Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-03-31
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Oakley IIali-Life Insura teal.
Club Amusements -. The Peniten
Tramp-Business.

OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Club Amusements - The Penitent
| Tramp-Husiness.
OAKLEY HALL.
The sensation of the week ia the
disappearance of Oakley Hall, whic h,
so far, is unexplained. He was
missed, first, Friday, and it was as.
certained that he had not been eli.
ther at his home or at his Office for
some days. Search was made for
him, but so far in vain. Hall is, OF
was, the most singular man in
America. A splendid lawyer, he
preferred the plaudits of u dinner
table of roysterers to any triumphs
that could be achieved ut the bar.
An astute politician, he might have
had anything in the gift of his par
ty, and was elected mayor of the
city, after filing other less impOr.
tant places, but his love Of good
fellowship came in and wrecked
him there. Either from good ma,
turc or because he needed the mon
ey, he allowed the Tweed gang to
get control of him, and he shared
the Odium of the ring. He was tri.
ed for completely in the great steal
but acquitted, and it killed him as a
politician and he resumed the prac-
tice of the law. His Bohcmlauism
Overcame him again, and he got II
craze for the stage. lie believed he
had in him the elements of u great
actor. and in spite of the advice OF
friends wrote play, and took him
self the principal character in it.
1t was II Hat failure, and at the end
of three weeks he was forced to go
back to the law. And now he has
DISAPPEARED, and no one knows where
he is. Some say that the return of
Sweeney, would put him in an awk.
ward position, others say that an
English actress has control of him,
others that he is defanlter, and
dare not abide an investigation,
others that he has gone crazy and
is wandering, and others that he
has ended the drama behind which
the public don't understand which
will come out in few days. Oak
ey Hall will probably turn up in
Europe, and will make himself the
cent re of a circle there as he was
here. He has not committed sui
eide for he enjoyed life too much.
His life has been a failure here, and
instead of attempting to amend it,
he has thrown off all restraints, and
will live as he pleases somewhere
else. This will be the true sequel
to the Hall mystery.
LIFE INSURANCE.
The Life Insurance Companies
are in an uneasy state of mind for
the Legislature is investigating
them. 1t is shown that some of the
companies pay their presidents such
salaries as S37, 800 per year, medi-
cal examiners from $4,000 to 3d.
600, and the legal advisors of the
companies have an equally soft
thing of it; the public is exercised
about it, and it is not to be wonder
ed at, especially as the officers vote
themselves these salaries. On the
other hand it should be borne in
mind that a man capable of keep
ing proper care of such enormous
interests, is worth about all that
can be paid him. The public don't
care so much about the salaries as
they do about the other work some
of the officers have done. For in
stance one president was paid $780,
600 for wrecking another company.
The investigation shows that it has
been a regular thing for two com.
panies to combine, and send Out
men to weaken con fidence in one of
them, that a majority of its policies
might be bought up for little or
nothing. tn ose who refused to be so
swindled being reinsured in the
company. 1t was very
neat speculation if ii company could
be so discredited that its policies
could be bought up at ten cents on
the dollar of their value. The
inquiry now being made
is IL good thing. The Sbysters IN
The business will be made known,
The weak companies will be wecded
out, and those entitled to confidence
will be made all the stronger and
better.
POLITICAL.
Leav ing out the disappointed De
who expected places under
Tilden, and the almost as objection.
able Republicans who make politics
a business, and find that under
Have it is to be no business at all,
there is but one party in New York,
and that is a Hayes party. Never
was there a President so universal
|y popular. That portion of the
who are not place hun
tcrs, believe that Hayes intends to
settle affairs and that's what they