New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10
JEROME NAY ACT MONDAY.
RYAN SPEAKS, II FORCED.
R.pmor Maintairs That Tgues5aEe
W;u Head Mutual Life.

s.-s. =, -tls latest DEVELOPMENT Of the legisIa-
five Insurance Investigation yesterday preciud-
ed any further step In the proceedings which
are TO be taken 70 compel Thernas f. Aysn 70
tell what sntreaties. arguments or possibly
threats were used by E. H Hartman to make
him share bis Equitable stoolS Mr.. Ryan was
In washington, MI. Hartman did net come to
The city. mr.. jerome remained In Lakeville. the
members OF the committee went homo and even
Mr.. Ryan's counsel, Paul D. Cravath, did not
come down TO his ofnce. The result was that the
situation remained exactly where 1t Wa when
the committee adjourned Friday. To-mor-
row a certified copy of the testimony, including
the Ryan refusal. win be supplied to Mr.. Jerome
and az the ss1le time the committee win recon
vene.
n Is sAnera1ly believed that Mr.. Jerome VIII
promptly carry the matter before Justice ST.
ting IN Special Sessions, and II It is decided that
the questions asked Mr.. Ryan were proper and
n1ateriaF' a warrant for his arrest will then
issue on the charge Of q misdemeanor fully ex-
nIained in yesterdays Tribuna Mr. orAvath's
statement for his client on Friday made It fairly
clear that If this should be done Mr. Ryan would
reluctantly. but promptly, signify his readiness
m ren1v 10 the questions. The COMMITTEES Is
equally clear that If Mr.. Ryan does the ends o.
Justice win have been served ard the ,DlStIlc'
Attorney will probably be so informed. lheh
GRIN
he terminated with Mr. Ryans appearances. II
:, NOT seriously believed that any effort will be
made to prosecute for the technical oHencs Il
the incident ends in testimony by Mr.. Ryan
The recall of Mr.. Hartman to testify as TO
his version of the affair apparently inevitable
Mr. Hartman has testified that he did not seeK
to purchase the Hyde stock This testimony
made plain Issue Of fact between him ana
lanes Hazen Hyde wto narrated an offer from
M Hartman. Now Efr. Ryan has testified that
Hartman tried to buy some Of the stock which
he had purchased from Hyde. This may NOT
constitute so plain an issue OF fact out sun
shows some discrepancy. Added to THIS Is 1l'0
possibility Of SONS startling testimony from Mr..
RYAN, when he finally consents to talk ana the
ret result seems to portend the calling OF Mr..
r4arrirnan once more. Of course, the talk about
calling Ex-Governor 0delI is entirely specuiaplye.
Nothing that has happened since ne .eL. ely o
stand has supplied any reason loE Hlo Nv
apart from gratuitous inferenceS LVli a.
Rvan's refusal to talk His recall Is Lhen ue-
nendent entirely upon the testimony Mr. Ryan
may subsequently give. .,,oo,ir0a
Meantime the committee INTENDS 70 e&eiLIile ,
number of minor companies early IN the Wees
while Mr. Jerome may be WORKING Oh INC 1ty- a
caea Later in the week Mr.. Ryan may COINS
hack and also Mr.. Hartman II tney 40 HoS
two more United States Senator's, Dryueh, oI
New-Jersey, and Buckley, or Connect L9 W.
nrobably testify regarding their respeGlise oui
panies This testimony will be interesting aLo
R1,o~+snt because Senator Dryden has already
declared for federal supervision OF insurance q
T1an which the Armstrong committee at us
| present stage does not advocate. rms question:
| s. lil-aIv fo be thrashed cut when Senator OTS-
| dan is on the stand, and the position tnat tne
| cor,,lnittee takes on this important question III
| i+s report will be materially affecteo therepy'
TRUEsDALB MAY HEAD MUTUAL
| There was a sturdy recrudescence Of the runor
| that President Truesdale Of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad would be asked
| to head the Mutual Life Company, succeeding
| Richard A McCurdy, yesterday, but there could
be no confrR3ation of it. Neither Mr.. Truesdale
nor StuvvesSnt Fish of the Mutual investgat-
/ ing committee were in the city yesterday and
| Acting President Cromwell, who was at ms
| Office fer a brief time, would not discuss IL
One direct result Of Fridays session seems
| certain namely, still further delay IN the conf
| 1nittee's effort to wind up the probing OF the
| three big companies and devote itself TO the
| smaller companies and the State Insurance De-
! partment. There remain but fifteen days more
| of actual session, and the ability Of the COM
mittee to end its work In this time begins to
! be questioned. The committee will reconVene
| tomorrow morning ard sit five days this week.
| There was sad rumor afioat yesterday that
the crusade against insurance graft was
likely to prevent the usual gifts to the employees
Of the big insurance companies at Christmas. The
employees, those who were not admitted to syndi-
cate participations nor to the secrets Of a
| yellow dog" fund, usually received a check
or some other gift at Christmas But honest
graft has had a hard fall and 1t is widely
reported that insurance employees will not hang
UP their stockings. at least officially, this year