The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-02-16
From the Columbus Journal.I
HAYESS ADMINISTRATION.

III is pleasure TO review an ad
minis,ration which has silently &C
complished much good, without clap
trap. There is so much rigmarnle
on the one hand, and so much blaih
erskite on the other, that the world
is apt to overlook modest merit which
does not din our ears with drum and
trumpet. We all know OF Hayes thai
he over-reached the "abstract man.
of the newspapers, by delivering
messages which could not be abbre
waited. He made no fuss, and flaunt
ed no feathers. One has only to look
at Palmer TO see how easy it is for 9
Governor with q talent that way to
get into row. A man who believes
in the gospel of "pitch-in,' can al
ways make himself an object of pub
lie curiosity, il not regard. George
Francis Train is more talked about
than manv better men. Now, not to
be talked about may not be the best
evidence of popularity as q clcg.
dancer, but it is pretty good evidence
that Governor has observed the
eleventh commandment, IN minding
his own business. We have q short
eulogy to accompany Governor Hayes
in his retirement. 1t is very effect
i've, as q eulogy. 1t consists simply
of list of some of the measures be-
gun and consummated under his ad.
ministration of two terms, just ended,
the greater part of which may be
said to be justly due to more or less
of tue personal efforts of Governor
Hayes.
Agricultural College established.
A Reform School tor Girls estab-
lished.
An Orphans Home for children of
deceased Union Soldiers and Sailors
established.
A Geographical Survey of the
State entered upon and progress
made.
The policy of providing for all of
the Insane of the State, chronic as
well as recent cases, adopted, and an
enlargement of the Asylums, together
with the removal out of the city of
Columbus of the Central Lunatic
Asylum, authorized, to carry cut the
policy.
The extension of the Penitentiary
with a view to an Improvement of
prison discipline, and the classifca-
ton OF prisoners, and the abolition of
the degrading lock step, and the use
of conspicuous striped garments in
the prison.
The placing upon q permanent
footing, with the means for greater
usefulness, of the Board OF State
Charities.
A complete collection made OF the
portraits of the Governors of the
State ; also, number of portraits OF
other eminent citizens placed in the
Library and in the Supreme Court
room.
The Lincoln and Soldiers Monu-
ment placed in the rotunda of the
Capitol.
A manuscript department added to
the Library, containing the papers OF
st. Clair, and a large number of other
pioneer sketches and letters relating
10 the early history of the State.
A collection of casts of the pottery
of the mould builders purchased for
the Library.
Calls public attention to the neg
lected graves of General, Harrison
and General Hamer, with a prospect
of securing monuments.
Minority representation on election
boards adopted.
The extension of suffrage without
distinction of color to all citizens Sc
cured by the 18Th amendment.
In his Messages he has made spe
cialities of the following principles,
and has urged their incorporation in
the legislative will of the State:
Against excessive legislation, and
against extravagant local expendi
lures, aud against all public debt.
During his administration the State
debt has been largely reduced-and
in the last year reduction of taxes,
State and local as compared with the
previous year.
All discussion of matters foreign
to the duties of Legislation has been
avoided.
And finally, after serving the State
two terms as Governor, according to
the gospel of "Mind your own Busi-
pess," avoiding all sensational and
other controversy, setting in train
other matters of great public concern
(such as the collection from the Gen
eral Government OF the "2 per cent.
fund.- undoubtedly due, and proba-
bly, TO be paid, amounting to from
one half million to a million dollars,
we find him at the close OF his career
as Governor, peremptorily refusing
to dicker with the forlorn Democracy,
and rejecting the Senatorship which
was unquestionably within his grasp.
A fair record, fellow citizens!