The daily gazette., 1880-12-03
Continued from t.rst paae.l

cFoiy pOonlDio hdSiiVJJ puU OIs 1du-
tum, who was Vice-President, and Mr..
Bright, who was President of the
Company, asked him and asked Mr..
Muir, 'If you see anything wrong
about this Company we want you to
know it," They knew nothing.
They knew they were dealing in per-
fectly good faith with the entire COM
munity. If Mr.. Myers, their Secre
tary, was dealing unfairly with them
and apprehend that is the secret of
the whole thing-they wanted to
know even that. If bookkeeper of
that concern-as bookkeepers may
sometimes cheat and defraud, as
cashiers may cheat and defraud-he
was dealing unfairly, they wanted to
know that and when these men were
pressed, and when they were asked if
they found anything wrong Mr.. Muir
says he don't remember telling him
anything was wrong except except
the Daughin county land, and he
thought they ought to have thorough
examination of the whole thing. Nc
Fee said he did not tell them, although
earn silly requested, that anything was
wrong except that they were carry
ing heavy load with Mr.. Myers.
These men may have been unfaithful
to their trusts but that did not make
the institution fraud. If Myers was
the veriest scoundrel that walked the
face of the earth it would not make
it a fraud and all honor to VIM.
Bright and to his big heart, when this
paper was pouring out its walls of
wrath upon this man Myers that he
said to Mr.. McFee, when Mr.. McFee
advited him to let him 60, he says,
81 can't find it in my neart to dis
charge him while he is being attacked
by these men, unless / knew some
thing was wrong about him." Nc
Fee could find nothing nobody else
could find anything, but they had
the impression that the Company was
carrying a load with Mr.. Myers. After
that thorough and careful examina-
tion John r. McFee licensed this Com
pany to do business. The act appoint
ing the Commissioner of Insurance
was passed on the Gath day of March,
1879, creating The Office of Insurance
Commissioner whose duty it is to ex-
anime Companies and to authorize
them to do business in the State.
Under that act Mr.. McFee was ap-
pointed Commissioner. Here is the
law.
"Wbenever the Insurance Commits
sioner-"that is John K. McFee-"shall
have reason TO believe that any Insur-
ance Company in this State is insolvent
or fraudulently conducted or that its as
sets are not sufficient for carrying on the
business OF the same, or upon doing any
Noncompliance with the provisions oi
this act he shall communicate that fact
to the Attorney General whose duty II
shall then become to file bill or peti.
ton in Chancery In the name of the
State setting forth the facts and there
upon to apply TO the court fol
an order requiring the said company t.
show cause why their business shoult
not be closed up" &c.
Now, gentlemen, there is sworn off
Ger OF the law whose duty it is if he haC
reasonable cause even to suppose it wa
fraud, or fraudulently conducted,or no
complying with the laws of this Stat,
Immediately to report that to our Attor
ney General and the Attorney GeneI
al of this State is a man who don't winl
at fraud-and that Attorney General
duty it is to bring the matter before th
Chancellor If it be vacation, If in tern
time then before the Court O
Chancery and shut up that place c
business. Now what does Mr.. McFe
do? Mr.. McFee after that thorough an
exhaustive examination notwithstanding
the recommendation of this enem
whom he brought into the camp, Mr.
MUIR, Notwithstanding that, he dellb
erately licensed that company to do bus
iness. Sworn to do his duty-as homes
man as there is in the State and a
capable a man TO hunt up fraud as Wm
T. Croasdale or any of the men whom
he gathered around him-upOn hi
sworn oath, not in paper where b
writes libel aud comes here and say
81 didn't do it," but under his oath as
sworn officer of this Slate, that ma
SAYS that it is not fraud and he licens
ed it to do business, and when the
bring him here TO speak face to face wit
you before the court under the soemnit
of an oath, he reiterates IL, and emphai
ically says IL is not fraud. l nigh
rest my case here, and will rest it gen
tlemen on that point, with just one sin
gle quotation. They attempt to brea
us down by innuendoes which the Smell
ing Committee have gone around an
picked up in every conceivable way; the
seem to have raked this county,and wit
the Jealous efforts of their counsel Il
Harrisburg and in Chicago, Dupag
county and Dauphin county with thei
smelling committee. But when aske
to come in and examine the assets, the
did not do it. With all that and witt
the raking of the whole thing up, hav
they brought men here to say that
was fraud They brought three yer,
gentlemanly and very excellent mer
from Wilmington, VIM. G. Gibbons
George Richardson, and Geo. w. Stone
they were brought here to prove iha
this Company was fraud, and thes'
gentlemen when they came to the tes
frankly admitted that they had never
examined a note, bond or paper, they
examined nothing under the heavens il
person-not a foot of land Oh which
these people have any interest, not al
asset that they have IN their company
did they examine, but they employed
lawyers to do it, and did they report
that this was fraud
I will quote from the EUery Euenin9
now-lt sometimes tells the truth, some-
times it don't slander. l will venture
the assertion that there is not an Insur-
aIce Company i'll the city of Whining
ton, there is not bank in the city OF
| Wilmington;there is not al, institution In