Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-01-18
GOV. MOVES INAUGURATION

At two o'clock on the Sth, the
State officers, members of the press,
clergy, members of both houses and
citizens met in the rotunda, where
the following programme was observ
ed: Music; prayer; after which
Governor-e elect Noyes was introduced
and delivered the following address
GOV. MOVES INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Gentlemen of ths"Senate and House Of Rcpresen-
tatiUes.
In accordance with the expressed
will of the people, 1 appear before
you to-day to take the oath of office
and to assume the duties Of Governor
of Ohio. do not fail to appreciate
the important trust confided to my
charge, or the honor, too little merited,
of being selected as Chief Magistrate
of State numbering nearly three
million inhabitants; and holding high
rank in the nation, on account of the
intelligence, virtue, and material pros
perity of its citizens It is fortunate
that the emergency of our civil war
and the heavily burdened years Which
followed it have passed away, so that
there is less need than formerly of
those high administ ralive abilities and
that experience in political affairs
which made Ohio pre- eminent when
exercised by my predecessors. While
l may not expect to rival them in sue
cessful administrati ion, / shall hope
not to be outdOne in zeal for the pub
lie good and honest effort to promote
! the best interests of all over whom ]
am called to preside To this end I
invoke the support and co operation
of the law making branch of the State
| Government.
Propriety and prevailing custom
make it the duty of the retiring Gov
ernor to communicate to the Leoisla-
ture such recommendation as in his
judgement may be necessary. This
service has been so we'll performed by
Governor Hayes that l do not feel
called upon to repeat or modify any
of his suggestions. 1t may not be i'm
proper for me, however, to add the re-
mark that some amendment to exist
ing legislation seems to be desirable
with reference to the manner of sc.
lecting iuries in our courts. The habit
of filling the pannel largely from by
ISLANDERS who are present in the court
, room for the express purpose of ser
wing as jurors opens the door for cor
rupt and dishonest practices, at var
, lance with public morals-and Suhvcr-
sive OF Justice. 1t is feared this evil is
: too common, especially in large cities
: and your attention is respectfully in
vited to the subject.
5 There does not seem to be at this
time any pressing demand for eXten
sive legislation; and l therefore con.
gratulate the Senate and House O
+ Representatives upon the prospect O
a short and harmonious session. Inas
much as the Constitutional Convention
i will assemble during the present year,
: and will undoubtedly make many chang
es with regard to the powers and
duty of the Legislature, enactment:
: which otherwise might seem to be de
e sirable may we'll be deferred for tn,
= present
1t is a great satisfaction to knoV
0 that the internal improvement and de
p velopment of the State are being car
d ried on successfully by individual en-
= terprise and private capital. Railroad
+ and telegraph lines are being rapidl
e extended into parts of the State here
: tofore more or less inaccessible
whereby districts ric.I in coal, iron, am
(, agricultural resources are brought nea
: to ready markets. Our multiplied in
n dustries are inviting labor from othe
5 States, and furnishing employmen
and homes to emigrants from othC
: lands. Towns and cities are bein
n built with uneXampled rapidity. Th
r finances of the State are in prosperou
condition, since the public debt grow
n smaller and the burdens of taXatio
1t lighter Educational advantages al
d brought to the doors of the poore
in and humblest citizens, and the commo
h. schools of Ohio are, perhaps, secor
le in excellence to those of no 9TH
e. State. 1t is our privilege to guar
rd them with jealous care, as nurseries