ress
of New York and London, and aroused the interest of Europe, General
Hayes was a third time elected governor of Ohio by a majority of 5,544.

The character of the contest lifted him from a State leader to a
national, an international man, and made the presidency a possibility.
We now leave the reader to engage in the profitable pleasure of reading
the only Ohio governor's third inaugural:

_Fellow-citizens of the General Assembly:_

Questions of National concern, in the existing condition of public
affairs, may well be left to those officers to whom the people, in
conformity with the constitution of the United States, have
confided the important duties and responsibilities of the various
departments of the general government.

During the term for which you have been elected, the constitution
of the State devolves on you the task of dealing with many subjects
very interesting to the people of Ohio. The duty of communicating
to you the condition of the State, and of recommending measures
deemed expedient, was performed at the opening of your present
session by the distinguished citizen who has preceded me in the
executive office. In complying with the usage which requires me to
appear before you on this occasion, I am, therefore, relieved from
the necessity of entering upon any extensive examination of the
subjects which will claim your attention. There are, however, a few
topics on which brief suggestions may, perhaps, be profitably
submitted.

The attention of the legislature has often been earnestly invoked
to the rapid increase of municipal and other local expenditures,
and the consequent augmentation of local taxation and local
indebtedness. This increase is found mainly in the cities and large
towns. It is certainly a great evil. How to govern cities well,
consistently with the principles and methods of popular government,
is one of the most important and difficult problems of our time.
Profligate expenditure is the fruitful cause of municipal
misgovernment. If a means can be found which will keep municipal
expenses from largely exceeding the public necessities, its
adoption will go far toward securing honesty and efficiency in city
affairs. In cities large debts and bad government go together.
Cities which have the lightest taxes and smallest debts are a