, 1875-03-23

II TIE Edi.or of Ths cAatd1o Tribune:
cn'cAao, March Isl have charged this
co1po3"tlo'i ~ W lilo mus. u"I,t'Ra'ca '1a"d oi
moues'' ''saoa' 1aso auupcea PROOF III snrpots
OF tho charge, and NOAH to adduca more. I 10
not intoud that my attonaton shall bo diverted
ror,rororsv i, h INV rorao,,1 ,,,.r.e.or =. ,,,t
.o"'4os 80 ~ 10y po.soua1 eAAAs..s' 10 an. .,,s.'
10 -, n's''ol u. Nv eoaseloonee 10 'ac E"''s'.
Iha corporation cannot dcEcnd itBelf ~ trying
me. msy be- blackm4iler, and may he =
lunatio. Int Inv TINT nroxoa that tbiB corpors-
,.,,, Al, ~ ,sa,,a r,,,1i,r. ~ fr.ru.
wv w" w. "oS 'os"o s"oAA5 5'"'0 a4''.. ,,.,,' ~.
lent policies and lax Its honest poAes.holuess 10
pay tho death losses unlcr tho1 Is beyond my
eoplprohenBion,
lava o,,o n,a,,or IN s,,t,s viii, tin 3renhi,.
.-,,,'.eA'."s,. A. 1,;1I;,r,rs y. ~.
'olui.cn n"1u"f'so"io.'e1a ~. o,'t ..,4.. - -
hi'd TINT Will end this part Of LILO controversy
1Io Says he has letter from, mo demanding
- o,c1oc,t u ,,vt IRAN tl,. drava tl,o Inference
eeA' w." s., .1.. c.,,.,.,,,, 49,,
'AhtA Was c!"'n'nB none' ie'n ~ eV"'f""' H., w
my personal aceonnt. ING sinplo 'aets are t1aa1
policy, uuder which loss had occuFtoa, waA
sent to mo In ,ny professional character AZ
lawyer for collection. notified tho Con-
nany and do,naulcd payment Of this policy.
II that makea mo bIack1naiter. n,nst
picad guilty to tho charge. It Is. perhaps, 70 bo
rogretted that 70 reputable man ~ Mr. lli!'iari
should permit lin name to bo ,,Ho.l an igro.
l1oaI by tho slarpcrs WHO nre now running this
concern, and II ho was awarp OF tho facs that
those partics on1y keep him iu hiH place on ac-
count Of lis claractor. and havo rcpoatciIy ad-
would not pormit hls namo 10 he Bisnod to pub
liz letters about which hang 80 many odora OF
tho poni,cntiary.
Tic men engaged In this busifes. make coll-
tho pub!io by Furnishing iuarrance Ut cost thoY
havo 10 peiboual Interests to aubscrvo they
want to ninko no money out OF tt-not a cont: it
Ia a!l for tho bsnetIt Of tho poor. wtdowa ard
fasher!ess children. No person With sympa.l,eslc
tcara lhoy arc 70 thoughtful aud 80 disinter-
estod III psoyidiag meaua by which tho poor
borenyea can got crus. OF bread. Dut let lis
tako look inHito tho Office, when polioy-hold
era hre prercnt, and ees ,vl,other tlloso follows
Extract OF q letter from Martin Ryan, scceo-
tary Of tho Company
may ray. however, Tia. nm determined TO throw
..M1sssns" before lsaSe 1he plan t. th!s; The
on: Ct '' and Tsns 70 Est cnnra agiesa = ges
Gas :so ~ o. aase1s @ ,css ~ p
Mtllia. and Tatcs, W. viii hsvo special neeng oi
,o Ilaayl to eccs Edwards an. i,n friend, who Il to
to boost Harden.
Thasn are over seventy dcatha nov, ma more
coming y every Day, anu Sant. TOT ing e o. NJ
s see hST . f1cns ns arn nor s1H an ncpia and viii
mnyo jlrIyrn and earth 10 keen uaoat
Edwards Viii try the desperate remedy you suzse.s-
ed, which may lep to pay W exi.sna losses. but it
Will 10 bad record to face In tho held.
Now, II this Was 'the biggest thing out Of
Jail" and EduatdH and Ills party wcse 10 t'red-
ho. to get control Of It," what was tho motive !?
IL there a1lybotly fool enough to believe tint
tharo was nothing but pIro beneyoleuco behind
that movement. aud that thoy wero actaatctl
solely by tho tlcsiro to give to tho poor, suffering
human Iacc lifo-Insuranco Al coats II there is .
policy.lodor in tho rrotect!on WHO has fndulgcd
III this doluslya bellof, ho will now Dec thHtt who
thcro IL au appearance OF fairness on The hlr
faco, there iB yet MI undcrclrrent Of doriItry in
this concern which will sooner OF later bring nl
Who hn7o paid their money into tie pool to
grief.
But to 1cturn to Tho main question. u this
porpetrated OF its honcst pollcy-1oldo1s by iho
e"lhale 10 t'l9 n;a:e a. pMo, Mtlaot Ne,ch tne
a}.te% t"a ,,,i p ronaat t,at Il n,sn Ehc,,
ios. occurs. that it Ias only about g. 900 policy
holders, when ip fac. it has upwards Of 12,uoo,