The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-01-17
GOvERNOR,s MESSAGE.

The great length of the Message of
Governor Young has precluded us
from publishing it in this Issue, and in
place Of it wegiye the following brief
synopsis Of its more prominent points
from The Cincinnati Enquirer:
The message Of Governor Young to
the Assembly might have been brifer
and thus better, but it is a plain, sensi-
BILE document, calling attention,in gen.
eral taste. to matters of State import
ance. The financial condition Of the
State is first named. The State owes
on the 10th of November, $6.479, ,5O5.-
80. It is Interesting 10 note that of
this debt sc, ,47z. 8403O are due 10 New
York, City, or payable there, and but
sixteen hundred dollars ale due at
home. This Is one Of the reasons why
New York and Ohio may naturally
differ as torthe financial policy Of the
currency. New York lend to nearly
all the States and nearly all the cities
of the country. She uses checks and
Clearing houses and all forms of in
dividual credit for, money at home.
and can lend money to, all the land.
The local Indebtedness OF the State
that of counties, cites, villages. town
ships. and School Districts is $39, ,32S,-
569. 10. The most of this is also due
to New York, the message does not
say how much. This shows why the
people OF Ohio should vote for the fl
nancial views Of New York, The
State had I'm the Treasury. November
l5, 1877, $685., ,OO9.36. The Auditor of
State estimates that there will be de-
ficit in tho Treasury, November Is.
1878, of $28, ,l2496, and the Governor
asks the special attention of the Leg
isIature to the remarks Oh the Auditor
upon estimated revenues and expcnd-
itures. The Governor thinks that
there was an in-advised reduction of
two-tenihs of a mill from the levy for
State taxes for 1875, and says that "in
view OF the payment Of the debt ma
turing in 1884," it will be necessary to
raise the levy from two mills and nine
tenths to three and one-half mills for
the next three years. The General
Assembly may find another method
Of keeping "the pIighted faith OF the
State" than rsising the tax levy 20 per
cent. ji 'isfnish ai"so 80
A large portion of the message is de-
voted 10 the Public Works.. On the
lst of December the lessees of the
Public Works abandoned them to the
State. The Board Of Public Works,
in the volunteered opinion Of Cover
nor Young, "wisely" refused to do
anything looking to acceptance of that
surrender. The lessees surrendered
the Public Works to the State for al
lodged cause. Governor - Y Dung
strongly questions the degirability oi
the States accepting its works, The
right of the lessees to abandon the
property is pending in Courtih Mont
gomery County, and the retiring Gov
ernor .meanders . little from his mis-
sion and gives the Court the benefit Of
his opinion in the premises. He
thinks that the question, "What shall
besd0ue with this vast property, cost
ing, in its construction, over sixteen
millions. Of dollars" an important one
for Legislative consideration, and II
doubtless is but the rights Of the les.
sees in the matter, and of the State, be.
ing in Court, are. not the most proper
subject matter for Gubernatorial mes.
sages. - ..i. -.4.i-t
The Governor talks of bitches, and
thinks the subject OF drainage demande
iegislati0n. He speaks of the Public
Schools, which in Ohio more than
eight millions Of dollars annually. The
Common School is one of the bull.
warks of our free Government, and
because it is that, and because; it is i'm
bedded forever in the hearts and hopes
of our people, unnecessary expendi.
tures, Extravaganza, even, in lite sup.
Port, are tolerated by the people. Gin.
cinnafi ecouldsprovest this without aid.
v The Governor speaks of the fine
condition in which he finds the Sold
iers' snd Sailors Orphans Home al
Xenfa. and the Insane Asylums. He
asks. attention to the report Of the
Board of State Charities, and to, the
Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege and to the fish culture. He speaks
and he has right to, Of the "NAtiona
Guard should be Estate Guard
''the reserve power behind the Execu.
tive" for the keeping of the place
During the exciting and alarming riots
of last year, while States were fleeing
TO the Federal Cover nment for pro
lection, like babies to their mothers
Governor Young was able to say
"Ohio can take care OF herself. Gov.
ermor Young's conduct i'm that hour
was creditable 10 himself and to Ohio
Ife recommends an appropriation OF a
fund, 10 be known as the military
Contingent Fund" TO meet similar
public iinmergencies.
1.-THE Governor alludes to the Bureau
OF Labor Stastistics pstronizingly, but
not; enthusiastically. lie urges the
importance OF revision Of tho stastis.
tics. and insists that the salaries ol
Judges OF the Supreme Court should
be increased He concludes. with a
graceful expression OF confidence iI
the Assembly and a compliment tC
his associates in office, and Cover.
nor's message, perhaps. need not be
Ii ia al ways best in "a State document
to have the subjects nominative"right.
dress" with their verbs and when the
Governor says in his printed message
furnished 10 the press in advance, that
"during the past summer the peace ol
our State and the lives and property
Of our citizens was a short time much
endangered" ETC., there is little fam.
lily jar in the English which would
have been decidedly iinharmoniout
had the Governor been speaking Oi
any Thing bat riots and disorder. Bnl
we'll let that parse.
Three Bills Relating 70 Finance.
Were introduced III the House to.
day. Sapp, of Iowa, wanted to give
construction to the Resumption AcI
in such way as to prohibit retire.
ment, cancellation or destruction OF
legal-tender notes after January l,