The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-07-26
I For the Spirit
The Monroe Mutual Fire Insur.
anCe Company.

The Monroe Mutual Fire AnSur.
ance Company.
ED1ToRs SPIRIT: 1t appears from "a
communication in your last issue that
Mr.. WELSH has concluded to defend the
Monroe Mutual and his interests for the
Radical nomination for Congress, all
under one head:
Mr.. WELSH has become economical
very suddenly. lie says about the meet
ing he failed to attend:
..I stated when in Woodsdeld, short
time prior to that meeting, that it was
not probable / could attend the next
meeting, nor did deem it necessary to
do so. The Board is composed of 13
members, living 5s or 40 miles apart
To hold frequent meetings and require a
full Board would be attended with heavy
expense to the Company. which should
be avoided as far as possible
That, t believe; is intended as sugar
coated dose for the Republicans of Bel.
mont and Guernsey, who are insured In
the Mutual. Mr. WELsn had, before
that mceting,always appeared with com
mendable promptness to draw his 50
per day and IS cents per mile; and did
not the gentlemen rote to increase the
pay of Directors from 50 to S5per dayi
The parts of Mr.. WELsH's article
which sounded strange to me were:
81 was not at the last meeting--did
not know the members of the Company
were demanding an Investigation, and
do not know ityet."
A little further ON he says:
.sFor 16 years the losses OF. the Com
pany were light and the assessments
consequently small; during this. time but
little complaint was made, out the heavy
losses of 1869, and the consequent heavy
assessment TO meet them. .hare.deeetoped
a pretty general des,re on'the part Of tht
paying members to knoW. schether :each
member of the Company IS required 70
pay, ana actually does pay hes just pro
portion Of the losses, and II not, rhy7
Now compare the lines ! have itali.
ciscd with the extract above and you
Wih seei in an instant that Mr.. Welsh, in
attempting to discourage ,and make il
appear that no investigation was deman-
ded, acknowledges the fact himself ia
the lines / have placed in italics. Rather
awkwarl but that satisfies me that he is
just the man 70 bet The part of Radical
Congressman take both sides of a
question in the same speech. s
On the subject Of appointing i com
mittee to investigate the affairs Of the
Company, he says: I.
aThis the Board did, as Ilcarn, at
its last meeting, with probably no one
opposing the proposition, and an excel
lent committee was appointed for that
purpose.
To Mr.. HusrER,one of the committee,
who lives here, we have no objection to
offer; but does not Mr.. WELSH know
that there was opposition by at least five
Directors to appointing any committee
whatever; and that the flate) General
Agent threw himself into the fight
against it with recklessncss unparal.
leled 1? Does he not know that Mr..
PHILpor and Mr.. HoGE will never come
here and spend a week or ten days inves-
tigating, to the injury Of their own bu-
siness at.hone?
Certainly he does. The members Of
the Company look upon the formation
and appointment Of that committee as a
trick to defeat investigation, with the
single exception of the committeeman
here.
In imy communications ] have per
eistcntly opposed an investigation by any
person connected with the Company
yet Mr.. WELSH mentions that be offered
a resolution instructing the Secretary tc
investigate, on six or eight points, and
report to The Directors; aud that in the
face of my communications which re
quired Investigations on sirty different
points. That is another evidence tha
an effort was to be made to avoid a ful
and fair investigation.
The members Of the Company want nc
blocked out work for committee tc
look over and accept; but do want ant
demand that at the meeting of the Direc
tors, on the ID day Of August com
mittee be appointed right here in Woods
field and the books delivered to them
ftom which to make their own report
IA Mutual Insurance Company,if prop
|erly conducted, furnishes cheaper facili
hes for insurance than any mode yet de
vised but like other things, in order T.
be successful, it must be. managed will
at least ordinary skill
That's just the point. The member
desire it aproperly conducted" and I.
get upon that basis, demand Thorough
Investigation.
Monroe County having Ten times th'
property insured in the Mutual, it fol
lows that her dclinqucncies are large
than those of other counties; but th
largest single unpaid assessments are il
belmont and Guernsey Counties.
A MEMBER OF THE Co,lPANY.
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