Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-01-04
OHIO.
Meeting Of the LeStsiaturc-The Cow
ernoFss Message--Re RecODmenda
IEOns md Suggestions.

COLUMBUS. OHIo, January 3.-The
annual message Of the governor was sent
TO the general assembly to'tsy. The
following is an abstract Of 1t: The mes
sage sugg ssts that, in the governors
Judgment, the path of wisdom leads
away from Whcl5 5ssle =gisls ton, IN The
direction Of 3 prudent c1urse, which
will not ercumber the statute books
with laws OF dOlbttu! necessity, or add
TO the confusion OF the people by changes
ofs doubtful utility.
In re'e.riug to UtheE matters, the gov
ernor reports the 5 ate Benevolent, I6'
fornatnry aud penal Institutions in -
fioUIishing condition. The penitent.ary
report ahows surplus Of earnings for
the wear OF ab 4ut twenty thousand dol
lars over its expenses. A suggestion is
made whe. her some change should not
DE mace ia toe criminal laws go as to
pE0vide graded punishment for forg.
e,Fy aud burglary, AS low provided for
larceny, SO that petty otfeLders who
nave rot given evidence OF being hard.
,sned in cri1e naay be imprisoned in the
county jasis inftead o. being sent TO an
already ovencl gded Peoitentiafy. The
syovernor fpsciaily uTg s the importance
Of some provlsion that shall equalize in
soune degree sentences in all courts for
the came efiuies. He says there are
now conriets in the penitenisry under
sentence Of Thirty yesry for precisely the
same crimes for which other men ere
serving but three ye2rs. Tne governor
Irges tiiH impoitarcs OF c0DfeTring upon
the chief executive the cover OF TemOv-
ing boards CT officials Of his own sppoint-
ment for csnses which he mag deem
eufficient. He contends that under the
present laws be Is p0WeTless to remove
such officeTs except fos financial turpl-
tude. The message reports the miRing
laws es working Nelii ana thaL Ihe!e
has been q marked Improvement In
ventilation in the mines. 4 sugges-
tio, III made that the department Of
mining might be advsntageousiy con
r,eeted vita the State asricultuIai and
yaeahanieal oolirge. The railrosi inter
eat hes continued H. q depressed state.
But Hltie nors thsn forty miles OF new
track have been laid during the psst
wear. and most Of that on changes or adj
ditious to existing line, Several new
,oYoiects. however, have been Success
fuliv put on foot, aud be thinks the
pso1ie may anticipate a material ravi-
val in railroad building during the yesr to
come. During The past year more than
ordipsry zsal manifested itself fr the
organ. .Eion Of military comp anies
Fifty-one Kew orgauizzti6hs were
foTmed. The to'al force of the s-aie S.
This ti,e ia four batlaliOls and fifty nine
unattached companies Of infantry and
eleven artillery c0mpauics, constituting
an effective body Of fGGT thousand four
hundred aud f0ity.two men. The gov
erpcr recommends reasonable aSpTopri.
atlous TO sssist ia having Ohio properly
reuresented at the Centennial, suggesting
tie propriety Of holding cele5iation at
ColGmbu under stste auspices, on the
fon,th OF July. he Rlso recommends q
"A rsdn,,tion Of taxes az "a the taxes ot the
governnieat ss much as possible, and the
plssags Of such laws as will suppress
prof, ssionsl ysgIhSey.
In the senste bill NS'as introduced q
rspeal the now well-known Geghan Dill,
In the house two bills were inlTodueed
for the same purpose, and one TO proylSe
f.r the taxstion Of church property.