The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-30
Especial Despatch to the Press.l

Intentions OF the Fusion Members.
The vanguard of Fusion members of the leg
isature quietly and peaceably took their seat
| today. There were some fifteen or twenty O
these absentees who returned to the House
and seven who went into the Senate. Among
the most prominent who occupied the seats il
the lover branch which have been SO long va
cant during the rebellion against the legal ant
constitutional authorities, were Mr.. Dickey
the Duke of Fort Kent, whose sage-like fact
and patriarchal beard were especially noticea
BILE, while in his immediate vicinity sat Mr.
ingalls, of Wiscasset, quiet, denurs and cour
teous gentleman, whose candor and conserva
tive principles have been those not without in
fluence among many Fusionists who were un
der the discipline of the more headstrong and
reckless leaders.
The great majority of Fusion members will
soon be in the legal legislature. Tho rest will
remain at their homes to which they have
gone, and not come back. Among this mum
Der is Mr.. Talbot, the Fusion Speaker, who
refuses to take his seat on the ground that his
oath of Office makes it impossible for him to dc
it. The President of the Fusion Senate, Mr.
Lamson, however, is said to be not quite SC
strict or punctilious as Mr.. Talbot in his mo-
tives, and after he has enjoyed a season Of
rest he intends to return and occupy his sena.
torial chair. Nearly, if not all the Fusion
Senators viii probably come in. Swan of Mi
not and Hartman of Kennebunkport, the pre-
cious bribery pair, Perry of Camden, Plaisted
of Lincoln and others who have not acquired
so much notoriety among the Fusion mem
bers of the House, it is understood, will not
come in and take their seats under any cir
cumstance.
The ablest of the fusion leaders, however,
have taken their seats, and, at the proper
time, will doubtless throw down the glove in
controversial debate. II they should, they
will find that the Republicans will. cheerfully
accept the gage Of battle, and marshalled by
some of their ablest and most skilful leaders
we shall look for a revival of those gladiatorial
contests in the arena of debate, which will
carry one back to those days when well known
leaders of the Wing and Democratic parties in
these same halls of legislation engaged in po
litical strife for the mastery and which is still
fresh in the mind of your correspondent and
other old habtues of the capitol.
Latin and Greek in High Schools.
The order passed by the Legislature direct
ing the Educational Committee to inquire in
to the expediency of abolishing Latin ant
Greek in all high schools in this state outside
of cities and towns able to provide separate
departments and suitable teachers for thest
studies, was introduced by Mr.. Springer O
Yarmouth, to give those parties who object tt
teachers devoting several hours of the best par
of each day to preparing two or three pupils
for college at the expense Of sixty or seventy
| vsslvrs,,T an opportunity to be heard
before the committee. Next week the com
mittee expect hearing viii be given to par
ties.
Candidates for Office.
Charles A. Wing of Winthrop is pressing
his claims for Inspector of the State Prison
There are several applicants for State Liquor
Agent. II. G. Wentworth and Judge Dresser
are candidates for the appointment of Judge
of the Municipal Court of Auburn.
Mr.. Sprouts Suit Against Pillsbury.
Representative Sproul of Veazie, it is under.
stood, has notified Mr.. Pillsbury that his libel
suit against him will be proceeded with at
once. Lewis Barker is counsel for Sproul, and
L illSUury Will 10 Ills own attorney. 1l6 case
will be tried in Penobscot county.
The Pension Office to be Abolished.
The proposition to transfer the duties of the
pension Office to the Adjutant Generals office,
and to abolish the office, will probably be done
by the Legislature, in which event Major Gal
lagher will undoubtedly be restored to his old
place in charge of pensions, which he 30 ac-
Oh 1Ial A. .,.40
power.
The Commissioner Of Fisheries.
There will be an animated contest over the
contemplated abolition of the Office Of Com
missioner of Fisheries, now filed by Z. 81.
Stillwell. The annual report of the Commits
soner will be distributed among the members
of the Legislature tomorrow, in which he
states that "Maine is not only capable of pro-
ducing all the fish needed for homo consump-
ton, but can in the future supply markets now
dependent upon the Canadian provinces" The
Commissioner thinks that the fishery laws are
nearly correct now, and require but few slight
changes. He believes that the wardens, both
for fish and game, should not be appointed for
districts or counties, but for the State at large.
Sawyer Growing Nervous.
The bill in relation to the State seal, public
records and documents, and to certain public
offices and their duties and providing penal-
ties for the illegal use of the same passed both
branches of the Legislature to-day and was
sent to the Governor for his approval. 1t goes
into immediate effect after it is signed. In
view of this fact Mr.. Sawyer, the Fusion
Secretary of State, who holds the State seal
and other important papers belonging to the
State, among which are the missing election
returns, is becoming SO very nervous over the
situation that it is not unlikely that at any
he will give up the seal and papers,
and relinquish all claims to the office, without
testing his case in the court, or subiecting him
self to martyrdom for his political principles.
Garcelon q Candidate for Mayor Of Lew
iston
A large Lewiston delegation is here tonight,
Gov. Dingley. 1t is reported that
Gov Garcelon is a candidate for the mayoralty
of Lewiston, and should he be successful he
will claim it as an Endorsement and vindication
of his official conduct while Governor. tits said
that there are two wards in Lewiston which
he expects to carry by the colonization system
Of voting, and by which means he expects to
count himself in as Mayor. Perhaps Mr..
Strout's bill introduced in the House today
may block that little game.
State Valuation.
A report will be made tomorrow to the
House by the Judiciary Committee, to the
effect that while the Constitution requires a
to be made at least once in ten