Show After the Monopolists Philadelphia 3Tbe legislative committee com-mittee consisting of three senators and fire representatives appointed to investigate investi-gate the character of the testimony takes in the Standard Oil company investigation tion met here today A letter was read from E G Patterson of Titusville stating stat-ing that he was unable to attend but would reach Philadelphia on Thursday The chairman stated that Saml Butler and Gen W H Shece had promised toe > to-e present The committee was empowered empow-ered by the legislative resolution to inquire in-quire into the legal relations of the Standard Stand-ard Oil company to the state and its conduct as to the payment of taxes to the state and into the right and power of the State to require by statute the payment of taxes by said company or any foreign corporation |