The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-03-29

expectation that the Governor will con-
vene this General Assembly to finally act
on the work. In this. however, one Of
the Extraordinary occasions" contem-
plated by the constitution, when II is
proper to adopt such course2 Itseems
to me not; and, therefore, If the General
Assembly shall deem 1t proper to meet
in the fall for this purpose, it will be
necessary to adjourn to certain day.
But it is serious question whether II
will be the better course to adopt this
supplementary legislation. 1t is quite
apparent that the work can not be pre-
pared and printed during this year; and
If not printed, certainly can not be con-
sidered by the extra session contempla.
ted. Ifcomrleted and delivered to the
Attorney General on the first of October
more than half of it would be in manu-
script, and the notes Of decisions partly
prepared and the index would not be
completed. The work is less likely to
be a consistent code with six than with
three members, and nothing will be ga
we'd in the way of expenses by the addi-
tion. The New York Commission has
already been in session between seven
and eight years, and the Commission to
codify the acts of Congress was in exist
ence more than seven years. If the pres.
ent board will be able, as | believe it
will, to complete the entire work, in the
form of the titles already furnished, in
less half the time already occupied by
the New York Commission, there can be
just ground ofcompaint at the delay.
Attention is called to the facts given in
the annual message of my predecessor in
regard to the overcrowded condition of
the Penitentiary, and the unsafe and un-
wholesome condition ofsome of the coun-
ty jails.
In connection with this subject the
message recommends that intermediate
prisons or warehouses; be provided with
out delay, for the confinement of the
younger class of prisoners, and those es-
pecially who are punished for first Of
tense, and whose reformation may rea-
sonably be hoped for. AS warehouses;,
they should also be adapted to the inn
prisorment of able bodied vagrants who
live habitually by beggary, and are be-
coming a dangerous element, not only in
cities but also in the agricultural districts
of the State. The courts should have au-
thority to protect the public from this
class Of offenders, by sending them to
place where they can and will be com
PEELED to earn living.
District warehouses;, or class of prs-
ons intermediate between the reforma-
tory and penal institutions of the State,
seem to be an urgent demand. Such
prisons, under State control, judiciously
located, organized with view to refor
matory discipline, the introduction of
proper industries, and economical man
agement, would form new but import
ant link in the prison system of our State
relieving the penitentiary of its plethora
of prisoners, reducing county iails to
their proper use as houses of detention
for persons held for trial or detained as
witnesses, absolying the people of the
State from great burden of taxation |
now paid as court and Jail fees, and af-
fording possibly the best, if not the only
practical solution relating to a fOrmida-
BILE and dangerous element of society
known as tramps.
would call your attention to the i'm
portance of bill for the reorganization
of the State militia. The Adiutant Gen
eral has with great care, compiled such
a bill, In time of profound peace legis-
ation on military affairs may appear un-
necessary, but with the experience of
last summer before us, when riot, with
It's sequences of bloodshed and destruc-
lion Of property, was impending in some
Of the mining districts, nothing but the
presence Of the State militia averted the
outbreak. To meet such exigencies we
need well organized and well disciplin-
cd militia
To the Senate, with which have been
officially connected as presiding officer,
axe this occasion to offer my grateful
hanks for the kindness and courtesy
which as body it has always shown me
n assisting me in the discharge of my
luties; and TO the Senators and officers of
he Senate, and to the Speaker and Off
ers and members of the House of Rep
individually and without
beg to say that shall cher
sh in memory the personal friendship
which they have manifested for me out
ide Of my official connection with them.
TII0S. L. YOUNG.