Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-01-11

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done. They will, without question. re-
ceive from you all needed encourage
ment and support. It seems proper.
however, to direct your attention to
the urgent necessity of such legisla-
ton as will empower the Boards of
Trustees and Directors charged with
the erection of buildings for the insane
and for the orphans of deceased sol
diers, to complete them as soon as
practicable.
BY the census of 1870, the number
of inS ane persons in the State was 3,
414. The number of persons under
treatment in the insane asylums of the
State was, last year, only I,346. The
| Trustees of the Soldiers and Sailors
Orphans Home report that the num-
ber of orphans in Ohio needing care,
is about eight hundred, and that the
number cared for IS only about two
hundred and fifty. These facts suffi-
ciently demonstrate the Importance of
the suggestion here made.
renew the recommendation here
tofore made, that the Legislature pro
vide for the erection of suitable mon
um ents at the graves of General Harri-
son and General Hamer.
General Harrison has many titles to
the grateful remembrance of the peo-
pie of Ohio. He was one of the pio
neers of the West, a soldier of honor
able fame in two wars against the saw
ages, and in the war of 1912, a Secre
tary and Acting Governor of the
Northwest Territory before Ohio was
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ous usefulness at the State Capital and
at Washington, and was Chief Magis
trate 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.
General Hamer served with distinc-
tion four times in the General Assem-
| bly,; was the Speaker of the House of
! Representatives was six wears men,
Der of Congress from the Brown Coun-
! ty District, and died in Mexico in
| 1846, a volunteer from Ohio, in the
service of his country, with The rank
of Brigadier General. At the time of
his death, the General Assembly, with
entire unanimity, resolved that the
! body of the decea- ed be brought from
Mexico and inferred in the soil of Ohio
at the expense of the State'' Having
undertaken, as the duty of the State,
to give the remains of General Hamer
fitting burial, the Legislature cannot
regard that duty as completely per-
formed until an appropriate monu-
ment has been built at his grave.
Since the adoption of the present
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 i'm
| propriety of suhjocting each new in
cumbent of the Office to the inconven
ience and expense of procuring and
furnishing q suitable residence for the
short period of Governors term Of
office, has led in many States to the
purchase of Governors mansion
Three of the States adjoining Ohio
have adopted this course. 1t cannot
be doubted that Ohio will, at no dis
tant day, follow their example The
rapid increase in the value of real es
tate in Columbus in consequence of
its present growth, and its promise of
continued prosperity in the future,
give force to the suggestion that, if the
State is to purchase a Governors res
idence at all, it would be we'll to do it
promptly.
The Importance of wise legislation
on the subject of railroads, in a State
having the geographical position which
belongs to Ohio, cannot be over esti
mated. The greater part of the trade
and travel between the commercial
and manufacturing States of the East
and the agricultural States of the West,
and of the business Of the continental
railways which connect the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans, passes over the
railroads of this State. Fourteen years
ago, Governor Chase, speaking of the
railroads of Ohio, said: "This vast
interest, affecting vitally so many 9TH
er interests, has grown suddenly to its
present dimensions without system,
without general organization, and, in
some important respects, witho ut re-
spOnsibility Then the railroads OF
the State carried annually about a mil
lion of passengers, and their gross re-
ceipts were about six millions of dol
lars per year. Last year they carried
twelve millions of passengers, and
their gross receipts exceeded thirty
millions of dollars.
All of the just powers of the cor
porations which conduct this immense
business are derived from the laws OF
the State If these laws fail to guard
adequately the rights and the interests
of our citizens. it is the duty of tht
General Assembly to supply their de
fects Serious and well grounded ap
prehensions are felt that in the manage
: ment of these companies. which are
largely controlled by non residents O.
Ohio, practices not sanctioned by law
nor by sound morality, have become
common, which are prejudIcial to the
interests of the great body of the peo
pie, and which. if continued, will nj
timately destroy TIE prosperity of th
State
} Regarding railroads as the mos
useful instrumentality by which inter
, course is carried on between differen
! sections of the country, the people dC
not desire the adoption of a narrov
! or unfriendly policy toward them. Blu
: it should be remembered that IL es
! corporations were created and theil
} valuable franchises granted by tn
Legislature to promote the interest
of the State. No railroad compan'
J can sacrifice those interests withOu
; violating the-law of it's origin. 1t i
not to be doubted that the authorit