The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-08-08
REPUBLICANS DID IT.
Admirable Results Of Recent Legisla.
tiOn.
Fiftv.Two Thousand. Dollar Fec Taken II
from the wabash Railroad System
Under the Massis Law.

COLUMBUS, O., August l.--[Special].
When the Secretary of State receiv.
ed fee of $4,000 from the c0nsolida-
ton OF several railroads, few weeks ago,
it was regarded as an extraordinary ad.
dition to the State Treasury; but trans.
action this morning in the Secretary OF
States Office far exceeded that. The
enormous fee of $4,000 was to-day paid
TO Daniel j. Ryan, in his official capacity,
as a.consolidation fee OF the entire Wa
bash system of railroads, which are con.
solidated under the name of the Wabash
Railroad Company, with an aggregated
capital OF $52,0O0000. The roads con.
soldated are the Toledo Western Rail.
road Company, the Detroit and State
Line Wabash Railroad Company, the
| Wabash Eastern Railway Company of
Illinois and the Wabash Western Rail.
way Company, under the name of the
Wabash Railroad Company.
This morning Burchard Hayes, son of
Ex-President Hayes, and one of the law
| firm of Swayne, Swayne Il Hayes, OF
| Toledo, presented the articles referred
to, together with check for 500, which
| he claimed was the proper fee. Mr..
Ryan declined to file the articles unless
the law was complied with, which makes
| the fee under the recent Massie law $780,
600. Their theory was that the roads
consolidated not being all in Ohio, the
fee could not be charged in an amount
based upon the capital stock of the COM
pany organized in Ohio. But the Secre.
tary did not view it in this light, citing
the law, which is plain, unqualified and
positive. The amount demanded was
paid, the certified check having been
brought for that purpose.
This is another good instance of the
admirable working of the Massie law,
passed by the last Legislature. Since
the 10Th day OF May, the beginning of
this quarter, there has been paid to the
Secretary OF State in fees Sl60, ,0OO-more
than was paid under the old law during
the four years OF General Robinson's ad-
ministration, and more than eight times
the amount paid during Mr.. Newman's s
administration and more than one hum
dred times the amount paid during Mr..
Townsend's administration. In other
words, Secretary OF State Ryan says that
his receipts for the past quarter will be
more than the entire receipts of the Sec
retary of States Office during the past
ten years. This is wonderful tribute
to the last Legislature, and speaks well
for the Republican administration. The
fees of the Secretary OF States Office
alone will pay the expenses OF all the
other offices alone in the State House
added together, and still our Democratic
brethren are not happy over Republican
administration.-COm Commercial Gazette.
The Enquirer of Friday says:
"About 10 o'clock Thursday forenoon
modest looking young man walked intC
the office of the Secretary of State. HI
inquired for the boss himself, the Hon
Daniel j. Ryan, and when. that high Off
cial was pointed out, the young man
who proved to be Mr.. Burchard Hayes, o
Toledo, remarked IN quiet way: "Iv'
got little paper here l want to file," a
the same time presenting certified
check for 500 as the incorporation fee
Secretary Ryan took the incorporation
papers, examined them carefully an,
then calculated: "It will cost you jus
$50 900 to have this incorporated, as tn
capital stock is 52,000,000."
Hr. Hayes modestly suggested that b
thought that 500 would about cover tn
expense, as all the companies in tn
consolidation, except one, were
OUTSIDE OF THE STATE.
Mr.. Ryan then pointed out the la,
passed last week, OF which Senator D N
Massie, of Chillicothe, is the author
| which provides that all companies il
9 corporated under the laws of Ohio mus
pay tax of 81 for every ST 1000 OF tn
capital stock, the law also bringing art
, cles of consolidation under the sam
head.
When Mr.. Ryan had expounded tn
law to his hearts content, Mr.. Haye
Z who is a son of the exPresident, n
8 marked: II guess we had better pay i
Y but want to enter formal protest.
: Then the son OF the ex.President pr
duced
ANOTHER CERTIFIED CHECK
Upon the Second National Bank, {
Toledo, this time for the amount of $50
a 600. Mr.. Ryan took the check, gaspe
1 once or twice and then ran over and d,
. posted it in old Peter Hayden's banl
After that the usual papers in such cast
were made out and given to Mr.. Haye
= In order to afford some slight consol'
n ton for having taken away so muc
money, the Secretary loaded him dow
'' with copy of the State constitution an
j. set of the Revised Statutes. He sal
Q he was sorry he could not do better, bl
O that was the best he had about til
= house. Mr.. Hayes said he would accel
~ them, not for publication, but as qua
antee of good faith.