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Show IPsTAlTS STORM fioose Displeased With L lovestigaUon Discovery of Cash Balance I Gives Rise to All Sorts , of Questions, j Report Is Tinally Laid on the Tnble j ;Senato Passes Six Measures I ' First Night Session. Night work Is found to be quite profitable' profit-able' by tbc House of Representatives. Tt I was In session less than -two hours last 'i cvenlnp, and passed four bills In that time. Numerous motions. to adjourn were j offered, but theso were voted down until I 9:30 o'clock, when tho whisper went r round that Chinatown was to be visited. That settled It. The solone, In a body, went to pay their respects to Joss. There was but ono subject discussed ! during the afternoon. That was tho re- ' port of tho special committee appointed to Investigate the deficit of tho St. Louis World's Fair Commission The House was prepared for sensational disclosures, and .when tho committee spoke of the fair commission and Us work In tho highest high-est terms tho word "whltownsh" wa3 heard on every side. Chairman Marks of the Investigating committee wa3 the target for Innumerable questions. Many of these Interrogatories he could not answer, but stated In the most convincing terms that every dollar which had gone Into the hands of tho commission had been accounted for with proper vouchers. SO long as tlie State had lost nothing Mr. Marks thought that the House should be content Both Joseph and Itoberts Insisted on an explanation of tho fact that tho report of the commission to the Governor of the first year showed an overdraft at the bank, while the report of the committee showed $2131.12 on hand. Tho mystery was still unexplained when tho matter was laid on tho table. Tho country editors aro very much aggrieved ag-grieved over the way in which the House treated their bill to provide for the publication publi-cation of the session laws and the proceedings pro-ceedings of County Commissioners. The enacting clauso was knocked out and tho editors did not even have the satisfaction satisfac-tion of securing a roll call, so as to know wnero to put tho blame. Mr. Roberts gave notice of Intention to movo for a reconsideration. recon-sideration. This morning at 9:20 o'clock the members mem-bers will take cars to tho University, .vhcro luncheon will be served at neon. Tho special train will start from the corner-of State and First South. Tho Senate yesterday passed six bills and transacted tho usual amount of routine rou-tine business. Th report of tho "World's Fair Investigating committee was received re-ceived and adopted without comment. |