Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
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nev General 60 days after a settlement was
made; that has never been done within the
past 80 wears: there has not been an in
stance where the Treasurer of Philadelphia
maid in The money within the wear in which
il was collected. Treasurer Southwick, un-
der Auditor General Schell, Democrat,
carried S400, 600 and Treasurer of Scran-
ton, under Auditor General Temple, also a
Democrat, detaulted
Skinner-The Senator from Allegheny
ought to object to this as bringing in poll
ties.
Flinn-I want TO say that will object
when have objections to make.
Mr., Fow was questioning McCamant
about Southwick, when Mr.. Finn said:
"Now | do object. We are going bevond
the limitations provided by the resolutions.
NcCanant denied that any of the checks
drawn by Bardsley ever came to him. In
answer to MIR. Finn the Auditor General
said all the taxes for 1889 have been settled
bv Bardslev The Attorney General was
continuing his examination of McCamant in
reference to the personal property tax,
when Rufus Z. Shaplev objected, saving
his client had been examined time and again
on these points and that nothing new was
being asked or brought out.
FILM TALKS OF LOOSE METHODS.
Mr. Flinn-The Attorney General has
shown us one thing-that the methods of
doing business in the Auditor Generals de-
partmant have been very loose.
Attorney General Hensel-I have endeay-
orcd, as far as possible, to avoid a repetition
of testimony previously taken, but of which
/ have no record beyond that contained in
the public press l have endeavored to be
fair with the witness, and have not sought
to press him too far, although his evidence
l.
called as a witness in the suit now pending
between the Commonwealth and the State
Shapley-If l understand the Attorney
General right he is using this opportunity
10 examine witnesses in suit now pending,
but not TO assist this committee. The
political party TO which the Attorney Gen.
eral belongs adopted platform based upon
groundless ISLANDERS of State officials. In
all this time not a scintilla of evidence
against the State Treasurer has been pro-
duced The only evidence brought against
nv client. the Auditor General, were the
stubs of checks bearing initials drawn to
BardSlevs own order, and could only be
caShed BIZ him, and few letters in which
there happens TO be coincidence of dates
which Dir McCamant acknowledges and ex-
plains.
NOT READY TO DISCUSS POLITICS.
Hensel-If there is to be a political dis
cussion in this committee, if the soundness
or unsoundness OF any political platform is
TO be discussed, | have no place in this COM
mittee / came here at the request of the
executive of the State TO aid the committee
in the promotion of the purposes for which
il was created, and although l say it, who
ought not to say it, that until to-day the
witness never asked nor answered the ques-
tions put TODAY. | have come here and
Il. Il. r Il.
mittee, TO explain the methods by which
the affairs of two important Offices of the
Commonwealth arc conducted. | will fol-
low up the examination Of the Auditor
General hy an inquiry into the State Treas
urv. l propose to inquire into what infu-
ence was used TO determine the selection of
newspapers in which to advertise the mer-
camille appraisers list. For that purpose L
shall desire to subpoena about dozen wit
nesses, some of whom have appeared before
this committee and have refused to testify
There was some discussion on the Attor-
nev Generals proposition, and il was deter
mined that it would be better to finish the
examination of the Auditor General and
the Treasury Departments first. The At
torney General agreed to that, and then
gave notice to the Auditor General that he
desired q list of all the corporations, public
or private, that were more than &c days in
arrears. Mr. Hens9i said he would exam
inc the State Treasurer in the evening, and
recess was 'aKen unll ':3o O'CLOCK
FEW MORE QUESTIONS.
At the opening of the evening session
Attorney General Hensel asked Auditor
General McCamant whether he had read the
testimony of the police magistrates, which
showed that John Bardsley deducted $3.50
from the magistrates fund.
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