Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-01-04

with satisfactory results in most of our
towns, and is sustained by the expert
ence of other States in which the purely
township system has been tried.
In several counties of the State color
ed children are practically deprived of
the privilege of attending public schools.
The denial of education to any citizen
of Ohio is so manifestly unjust that it
is confidently believer that the Legis-
lature needs only to be informed that
such wrong exists to promptly pro-
vide remedy.
BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.
The official reports of the Peniten-
tiary, the Reform School for Boys, the
Reform School for Girls, and the Benev-
olent Institutions of the State, which
will be laid before you, shows what the
work of these institutions has during
the past year, been well done. They
will, without question, receive from
you all needed encouragement and sup
port. 1t seems proper, however, to di-
rect your attention to the urgent neces-
sity of such legislation as will empOw-
er the Boards of Trustees and Directors
charged with the erection of buildings
for the insane and for the orphans of
deceased soldiers, to complete them as
soon as practicable.
| By the census of 1870 the number of
insane persons in the State was 3,414.
The number of patients under treat
ment in the insane asylums of the State
was, last year, only 1916. The Trus-
tees of the Soldiers and Sailors Or
phans' Home report that the number of
orphans in Ohio needing care is about
800, and that the number cared for is
only about $50. These facts sufficient
ly demonstrate the importance of the
suggestion here made.
MONUMENTS TO HARRISON AND HAMRR.
renew the recommendation hereto
fore made that the Legislature provide
for the erection of suitable monuments
at the graves of Gen. Harrison and
Gen. Hamer.
Gen. Harrison has many titles to the
greatful remembrance of the people OF
Ohio. He was one of the pioneers of the
west soldier of honorable fame in two
wars against the..savages, ,and in the war
of 1872, Secretary and Acting Cover
nor of the Northwest Territory before
Ohio was organized, "a law-maker of con-
!. spicuous usefulness at the State Capital
and at Washington land was Chief Mag
istrate of the Nation at the time of his
death. To honor him is to honor all
who were eminent and useful in the
early settlement of Ohio.
Gen. Hamer served with distinction
four times in the General Assembly
was the Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives; was six years a member OF
Congress from the Brown county Dis
trict, and died in Mexico, in 1916, a vol
unteer from Ohio, in the service of his
country, with the rank of BrigadieI
General. At the time of his death, the
General Assembly, with entire unani-
nifty, ''resolved, that the body of the
deceased be brought from Mexico and
inferred in the soil of Ohio, at the ex-
pense of the State" Having underta-
ken, as the duty of the State, to give
the remains of Gen. Hamer a fitting
burial, the Legislature cannot regard
THAT duty as completely performed until
an appropriate monument has been BULL
at his grave.
EXECUTIVE MANSIONS
Since the adoption of the present
G Constitution, the Governors duties have
Compelled him to reside at the Capital
If any change is made in respect to the
powers and duties of the Executive in
the revision about to be made of the
Constitution, the change it is probable,
will increase rather than diminish his
duties. The evident impropriety OF
subjecting each now incumbent of the
office to the inconvenience and expense
of procuring and furnishing suitable
residence for the short period of Gov
ernOr's term of office, has led, in many
States to the purchase of Governor:
Mansion. Three of the States adjoin.
ing Ohio have adopted this course. II
cannot be doubted that Ohio will, at nc
distant day, follow their example. The
rapid increase in the value of real es-
, tate in Columbus in consequence of it,
present growth, and its promise of con-
tinued prosperity in the future, gives
force to the suggestion that, if the State
is to purchase Governors residence at
all, it would be well to do it promptly
The importance of wise legislation or
the subject of railroads, in State hav.
ing the geographical position which be.
longs to Ohio, cannot be over estimated
The greater part of the trade and travel
between the commercial and manufac.
turing States of the East and the agri-
cultural States of the West, and of tht
, business of the continental railways
which connect the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans, passes over the railroads of thi.
3 State. IA years ago, Gov. ase,speak.
ing of the railroads of Ohio said: 'Thil
8 vast interest, affecting vitality so many
. other interests, has grown Suddenly tt
n its present dimensions without system
. without general organization, and il
some important respects, without re
sponsibility.' Then the railroads of tn,
1 State carried annually about million O
passengers, and the gross receipts wer,
g about $6,0o0,000 year. Last year they
! ! carried 100000 OF passengers, ant
: their gross receipts exceed $50 100000.
All of the just powers of the corpora
= tions Whic.l conduct this immense bnsi
t ness, are derived from the laws of tn,
4 State. If these laws fail to guard ade
/, quately the rights and interests of OH
Z, citizens, it is the duty of the Genera
Assembly to supply their defects. Sc
rious and well grounded apprehension
are felt that in the management of thes,
. companies, which are largely controlled
by non-residents of Ohio, practices, no
sanctioned by the law, nor by sount
morality, have become common, which
e are prejudicial to the interests of tn,
, great body of the people, and which, i
continued, will ultimately destroy tn,
} prosperity of the State. .....
: Regarding railroads as the most usefu
instrumentality by which intercourse il
carried on between different sections o.
: the country, the people do not desire
the adoption of narrow or unfriendly
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