The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-24
NVESTlGATIONWOR
PROGRESS MADE IN lNSUR-
ANCE EXAMINATION.
;ohn A.. simpson and Others Testify He-
fore Legislative Investigation Com
mittce Lively Tlts Had and Threats
to Clear the Room Made.

committee previous TO the one held
by it yesterday, John A. Simpson.
nephew OF Auditor Cornell, and for
merly an insurance examiner under his
commissions, occupied the witness
stand.
At n time, while Mr.. Simpson was
being questioned, Attorney Fisher in
t%crrupted him and finished up "a reply
he was about to make. TO this the
witness and Auditor Cornell's attorneys
objected, and Simpson was told not To
answer until he was given a fair chance
to do 70.
Several members OF tho commission.
including chairman Prout, demanded
that the sergeant alarms be sum
moncd, and the sergcant.at-arms'of sen
ate came down stairs on n run. BY that
time, however, the situation was calm
sr and the examination was continued.
Mr.. Simpson testigcd to having cx-
amined the Farmers & Merchants and
The Bankers Life, both OF Lincoln.
The examinations he considered TO have
been thoroughly made.
Witness denied hat he had taken the
statement of the company in regard to
any detail of the company's condition,
but had made as thorough an cxamina-
ton as was possible, and the company
said it was the most thorough one they
had eve been subjected to. lie also
made a thorough examination of the
Bankers's Life of Lincoln.
To his recollection the work on the
company took two weeks. His charges
were $40 per day and s. per day for cx-
penses. lie was living at home at the
time. He denied charging 81 a day for
expenses; if record showed that he did
some one had fixed it since he made the
entry.
Mr.. Simpson testified in regard TO
the examination of several companies.
While examining the National Aid
at Topeka he had gone to his mothers
home in Lawrence every night. lie
went to Topeka on a pass for which he
applied at the Union Pacific railroad.
Had spent five days examining this
company. The examination, witness
said, was considered to IN with
his leaving Lincoln and TO end with
his arrival in this city again.
The witness then testified that he
had collected his fees two days before
his departure for Lincoln. lie had not
charged fees for the two days that he
was on the way, but had charged x
penses for the two days. Then follow
ed a rather complicated question as t.
how the witness knew how much tC
charge before his trip was over. At
torneys Smith and Cornell ~interposed
saying that the question could not be
answered in the form il had been put,
1t was over this question that the
squabble ensued.
Mr.. Simpson said he had to leave on
an early train and when it was time to
60 his commission had not been made
out. The auditor had given him a
blank piece of paper with his signature
and seal upon it. Witness was sure
that both seal and signature had been
on the paper when he received 1t. He
did not know who had signed it.
Thought at first it was the auditors.
was. Might have been Mrs. Cornell's.
"Was Mrs. Cornell in the habit OF
acting as auditor of the state of Ne
braska?' asked Mr.. Prout. Witness
thought not.
Mr.. Fisher, in the course of his qucs-
sioning, asked Mr.. Simpson, the
auditors nephew, something which
seemed to reflect upon the truth of a
previous statement. Mr.. Corncll's at
torncys objected, first asking for a rul-
ing on their objections. which Chair
man Prout did not feel inclined to
give. This action was met with a de-
mand that the objection be incorpor-
ated in the record, which was refused.
The attorneys insisted on their right to
make the objections and have their
own reporter take them down. The
remarks of counsel soon became what
seemed to the committee an interrupt
ton and the chairman ordered the ser.
geant-at-arms to remove the attorneys
from the room. This official placed his
hand on the shoulder of Ed. Smith, en-
deavoring to get him from the place
without resistance. Mr.. Smith eau
toned the sergeant-at-arms that ii
would be well for him not to use force.
and pleaded the constitutional right of
every man 10 be represented by his
attorney In such IA preceding. The
chairman refused to concede this prop
osition, for he alleged that there was
no accused and no charges. Chair
man Prout seemed TO be in n mood for
insisting on the order given the officer
wnen Senator Currie arose and int few
words said there was not the least dis
position TO be unfair with anyone and
he thought attorneys would be allowed
TO make their objections in the record
as long as they refrained from arguing
the same at length. November Of the
committee differed and the investiga-
ton proceeded without further inter
ruption.
Mr.. Simpson was questioned at great
length concerning details OF his services