Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-01-04

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. requirement analogous to this be en-
acted in regard to existing local author
ties may levy be strictly adhered to,
and allow no further indebtedness to
ee authorized except in conformity
with these principles, and we may, /
bel eve, confidently expect that within
4 few years the burdens of debt noa
resting upon the cities and towns of the
State will disappear, and that other
and much needed reforms
in the whole ad administration of our mu-
nicipal government will of necessity
follow the adoption of what may be
called the Cash system in local affairs.
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
Under any limitations and safe
guards which the Legislature may
adopt, very large discretion must
necessarily be committed to the local
The wisdom of lis exer-
else will depend mainly on the citizens
themselves. In order to secure an hon.
est, economical, and efficient admins
tration of city government, the best
citizens Of all parties must unite and
act together. In the administration OF
our State and National government we
have political parties, and it is proba-
bly, best that it should be so. But there
is no more reason for the antayonisms
of political parties in municipal gov
ernmeDt than in a bank or a railroad
company. Municipal governments are
organizations designed chiefly for the
better protection Of property and per-
son, and the better management OF
schools and chariti >. LII Inc admins.
tration OF such governments all honest,
industrious citiZeuS have an identical
interest. The co-OI Grafton of a mod.
crate proportion OF the best citizens ia
any city in Ohio, with the determine.
tiOn expressed by them that good men,
from all political parties, or no political
party, shall not hold its offices, would
sooh secure good municipal govern.
ment. Such government calls for the
best work Of the best men, and peithei
party alone can furnish it. The im.
prevement of our municipal govern.
ment, generally, would constitute one
of the best possible guarantees of an
efficient civil service upon u large scale
.. MAssILLON RIOTS.
In the month of April last informa.
tiOn was received from the sheriffs Ol
the counties of Stark and Wayne, and
from other sources, that in some of the
mining districts of those counties band:
of rioters were by force and intimida
tiOn preventing laberers from working
where they had been hired and were
desirou5 TO labor, and that their en-
ployers had been expelled by vio-
lnncxs from, thnir ,,ranart,,
The Adjutant-General and the At
tOrney-General of the State immediate
ly repaired to the scene of the alleged
riots, and after investigation reported
that the representations of the sheriff:
of those counties were fully sustained
by the facts, and that the local authori-
ties were unable TO afford protection e
citizens and to preserve the peace.
The Adjutant-General was directed
to call the aid of the local authorities O.
said counties q military force sufficient
to protect citizens in the enjoyment o
their rights and to enforce the laws.
With the assistance thus afforded
the civil authorities were enabled tt
arrest many of the offenders and pre-
vent further injury 10 person and prop
|erty. Immediately after learning thaj
the local authorities were again able Il
maintain law and order without assist
ance from the State, The military COM
panies which Lad been called into the
service OF the State were Withdrawn
and returned to their homes.
The Adjutant Generals report con,
tains a full and detailed account Of
these transactions, accompanied BY
copies of all papers relating thereto
and statement of the expenses in.
CURED. 1t is gratifying that in this af-
fair, which at one time threatened tC
be very serious, the supremacy of the
law was upheld without loss of life
Adjutant-General Wikoff, Attorney.
General Little, and the officers and
men OF the military companies which
were called out, deserved and have re-
ceived the marked appreciation of the
people of the State.
STATE BOARD OF CENTENNIAL
- MANAGERS.
The Board of Centennial Managers
have completed the work entrusted to
them, ard it Is a satisfaction to know
that the part taken by the people OF
Ohio in the National exhibition AT
Philadelphia was highly creditable to
the State.
TheapprOpriations made by the Gen.
eral Assembly have been carefully and
economically expended, and when the
affairs of the Board are closed up, a bal
ance of several thousand dollars will be
left unexpended.
The entire humber of Ohio exbibita
was one thousand, of which two hum
dred AMI fifty received awards, pro.
portion larger than was obtained by
any other State for the same class OF
articles. The jury on collective State
exhibits individual exhibits not com.
ing within the line of their duties) re.
commended in their report awards to
Ohio as follows:
81. For State Building on the Centennial
Grounds, of excellent design and workman
ship, constructed with materials exclusively
from Ohio, and by workmen from that State.
and containing contributions of building stone
from nearly every quarry in the State, with
glass made from Ohio sandstone.
''2. For large collection, by the State
Archaeological Society, of mound builders re-
mains, and other antiquities relating to pre-
historic man.
SO. For large collection of the vast min
eral resources of the State, with their primary
derivations, and especially from the Hanging
Rock iron region, the Tuscarawas, Mahonlps'
Hooking Valley. and Perry county coal aud
iron regions, also including excellent speci
mems of salt and bromine.
81. For complete exhibition of the woods
of the State.
IS. For an extensive exhibition of the
cereals of the State.
''6. For a complete display of many varie
ties of fruits from twenty four different coun
ties.
~. For an exceedingly interesting exhibi-
tion of the educational system of the State
all departments of education.
.'S. For large, elaborate, and exceedingly
geological map of Ohio, with many
excellent features deserving special COM
BOARD OF STATE CHARITIES.
The Board of State Charities. which
was re-established by the General AS
'embly at its last session. il renderino