Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-18
is presumed that the General Assembly will
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/ flegislate accordingly.
laTg II ,f'ln SUPREME COURT. 7i57 .5.. (
AN act, off the General Assembly was passed
on March ~, 1865, ITO relieve the Judges Of
the Supreme Court from duty in the District
Courts for the yeai 1865" Much doubt has
been entertained and expressed as to the pro
priety of this legislation, but there would
seem to be no longer a just ground to doubt
upon this policyS The Court has remained
| III session at the capital in the extra session
thus authorized, a greater length Of time than
its judges would otherwise have been required
to labor in the district courts. It has. there.
by been enabled during The year to dispeseoi
at least double the usual amount Of business
and to begin its present term with a docke,
largely reduced
The disadvantages Of suffering the cases to
get so far in advance of the ability of the
court to get through the docket, and the ben.
eft to the people of having prompt decisions
to their causes, are so many and so great,
that it is worth some sacrifice of others to
bring about such result Another year of
like action would probably clear the docket
once more. And | should be tempted to re.
commend the renewal OF the act for the pub.
lie benefit but for three considerations: one is,
some danger Of such repetitions becoming
confirmed into precedents; another that mem.
bers Of the bar have doubtless continued their
cases in the district courts last summer un-
Ter the confident expectation of having Just.
ice of the Supreme Court to preside at the tri-
al in the next; and the third reason for not
now renewing this proceeding is, that it is re-
ally working the Supreme Court too hard.
The district court service is a holiday OF
health and pleasure compared to such a sum
mer Of duties in general session.
NATIONAL GUARD LAW.
Much complaint has been made against the
militia fine Of four dollars, of the enrolment
and other operations the act of March 81,
1854, ito organize and discipline the militia
of Ohio, and the amcndatory act, passed
April II, 1865
This fine, it really seems to me, now that
the war is over, (like all other military expen-
diturcs and displays,) ought to be greatly re-
duced. And surely the enrolling processes
should be so modified as to suppress or pun
ish those abuses, by which such large sums OF
money are made in each year in some of the
counties, by the officers executing them. !
am informed that for the S0, 900 men enrolled
in Hamilton county, for example, the part Of
the fines which goes as fees to the officer for
defaults, after the 18th of September, amount,
perhaps, to $4,000 pei annl,m, or more.
In some of the counties the Treasurer
claims not only the five per centum for col
lection but the thirty per cent penalty on the
four dollars in default. The law, however,
seems plain enough, aud perhaps the recent
circular of the Auditor of State may cffectu.
ate all observance of its purpose, and go oh
viate the necessity OF an amendment in that
particular.
The cost, too, of so many and such frequent
medical examinations for disability is n use.
less.and odious vexation. Certainly man
who is permanently disabled, (say without his
leg or arm,) need not be subjected to the tax
Of money and time by yearly repetition Of
this ceremony. SO of the men actually serv.
ing in the National Guard itself. What util.
ity can there be in re-examining them year
after year? These exemptions for disability,
by the way, in our population, make bigger
thing than might at first thought be guessed
They are already reported at 100000 men,
and are estimated, for next years report, at
100000 These figures denote direct an.
mates, of $50, 600, and Sl6000O per annum,
not to calculate the much greater value of the
time lost by the proceeding. War and its
shadows and foroshadows are costly things,
truly. In fine in our present circumstances,
this entire law should be re'examined and
made to conform to them. 1t was right
enough Il year ago, but thank God and our
brave army, year has madea happy change
for US all, if We have only the sense to i'm
prove it.
TiTE SOLDIERS HOME.
The report OF the Surgeon General of the
State will sufficiently explain to you our pro-
ceedngs in that behalf 1t will be seen how
useful aud benefcent have already been its
anage1ncnt and results. This experiment
now awaits, with the advantages derived from
its experiences, the action which, in your gen.
erous wisdom, you may determine to take in
regard to it. -# .....
The question is, in some respects, & new
one, and like all novel experiments OF such
magnitude, it will naturally and necessarily
disclose the truth. that many arguments for
and against this form of doing good--ahd
Justice. too--nay be well and honestly entes-
tanned by most sensible people. ~
| JtS clllPl uluCNIlics anu uisuuN dlc
That it can make no provision for married
men "a large class), except in separation from
their families and that it is an obtrusive form
Of open, public CHARITY, which disregards and
violates the national spirit of pride and indie
pcndcnce in men, and is, therefore, not in
consonance with our past national habits and
institutions To these allegations we may
only reply: First, that, if other large classes
of claimants upon our bounty and justice can
be better, or alone, provided for in this man
ner, the unavoidable exclusion of the class in
question is no objection to the plan; because
We are bound to do all the good, to all the
classes, which we can, do. And, if the obi
CATION really exists towards the unmarried, we
Should be doing them an injustice by neglect
ing 1t, for a reason not pertinent to theirs, but
to another case. The true rule is: To do the
best we can for each class, according to the
circumstances and capabilities which apper-
tain to each, If married men cannot be pro
vided for in n public Soldiers Home, we must
devise some other, and, for them, better sys-
TEN Of support Secondly, the apparent dis
regard Of Tie feelings Of tile pension er is only
apparent The fact of Che same relationship
between the person and The Government will
in reality exist just as much, if he lives in
private at home, or with his original friends,
as it would in public institution. And my
own opinion is, that this dependence is all the