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Show KEYSTONE BOODLEES. THE SENATE OF PENNSYLVANIA CON-VENED CON-VENED IN SPECIAL SESSION. To Investigate the Connection of State Treasurer Boyer and Auditor General McCammaut -with the Stealings of Bardsley. The Governors Message. Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 13. The special j session of the state senate was tailed to ' order this morning. The governor's uies- sage culling the session ws read. In it he i i said the session was convened to take action ' i relative to the alleged misconduct of the heads of two departments of the state government, gov-ernment, as well as other elective officer. The governor reviewed at great length the testimony taken by the various committees which have been investigating the affairs of Bardsley, Philadelphia's treasurer, who is now in the penitentiary, and severely arraigned ar-raigned Henry K. Boyer,state treasurer, and Thomas McC'amant, auditor-general of the state, for their connection with Bardsley's misdoings. Iu conclusion, the governor said the re-snonsi re-snonsi bilitv of deterniininr. whether reason- able cause for the removal rests with the senate sen-ate and the people expected it would be met and discharged without regard to partisan advantage or detriment and to the honor of the commonwealth. ! The committee charged with the investigation investiga-tion of the departments of the auditor-general and of the state treasurer, this morning adopted their report and sent it to Governor Pattison. The committee finds that the evidence evi-dence wholly fails to disclose any just ground for suspicion as to the personal or official integrity of State Treasurer Boyer and that it f ails to show any act of personal or official dishonesty on the part of Auditor-General Auditor-General CVnmant, or any improper receipt by him of any money, cither directly or indirectly, indi-rectly, from Bardsley. The committee charges as reprehensible the custom of the two departments in allowing allow-ing the county treasurers to withhold largn sums of money collected by them. In retrard to the present system cf depositing the state funds, the committee suggests the law should be speedily changed. The committee will meet this evening to hear the report ox the minority. |