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Show The llnr.lal.jr NrauUel llAnuiFiit'uu, Pa., Hept. 1". Am-.. elon ot llio leglalatlvo commltteo In veetlgatlngtlioatfalra and methods of tho HUto tre.aaurer and auditor gene ral'a onion relative to tbo llardaliy acaudal aahell thla morning. Auditor Ueneral McCamtiiou waa aubmllted to h rlgl I examination. In anawertoa ipie.tlon aa to why lUrda-ley lUrda-ley waa rmlttiI to retain the lliiuor llcenae money long alter It waa duo to thn HLate, tho auditor general aald that lie frequently pre-wt lUrdaley for a ilatement, hut bad been rut oil with all manner of exouvea from ttmo to time, reueng other thing, that more lime waa aaked by the bauka lu which the fuilda wero depoaltod, im lug to Ihn trl ngency of the money nnrkct. Thn auditor general denied emphatically that lie had any knowledge of Jlardt-ley'a Jlardt-ley'a collecting the Htato taxea and holding tho money In tho hanka fur hla own airioHj and benefit. There waa no arrangement between llardley audlihiia.lt Harding the Hlatefuuua nor between lbtrd!ey and any agent of III, and ho had derived no iwlltlcal i r t n oual gain. A. letter, li-ailng the ilgntturnof thn auditor-general, etatod rjiptemlwr 3, issu, a.klng llaidileyfor IIihi.om, "aa thvHtatotreaeuier la a little priwaed, and thla will help klm out," waa read, A letter frouCaahter l.lveaey, dated Noveml-er i'4, H5'i. told llardaley thai he lice-d only eeud $1.IWII. Mct.'ammont tal 1 ho did not compel llardaley to make full returna, be-cauan Captain Halt (foimer Htato trnaeurer) eald that bo would beko lliargo ol the matter. |