The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-01

Harrisburg, June 30-Both house and
senate will be in session almost con-
stantly until final adjournment tomor-
row noon. An all night session will be
held by both bodies with short re-
cess at midnight for lunch, which will
be served in the committee rooms.
There was a full attendance of men,
bers when the house went in session
this morning. The morning session
was given UP entirely to passing upon
bills sent over from the senate.
The senate amendments to the Dow
er bill was concurred in. The house
refused to concur in the amendments
made by the senate to the poor direc-
tors bill and the bill relating to pub
lication of legal advertising in second
class cities.
The house refused to stand the raise
made by the senate in the expense
bills of the elections committee in the
Heller-L Laubach senatorial contest. The
changes made in the general approprla-
tion bill by the senate were also repu-
dated The bill has undergone
great change since it left the house
and the indications are that there will
be big row in that body before 1t is
finally passed
Mr.. Smith, of jefferson, called up
the conference report on the new libel
bill and the report was adopted by a
vote of 131 to 8. The measure now
goes to the governor The house ad-
journed at 1 o'clock until 3 this after
noon.
THE OLEO SCANDAL.
At the afternoon session the report
of the oleomargarine investigating
committee was presented by Mr.. Scho-
field, of Centre. The committee finds
that the chairman. George NJ. Hosack,
of Allegheny, was entirely justified by
the current rumors in bringing the
charges; that there is no evidence that
the dairy and food commissioner, Ma
jor Levi Wells. of Towanda, of his
agent. Frank N. Moore, of Pittsburg,
or any of the agents of the dairy and
food commissioner ever received or de-
manded from any person any sum as
a. consideration for exemption from
prosecution for violating the acts pro-
hibiting the sale of oleo; that Mr..
Moore was negligent in the perfor-
nance of his duty as agent of the
dairy and food commissioner and
failed to prosecute the violators of the
law, prohibiting the sale of oleomar-
garine with due diligence; that the
dairy and food commissioner was in
the fault in not exercising proper and
systematic supervision over the work
of Mr.. Moore and other agents, and
assigning Mr.. Moore too large a dis
trict-twenty-t counties-that it
was impossible for him to get over it..
The report is signed by the full COM
mittee, except Mr.. Hosack, who filed
a minority report in which he gives
much of the evidence adduced at the
hearings and recomm ends Mr.. Moore's
dismissal. The final conclusion of Mr..
Hosack's report follows: From the
evidence produced it appears that the
office of dairy and food commissioner
is not conducted in a business like
manner and that Moore has not dis
charged the duties imposed upon him
in proper manner and should, there
fore, be removed"
The majority report makes no rec
onmendation further than there should
be at least two active men in the dis
'trict assigned to Mr. Moore. The re-
ports were received, read and laid
upon the table This is probably the
last that will ever be heard of the oleo
scandal.