CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 315 CHAPTER X. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) STATE BUILDINGS, GOVERNORS, BENEFICES, LOCAL EVENTS. January- 26, 1838, the legislature passed an act providing for the erection of a new state house on the public square in Columbus, which was the occasion of a grand illumination of the city. Colonel Noble, who kept the National Hotel, where the Neil House now stands, had the candles in his front windows so arranged as to form letters and spell NEW STATE HOUSE. In pursuance of said act, Joseph Ridgway, Jr., of Columbus, William A. Adams, of Zanesville, and William B. Van Hook. of Butler county. were, by joint resolution, appointed commissioner: for carrying the law into effect. They were required to give notice to certain newspapers, and offer a premium of five hundred dollars for the best plan, to be approved by the legislature, upon which said house should be erected. A number of plans were furnished by various competitors for the premium and Henry Walters of Cincinnati received the premium, though his plan was not adopted; but from the various plans furnished, the commissioners formed and adopted one somewhat different from any of the plans presented. The Legislature Balks. In the spring of 1839 the commissioners appointed William B. Van Hook, one of their own body, superintendent of the work. The high board fence was put up, and a good work shop erected on the square, and other 316 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS preparations made for working the convicts within the enclosure, in the cutting of stone, etc., a vast quantity of which, obtained at Sullivant's limestone quarry, had been delivered on the ground during the preceding year. And on the Fourth of July, 1839, at a suitable celebration, the cornerstone of the new edifice was laid, and the foundation subsequently raised to a level with the earth, when the inclemency of the weather stopped the work, as was supposed, until the succeeding spring. But during the session of 1839-40, after the legislature's investigation of certain charges against William B. Lloyd, a. member from Cuyahoga. county, for forgery in altering certain accounts and papers, a friend of Mr. Lloyd's drew up the following statement of confidence, etc., in said Lloyd: "Wm. B. Lloyd, Esq.: "Columbus, Feb. 13. 1840. "Dear Sir:-The undersigned, convinced beyond doubt, that the charge lately circulated against yourself is totally unsustained by the testimony relating to the matter; and the act charged, one of which it is impossible you should be guilty, beg leave, respectfully, to assure you of our undiminished confidence in the integrity of you character, and to express to you our sincerest wishes for your future happiness and prosperity." Which was signed by sixty-three citizens, principally young men of Columbus as papers of the kind are generally signed, more through compliance to the wishes of the individual who presents the paper, than any thing else. And this note, unexpectedly, to many, at least. of the signers. appeared in the Ohio State Journal of the 17th of February. with the signers names appended. This publication gave offense to many members of the legislature, who had voted to censure Lloyd, and under this excited feeling, on the 18th of February, Mr. Flood, member from Licking, introduced a bill into the lower house, to repeal the act providing for the erection of the new state house, which was finally passed, and became a law on the 10th of March, 1840. The whole coat, as far as the preparations and work had progressed, appears to have been forty-one thousand five hundred and eighty-five dollars and twenty-two cents. This amount of the public money, a majority of the savants were willing to throw to the wind, in order to gratify a spirit of personal resentment towards a few citizens of Columbus. Capital Removal Mooted. Immediately after the passage of this repealing act, the removal of the seat of government from Columbus was mooted, and the committee of the legislature appointed on the subject, made a majority and a minority report both elaborate productions. The minority report concluded with the following resolutions: "Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the Governor be requested to issue his proclamation, setting forth that the time has arrived for the permanent establishment of the seat of government, that all portions of the State may have an opportunity of offering such inducements CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 317 as they may deem proper for its permanent location at such point as may be designated. "Resolved, That all propositions for the permanent establishment of the seat of government from Columbus was mooted, and the committee of the persons making the came, to the Governor, by the first day of August next, who shall open and communicate the same to the nest General Assembly." These resolutions were, on the 6th of March, 1843, agreed to in the senate, by a vote of eighteen to sixteen, but were, on the nest day, rejected in the lower house, by a vote of thirty-six to twenty-nine. At the session of 1847-8, a law was again passed providing for the erection of a new state house. The present constitution established the seat of government at Columbus, until otherwise directed by law. In the spring of 1848, W. A. Adams, of Zanesville, Joseph Ridgway, Jr.. and Samuel Medary, of Columbus, were appointed commissioners to direct and control the work, and Russell West was by them appointed architect. In 1852, Edwin Smith, S. H. Webb, and E. P. Stickney, were appointed commissioners. West continued as architect. In 1854 the board of commissioners were Stickney, Smith and James J. Faran, in place of Webb, N. B. Kelly appointed architect in place of R. West, resigned. In the spring of 1856, a new board of commissioners was appointed, consisting of William A. Platt, of Columbus, James T. Worthing, of Ross county, and L. G. Harkness. of Huron county. The commissioners, it appears, did not employ a. regular clerk prior to 1850; but Mr. Ridgway, one of the board, had acted as secretary and clerk. until the appointment of Mr. James K. Linnel, in the spring of 1850; and Mr. Linnel continued as clerk of the board until he spring of 1856, when Robert Hume, Esq., was appointed. The first session of the legislature in the new state house (which was. however. but an adjourned session), nominally, commenced on Monday, the 5th of January, 1857. But the evening of the 7th of the same month having been determined upon for the great state house festival the halls could not be used for legislative purposes until that was over. The State Houses, Old and New. The state house, at Columbus, stands in the center of a square park, containing ten acres, bounded on the north by Broad street, on the east by Third. on the south by State, and on the west by High. It is a massive structure, built entirely of dressed limestone, quarried from Sullivant's Hill, near the city. It is three stories in height above the basement, with a central dome. and is surrounded on all sides by wide stone terraces, to which access is had on the four fronts by wide flights of stone steps. In width, it is one hundred and eighty-four feet, and in length, three hundred and four feet. All the fronts are similar, and are ornamented with colonnades of native limestone. In the canter of the building is a vast rotunda, flanked by four interior open courts, and lighted by the dome, four wide transepts leading to it from the four entrances, while broad granite 318 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS stairways lead to the upper stories. The first story is occupied by the offices of the governor and state officers; the second, by the two chambers of the general assembly, the state library and legislative offices, and committee rooms, while the third is divided into departmental offices. Its erection began in 1838, and it was not finally completed until 1861, owing to repeated interruptions of work from 1839 to 1848. The labor of the penitentiary convicts was utilized, at a nominal cost, in the quarrying of the stone and constructing and finishing the building. Although not wholly completed until 1861, the state house was occupied many year; previously by various departments of the state government. The total cost of the structure was one million six hundred and forty-four thousand six hundred and seventy-seven dollars originally. An addition that Deforms. The original design of the state house was the purest specimen of classic architecture, standing in the center of the park, with four equal and like fronts facing the four points of the compass, with foliage and lawns to the feet of the four great esplanades. The massive grandeur of the building, at once modest and imposing, when it was finished and first occupied, made it not only distinguished but preeminent among the capitols of the states of the unon. To make additional room, to accommodate the growth of the official departments it was proposed to erect smaller buildings of cognate architectures at each of the four corners of the park, but this was hooted down the winds, and some of the statesmen who aided in this summary disposed of the idea, later joined the plan of erecting the building on the east front, looking for all the world like a laundry in the rear of a great mansion. The result was the destruction of the ensemble of the classic pile and to utterly cancel its eastern aspect. The present policy of the state government is to acquire the block east of Third street; between State and Broad, and, extending to Lazell street, if indeed, not to Fourth and erect thereon the necessary buildings to meet all requirements for centuries, and making in effect, an oblong capital park, covering twenty acres. The projected addition, with buildings to correspond with the great quadrangular pile would involve the expenditure of fifteen millions. This, the state can readily afford to invest, and the city itself would profit by making the change and presenting it to the state. The first state house was of brick, and was located at the southwest corner of the present grounds. Other brick buildings along High street furnished accommodations for the state officers and courts. The old building burned completely out, early on Sunday morning, February l, 1852. evidently the work of an incendiary. It had become an eye-sore, was delaying the completion of the new edifice, and no inquiry was made to fix the identity of the incendiary. State Institutions at Columbus. The Columbus Asylum for the Insane lies two miles west of the state house, and is surrounded by three hundred acres of ground. The Institution PAGE 319 - OHIO STATE HOSPITAL FOR INSANE, COLUMBUS AND OHIO INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB, COLUMBUS PAGE 320 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 321 for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb is at the corner of Town street and Washington avenue. The Institution for the Education of the Blind is at the corner of Main street and Parsons avenue. The Institution for the Education of the Feeble-Minded Youth is located on a large tract of land one mile and a half west of the state house. The Ohio Penitentiary, with a capacity of two thousand or more prisoners, is located in the city, on the east bank of the Scioto. All capital sentences in the state are executed at the penitentiary. The Ohio State University, a distinctive state institution, is located in the northwestern portion of the city, with several hundred acres of farm lands surroundings it. The cost of construction of these buildings is placed at six million five hundred thousand dollars. Governors of Ohio. All the governors of Ohio, save Edward Tiffin, Thomas Kirker, Samuel Huntington, Othneil Looker and Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr., officially resided in Columbus. To give in brief and lucid form the names, dates of election, political affiliations, the vote received, the names, politics and vote received by their leading opponents, and such other data., in chronological order, as may go to constitute a biographical and historical epitome of each of Ohio's governors, would not be amiss in this connection. Such notes follow 1. Edaward and Tiffin, Ross county, democrat, elected 1803. Vote received 4,564. No votes cast in opposition. Re-elected without opposition, 1805. Served nearly four years; resigned to enter the United States senate, 1807. Born in Carlisle, England, 1766.; died at Chillicothe, 1829. 2. Thomas Kirker, Adams democrat; was speaker of the senate and ex officio succeeded as governor until Tiffin's . successor should be elected. A failure to elect in 1807 was declared by the legislature on the pretext that Return J. Meigs, Jr., who had a majority of the votes cast, was constitutionally ineligible by reason of absence from the state during the preceding four years. As a consequence Mr. Kirker continued in office until the result of the election in 1808 was announced. Born in Tyrone county, Ireland, 1760; died in Ohio, 1837. 3. Samuel Huntington, Trumbull, democrat, was elected 1808. Vote cast: for Huntington, 7,293; Thomas Worthington, democrat, 5,601; Thomas Kirker, democrat, 3,397. Served two years. Born in Connecticut, 1765; died at Painesville, Ohio, 1817. 4. Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr.. Washington, democrat : elected 1810. Vote cast: For Meigs, 9,924; Thomas Worthington, democrat. 7,731. Reelected 1812. Vote cast: For Meigs, 11,859; Thomas Scott, democrat, 7;903. Resigned in 1814 to become postmaster general. Served less; than four years. Born in Connecticut, 1765; died at Marietta, 1825. 5. Othniel Looker, Hamilton, democrat; by virtue of his office as speaker of the senate succeeded Meigs as governor. Served less than one year. Born New York, 1757; died Palestine, Illinois, 1845. 322 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS 6. Thomas Worthington, democrat, Ross, elected 1814. Vote cast For Worthington, 15,879; Looker, democrat, Hamilton, 6,171. Re-elected 1816. Vote cast: For Worthington, 22;931; for James Dunlap, federalist, 6,295. Served four years. Born in Virginia, 1773; died Chillicothe, 1827. 7. Ethan Allen Brown, Hamilton, democrat, elected 1818. Vote cast Brown 30,194; James Dunlap, federalist, 8,075. Re-elected in 1820. Vote cast: For Brown, 34,836; Jeremiah Morrow, democrat, 9,426; William Henry Harrison, democrat, 4,348. Served until January, 1822, when he resigned to accept the United States senatorship. Born in Connecticut, 1766; died, Indianapolis; 1852. 8. Allen Trimble, federalist, Highland, speaker of the senate, succeeded to the office of governor, which he held until December of 1822. Born in Augusta county, Virginia, 1786; died, Washington, D. C., 1821. 9. Jeremiah Morrow, democrat, Warren, elected 1822. Vote cast: Morrow, 26,059; Allen Trimble, federalist, 22;899; William W. Irwin, democrat, 11,050. Re-elected in 1824. Vote cast: For Morrow, 39,526; Allen Trimble, federalist. 37,108. Served four years. Born in Pennsylvania, 1771: died Lebanon. 1852. Allen Trimble, Highland, federalist, elected 1826. Vote cast: For Trimble. 71,475; John Bigger, democrat, 4,114; Alexander Campbell, democrat, 4,675: Benjamin Tappan, democrat, 4,192. Re-elected in 1828. Vote cast: For Trimble 53,970; John W. Campbell, democrat, 51,195. This was the first time that the total number of votes in the state exceeded 100,000. Served four years. Born in Virginia, 1786; died, Washington, D. C., 1821. 10. Duncan McArthur, Ross, federalist, elected 1830. Vote cast: For McArthur, 49,668; Robert Lucas, 49,186. Served two years. Born in Dutchess county, New York, 1772; died, Chillicothe, 1840. 11: Robert Lucas, democrat, Pike, elected 1832. Votes cast: For Lucas, 71,251; for Darius Layman, federalist whig, 63.185. Re-elected 1834. Vote cast: For Lucas, 7,738; for James Findlay, democrat whig, 67,444. The so-called "Toledo war" occurred during his last term. Served four years. Born in Virginia, 1781; died at Iowa City. Iowa, 1858. 12. Joseph Vance, Whig, Campaign, elected 1836. Vote cast: For Vance, 92,204; Eli Baldwin, democrat, 86,159. Served two years. Born in Pennsylvania, 1789; died in Urbana, 1852. 13. Wilson Shannon, democrat, Belmont, elected 1838. Vote cast For Wilson Shannon, 107,884; Joseph Vance, Whig, 102.146. This was the first time that any candidate received more than 100,000 votes or the total vote of the state passed 200,000. Born in Belmont county, Ohio, 1802; died in Kansas, 1865. 14.Thomas Corwin, Whig, Warren county, elected in 1840. Vote cast For Corwin, 145,442; for Shannon. 129.112. Served two years. Born in Kentucky, 1794; died in Washington, D. C.. 1865. (Wilson Shannon was elected over Corwin in 1842 by a vote of 119,774 to 117,902. Resigned before the end of his second term.) 15. Thomas W. Bartley, democrat, Richland county, by virtue of his office as speaker of the senate. succeeding Wilson Shannon as governor upon CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 323 his resignation to accept the position as minister to Mexico. Served until December 3, 1814. Born in Jefferson county, Ohio, 1812; died in Washington, D. C., 1889. 16. Mordecai Bartley, Whig, Richland county, father of Thomas W. Bartley, elected in 1844. Vote cast: For Bartley, 146,333; for David Tod, democrat, 145,062; Leicester King, free-soiler, 8,898. This year the total vote passed 300,000. Served two years. Born in Pennsylvania, 1783; died at Mansfield, 1870. 17. William Bebb, Whig, Butler, elected 1846. Vote cast: For Bebb, 118;869; for David Tod, democrat, 116,489; for Samuel Lewis, free-soiler, 10,797. Served two years. Born in Butler county, 1802; died in Rockford. Illinois, 1873. 18. Seabury Ford, Whig, Geauga. His competitor was John B. Weller, democrat of Butler. There was a long and bitter dispute as to the result of the election. Two committees appointed by the legislative body disagreed as to the vote cast for the respective candidates. The first reported the vote as 145,816 for Ford and 146.105 for Weller. The two houses, by a single vote. refused to accept the report. A second committee was raised and finally reported the vote as being, Ford, 148,756, Weller, 148,445, a majority of 311 for Ford. The report was accepted by a majority of one of the body. The first commttee excluded all irregular, defective and clearly illegal votes; the second included all such votes in making their computations. Ford served two years. Born in Connecticut, 1801; died in Burton, Ohio, 1850. 19. Reuben Wood, democrat, Cuyahoga, elected 1850. Vote cast: For Wood, 133,093; for William Johnston, Whig, Miami county, 121,105; for Edward Smith, independent, 13,447. Judge Wood was elected a second time in 1851, under the second constitution, which also provided for the election of a lieutenant governor to succeed the governor in case of a vacancy. He assumed office on the second Monday of January, 1852. The vote cast at the preceding October election was: For Governor Wood, democrat, 145,654; for Samuel F. Vinton, Gallia., Whig, 119,548; Samuel Lewis, free-soiler and independent, 16.918. William Medill of Fairfield county was elected lieutenant governor on the ticket with Wood, who resigned July 15, 1853, to enter the diplomatic service. He served from December, 1850, to July, 1853. Born in Vermont. 1792; died Rockport, Ohio, 1864. 20. William Medill, democrat. Fairfield, succeeded to the vacancy. Under the new constitution the election fell on the odd year, as had been the ease from 1803 to 1808, and the governor took office in January of the even year. Medill was re-elected in 1853 and entered on a second term in January 1854. The vote stood: For Medill. 147.663; Nelson Barrere, Whig, Highland, 85.857; Samuel Lewis, free-oiler and independent, 50,346. His service extended from July, 1853, to January 1856. Born in state of Delaware. 1500: died, Lancaster. Ohio. 1865. 21. Salmon P. Chase, free-soiler and Whig, Hamilton, elected October, 1855. took office January, 1856. Vote cast: For Chase, 146,770; for William Medill. democrat. 131.019: Allen Trimble, abolitionist, 24,276. Re elected October. 185 7. took office January, 1858. Vote cast: Chase, 130,- 324 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS 575; Henry B. Payne, democrat. Cuyahoga, 159,294; Philadelph Trump, Fairfield, Native American, 10,272. The total vote this year passed 300,000. Governor Chase served from January, 1856, to January, 1860. Born in Cornish, New Hampshire, 1808; died New York city, 1873. 22. William Dennison, Jr., republican, Franklin, elected 1861. Vote cast: For Dennison, 184,557; Rufus P. Ranney, democrat, Cuyahoga, 171,266; scattering, 117. Served two years. Born in Cincinnati, 1815; died, Columbus, 1882. 23. David Tod, republican (former democrat), Mahoning county, Vote cast: For Tod, 206,997; for Hugh J. Jewett, democrat, Muskingum, 151,978; scattering 109. Governor Tod served two years. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, 1811; died Youngstown, 1868.. . 24. John Brough, republican, Cuyahoga, elected 1863. Vote cast: For Brough, 288,826; for Clement L. Vallindigham, 187,278; scattering 23. The total vote of the state reached 476,000 or 120;000 greater than the total vote at the previous election, and the increase was nearly the same as the republican majority. Charles Anderson, republican, of Montgomery county. was chosen lieutenant governor with Governor Brough, and succeeded to the office upon the latter's decease. Born in Marietta, 1811, died Columbus. 1865. 25. Charles Anderson, republican. Montgomery county, succeeded by virtue of his office of lieutenant governor, to the vacancy caused by the death of Governor Brough, and served until the end of the term. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, 1814; died, Ohio, 1890. 26. Jacob Dolson Cox, republican, Hamilton county, elected 1865, assumed office January, 1866. Vote cast: For Cox, 223,663; for General George W. Morgan, democrat, 193,677; Alexander Long, radical democrat. 360. Served two years. Born in Canada; 1828; died, Cincinnati, 1900. 27. Rutherford B. Hayes, republican, Hamilton county, elected in 1867, assumed office January, 1868. Vote cast: For Hayes, 243,605: for Allen G. Thurman, democrat, Franklin 240,622. Re-elected 1869. Vote cast: For Hayes, 236,082; for George H. Pendleton, democrat. Hamilton county, 228,567; for Samuel Scott, independent, 629. (In 1875 Governor Hayes was again elected over William Allen by a vote of 297.817 to 292,273. At the same election Thomas L. Young, republican, of Hamilton county, was elected lieutenant governor on the ticket with Hayes. Including his third term, partially served out, his services as governor approximated five years, he having resigned in March, 1817, to accept the presidency.) Born in Delaware, Ohio, 1822; died in Fremont, Ohio, 1893. 28. Edward F. Noyes, republican. Hamilton county, elected in 1871, assumed office January, 1872. Vote cast: Noyes. 238,273; George W. McCook, democrat, Jefferson county, 218.105: Gideon T. Stewart. Huron county, temperance. 4.068. Served two years. Born in Massachusetts, 1833; died, Cincinnati, 1890. 29. William Allen, democrat, Ross. elected 1873. Vote cast: For Allen, 214,654; Edward F. Noyes, 213,837 ; Gideon T. Stewart, temperance, 10,275. Served two years. Born in North Carolina. 1797 : died Chillicothe, 1879. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 325 30. Thomas L. Young, republican, Hamilton county, elected lieutenant governor with Rutherford B. Hay es in 1875, as previously mentioned, and succeeded to the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hayes in March, 1876, to become president. Governor Young served from March, 1876, to January, 1878. Born in Ireland, 1834; died in Cincinnati, 1888. 31. Richard M. Bishop, democrat, Hamilton county, elected 1877, assumed office January, 1878. Vote cast: For Bishop, 271,625; William H. West, republican, Logan county, 249,105; Lewis H. Bond, labor, 12,489; Stephen Jamison, greenback, 16,912; H. A. Thompson, temperance, 4,836. Governor Bishop served two years. Born in Kentucky, 1812; died, Cincinnati, 1890. 32. Charles Foster, republican, Seneca county, was elected in 1879 and assumed office January, 1880. Vote cast: For Foster, 336,261; for General Thomas Ewing, democrat, Lancaster, 319,132; for Gideon T. Stewart, temperance, 4,145; for A. Sanders Piatt, greenback, 9,072. The total vote of the state this year exceeded 600,000. Foster was re-elected over John W. Bookwalter of Clark county, democrat, by a vote of 312,735 to 288,426. Abram R. Ludlow, temperance, received 16,597; John Seitz, greenback, 6,330. Foster served four years. Born in Tiffin, Ohio, 1828; died, Ohio, 1904. 33. George Hoadly, democrat, Hamilton county, elected in 1833. Vote cast: Hoadly, 359,693; Foraker, 347,164; Fred Schumacher, temperance, 8,362; Charles Jenkins, greenback, 2,937. The total vote exceeded 700,000 this year. Hoadly served a single term of two years. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, 1826. 34. Joseph B. Foraker, republican, Hamilton county, elected 1885. Vote: Hoadly, 341,830; A. B. Leanard, temperance, 28,081; J. W. Northrop, labor. 2.001. Re-elected in 1887 by a vote of 356,534 to 333,205 for Thomas E. Powell, democrat, Franklin county, Morris Sharp, temperance, received 29,700 votes. The total vote exceeded 700,000 this year. Governor Foraker served four years. Born in Highland county, Ohio, 1846. 35. James E. Campbell, democrat, Butler county, elected in 1889. Vote cast: For Campbell, 379,420; Joseph B. Foraker, 368,539; J. B. Helwig, temperance, 26,504; J. H. Rhodes, labor, 1,048. Governor Campbell served two years. Born in Butler county in 1843. 36. William McKinley, republican, Clark county, elected in 1901. Vote cast: William McKinley, 386,793; James E. Campbell, 365,228; John J. Ashenhurst, temperance, 20,190; John Seitz, greenback, 23,472. Re elected in 1895 by a vote of 433,342 to 352,342 for Lawrence T. Neal, democrat. of Ross county. Gideon P. Macklin, temperance, received 22,406 votes and E. J. Bracken, greenback-labor, 15.563. The total vote of the state exceeded 800,000. Governor McKinley served four years. Born in Trumbull county, Ohio, 1844; died Buffalo, New York, 1901. 37. Asa S. Bushnell, republican, Clark county, elected in 1895. Vote cast: For Bushnell, 427,141: James E. Campbell, democrat, 334,419; Jacob S. Coxey, greenback-labor, 52,675,: Seth S. Ellis, prohibition; 21,264; William Watkins, socialist, 1.867. Re-elected in 1897 by a vote of 429,915 to 326 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS 401,750 for Horace L. Chapman. democrat. Franklin county; 6,276 for J. S. Coxey, greenback-labor; and 18;000 scattering. Born in Rome, New York. 1834; died, Springfield, 1904. 38. George Kilbun Nash, republican; Franklin county, elected in 1899. Vote cast: For Nash, 417,199; for John R. McLean, democrat, Hamilton county, 368,176; for Samuel M. Jones, independent, Lucas county. 103,721, and 16,063 votes for several "third party'" candidates, making a total of over 920.000, the greatest number ever cast at an election for governor. The. total vote in the presidential years 1896, 1900 and 1904 passed the million mark. Governor Nash was re-elected in 1901, receiving 436,092 votes to 316,525 for James Kilbourne, democrat, Franklin county; 9,878 for J. J. Pinney, prohibition candidate and 15,000 divided between the union reform, social labor and socialist so-called parties. Governor Nash served four years from January, 1900, to January, 1904. He died shortly after the close of his second term. 39. Myron T. Herrick, republican, Cuyahoga county, elected in 1903. Assumed office January, 1904. Vote cast: For Herrick, 475,560; for Tom L. Johnson, democrat, Cuyahoga county, 361,748; for N. D. Creamer, pro hibition and 15,000 divided between smaller parties. Born in Huntington, Ohio, 1854. 40. John M. Pattison, democrat, Clermont county, elected in 1905. Vote cast: For Pattison, 473,264; for Myron T. Herrick, 430,617; Isaac Cowan, socialist, 18,432; A. S. Watkins, prohibitionist, 11,970. Governor Pattison served less than six months, and died in 1906, at Milford. Clermont county. He was born in the same county in 1847. 41. At the election in 1905, Andrew L. Harris, was elected as a republican on the ticket with Governor Herrick, lieutenant governor, it being the third time be was chosen to that office. Ile succeeded Governor Pattison. He was born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1834. 42. Judson Harmon, born in Hamilton county, Ohio, February 2, 1846, was judge of the court of common pleas, Hamilton county, 1870-78. judge of the superior court of Cincinnati, 1878-87, attorney general of the United States under President Cleveland, 1895-97, graduated from Denison University and the Cincinnati Law School, elected governor of Ohio in 1908, on the democratic ticket, receiving 552,569 votes, to 553,197, for Andrew L. Harris, republican; 28,573 for Robert Bandlow, socialist and 7,665 for John B. Martin, prohibition it. There were 1,194 scattering votes cast. The total vote cast 1,122,198. Inaugurated January 11, 1909. In 1906 a change in terms of office and dates of election resulted from a constitutional amendment and the laws passed thereunder. Instead of a state election annually in November and a local election annually in April, the state election is held biennially in November of the even numbered years and local elections biennially in the same month of the odd numbered years. The various official terms requiring it, were extended to meet the changed condition. As a consequence the next elected governor was chosen in 1908 and assumed office on the second Monday of January, 1909- PAGE 327 - COLUMBUS CITY (CARNEGIE) LIBRARY AND HAYDEN RESIDENCE, EAST STATE AND SIXTH PAGE 328 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 329 on the off numbered instead of the even numbered year, as had been the rule since 1852. Up to and including 1907, there have been fifty-one gubernatorial terms and forty-one incumbents. Two men served parts of three terms each Allen Trimble and Rutherford B. Hayes. Edward Tiffin was elected to two terms, as were Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr., Thomas Worthington, Ethan Allen Brown, Allen Trimble (who had previously been acting governor by virtue of his position as speaker of the senate), Robert Lucas, Wilson Shannon (with one term intervening), Reuben Wood, Salmon P. Chase, Charles Foster, Joseph B. Foraker, William McKinley, Asa S. Bushnell and George K. Nash. Rutherford B. Hayes was elected three times, but not in succession. Joseph B. Foraker was a candidate for a third term and was defeated. Governors Tiffin, Meigs, Brown, Shannon, Wood, Brough, Hayes and Pattison by reason of resignation or death, did not serve in full the terms to which they were elected, which accounts for the disproportion between incumbents and the gubernatorial terms. During the one hundred and five years of the state's organized existence it has been fortunate in the choice of its chief magistrates. Some of them were men of unusual endowments and statesmanship; some were men of plain practical common sense, and some were men of great and versatile ability and genius, but the breath of suspicion never soiled their personal honor, nor did the tongue of scandal nor of accusation impugn the official honesty of either of them. They were not all great men, but they were all honest men. The Pioneer Balloon Ascensions. On the 4th of July, 1842, was the first balloon ascension from Columbus. Mr. Clayton, a celebrated aeronaut, then of Cincinnati, Ohio, made a beautiful ascent from the state house yard, where a. vast concourse of people had assembled to witness the spectacle. He arose, it was supposed, to the height of from one to two miles. The balloon at first bore southward, then about due east, and landed safely about five miles east of Newark; and he returned to Columbus about two o'clock on the second day. The second balloon ascension, was also by a celebrated aeronaut, Mr. Wise. of Pennsylvania. On the 4th of July, 1851, pursuant to an engagement with Mr. Kinney, he made his ascent from an enclosure prepared for the occasion, and other amusements of the day, at the corner of Broad and Seventh streets. There was a very large concourse of spectators, and the ascension as fine as could have been wished. He landed safe and sound about six miles from his starting point, and returned to the city the same evening. The State Journal of the next day says: "Too much praise cannot be given Mr. Kinney and Mr. Wise for their services in catering to the public taste in this most interesting and beautiful exhibition." Proposed Horseback Balloon Ascension. The third balloon ascension from Columbus, was by a Monsieur Godard, on the 29th of October. 1857, from the enclosure of the Capital City Fair 330 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Grounds, a. short distance southeasterly from the lunatic asylum. This ascension was also made pursuant to an engagement by Mr. John M. Kinney. Monsieur Godard was a Frenchman, and was engaged to come from the city of Philadelphia, to make an ascension, on horseback. The ascension was only intended as a preliminary one to the great horseback ascension, which was to come off two day; after; but which, owing to a. disappointment in obtaining gas, did not come off at all. But this ascension was a grand one. Monsieur Godard, his brother, Mr. P. W. Huntington of the Exchange Bank and Robert H. Thompson, of the post office department, all ascended-three of them in the car, and one of the Godards suspended by his feet to a rope some fifteen or twenty feet long, hanging below the car with his head downward, and in that position, waving a. flag as he was carried through the air. They all landed safely, near Taylor's Station, some eight or nine miles east of Columbus. Mr. P. W. Huntington, in 1908, is one of the active bankers and business men in Columbus. Escaped Slave Kidnaped. The following narrative of kidnaping a negro slave from Columbus, by a disgraceful ruse, and the arrest and trial of some of the persons connected with it, has the merit of a happy ending of Jerry Finney's Case. "In the spring of 1846, a case of kidnaping occurred at Columbus. On the 27th of March, after dark, Jerry Finney, a black man, who had resided in Columbus some fourteen or fifteen years, was decoyed over to the town of Franklinton, to the office of William Henderson, Esq., who was, at the time, an acting justice of the peace of Franklin Township. The necessary certificate, etc., having been previously prepared, Jerry was forthwith delivered over by the justice, in his official capacity, to the decoying party; one of whom was Alexander C. Forbes, of Kentucky, who held a power of attorney from Mrs. Bathsheba D. Long, of Frankfort, Kentucky; to whom it was claimed that Jerry belonged, and owed service, as an escaped slave. Jerry begged for a fair trial, but in vain. He was immediately hand-cuffed and put into a carriage standing at the door for that purpose, and driven to Cincinnati, from thence to Kentucky, and delivered over to his former mistress. "As Jerry was generally known by our citizens (having been cool: and general waiter or servant at most of our public houses), his sudden disappearance from our midst, and the time and manner of his capture, created some excitement. And the following persons were arrested and held to bail to answer the charge of kidnapping: William Henderson, Esq., Jacob Armitage, Henry Henderson, Daniel A. Potter and Daniel Zinn. "At the July term, 1846, of the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, a true bill of indictment was found against all of the above named CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 331 persons, together with Alexander C. Forbes (the agent), for the unlawful seizure, etc., of Jerry. "At the following September term of said court, all of the defendants (except Forbes, who had not been arrested), were put upon trial. A. F. Perry, Esq., Prosecuting Attorney, and Wm. Dennison, Jr., conducting the prosecution and F. J. Matthews, Esq., and Col. N. H. Swayne, counsel for the defendants. "The case occupied several days, and much interest was manifested by those who were acquainted with the defandants and with Jerry. During the progress of the trial, one of the jurors, Dr. George Richey, was taken sick, and unable to attend further at the court. At this juncture of the case, all of the defendants, as well as the state (by her counsel), agreed to proceed with the eleven remaining jurors. The case was ably conducted on both sides, and quite a large number of bills of exceptions were taken by the defendants' counsel as to the rulings of the court. The jury retired, deliberated, and returned a verdict of guilty as to Esq. William Henderson, and not guilty as to the remaining defendants. Esq. Henderson was then remanded in jail, and the other defendants discharged from custody. The court suspended passing sentence upon Henderson, and the case was then, by his attorneys, taken up to the Supreme Court upon error, and among the many errors assigned, was, in substance, this: that it was not within the province of the defendant to waive his objection as to the absence of one of the jurors, and the proceeding in the trial with the eleven jurors, was error. This objection the court sustained, and decided the case upon that point; and Esq. Henderson was discharged." Typography a Profession. On the 25th of February, 1834, the legislature passed an act incorporating the "Columbus Typographical Society," and in the same act recognized typography as a "profession." The incorporators were Patrick Howe, Jason Case. William C. Morrow. James Mead, Thomas R. Raymond, Peter J. Bartholomew, Charles L. Murray, David B. Espy, James H. Patterson, Benjamin J. Gray. T. T. Sarchet, J. B. Halsey, Alexander E. Glenn. Theodore Laughre, Jonathan Phillips; Isaac Watson, Matthias Birck and Samuel Martin. The name and style of the corporation was "The Columbus Typographical Society," and it was declared to be competent to sue and be sued, to contract and be contracted with. acquire and dispose of property, etc., but "the annual income of said corporations shall not exceed the sum of $500.00." The object of the society was declared to be "to afford relief to deserving indigent members, their widows and orphans, and to preserve the honor of the profession by the adoption of such measures as shall to them appear to be necessary for the encouragement of industry, sobriety, good order and morality, among its members." The officers consisted of a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and standing committee of three. No record is a• silable which gives the names of any officials, or history of the society further than it continued to exist during a number of years. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE)