The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-01-17
HOLE NUMBER S72.

of these rules it be provided by law that no
jail shall be hereafter built until the plan
thereof shall have been first submitted to the
Governor of the State and approved by him.
COUNTY INFIRMARIEs.
Next to our county jails the most expensive
and discreditable in management of our pub
lie institutions is that of the County lnfirma-
ries.
The Office OF Infrmary Director is worse
than useless office, and have no hesitancy
in recommending the abolishmeut of this
Office, and thus throw the responsibility OF
Infrmary management upon single Board,
that of the County Commissioners.
look for great improvement in the man
agement of our jails and county Inf1rmaries
through the aid Of the County Boards of Wis.,
itors, appointed by Common Pleas Judges as
authorized by law.
JUDICIAL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
respectfully call the attention of the Gem
to provide, by suitable legislation, for the
putting into execution and operation of the
amended judicial system. The establishment
between the Courts of original and the Court
of final jurisdiction, it is believed, may be
made available to make Justice attainable
speedily in Ohio.
RAILROADS.
The report of the Commissioner of Railways
shows a steady growth in the mileage and in
the business of the railways of Ohio.
There were, June 30, 1873, $500 miles of rail-
way in the State, an increase over the number
of miles of the preceding year OF 13.O6 per
cent.
The capital stock of these railways repre-
sents value of $3.50. 743 376, II, an increase of
The capital stock and debt makes the sum of
$478, ,069, 435 49, showing decline in the indebt-
edness of 9.55 per cent.
The business of this year was an advance Of
the preceding in the number OF passengers,
Z AZ per cent; in the passenger mileage, 2.y9
per cent; in the tonnage, 4.01 per cent !;
In the ton mileage 4.04 per cent. The av-
erage rate per passenger per mile was 2.499
o1T fteaE Enr.r1c Qr rot
of 5.6 per cent. The average rate per ton per
mile upon freight, 8.T5 cents, an advance In
the rate of S.2i per cent.
earnings were si8,s2s,2ls 81, an increase of
1888 per cent, making 3,2 upon the total
amount of stock and debt.
The operating expenses of the year were
$3.50 ,292 50, an advance OF 4;64 per cent.
These operating expenses were 67.28 per cent
of the gross earnings.
sixty-eight per cent of the railways Of Ohio
are now laid with steel rails.
There are 81, LIB men employed upon these
roads, an average of 5h men to the mile.
Since 1889 the mileage of Ohio railways has
increased 107 per cent, the number OF loco
| 456 per cent. The number of cars to each 10
| comotive in 1863 was 10; now the number II
| 81. It will be seen that the improvement IN
| permanent way, by the laying OF steel rails
\ and substantial ballast and superior motive
power, has increased the carrying capacity
Of Of the
the greater speed of transportation OF the
present time.
During this period of increasing facilities
for the transportation Of the wonderfully. in
| creasing production of the country there has
| been an almost constant decline in the rate
| charged per ton per mile for transportation
| In considering the tonnage of the railways
[ within Ohio alone and the decline In the rate
| per ton, it is found that there has been saved
present time a sum of money exceeding by
over $50 600 900 all the taxes paid by the people
| of the State during the same period. BY tnl
| it will be seen that, Notwithstanding tie an
moving discrimination now and then made by
| the railroad authorities in their rates, ther!
has been saved to the d the Ia aoss mo- in
| in railway rates.
The annual inspection of the railways ha
been made by competent engineers, and the
| TEMPERANCE.
| The receipts from the sale at retail in Obi
of wine, beer and Intoxicating liquors probs
| bly, amounts to the enormous sum of $40 ,0Ol
That it entails upon the general public al
enormous outlay of money. which Is raise
by general taxation, no one Pretends to deny
the business is more than $40 100000, yet, unit
| recently, this traffic contributed nothing T.
the burdens it Imposes upon the taxpayers o
| the State
And, now because the General Assembl
has in obedience to the demand of an over
whelming public sentiment, undertaken, In
dIe, and to require ] It to Contribute something t
interest recently, through its delegate
sasndasddd snanded the 5e rspeai the =
law passed by the last General assembly BY
FssnnE ssn the to n
liquors." is the first seeking to impose re
straint upon the liquor traffic ever passed il
into into practical execution. Under its provis
ions more than four thousand Ave hundre
saloons, and places whore the traffic has bee
the law WI is @ Permitted to @ stand the n1mbe
retiring from the business will be material
increased.
dred thousand dollars has been received fror
the operation of the law and paid into the VI
rous county city and odn village treasuries fs
of the law number of villages have, by ord
nance, prohibited the traffic within their CO.
porate limits, but because of the phraseolog
of'A' of spirituous liquors can not b
if LAW not sboss sSad he in ams16Rsgg t6iRggp
the tS IS sale % Of which, as well
wine and beer, may be prohibited by ord
nance: and the provisions OF local optic
by village ordinance the traffic is prohibite'
the people of the township may prohibit ais
if they choose, thus prsDeaiffiing mt Iga the tran
that there is an overwhelming public sent
| ment opposed to the demand OF the hqut
dealers, End in favor of giving the Scott La
full ard fair trial before any serious inte
ference with its provisions is attempted.
, | The fact that :S23 600 votes were returned Il
the prohjbition of the liquor traffic is eviden,
/ of the strong feeling of our people upon tn
subject
If this is done the law will be found in pri
ciple the best ever passed upon this subject
Nv With perfect ease. without cost, witho,
law
7 | ly put out of sight more than 4,50O salot
4 signs, and poured into the treasures OF Il
: State a revenue of nearly S2,OOO0O0 wi
! | which to mitigate the sufferings and evils d'
! to the business.
t TARIFF.
By the recent revision of the tariff laws
= the Nation some industries in which the pc
i | pie of Ohio are deeply interested are serious
u u | wool-growlng interest, the hoop and rod al
q charcoal iron industries. Appearances int
. cate that revision of the tariff will be undt
n taken by the present Congress, having for
y object still further reduction of the duti
: on wool, iron and other industries in whi
! our people are vitally interested.
4 That the position Of the people of oh
:, may not be misunderstood, it is importa
L that the General Assembly should not on
n % anV further reduction of tariff duties, b
a should request our Representatives., and
. struct our Senators in Congress to use all he
= orable means to remedy the injustice done
-.
SS duty on wool. and to remedy the in1ust1
10 done to other industries in which our peoI
n are SO deeply interested.
e CIVIL RIGHTS.
" The recent decision of the Supreme Court
,I the United States in which the law of Congre
le known as the Civil Rights Law, is declared I
y constitutional, for the reason that Congr'
al has not the Constitutional power to pass su
e a law so far as the States are concerned,
I. caused a profound feeling of regret a
c. alarm among that class of our fellow-citize
IN whom the law was especially designed to p
u tect, as well as with all good citizens who
~ sired that all classes of our people should
~ fully protected in their civil rights.
n, The States alone, under this decision. ha
1e the right 20 pass laws protecting the citizen
IL his civil rights, and it is lamentable ia
that, owing to causes it is not necessary h'
ne ne to ennmerate, the civil rights of the colol
ST people are not only not accorded to them,
n. are openly, grossly and shamelessly refu
81 and denied to then in several of the Stat
81 The remedy for this denial of civil rights 20
1y class of our fellow-citizens is to lie secured
40 the adoption of such a constitutional anne