Show GR4FT SCANDAL The Pennsylvania state auditor has refused to approve the recent expense accounts of the Panama Pacific expo sition commission and a full blown scandal has burst upon the people of tie great commonwealth founded by William Penn It is charged that Gov ernor Tener took a trainload of com miBioners on a political joynde to the Pacific coast where the usual form ah ties were gone through with at the ex position grounds Incidentally $40 000 was set apart for the Pennsylvan a building to which sum $3o000 was added for trimmings Having performed this part of their duty to their own satisfaction it is alleged that the members of the com mission used up the balance of the $200 000 appropriated by the legislature in having a good time although liberal lib-eral provision was made for the secretary secre-tary accompanying the exped tion and the architect Vow that the auditor has deel ned to be a party to the al leged crime and has held up the war rants so far issued the matter will doubtless be taken into the courts and given a thorough vent lation as it should be The present scandal is a puny affair when compared with the bu Id ng of the new state cap tol a few years ago The amount expended was $13 000 000 of which sum $9 000 000 was pure graft Governor Pennypacker was a member of the board and while he d d not recc ve anv of the plunder he wae seerel criticized for not prevent ng the other fellows from getting away with the $9 000 000 Several prom nent men were indicted in connection with the capitol building job one congress man be ng caught in the net Some of them were conv eted too but they manage! to escape wear ng the stripes of the state pen tentiary Scandals in off cial 1 fp ha e not heretofore caused any great amo nt of excitement in Pennsylvan a where tho people are used to an 1 tb ns If the take any nterpst n tbo matter t w 11 1 o proof that they are no longer corrupt and coDtentel |