The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-01-11
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States maintain agencies abroad, they vii
most certainly largely excel us in the iaci.i
ties afforded 10 cmigIants, as well as the in
ilueHces that viii, to a material extent. con
\ irol their destination in this country. 1t Il
for you to determine whether the Interest.
Of the State require US TO enter into thi:
competition We niust do it fully, and upor
enlarged aud perfected system, or our ener
gies WI he wasted
laPprehend you did not fully comprehend
last winter the CIact position Of your pres
ent system. The act Of April 14th, 1865,
created a commissioner, without salary; and
with sn appropriation of $500 to cover ex-
penses. That appropriation is yet undrawn;
but in, an interview with the commissioner,
soon after your ad adiournment, ! asceItained
that he has claims for expenses in books.
maps, publication, and other matter, incu-
Ding | believe, tripto Germany, 10 large
sum. | requested the commissioner TO fur
nish me with astatCment of those accounts;
but he has failed to do so. My recollection
is that they then exceeded S3,OU0 The
commissioner was then under the impression
that your appropriation of 1864 was desig-
ned solely to cover this class Of expenditures
ard to authorize trip to Germany by him
self instead of sending a disconnected
| agent. l have not, at tbs time, received
| his annual report; but have requested him
! 10 Il company it with a statement of
all clair; against the State for expenses
| With all ,he facts lreStEttG, you lie aEio
TO dctsrlnih upon the expediency Of rcYis-
ing or modifying the whole system.
sANpUsKY,. DAYTON IND CINCINNATI RAIL
ROAD. gt
Under your reso, 'tion of March 3lst.
1854, appointed Jose. h r. Swan, Esq,
special agent, to investigate the condition
OF the Sandusky Dayton and, Cincinnati
Railroad. EIe discharged the duty assign
ed him, and reported to the COMMISSIONERS
of the Sinking Fund that, in s'iut. emsnt,
the interests OF the State would be beS Sc
cured by signing the proposed articles It
capitalization. The majority of the com-
miSsiOnors approving that report the sa-
sent OF the State was given to the recon
structi9n of the company as therein propss-
ed The commissioners will probably pre-
sent you the detailed result of the transac-
ton. | entirely concur in the conclusion
arrived at by the agent and the Sinking
Fund Board, ..r. II. IN ...-..
..., MORGAN RAID t .r0.'
'nder the provisions Of tile art of March
Both. 1904, appointed Alfred McNeiRh,
George ". Baker, and Henry $. Babbitt,
commissioners to examine and report upon
claims tor property destroyed in the Morgan
raid dt 1863 The sudden death Of Mr..
McNeigh in September, has embarrassed
the preparation of the report; and | shall
not be able to examine it before closing this
communication, twill be early presented
to you, and upon examination Of it. you
will be able to determine what further legis-
lation, if any, liz expedient The labor of
this commission necessarily extended over
more time than was contemplated; and an
additional appropriation is therefore neeess-
afy to cover its expenses. ,raiJ .G
, SALARIES OF STATE OFFICERS. ,tl..a /
AS have several times 'spnken Of the in
adequacy OF COM cnSStion to, different Of
hcerS, feel dehcacy in again alludng to
the1suI.ject in general terms; but it cannot |
properly be avoided, What was once a
question OF policy, is now matter Of neces-
slty am aware the time is unpropitous; |
but it certainly cannot be possible that the |
people OF a great and prosperous State are
desIrous, or even willing, that every officer
Of the State Government should remain at |
his post, in the discharge of onerous and |
re ;ponslble duties, when he is compelled to |
draw upon other means than his salary Tor |
actual support. 1t is fact, universally |
known and recognized, that there is not a |
single State officer who can clothe bis FAM |
ily, and pay bis board in respectable pri- |
yate house, from the salary that is allotted |
to him. This should not be SO. 1t is iilib-
oral on the part Of the State, and unjust to
the officer. ..H .. a. ..A.
Our scale of salaries was adopted under q
very different state Of things than exists at
the present time. Even then it was said that
none but the wealthy or the very poor could |
afford to hold office. We have passed the
point as to the latter; for the man whose
required him to rely on the
Of the best of your Offices,
would be compelled to abandon his position.
There are clerks in the public offices, with
out care and responsibility, who are receiv-
ing equal and, in one or two cases. better
salaries than the Heads OF Departments who
employ them. This is a stern necessity,
that cannot be avoided. Without it the
public interests would suffer. .a h.
ltls common argument that there are
seekers enough after the Offices and hc
who is chosen, understands what the salary
is, and has no right to comp ain. There is
such thing, especially in times like these,
as men conscnting to assume important po-
,itions from higher considerations than those
Of pecuna,y character and it has been
true, and may be true again, that men will
to take State Offices, even at pecu-
mary sacrifice, in order TO make of them
to higher and better posi-
lions In the first case it is unjust to i'm
pose upon patriotic impulses so severe a sac
,lfce; and, in the last, 1t has been amply
demonstrated shat the public interest is not
promoted by making of your offices mere
lotbeds for the growth and advancement Of
political ambition, There is dignity and
character about the compensation, as there
8 arising from the honors of office. The
more respectable your salaries, the better
lble will you be to attract men of the high
EST character and ability from the other avo-J
,atlons of life, to serve the State. AS it is
low, the smallest railroad corporation with
IN its limits, offers more solid Inducements to
IS President or Superintendent, than the
State does to its Governor or Chief Justice.
The result is that, under ordinary circuin-
stances, with all your honors thrown in,
'our corporations have the choice of men of
business talent and integrity. .-'5 1Hl
] have been, for the last fifteen years. in
position where | was enabled to, and have
thoroughly tested this principle; and my un-
'arying experience has been that there was
10 economy SO poor as that Of low wages
md cheap men. lhave always found that
yhen1 made my service attractive, and its
positions valuable, ] commanded class Of
nen whose skill, devotion and integrity re-
urned four fold the liberal compensation al
owed them. What is true of corpora
ion is trL. Of. a State; and we will do well
o prohss by the lessons that our corpora
ions are afsrding US.
Apart from considerations of public poll
cy, the character Of a State is always in
ur1ously affected by the manifestations of
spirit Of illiberality and injustice toward
IS servants. In population and wealth