The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-12-03

.he eople and 1t itshould have their good |
will and encouragement. II has an eff
,ient Faculty, a handsome endowment,
with the accessories common 10 the best |
colleges in the country, and should have |
4 much larger attendance of Students |
su gest that the General AS
iembly may devise ways and means TO !
aid the Board of Trustees in bringing
about this desirable result .a. 3m
In pursuance of the act OF February rs, |
1874, creating a State Board of Centen-
nial Managers, five eminent citizens of
Ohio were appointed to constitute the
Commission. They have completed their
and entered upon the dis
charge Of the duties assigned them.
In the execution of the several laws
for the reorganization Of the
various Public Institutions, passed at your
last session, the appointments made by
the Executive have, in every instance,
proved 10 be satisfactory--such appOint-
ments having been made solely with
view to promote the public interesi,With-
out regard TO other considerations, the
officers appointed seeming to be inAu-
enced in their actionby the same motives
which determined their appointment
During last summer, the irritation of
feeling in the mining districts arisingou out
of the disagreement between the mine
owners and miners assumed, in one in
stance, a form of intensity which seri-
ously inperilled the public peace. At
the critical moment, the prompt inter-
position Of the moral authority of the
State was found sufficient to allay the ox-
asperation of passions, and to reassure
peace and harmony, without resort to
the material power of the State. H
An earnest effort las been made by
the Adiutant General to collect the Ohio
war Claims against the General Govern
ment He has succeeded in collecting
and placing In the State Treasury the
sum of $35, ,78l9S. A balance remains
uncollected OF $2759SSS4, but little of
which will be collected, unless further
legislation be had by Congress. For the
details respecting these claims you are
referred to the Report of the Adjutant
General.
= AT the close of the fiscal year 1873,
there were thirty two military compa-
MES in the State, Of all branches of the
service. There are now forty-one COM
panies-two battalions of three compa-
nies each one battalion of two compa-
nies twenty-five unattached companies
Cf infantry one battery Of artillery of
four guns, and two batteries of two guns
each. This increase evinces revival of
interest in our volunteer military Organi-
cations. The security of every commu-
nifty is enhanced by a we'll organized
militia and trust that our military
companies, in which we all feel Just
pride, will receive the fostering care of
the State. s t.E I.
The general financial depression has
been felt by the railroad interest of the
State more than by any other interest
But few new lines have been projected,
and several roads that would nave been
built under more favorable circumstances
have been temporarily abandoned. The
Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Chicago Com
pany has completed one hundred and
ten miles of new track during the year
the Painesville and Youngstown Compa-
NY has completed thirty-nine miles of
narrow-gauge truck the Marietta, Pitts
burgh and Cleveland Company has com
pleted nineteen miles of new track the
Lake Brie and Louisville Company has
completed eight miles the Toledo and
Maumee Company has completed seven
miles; the Mansfield Coldwater and
Lake Michigan Company has completed
.tWenty-seven miles; the Baltimore Short
Line Company has completed thirty
miles and the CINCINNATI and Whitewa-
ter Valley Company has completed two
miles, This makes q total of nearly two
hundred and f9rty-fye miles of new
track. ,n,rr,, blal, 1r rl....I
Railr0ads are not only of great, utility,
but have become a necessity to the cOun-
try. They, should, not be hampepd by
yindiotive legislation ). but as the servants
of the people, enjoying. peculiar, fran
chises, they should be held strictly amen
able to judiGious legislation that will pre-
vent them from becoming the masters of
the people. Their rights should befully
protected by law, and the rights of the
people should be protected against such
entertainments as tend to make them the
victims of monopoly. r lI.uD ..t.,
At your former session, you performed
an act of justice and mercy for the men
who delve in our mines, by enacting the
law ''To regulate mines and mining, and
to provide fora State inspector of Mines
A practical miner of intelligence and ed
ueation was appointed, who has display
cd great energy in the enforcement of
the act. He has personally visited and
inspected two-thirds of the mines of the
State and,the good effects Of the laware
recognized already, in improved ventila-
tion and other changes which have con-
dueed, greatly to the comfort of the mi
ners. The General Assembly should
follow up its recent action by such fur
ther legislation as may be found necessa-
ry to the accomplishment of the benefi-
cial objects to be attained n l0na 4
In the inaugural Address which had
the honor to deliver before the General
Assembly, | strongly urged reduction
of the expenditures of the State Govern.
ment down to the very last dollar com
patible with the maintenance of the
public credit and the efficient working of
the several departments of the Govern
ment; and | insisted that it shouldnot be
that vague and mere verbal economy
which public men are 50 ready to profess
with regard 10 public expenditures. but
that earnest and inexorable' economy
which proclaims its existence by accom-
plished facts. In the midst of the exist
ing financial distress with so many Of
our fellow-citizens out Of employment,
and wages everywhere reduced, / must
renew the accommodation II
then made. The State should not en-
bark in new building enterprises until
the public buildings now in progress of
shall have been completed.
new offices should not be brought to a
close at the earliest moment when, in
your Judgment, the public business win
allow. The evidence you gave at your
last session of a determination toretrench
BY reducing the tax levy S4T4,OO, and by
other acts of legislation. has encouraged
the people of the State to believe that
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