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Show . a . REPORT OF THE MINORITY. In the Investigation Into the Conduct of Pennsylvania Officials. IIabrisburg, Pa., Oct. 14. Messrs. Fow and Skinner, two of the three minority members of the legislative investigating committee who have been engaged in examining exam-ining in the affairs of the auditor general and state treasurer's office today filed their protest against the preliminary report of the majority of the committee. They dissent from the report of the majority major-ity for the reason that the committee has not in their judgment concluded its labors, and more especially because of the abrupt manner man-ner in which the proceedings were discontinued. discon-tinued. They say that a more searching and Exhaustive examination should be made without limit as to individuals or time and that the conclusions regarding the official conduct of State Treasurer Boycr and Auditor-General Cammant is not warranted by the resolutions under which the committee is acting. It is contended by the minority that the methods of conducting the business of the two officers under investigation should be reformed and in the suggestions majority on this subject they coincide. In conclusion the minority declare the auditor general's conduct of the system of mercantile appraisements ap-praisements has been grossly inefficient. |