The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-27
Butte Department.

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! surance as the other agents OF the city,
A. He has been less. to my knowledge
he never asked me for insurance.
know quite well the others did.
Mr.. Davidson. a grocer. testified:
.. Has County Auditor Winters ever
Informed you that II you would give his
agency your insurance he would in
| crease the amount of your county or
ders? A. No.
q. Have you any reason to believe
that IL you would give the county au-
ditor your insurance II would have the
effect of having the auditor increase
the amount of county orders issued to
your house? A. No.
Q. Have you ever told the county
commissioners that the county auditor
Informed you that IL you would give
him your insurance he would give you
large amount of the county orders l.?
A. No.
Q. Has the county auditor been as
persistent in his solicitation of your in
surance as the other insurance agents
of the city? A. Well, that is rather a
hard question to answer. Whether he
has been as persistent as the other
agents, / don't hardly know what to
say to that. 1 would have to reflect a
good deal to tell; / don't remember;
cannot see what bearing IL has on the
case anyway; / don't know that / can
answer That exactly. II IL is compare
tive between Winters and the other
agents. 1 don't know how to answer IT,
The other questions are easy enough,
and don't require any considering at
all; but j can't tell who solicited insur-
ance most; / canont recollect that
Joseph Broughton's testimony was:
q. Has the county auditor been as
persistent in his solicitation of your in
surance as the other insurance agents
of the city? A. Yes; certainly. have
always, since / have been in business.
given my insurance to one firm; first,
Marsh, then to his successor; then to
Winters, his successor. have been CIV
ing my insurance to the same people,
and l don't like to divide. i have no
preferences; but / don't like to divide
IL up.
O. You know something about Mrs.
Casey? asked Mr.. Winters. A. Yes.
sir.
Q. Did you come and ask for help
for her? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Said she was in hard circum-
stances and an old lady? A. Yes, sir
And you questioned me about houses,
and said she had some, but she could
not rent them and live on them. and 1t
was necessary for her to have aid; she
has since tried to sell the houses and
leave here; she is a good woman; she
has a daughter and a good husband
but i don't know that he is able to
take care of her; don't think she has
any sons: she might have a son and
might not
q. And how about Mrs Odds. A.
recommended her when she was in
need; she has been helped by private
individuals who sent her -four and 9TH
er things to live on; / don't know how
she is fixed now.
@. You think both Mrs. Casey and
Mrs. Odds were deserving when they
were receiving aid? A. i certainly do;
/ made IL my business to find out; i
think / have had people struck off the
roll even when they were trading with
me IL / thought they were not worthy,
and when i thought they were deserv-
ing / tried to help them. / know the
county is imposed on a good deal, and
/ would do what / can to remedy that.
Some people would live on the county
II they could; 1 know both these cases
were deserving or / would not have
them.
ID. Dorais said Mr.. Winters had been
TO see him only once or twice and other
agents great many times. and Mr..
Winters has solicited insurance a great
deal less than the other agents. Mr..
Dorais said that from the taxes he was
paying he thought he ought to get
more county orders than he did. Mr..
Winters never made a proposition to
orders for insurance.
The testimony Of several OF the coun-
ty charges stricken from the county
roll by order of the commissioners as
being imposters and unworthy of the
aid recommended by the auditor. and
who II was alleged had never been Wis
tied by the auditor, was also taken.
Mrs T. W. Jones testified that the
auditor had called on her several times
relative to her receiving aid from the
and she also said It would be
impossible for her to get along with
out assistance. She has a husband, but
he seldom works.
Mrs. f. ]. Roberts, a widow, testified
that she had been receiving so a
month for rent from the county for
two years, and she denied that she told
the commissioners she was paying $25
A month or that she was renting II 10
other parties for that amount.
Mrs. Roberts said she kept three
boarders and that county aid was also
necessary for her support. She asked
Mr.. Winters for more aid, but he cut
down her allowance
Mrs Mary McLauglln said she got $40
4 month from the county and that she
could not get along with less. She also
said the auditor had visited her.
Mrs. f.. Bath testified that she had
seven children and Sc a month from the
county for rent.
Mrs. Mary b. Mclaughlin testified
hat she got aid from the county and
that she bought a house for $3.50 and
had IL insured for s760. but she only got
1910 when II burned down. She denied
hat she told the commissioners that
she got s3S a month by renting rooms,
'or she only made SIC a month. She
iaid she would have starved IL she had
rot received aid from the county. Mrs.
tIulda Scott said that for two months
she had been sick and unable to work.
md could not get along without aid.
Mrs. Tracy Remark had been laid up
With a broken leg and could not get
along without county aid. She rented
several cabins and rerented them, but
he people ran away without paying
her. and the speculation is a losing
lne.
T. ]. O'Brien. who was crippled by