The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-10
N)NE LEXOW LUXURIES.
Ssuograuher SIS an Hour and Hotel
Bill at $23 a Day.
HAUrTMAN'S DAMAGING SHOWING
The Waste OF the States Moncys-A
peaclt of $4,000, 900 In the States
Incomes - The Governor Attacked
Recause of His Vetoes For Economy.
From our own Correspondent }

Incomes - The Governor Attacked
Because of His vctoes For Economy
CFrom our own Correspondent)
Harrisburg. June l.-Nothing in til,
history of recent legislation has ere.
atei so much adverse comment as tn,
famous bill of $65O00 for the expenses
Of the Philadelphia LeXow committee
II has passed the senate, and is now
on its way to the house. When II
reaches that independent organization
a merry war may be looked for.
The following extract from one of tn,
local papers here, the Harrisburg Tel.
evraph, gives the following details ot
the sensational attack made on the
bill by Senator G. G. Kaufman. OF
Lancaster. 1t is the most scathing ar.
raignment of any bill that has ap-
peared before the legislature this ses.
sion;
A Damaging Showing.
when the bill to pay the LexoN
committee bill came before the senat,
this morning Mr.. Kaufman opposed it
and gave the following facts and
figures, which he said had been veri.
fed:
Total number Of sessions of COM
mlttee, 81, average number of senators
sitting at each session, ~; average
length OF each session, hours and .;
minutes total number of hours OF
committee in session, 1879; total mum.
Der Of witnesses sworn. 436.
Careful examination of the lis,
shows that at least 30 per cent. will ac-
@pt no compensation for their Ser.
vices.
The committee held 81 meetings, al
cost of SG5, ,sOS.96, or $1,l56.2S per sea.
son. The committee was in session
laa hours, a cost of $4S5.72 for each
four In session.
-Four hundred and thirty-six wit
rfssss were examined. at cost of S33
.1.z' or an average cost per witness of
s5I3.
Expenses of committee at Hotel Wal
'on Tor 81 sessions were S5,91240, or an
average cost Of $lO3.72 per meeting for
no'el expenses. The number of sena-
'Os present at each meeting was 80.
making the average hotel cost per day
F'r each senator in attendance S23.
cost OF stenographer for 81 meet
HsS %Sl225, or an average cost per
Fesson of $l12.14
average length of meeting being
hOurs and % minutes. the average
oN per hour for stenographer was
h+S stenographer's bill for reportinC
Huillohy of 4S6 witnesses is $9.S12.25.
average cost per witness of 22.5O.
average cost per witness for mile
ee ana lees Is $I5.73. Average cost for
nosTaphers service per witness is
Nv making total average cost per
illness Of $G32S.
.ouhsel fees for 81 meetings are
RlOJ3" pe' '''ee''''s Vi
~, AeNoW's Luxurious Living.
.~ papers of the interior of the
ave nave at various times publisbed
"s very interesting matter regard
TUE Lexow committee and the bill
penses which it ran up for the
"'e's OF the state. The following
m another Harrisburg newspaper
"orhlng Patriot OF some days ago
lparasus at a dollar a plate. and
,a.. ",e pieces on the plate! Well. I
,n,s hu commonwealth of Pennsyl-
,rl WIN hardly settle for It," re-
o. representative Charles E.
N, ,"'vs' '' OF Philadelphia, last night
=, 'oorhees was speaking of the
expenses which Senator Will
10 andrews, of Crawford, is GO
M y, reSeht TO the legislature in be-
s,a, sD' Tue Lexow committee. TT was
ss' stated that the cost OF this
vu ,.o investigating committee wou,d
Ind, Yvu Mr. Voorhees, added, but
), -, 'hu mat the items now in
IN s oNer 100000. l expect to fur
n ht very pertinent information
mo, "s WI" subject when the matter
W IN the house"
was unoflically but emnhot,oo,,,,
ro, yesterday that the administra-
b,ectoa no means in favor of this
in 'u raid raid upon a treasury which
e polr, "Vne Too flourishing condition.
pav ~. mas been raised that a bill
nr,n ,or the Andrews fiasco would
him. p,''ate appropriation measure N ra
IpcS a two-thirds vote in each
~" 10 pass. e"'n
il,b Mr.. Bliss Says No!
mi. 'esal authority has decided
tSa, %,s ,t ground was not well taken.
In 'ti ,bo out % votes in the senate and
h,,"n ae house would be necessary.
N er the ., number is Just ten more
by N 70 votes which were cast for
8 ss'vonent, Sa" Representative war% Tau1Is' P
Ter ~So, %S asked by The Patriot re-
souG %Sether tn those who supported o I
estio"a ea st stand IN together in ppp OPPOSING
an M" po, o. 18th, this character. ''''s
npreso,n,a SO, authorized to speak for the
LtheIr Irrlatives natives who honored me me
NDlIoa votes e., for caucus chai, man me =
'''va' but YOU can Ins'am state aman, a. =