Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-14
I'd EDITION.
DEMOCRATS DISSENT.
Minority Report on McCamant and
Boyer's Acts.
THE SMELL MURDER REVELATIONS.
Arrest Of Major Throckmorton on
Serious Charges.
SERIOUS NEWS FROM CHINA.
THE SMELL MURDER REVELATIONS.
SERIOUS NEWS FROM CHINA
THE SUSPECTED OFFICIALS,
Views OF the Democratic Members OF tn
Pennsylvania Investigating Committee.

Pennsylvania Investigating Committee.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct. 14.-Messrs. Fow and
Skinner. two of three minority members Of the
legislative investigating committee that has
been engaged in examining into the affairs Of
the auditor general and state treasurer's Office,
filed with Gov. Pattison today their protest
against the preliminary report of the majority
OF the committee hied yesterday.
Senator Aianghan. the other minority men,
Der, did not sign the report because he is q
member of the senate and will now be called
upon to pass upon the facts in the present ex-
animation of the two offices by that body.
Messrs. SkInEer and Fow dissent from the re-
port Of the majority for the reason that the
committee has not, in their judgment. con-
clGded its Ebors, and more especially because
of the abrupt manner III which the proceedings
have been discontinued; that moro searching
and exhaustive examination should be made
without limit to individual or time; that
insufficient time was allowed by the MA jority to
make satisfactory analysis of the evidence
and deduce fair. reasonable and proper con-
illusions thercfrom; that there have been long
and unnecessary adjournments of the
committee and that important facts
have but recently been developed; that
it is an exhibition Of indecent haste and the
conclusion will be entitled to little weight that
the conclusions regarding the official conduct
of State Treasurer Boyer and Auditor General
tions under which the committee is act
ing; that 1t Is not within the
scope of the committee to pass upon the guilt
or innocence of any one now under 1nvestiga-
ton, but the majority have touched upon that
subject and the minority calls the GOVERNOR
attention to that which the evidence discloses.
METHODS NEEDING REFORM
1t is contended by the minority that the
methods of conducting the business of the two
offices under investigation should be reformed
and in the suggestions of the minority on this
subject they coincide; that the state treasurer
and auditor general have been derelict in fail
ing to require quarterly payments and state
ments for state moneys collected by John
Bardsley, ex-city treasurer of Philadel-
phia; that the payment to Bardsiey of
SlJ0.0O0 on December 81, 1890, was illegal and.
think, without justification in view Of the fact
that he defaulter to the states that the act Of
the state treasurer in paying the school warrant
OF 142O 900 before it was due and payable. max
ing it possible for Bardsley to embezZle the
same. was reprehensible; that had
the laws been faithfully executed
no material loss could have occurred: that the
answer TO the majority statement that Bards-
ley withheld the state money, Notwithstanding
the repeated protests of the.two officials is
Bardsley, dated December 90 1890, stating that
he could get along without any money from
Bardsley in that month.
In conclusion the minority declare that the
auditor generals conduct of the system Of
mercantile appraisements has been grossly in
efficient and that the act of May 7. 1882 for the
correction of such abuses has been totally ig-
nored by both the auditor general and state
treasurer.