The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-01-16

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Labor - other Topics
nps Arc Considered.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives:
In assuming the duties OF governor at Q DO.
riod when we are approaching the end Of .
century. fraught with great achievements Of
civilization, It seems not improper that We
should consider for q moment the progress
made by our own commonwealth since Its
foundation In the vast results accomplished,
ell our people can take deep and lasting pride.
One hundred and eight years and Q half ago. .
handful of pioneers laid the territorial founda-
tion stones, and upon that beginning other
men and women OF the same sturdy stock
reared q modest structure which, on Febru-
ary 10, 1903. was deemed worthy OF statehood
and became Ohio
No act Of the congress Of the United States
has ever had q more glorious fruition than
that which brought Ohio into being. 1t gave
the Union an ever loyal state; it provided
self-government for people who proved
themselves the best of husbandmen: 1t start
ed q commonwealth upon an era Of Develop
ment not second to any the world has ever
seen
The history Of our state needs no enlarge
ment here. The lesson taught by the events
of the past has been plain to ALL and in the
than pen OF historian could write or utterance
of patriot describe. We are now 200, 900 peo-
pie, while at the opening OF the century our
forefathers were of but an hundredth part Of
that number. Ohio has literally increased one
hundred fold In 95 years, counting from the
time when ambition to rise above the terri
torial form Of government became active.
there has been result ON hundred fold great
or In almost every way. The harvest has been
an abundant one. and. speaking for those Of
the past as we'll as those OF the present, It can
be said that we have had and have good rea-
son for claiming the approval Of the steward
who strikes the balance to show who Of the
children Of earth have reaped wisely and we'll
While mindful Of the Divine guidance, of
the manifold blessings and Of the Provdential
care which have aided and attended the people
of Ohio through all their years, IL Is yet per-
mtssable to think that no small part OF the
magnificent result Of to-day is due to the good
citizenship which ever has been manifested by
those who have contributed to Ohio's great
ness. We have been Of . happy and contented
people-of GLASS that improved upon pros
perity and saw good in everything We have
enjoyed good government. we have thriven un-
der laws benefcent for the most part, and
we have had before us always the necessity for
preserving invtolate the honor and dignity OF
our state How much success there has been
In the aim and purpose Of upholding the
credit Of Ohio in all ways has been for others
to say, and we know that the pages of Ameri-
can history contain nothing to shame us. We
ere to-day enjoying the benefits Of the work Of
the workers Of the past and to some extent
that which our own industry, prudence and
patriotism have wrought
No state Is richer in the elements Of PROS
perity than Ohio. The legacy nature gave us
in fertile SOIL in mineral wealth, in fine graz
ing lands, In lakes and rivers, In o healthful
climate and in thousand other respects. was
OF infinite value. The habits OF industry, OF
laudable ambition and good endeavor, which
came as q common heritage from our prede-
cessors, 60 Q long ways toward fitting US to
carry on the design Of making Ohio ever one Of
the foremost Of the American states We
have been and are proflting by the example OF
those who have gone before us and 1t must be
our aim to improve upon the record, to expand
our possibilities, and to achieve successes
which will enable US In the future to regard
our part In the citizenship OF Ohio with as
much satisfaction as we now do that of the
pioneer patriots who served Ohio so we'll In all
walks Of life
The duty e legislating ana acting for the
four million people Of a progressive state ID
not one to be considered without seriousness
and deep concern. 1t involves the necessity Of
doing that which Is best for the greatest num-
ber, the requirement that the credit Of the
state shall be maintained In moral a. we'll as
financial AFFAIRS, and the essentials that peace
and we'll being, In SO far as they may be at
tainable through the acts Of legislation and
execution OF laws ana government, snail Do 0b.
sured to all 1t Is for us during our public
service to do our utmost to sustain the good Of
the past and to try to eradicate the evils that
may exist In the present or threaten the fu-
ture. To thus sustain, strengthen and serve
the people of Ohio it is necessary that every
oficer Of the state shall bend his energies to
the task Of perfecting the conditions which
are SO closely allied with the welfare Of the
commonwealth.
The state of Ohio. as It rs represented by It's
government, is but Q vast business concern.
It has its managers, its various departments
which are peopled by its clerks. and its labor
ers Of high and low degree Of duty. The legis-
lative branch Of the government like the ad-
visory board Of the business institution. can do
much for good or much for evil By consider
ing carefully the intricscies of the financial af-
fairs, by acting wisely for the people In enact
ing laws, by applying economy to public ex-
penditures whenever and wherever expedient
by tudiciously and Justly providing for ade-
Quate revenue by taxation, the good result
becomes apparent III considered financial
ious taxation can only result 10
| aggravated evils under which any
house may suffer and. perhaps
fall There will be opportunity dur.
ing the session OF the Seventy-second general
| assembly to demonstrate the wisdom OF the
proposition first advanced. Through the nat
ursl increase in the population Of the state in
| stitutions and the consequent increase Of ex-
| penses, we are confronted with q condition
| which calls for more revenue or more economy
| IN appropriations, and less expense In admin
| tstering the affairs Of the state, and 1t Is fol
| the general assembly TO determine which il
| shall be.
The financial statement Of the fiscal year Of
| ~ showed that the ordinary receipts amount.
! Cd 70 tS674. dN The disbursements wore
/ oA705.7!l.22, and the balance In the general
| revenue fund at the close Of the year amounted
| to Tess o7S 3a The balance In the treasury al
| the close OF the fiscal year Of 1894 waa
e854 72Iea An investigation Of the general
financial statements from 1884 to 1885, inclu-
sive, shows that during the ie years . to.
| tai OF Al, EOS, 1850 90 have been disbursed while
the receipts were s30, ,lbi9 9s7 .84 thus showing
deficiency In the receipts during the is years
! Of q, ,053 a4S02 In only one year OF the II
1 ware the raaeints RraatSir than the dishuraa.