CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1874 Abstracts 908 - 913 COMMUNITY GROWTH (Cont'd) as soon as arrangements are made for stock transfer to Collamer. Seventy two freight trains are now handled daily, and this number will soon be increased. See also City Government; Suburbs, Districts & Annexations COMMUTATIONS & PARDONS 908 L Mar. 31; ed: 4/1 - Considerable excitement has been created in Ireland by the recent declaration of Disraeli that the Fenian prisoners are not to be released. It is now nine years since the Fenian prisoners were captured. The Ku Klux prisoners who have nearly all been pardoned by the President may thank their stars that they were convicted in America rather than in England. The cheerful 909 - L May 1; ed: 4/1 - "Mrs. Clem has been discharged. murderess, who has been in jail for four years, and two years in the penitentiary, now goes free simply because she is a woman. (17) (3) (2) 910 L Nov. 11:8/1 For the week ending Nov. 7, 36 persons were discharged from the workhouse, seven of whom were pardoned by the board of commissioners. (1) CONCERTS. See Music CONDUCT & CUSTOMS 911 L Jan. 31; ed: 4/1 - If "the man with the shot gun" will desist from his slaughter of the callow bards and look after the monsters who are writing communications on the Siamese twins, he will do the public a favor. There are also several newspaper offices where he can do good execution. Give the twins a rest. L Apr. 1; ed: 4/3,4 See Temperance 912 L Apr. 22; ed: 4/1 "Major John Throckmorton, of Louisville, is surely the best loved man recorded in the trodden fields of romance. For twenty-three years, Ellen Godwin, a fitful author, but faithful lover, has hovered upon the tracks of the Major. The courts are now laboring to decide that she is a monomanic. Perhaps if there were more of such insanity, fewer divorce cases would appear upon the court dockets." 913 L May 8:7/4 In a letter to the editor, "An Old Colonist" says: In England much good is accomplished by the establishment of mechanics, clerks, and workingmens clubs. Those clubs have attached to them a coffee room which is made quite as inviting as the gin palace. It has been suggested that such clubs should be organized in this city without delay. I will be most happy to throw my energies and experience into the organizing and carrying out in detail of the first Cleveland clerks club house. (1) (2) (9) CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1874 Abstracts 914 - 920 CONDUCT & CUSTOMS (Cont'd) 914 L July 21:8/1 - Yesterday was the day set by astronomers on which a comet was to put an end to the world. The day the world was to end a man named Wilkerson on Ohio st. called in his neighbor and confessed a chicken theft which took place over two years ago. (2) 915 L Aug. 18; ed: 4/2,3 - The Museum of Anatomy is a pestilent side show, which by an ingenious display of plaster and paper casts, manages to poison sickly, diseased minds of young men and boys with a great deal they should never know. The catalogues distributed through the streets show that more than half the exhibition is moral poison. "We ask Mayor Otis, in the interest of common decency, to ascertain its character and close up the concern. There is wickedness and misery enough in the world without poisoning the minds of youth with virus like that." 916 - L Oct. 22:7/4 - City dances have been held at several public halls recently which have outraged all sense of decency, and violated the law of order. While the interference of the police would not be warranted, it is a question whether measures cannot be taken to modify this nuisance. There is, of course, a class of dances which young people can attend with perfect safety, but they are not those presided over by a set of mountebanks, whose only aim is to take in as much money as possible at the door, without regard to the hands it is received from. 917 L Oct. 30:8/2 C. B. Born, jr., and his bride, who returned home from their bridal tour Oct. 28, were serenaded by the Harmonica society. (9) (16) (3) 918 L Nov. 20:7/4 In a letter to the editor, Jennie Harrison and Hattie Shuster say: "We wish to thank the gentleman who so kindly defended us from the insults of the drunken brute who accosted us on Ontario st." (1) CONSTITUTIONS 919 L Jan. 16; ed: 4/1 The judges of the supreme court of Ohio are to hold their offices for ten years the constitutional convention having reconsidered its previous rejection of this proposition and adopted it by a decisive vote. "Small favors thankfully received." 920 L Jan. 16; ed: 4/2 General Voris placed the LEADER under obligations for his free advertisements in the constitutional convention. The convention has proceeded to perceive that there has been a disposition in some quarters to load the judiciary system with such cumbrous details as to bid fair to cause serious delay to litigation, to the inconvenience of the public in general. The very zeal of the gentlemen to make the system as perfect as possible has led them into this error. In truth, no imputation of improper motives was made or intended. Some have overlooked the fact that the chief desire of the people is for a system of (1) CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1874 Abstracts 921 - 925 CONSTITUTIONS (Cont'd) courts that can keep the dockets clear without unnecessary appeals and duplication of suits and the consequent prolongation of legal proceedings and multiplication of costs. The convention ought rather to thank the LEADER for calling their attention to the public will. (4) 921 L Jan. 20; ed: 4/1 - An accurate idea of the cost of the constitutional convention is given by President Waite. Expenses during December total $26,143.73 - sufficient to consume the surplus of the original appropria tion of $65,000 and leave $19,857.40 unprovided for in January. The deficit has since been increased, and the daily expense is now $900; the cost of printing, $10,000 - orginally $6,000. There is no complaint against the expense of the convention if it succeeds in framing a constitution that will secure the vitally needed reforms. 922 L Jan. 28; ed: 4/2 - Chief Justice Waite resigned the presidency of the Ohio constitutional convention, which position he has filled so ably and acceptably for six months. The Hon. Rufus King of Cincinnati, one of the ablest and purest men of that body, seems to be a favorite candidate for the presidency. The honor could not be more worthily bestowed. The choice probably lies between him and the Hon. Lew Campbell, who has had much experience as a presiding officer, and is well qualified for the place. 923 L Jan. 29; ed: 4/1 - The Hon. Rufus King of Cincinnati yesterday was elected president of the constitutional convention and the Hon. Mr. Waite is to serve as vice president. Mr. King is one of the ablest members of the convention and is worthy of the honor. 924 L Feb. 6; ed: 4/1 - The members of the constitutional convention are hightoned in the matter of personal compensations. The action of the state senate in refusing to grant pay to the convention for its days of adjournment aroused the resentment of the constitution makers. 925 L Feb. 7; ed: 4/2 - We are unable to see that the Ohio legislature is doing itself any credit by its pettifogging scrutiny of the constitutional convention. The refusal of the senate to appropriate for the convention, during its holiday vacation, was in itself an act of questionable judgement. The House sought to improve upon this by demanding to know from President King by what authority and under what contract the convention adjourned to Cincinnati. President King replied that the convention was entertained at Cincinnati by the city government and without a dollar of expense to the state. (4) (3) If President King had added that the reason for adjourning to Cincinnati was that by so doing it escaped the dullness of Columbus and the society of a Democratic legislature, he would to some extent have sacrificed the dignity of his note, but he would have made a point which the people of Ohio would have very generally appreciated. (1) (3) (5) CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1874 Abstracts 926 - 932 CONSTITUTIONS (Cont'd) 926 L Feb. 11; ed: 4/1 - The Hon. William Baker of Toledo was nominated at the convention which met in that city to choose a successor to the Hon. Morrison Waite to attend the constitutional convention. "Ripe experience as a lawyer and business man will make Mr. Baker a valuable man in the convention." (2) 927 L Feb. 27; ed: 4/2 - "An additional section of a bill introduced in constitutional convention by Voris, states that public officers be subject to removal for drunkenness and licentiousness. This is radical ground. If adopted, it will put Ohio in advance of all other states in respect to its scrutiny of official fitness. We do not see how any judge in Ohio can object to Voris' proposition, or upon what ground a member of the Convention can vote against its adoption." (9) 928 L Mar. 4; ed: 4/2,3 Petitions signed by thousands of people in Ohio were laid before the constitutional convention at Cincinnati. The petitions urge the amendment of article 12, to secure the taxation of churches and all other real estate except cemeteries and strictly public property. Public feeling on this question is rapidly ripening and the legislature cannot much longer avoid giving the subject attention. (12) 929 L Mar. 13; ed: 4/1 - The proposition of Mr. Baker, the author of the Baker election law, was to submit the women's suffrage question to a vote of the people. It was lost in the constitutional convention by four votes. The women suffragists of Ohio have the old war still before them. (1) 930 L Mar. 14; ed: 4/2 - The constitutional convention reversed its decision on the question of submitting to a special vote of the people a proposition granting the right of suffrage to women in Ohio. After a spirited debate in which Voris spoke earnestly in favor of the proposition, it was carried by a vote of 48 to 30. The crusade is therefore assuming an importance which its earliest instigators could hardly have forseen or expected. It may be truthfully said that for the next six months the eyes of a great many people will be turned toward Ohio. (5) 931 L Mar. 27; ed: 4/2,3 The constitutional convention has just completed its work on the subject of taxation. The exemption of church property from the burden of taxation does not meet the approval of the large body of citizens. 932 L Aug. 8; ed: 4/3, 4 - The vote for the adoption or rejection of the new constitution of Ohio is to be taken Aug. 18. Many of the changes proposed and reforms adopted are highly beneficial and wise. constitution, in our judgment, should receive the affirmative vote of every honest citizen of the state. Some of the important improvements and changes proposed are: One, the changes in the legislative article will prevent legislative corruption and promote legislative economy; (6) CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1874 Abstracts 933 - 936 CONSTITUTION (Cont'd) two, veto power given to the governor and the payment of a fixed salary to the members of the general assembly will shorten its session and tend to improve the character of legislation; three, the change from annual and biennial elections will be an immense saving to the state, besides tending to make the actual elections of greater interest and importance; four, it gives to women opportunity to aid in the management of schools, and opens the door to further employment of females; five, it abolishes the oppressive and unjust system of paying the principal county officers big fees. The remaining points will be considered in the LEADER at a later date. · (34) 933 L Aug. 10; ed: 4/4,5 - We have already stated five reasons why the new constitution should be adopted as a matter of public policy, and we now present the remaining seven. They are as follows: Six, it limits the power of cities to incur debts; seven, it exercises over all corporations a healthful supervision, and prevents a monopoly by the railroad, hence, extension by excessive charges for freight will tend to promote a higher moral standard than now prevails in the management of other corporations; eight, the unjust, unequal, and oppressive rule of taxation established by the constitution of 1851 is abrogated, and the general assembly is empowered to adjust the burden of taxation according to the ability to pay; nine, it strikes out the word "white" and makes provisions for volunteers to vote in time of war; ten, it makes a just and fair senatorial appointment; eleven, it furnishes a new judicial system by which the litigation of the state may be disposed of with reasonable dispatch, thus tending to elevate the character of our judicial tribunals; twelve, the adoption of the new constitution will lead to public economy, and under it the political machinery of the state can be watched at much less expense than at present. (37) 934 L Aug. 12; ed: 4/3 - In many counties of northern Ohio, there is bitter feeling toward the new constitution. This antagonism against the new instrument is mostly felt by anti-license interests, who are determined to sacrifice the entire constitution in order to defeat the license clause contained therein. "We wish to see the license clause defeated but there is no justice or necessity in carrying down the Constitution with it." (9) 935 L Aug. 14; ed: 4/4,5 - The new constitution is to be voted on Aug. 18. "We believe the new Constitution contains many carefully devised and needed improvements and that its adoption will be a great advantage to the state. It is apparent that the cause of temperance will be best subserved by the defeat of the license clause, and this result, with the adoption of the main constitution we hope to record next Tuesday morning." (22) 936 L Aug. 15:8/1 Citizens favorable to the adoption of the new constitution and the license clause are requested to meet at National hall Aug. 17 for the purpose of organization. (1) |