Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-15
Governors Message.


Governors Message.
We have read the annual message OF
Gov. MOVES to the General Assembly.
1t is purely a business document. clear
" and concisely furnishing an exhibit
of the operations of the State govern
ment, it's benevolent and reformatory
institutions, for the past year. 1t is
we'll received on all hands.
The Governor congratulates the Gen.
eral Assembly that Ohio, during the
past year, has been exempt from the
curse of war, violence, pestilence, and
famine; that our citizens, unmolested
and uninterrupted, in health and hap
piness, have been permitted to pursue
the avocations Of civil life, while the
earth has yielded abundant harvests,
and all the departments of business
have for the most part prospered. He
regrets the presence Of the panic, and
suggests that it is an important part
of the duty of the Legislature, by the
strictest economy in all expenditures.
to relieve, so far as it may be able. the
burdens of the people.
The financial condition of the State
is good. The debt has been reduced
1884, 84 Is the past year. leaving but
a little over eight millions yet to be
provided for.
The Governor calls attention to To-
cal taxation, and thinks it would be
wise to restrict minor political orgariza-
tons to create debts and impose taxes.
The local indebtedness for the year has
increased 81. 442, SIS 35. The State
taxes, for all purposes, are but one-sixth
of the entire amount assessed. In
other words, where you pay n dollar
to the State, you pay Eve dollars for To-
cal purposes. There is certainly a
great disparity between these two class
es of expenditures. There is a remark
able difference between the expenses of
the several counties for the very same
purposes. where there ought to be sub.
stantial agreement; all of which could
possibly be rer,edied by Legislation.
The Governor recommends an ap-
preparation of at least $4,000 to pay
the expense of propagating in our
lakes and rivers the most desirable
kinds of fish.
The Governor says it is undoubtedly
the duty of the General Assembly to
encourage Legitimate railroad enter
prises, but suggests that abuses have
crept into their management which
ought to be corrected. That of trans
portation is the greatest, and it is the
duty of either the State or National
legislators to consider what can and
ought to be done to remedy the EVIL.
The Governor is of the opinion that
tho contract system for labor in the
p~enitentiary should be dropped. 1t
enables the contractors to undersell the
market price in their line of manufac-
ture, and thus to embarrass manufac-
turing enterprises.
The State has collected S94,174 so
war claims from the General govern
ment the past year. Amount outstand-
ing, S3I4,76i 81. 1t is recommended
that a committee of the Legislature be
appointed TO adjust the honest war
claims of Ohio soldiers, which amount
to about $500.
Other matters ere touched upon. but
these are the most important. The
message concludes as follows:
ain a little grave at Lebanon, War
rem County, Ohio, marked only by a
bed of myrtle. reposes the dustHo
Thomas Corwin, the most brilliant ora
tor and one of the wisest statesmen
whose lives grace the history of the
nation. No man has held a larger
place 10 the hearts aud minds of the
people, nor has any one contributed
more TO the welfare of the State of Ohio
than did he His public utterances
will inspire the eloauence of other men
long years after all who knew him and
heard him shall have passed away.
The study of ais life and its grand u
cess will cheer to redoubled effort the
toiling sons of genius and poverty gen
eratione hence.
1t is one of the sweet privileges of
the living to honor the distinguished
dead. Il is especially becoming that
the State which Thomas Corwin served
so long and so well should testify its ap-
probation of his public career by erect
ing an appropriate monument to COM
memorate his name and fame"
s6rDr. ORLANDo C. MILLER, of Jack
son. died at his residences ia that town