The Portland daily press., 1880-02-04
BY TELEGRAPH.
AUGUSTA.
Bill to Restore the Number
and Salaries Of the Judges.
Financial Irregularities of
Garcelon's Administration.
$4,000 Drawn from the School
Fund for Military Expenses
.a-'5-
"' ~r
AND $1,000 FOR LEGAL SER
VICES.
An Investigation to be Made by
the Legislature.
$4,000 Drawn from the School
Fund for Military Expenses
AND $1,000 FOR LEGAL SER
VICES.
An Investigation to be Made by
the Legislature.
Especial despatch to the Press.l

Especial despatch to the Press.l
The Judiciary committee have on their dock
OF petition to extend the salaries of the JUS
tees of the Supreme Judicial Court, and to
restore the number of justices to the number
before the law Of 1878 was passed, which re-
duced the number from eight to seven. They
will probably make favorable report. The
salary of the judges was cut down from $1,000
to cut $1,000. .
A change is asked of the Legisla-
ture in the name of the trustees of the funds
church in the diocese of Maine. The object is
simply to abbreviate the name.
Man Who Still Recognizes Smith.
The following letter was received by mail
to-day, the writer thereof evidently being in
ignorance that Gov. Davis was chief magis-
trate:
ASHLAND, Jan. %, 1880.
To his Ercellency, j. L. Smith:
1t is with pleasure that read your message
to the Legislature Of Maine as it cares with
it the same determined will and just regard
for the rites of others, that Characterised your
course OF Action while hear with us. your
Stand upon the fnantial question meets my
harty approval and'in relation to your Position
rock and you will come out rite. II you
Should need Company of Soldiers to Pro-
tect you in you rites it can be raised in this
Part Of Aroostook county very quick, and
will lead them for have lost all my property
and if am to loose my Liberties as indicated
by the late desison of the Supream Court 1
don't know as have much to Live for.
y Yours &c,
S.P HEws.
Another Fusionist Takes His Seat in the
Senate.
In the Senate, to-day, Mr.. Ellis Of Waldo,
another fusion member, took his seat, arriving
just in time to participate in debate on the
State printing contract There are now only
two fusion absentees in the upper chamber,
viz, Messrs. Lamson of Waldo and Thompson
OF Knox. eE ass s.-. 4
Plaisted Appears in the House.
In the House, Mr.. Plaisted, the fusion rep
resentative from Lincoln, took his seat with
no stain OF "blood" on his garments, notwith-
standing his sanguinary remarks short time
since in the same chamber. He has cooled off
amazingly, SO much 80 that he wears a frigid
look. 1t is understood that he returns as an
agent Of the Greenback party and not in the
capacity of representative.
The State Printing.
In the Senate, to-day, the fusionists came to
the fro 1t and made an onslaught on the State
printing contract which the committee has
awarded to -Sprague & Son. They were as
sisted by only one Republican, Dearborn of
York. The question was on accepting the re-
port Of the committee. The fusionists COL
torded that there were other responsible par
ties who would do the printing 16l per cent.
less than the contract of Sprague & Son stipu-
lated, meaning of course Pillsbury & Co.
They maintained that no action should be taxi
on to-day as minority report would be offered
in the House and they wanted the mattel
tabled until it could be heard from. The Re-
publicans took the ground that the contract
was perfectly satisfactory, the rates being as
low as those Of Pillsbury & Co. last year. The
report Of the committee was tabled on call
of the yeas and nays, by vote of II to 10.
Perry Makes an ASS of Himself
The order that Mr.. Perry, the fusion mem
Der from Camden, offered in the House, to-
day, was an insult % that branch and led the
speaker to state, after it had been summarily
disposed of, that the chair hereafter would
claim the privilege of ruling out any paper
couched in direspectful or uncourteous Ian
guage that should be offered without submit
ting it to the action of the House. After Mr..
Perry had read his order, Mr.. Jewett of Rich
mond very properly moved its indefinite post
ponement; whereupon Mr.. Perry undertook to
defend himself and charged the Republicans
with an attempt to stife investigation of the
charges of bribery that had been raised.
This brought Mr.. Hale of Ellsworth to his
feet, who proceeded at once to punish the men,
Der from Camden for his unmannerly and dis
courteous act and repealed the false accusation
that he had made by informing him that he
would get enough of investigation before it
was over. The insult that was inflicted byiMr.
Perry was too strong dose even for his fusion
associate, Mr.. Plaisted of Lincoln, who, after
clearing his throat with swallow or two of
water, got up and washing his hands of any
responsibility in the matter, added his voice IN
favor Of indefinite postponement. Mr.. Perry
finding himself hamstrung by his political
friends in his weak and impotent reply, un-
dertook to crawl off by pretending that had
only offered the order in playful mood. The
House was not unsophisticated enough to ac-
cept his explanation, and to preserve its digni-
ty as we'll as the decorum of its members the
order was pitch-poled into the rubbish basket.
The order that Plaisted Of Lincoln offered
Immediately after his colleagues order had
been squelched, providing for an enlargement
Of the bribery investigating committee by in
creasng it two more msnbers as we'll as the
remarks he made in the direction of a thor
ough investigation were heartily approved by
tha Ro nd nd
ceived a unanimous passage and two fusion
members were appointed to serve, making the
committee standing politically, fonr Republi-
cans and three fusionists. The committee met
Immediately after adjournment of the House,
and tonight they are in session again at the
Augusta House. They will enter upon their la
bors without any delay or just as Wal
lace r. White is able to be present. and per-
haps before.
The petition for a reduction of interest on
deposits from the President and trustees of the
Peoples Twenty-Cent Savings. Bank of Bath
is for the purpose of getting the State tax of
per cent that is now imposed reduced to one
half per cent. The present tax is considered
too heavy and not beneficial to the welfare of
the Bath people.
The Message.
Gov. Davis took advantage of the wild, blus-
tering snow storm that ragged this afternoon
and the absence of visitors to the executive
chamber, to devote himself to putting the fin
ishing touches to his message.
Camp Meeting John Aliens PRAYER.
In the absence of the regular chaplain OF
the House to-day Campmeeting John Allen