The Portland daily press., 1880-02-19
BY TELEGRAPH.
AUGUSTA.
THE COMMITTEE REVISING
THE MILITIA LAWS.
Another Batch Of Fusion Let
terS Found.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE VALU-
ALTON COMMISSION.
Especial despatch to the Press.


AUGUSTA, Feb. ia charter is asked Of
phone Company to operate lines in this State
The incorporators named are Chas. B. Gardi.
ner, Payson Tucker and franklin 7. Rollins
The capital stock is to be fixed by the com.
pany.
The Aroostook county resolves calling fol-
appropriations were generally attacked in the
House to-day.
The committee appointed for the revision Of
the militia laws are now quietly attending to
their duties in the room underneath the Ad-
jutant Generals oifice. The members of the
commission are Gen. Chas. w. Tilden, Col.
Joseph B. Peakes, Lieut.. Col. Daniel White
Lieut.. Col John NJ. Brown and Maj. Frank
E. Nye.
The committee on temperance will give a
public hearing tomorrow evening. Remarks
will be made by men prominent in temperance
reform urging measures for the better enforce
ment Of the liquor law, providing for state
constabulary, and prohibiting the traffic in
cider.
Lamson, ono of the Fusion Senators from
Waldo, has decided at last, not to take his
seat, and his place on committees has been
filled BY other appointments. 1t is understood
that his seat will not be declared vacant
The finance committee will report an appro-
priation Of $4,000 to pay the expenses incur
red by Gov. Garcelon, Gen. Chamberlain and
Gov. Davis in protecting the property and in
situations Of the State in the late conspiracy.
Most Of the expense was occurred before the
present administration came into power. The
entire cost Of the military will be about $1,000.
This includes, pay, rations, transportation and
guards in armories throughout the State. This
amount covers all expenses for military pur-
poses
The legislative ball and party given in honor
Of the Governor, will take place at Granite
Hall, March 4th. The committee of ARA nge-
ments are as follows: Messrs. Smith, Hawes
and Hill Of the Senate, and Messrs. Cutler,
Ingalls,, Lord of Standish, Hutchinson, Mill
ken, Gilman, Stmonton aud Hill of Cornish
1t is expected to be gala affair.
The testimony Of Arson B. Bowler, the
town clerk of Somerville, to-day, before the
investigating committee on election returns is
the sunrise gun of other evidence which will
startle the people and show the infamous and
fraudulent transactions which were perpetra-
ted to steal the State. His testimony that he
changed the returns at the request of the con-
spirators, in order to defeat Smith, the Repub-
ican senator of Lincoln County, and elect
Hobson, was conclusive. He appeared before
the committee Of his own volition, and told
his story in straightforward manner. The
FusiOnists as soon as they heard of the clerk
confession, were more nervous than ever over
the situation, and wonder where the lightning
is to strike next.
Another batch of letters has been returned
which implicate well-known Fusionists in the
dectoring of returns and getting up afidavits.
Some of these letters which come from the
western part of the State, will be published
shortly in the PRESS.
The State valuation commission to-day
adopted series Of rules for their proceedings
under which their meetings will be held daily,
commencing st 9 o'clock 4. N. A majority OF
the commission will constitute quorum
Standing committees will be appointed on
manufactures, banks, insurance companies,
railroad and telegraph companies, mining
lands, wild and timber lands, farming lands
and other real estate, and live stock.
The first work Of the commission will be to
proceed to the classification of the returns
from the several cities and towns with view
10 their tabulation. A form was reported for
tabulating returns and 800 copies ordered
printed.
Each commissioner will have special charge
Of the correspondence and evidence from the
several towns within the county from which
he was appointed.
The committee on returns OF towns reported
the names Of 176 towns which have not made
returns, or whose returns were partially COM
plete.
1t was ordered that notice be given to cities
aud towns which have been delinquent in
making returns to forward forthwith to the
commission the ioriginal or full copies Of the
poll lists and valuation lists duly certified and
sworn to by the assessors for the years 1879.
Lewis selbing Of this city has been appointed
messenger to the commission.