The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-01-18


reporters, continue stakin' noses and 9Th
they'll print EN- Pr furnishing 70 thsis sesssu,
each succeeding morning. not only yerbssim
abstracs Of the sesslaiions male NJ tks diner
ent witnesses, hut graphic and spiey account
Of the set tos and reconciliations, the recrimna-
tons and Subsequent amours Of pzgnacious
yet amiabIe ''memberss #s
But seriously, however iudicrous may sppear
the doings and sayings Of the inquisitorA and
their Intellectual, spasmodic efforts to preserve
inyiOlable secresy, the disclosures made during
the past Ave DAYS session not only warrant she
gray ct concern on The part of car citizens. but
justify profound establishment in the minds Of
the uninitated, that such astounding corruption
and wholesale, systematic abuse should have for
years prevailed among the so-called guardians"
Of the public with absolute immunity. More
thar sufficient has already been sicisedtorrose
the necessity that existed for scrutinizing, rigid
and thorough investigation and If Aldo rman
Comisky can succeed in surmounting the appa'
rently insuperable obstacles which lay and still
lie IN VIC way VI SuCu au oAuuhuatiuth, MS btks
vices will be gratefully recognized By q just and
discerning community. At all events, he has
already fully established, by direct and unequiv-
oeal testimony, iterated aud reiterated, BY a
number Of male and. female witnesses. every
charge directly preferred by him, or reasonably
inferred from his expressions during the discus
sions in the Council, which led to the present
anomalous, and in ssshe particulars ludicrous
proceedings Of the one sided aldermanic Com
mittee.
At suitable time hereafter, We viii give the
readers Of the ADVOCATE synopsis Of the testi-
mony ELECTED, which will enable them to judge
impsrtially and justly Of the hitherto very par
tia transactions Of the Committee, and Of the
merits of the subject, generally.
To RAILRoAp-MEN.-To no class Of men do
the claims Of accident insurance present them
selves with greater force than to railway ems
ployes and officials Constantly on the road
constantly exposed TO sudden death or disabling
injury by accident, even under the most stringent
and careful regulations, it becomes not only a
matter of common prudence but positive duty
to secure the protection afforded by policy Of
accident insurance.
Men become accustomed to dangerous en-
feel safe-but Memorable sta
tistcs prove that "aceidents viii happen" A
practical illustration, and one that should be
convincing TO the mind of an Intelligent man,
is the fact that the TRAvELER OF HARrFoRD,
during one year has paid over So 900 to Rail
road men, for losses incurred under their poll
eies, as follows:
To Engineers ana Firemen, Sl7,9G5 IS
" Conductors and Baggage Masters, s2,7l6eS
+" Brakemen, 4,600S6
" To Railroad Officials, .. 6,S92s7
Other Railroad Employees, 5,554.s7
Total, . s67,6Tll1
The largest amount has been paid to conduct
ors, of whom great number are in. uredi but
the largest losses, in proportion to the number
insured have been on brakemen. The present
rates, It has been found by experience, are just
as low as the insurance can be afforded by any
sound and reliable company and, az present
prices OF labor, there are but few nen eho can
not afford a general accident po.'cv for one,
two. or three thousand dollars, in the TRAvkL
Frs OF HARTFORD.
The Travellers Insurance Company of Hart
ford is reliable company. It has issued since
Il commenced business, in 1854, over $4,000
accident policies. and has paid during the same
time over eight thousand losses, VARYING from
FIVE thousand to ten thousand dollars.
Mr.. Julius White. No. so La Sale street, has
the general management Of this old and relia-
Die company throughout the Northwest, and
our enterprising young friend, Mr.. John Culver,
is the local agent for Chicago, to whose protee-
ton we commend our friends.