ms 1 co philadelphia appt 14 special the desks are being cleared for the opening sessions of the senatorial in committee and which will hereafter be known as the philadel chii lexow senator andrews Alii irman of the committee and senator thomas ita secretary are both n the city and have had several con ferencis ferenc cs with the executive council of the citizens municipal association the opening session will be held about the anat at the hotel although both the city and legislative committees are non partisan the fact is recognized that the investigation will in very large melaure mei aure be directed towards the doings of many of alie local bembera of the anti qua combine and their lieuten atit it flaa alie knowledge that these would be affected that induced th 1 committed commit teo to postpone op until after tha hornsburg Harns burg convention in order that it might not be charged that the body was simply a whip in the hands of the present dictator of state the result of the harrisburg convention appeared to stimulate interest in the prospective disclosures before the committee and tu give ariae to innumerable concerning the men likely to be implicated members of alie committee say that they mean business bu ainess and that the probing will go to the bottom and color is given to this declaration by tha fact that the counsel or goff ot the committee will be silas W pettit who lias just won hia fight against the re cervera of the northern pacific railroad and who is regarded as one of the keenest and shrew dist proberb pr and crosa examiners in the united senator quay will not be in the city during tho investigation the tax upon his health during his recent campaign compelling him to go to florida for a long stay the combine people claim to have no fear of the outcome of the investigation and say that the quay side will be hurt quite as much as their own