipt. Cover
nor Brough discusses at length the mode
of treatment which inmates should receive,
making some Important suggestions. He
has pardoned eighteen during the year,
The appointment of a Financial Agent
IN New York has bsen subject Of differ
ence between the Governor and the Board
of Commissioners of the Sinking Fund.
They:dissgree as to the right of of Cover
nor Brough TO resppoint Mr.. Russell, the
present incumbent The details of this
dispute are given at length.
Governor BrOugh has received from
Washington land scrip for 68O,OOO acres
of land, given to the State for the estAb-
of an Agricultural College. How
to dispose. of it and accomplish; the ends
designed, is subject of much difficulty
and demands tho careful attention of the
Governor Brough discusses
at some length, the purposes of the law
and the dangers to which the land grant
is exposed.
On the subject Of immigration he has
done nothing under the law of March 5lst,
1864, believing that nothing could be SC
until it was revised. Noreport
bas yet been made concerning the Morgan
raid. Governor BrOugh recommends an
increase in the salaries of State officers,
and discusses the subject at length, show
ing that thepresent low salaries are unjust
and discreditable TO the State.
a large number of militaTy claims have
grown up, demanding the appointment Of
a Board of Claims. The Governor ad-
vises that the Adiutant General, Quarter
master General and Auditor General con
stitute this Board.
The increased cost of living has made it
necessary to increase the taxes for the re-
lief Of soldiers families. Some imperfec-
tions ip the present mode of discussing
The relief funds are pointed out and sug-
gestions made. Reports from the various
counties hsvenot been as complete as they
should be.
The services Of the National Guard of
which S59s2 were called out are detailed
but no complete report has yet been made.
The expense incurred in getting the
National Guard into the service amounted
10 S196,652 As, all of which will probably
be paid by the War Department at Wash
ngton. Governor Brough discourses at
some length their value to the State du-
ring the past year.
The quotas of the Stste under The calls
Of the last year, are considered and the
subject of excessive enrolment discussed.
BE thinks the excessive enrolment in Ohio
amounts to 10000, and suggests separate
State action to reduce it. .
Governor Brough devotes the close Of his
to the war, showing what the
people decided in the recent election, and
applsuds the part taken BY Ohio, but
making no special suggestions.
Of the Salt Works at salt
VILE, Va.
The details of Stoneman's raid into South
western Virginia, show that the destruction
3f the Salt Works was very complete
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