, 1879-04-11

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/" Arc there many policies held therc1"
It Not IA mnry rs there were during tho life |
i tho Protection Company" t1.anghtcr.1
"D!d YOU l,nve policy tn tic Protection 7
;ompansin .... II
III did not, but did have mn application to
Icccpt policy In the Protection Conlpanv, pro-
'l1etl would pay nominal SUN 10 cover the
1npcrs.n
"Why Didn't yan do fta''
"r}idu't re9arii II Us my interest go to do"
"Do you carry any lltc pol'cy1'
II don't."
~ did not"
~ understand you to sag, thcn, tint there
arc Hut 81 naty Insurance. composites IN your
district doing business as lhcro uscd to he."
nm, l didn't say that. said there arc not
50 ,nuly policies In existcncn actd by the pcop!c
"a thero were"
"You mined the Protection Company,-1
think you called Il lhe Protection Company.
That isn't doing uny husinrss iu your district
nowT"
II bcltevc It Isn't doing business In my dis
tsict now.''
"Do yoa know Of any other companies tlat
hare policies hu!d III your dtsttictf"
81 botl o,,s uerson tell the tle was m aren't, /
md tim, he Thought 1t wns 1csirablc thug {or
n,e tn have pollcy.."
"Do you know Of any company now That has
policies held III yuur district"
~ DON'T KEow
wl,o has Insurance policies In my district, but
know people rho represent themselves as being
hv33efa OF Mfe.insuyauee pul!cles,"
t.TI,eu you were not induced to Introduce
th!s bill from auy application ur suggessloa
Wllatcyer}"
II stuffed 80 In tic start."
"What Inns become Of this bllla What is tic
order It Is now In at this timoi"
aNr, Crookcr, Tic Chairman {antl would
Nkc to hayc hin, hero so tllat ise ca1 hear this
testimony, said to ,ne tl' this bill III" al'e pro-
visions ot It werc substantially covered In all.
otLcr bill in tho hands Ut the Cotntnittcc. and
that thu Committee had an adverse report on
thIs lll had no pride III my BILL"
"DM YOU look to your I'LL to sec II 1t Has
really coycrcaa'
for find there has not much been done since
Tint ttnc.-tot much legislation. NJ, nouc has
bccn made OIL It,"
"lIuyu you moved on Mr.. Crookcr's bill, or
| asked him to movoa"
mo; haye not moved, or askca him to
move"
| t%Dfsmsse1 It cnt!re{yf"
| "}Yhun mr. bill won't down, I didn't take
especial patns to Press any otlIcr insurance blIl'
resting ,tpon tl,u assertion as to tile nct!on Of
| tho Commlttcc.'
"Thcsu is another bill called 11ousc bill e5i,
cntitlod "A bill for an net rt9utTtnE
TELEGRAPH coMrAs,Es
tn keen mt! mntptan officers fur the receiving
mud forwarding Of messages By tsleIsaph' Did
SOU Introduce tlnt1"
"Let ino SEC It,"
Thu hllt WINS shown to Lie wtsness.
NJ It'd, air.'' I
"What l.as become Of lt1n l.,
ut has pono the way Of thesdhcr bills, and
ltes on the tab1c." ~
- "layc you moved on tl,at,'':i 80
~ llnyo not, because, upon uut exhibit being
made to the COMMITTEES, partially In tnY pres
cnce and partially out of my presence, BECAME
satlsflcd lftat
MY ORIGINAL IMrREsslor 1TAs WRONG
about the Justice Of suel, u ldal, md, upou Al
adverse report being mndo onthc bill. con
clulcd not to ask its further advancement"
allow did you happen 10 dfaw thu bill
What Induced Youa''
"On tho general s1pposltlon- The proria
ions Of the bin, ,nny state. require t!at tc'c
Graph eau1,mutcs wllo owil un1 loperato llncs q
| railroads should open offices Iii The Vicinity Q
| every depot wlcro ,lcict nxent is stationed
for the PURPOSE OF rccctvlnC alt! tot"artli'
| messages by telegraph. Believing thcr
NJ I do NOW, tlmt tllc Interests &
tho peoplc OF tic Statr demanded 1t. hut, upo
all exhibit being n,ailo by Mr. Wilson, thin
m otllcer, or superintendent Is they said, of
telegraph company, of n number VI addlt!on'
nlcs, uilt the peculiar circumstances t'li
surrounded them, DECIDED TINT my pEopos
n ton was not pcrlaps Just Mid right, a''s! I'll
bill received a,l alyorso report ut tile ha'i'ls
i tho Committee, md an frank to say llsMt
!, nm satisfied Will, t1lu roport of the Comnittee.
"lslli ~, entitled IAN act TO pscsent as'
ounlsl. cxtostion by corporations coltrolllil
y yLEEpINa uAHs,--
. did vu,, Introduce tllalf"
= "i introduced auell till. don't know Il
- number"
Tl.e blll was exhibited, uud the wltuess co
- tinuea:
;. "Ycs, ! introduced this BILL"
:. "What's bce0nlc Of I'll"
i VI think tho bill shows what llas become
it; .orlered to tlrst rcn1lngt read lrst thu
~ referred to the Committee Ill Railroads. repo
u cd pucIl, md tnblcu Mnrct, 49, 1 guess thai
tue history Of the bIlt."
"Tlils was all tllat WIS ever done to ittn
~ "Ycs.n
~ "Ncvce moved on 1t stnccan
"NEyRn s!oyEp ON IT stNCH.n
ts "Any request frUln your district to lutrodu
= TINT biIIl"
" III had been ut tho Cty Of Springfield, III,
will s.ate that, utter the bin WIS Introduce
to and Wills 1t was pending III the Committee
railroads, 0uorro II. pulltnns wroto 'ot1er
Col. Thompson, Chais:nun of tho COMMITTEES
no Railroads, Euyiug t!Iat, lnasu'uel as such
Ind been Introduced, the Committee shot
y AUTHORIZE 6ul,. COMMITTEE to visit their pll
III Of business, at Chicago, "nd inYestts saso, Il
yco whether tne propositions contained IN
IN Juptclous PROPORTIONS
lit to be enacted into law. l'y yotu OF the &C
ns ,a!ttec, such sub -Cotnu1stteo was Falscd, at
solicitation of thu lnenbets Of tho Commit
ull.., / thtuk by the appointment Of tho Gu
Ill mani think tho Chufrnat appointed thu c.
m. ntttee,-l was on sl,a Auh-Cam1ntttec. 1p
reelcd with til. COMMITTEES to Chtcayu,
tbo held M examination III accosduucn Will. t.e \
IL. uestlun Of tue letter lrou. Sir. Pullman | sp
u,,p Aay In CAIepgu IL that futorest. Tie otll
bitHrn Il h.tk<