Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-12
CAPITOL GRAFT OF
BOSS MARTINS MAN
psnnypacksr Responsible For Loot
L.. III Of Surplus.
WOULD sruARr DO sETTER1

tn 3s@Mp OF suIpls''
WOULD sruART DO sETrERf
Accusing Contractors Ready to Help
Legislative investigation to Find
Out Who Got ths secretly Ab-
straoted Millions.
Probing to the bottom Of the new
capitol graft is assured by the Demo
cratic and Independent nominees FOR
the state legislature. II enough OF
them shall be elected in November. In
adelphia the fusion nominees for
the state senate have already signed
Q pledge to that effect, and the repre-
sentative candidates on the anti-ma-
chine ticket will do the same thing.
State Treasurer Berry promises to
delvc into what he believes to be
"overcharges" Of at least &2.600,00
In the 100000 paid for furnish
ings"-. over and above the 100000
for which the building was to be COM
pleted." Berry's first discovery OF over
he held up until he learned from lns
Cramp shipbuilding firm that 1t would
SUPPLY lne sane Aiha VI poie iot e,o
p'o, ...e' "o.'u
three days or so. to erect the pole.
In the amazing gall" Of the archi-
tect. Joseph M. Huston. he claims to
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nrove Mar'ih pack nh'o MS corner
. ['us'oh went aions WIN the new
po"ers' JUS. as martin ~isheu, MS
irienas 10 'ake care oi themselves aiC
or MS ihhuence oeclined'
renhypscke' nssPons'nie'
congressman Graham' OF Ahesheny'
Hheihoef oi the capiooi coniinission' re-
Iers u 'he s'rohs auVice oi Governor
rehhypachef as iarBeiy Influencing the
eh.ra'asaht secret expenditures Oh the
extra $',oo''ooo' uruhah 'eiis oi the
governor repeated urging on Oh such
ht''iB up as ~ouiu estaoiiSh grano
monument rehhypacker, as presf
aehl oi the ooara o puoiie GROUNDS
anu ouiiaihss. stahos ch'ehy RESPONSE
pie io' the going INC iim'' IN So
ere,iy drawing upon eae general un-
appropriated iuhu Oh the state ior me
or oia not Nno" OF "hat was gong on
IN the board over winch he presided
wou'o rehect upon MS ihteiiigence.
ana he has been FOR many years a
'uase on tne oeheh'
spa'he' "'sneu 'ne TWO gen.
eaai appropriation oi'is OF lSoa am
i'''. Al eu'n vi 'ioSe oiiis WIS the
pro'iso that .ne power OF the BOARD
vi puohe u"''o'hss anu grounds ID
p"!' iuihi.ure shou'd NO. DC regarcei
ny authorizihs them 10 heip 10 com.
piete the capitol Ihe governor,
"hiie presialhg over the meetings or
the ooara Wheh conlracts Tor furnish
hgs were let. was surely not SO un-
sophisticated as not 70 Know that the
extra millons were Deins aostracted
from the banks !or furniture with
out the knowledge OF the people.
There being no special appropriation
for the purpose and the money sim
ply haFing been fcooped out OF the
enormous surplus at the pleasure OF
the ooard. leaving ten MILLIONS, more
or less. In the repositories all the
while. the people could not have
known anything about the matter until
the honest Vigilant state Treasurer
Berry exposed II. .-
would stuart Do Beoerf
: Would any OF the Republican state
oficials have exposed 1t! The answer
Is that even Pennypacker waited until
he and his ieiiow members were found
out ny Berry before they felt that they
must make a report. Pennypacker.
like the rest. remained silent while
the commonwealth was being deceived
by the boast that the capitol had been
completed within the original ap-
preparation. NOW. with a governor
who was supposed TO be good law
yer ana. IN money matters at least
man OF integrity lending himself TO