The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-08
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Legislative Committee to Hold It's
Sessions in New York City
Quick Reports Are olnised-Q aestiOn
OF Attorneys and stenoGraphers
to Be Chosen.

New York City.--Most. of the mem
bers Of the Legislative Insurance In
vestigating Committee arrived in town
at night. Assembiyman james 7 Rog-
ers, Speaker Nixon and Archie E. Bax-
ter, Clerk of the Assembly, went to
the Hotel Cadillac
The party was joined later by Senar
tors William w. Armstrong the Chair
man, and William j. Tully. Assembly
men Ezra p. Prentice, William w.
Wemple, Robert e. Cox, Frank John
son. Sergeant-at-Arms Of the Assem-
bly, and G. r. Hotaling, Sergeant-at-
Arms of the Senate. The party then
went to a theatre Assemblyman NC
Neowan aud Senator Riordaa came
down from Albany by boat, arriving
in this city the next day
Albany, N. Y-All the members Of
the insurance investigation committee
were present at the organization OF
the committee at the Capitol
The session lasted several hours.
Just before adjournment it was agreed
to reassemble in the New York City
Office Of the Acknowledgement at ~
William street 1t was agreed that no
hotel be made the headquarters of the
members of the committee, but that
each one should select the hotel of his
choice.
Attorney-G General Mayer sat with the
eight committeeman during their de-
alterations, but said that nothing of
any Importance was transacted, the
matter of organizing and getting to
work being the only discussion. In
view of the limited appropriation the
selection of the principal counsel will
be difficult. The committeeman be-
Iieved that two or three good lawyers
ought to be secured.
THE big insurance companies will
be represented by prominent lawyers, :"
said Senator Riordan, and our COM
mittee should have all the assistance it
can get. I am in favor of employing
the very best lawyers it is possible to
secure"
Several stenographers will be neces-
sary. For the places applications were
received from Burt Sacllett, the Senate
stenographer; George e. Shotwell
stenographer of the Senate Finance
Committee; Henry Lammert, stenO-
SlARuCE OL l0G Assembly, AlltA NcOLSG
w. Henderson, of the Law Reporting
Company, Incorporated, of New York.
The official Senate and Assembly
stenographers and Mr.. Shotwell, Sena-
tor Malby's stenographer, had every
thing fixed as they believed, to be
named the official stenographers of the
committee
Their fond dreams were shattered
however, when j Calvin Mcknight
appeared before the committee in adj
vocacy of the offer Of the Law Report
ing Company. Mr. Mcknight, who
spent the day with Chairman Odell at
Saratoga. came to Albany on an early
train aud met Mr. Henderson When
the committee was ready to take up
the consideration of selection Of stem
0graphers a letter from the Law he
porting Company was read which sent
cold chills UP and down the splnes of
the committeeman who had pledged
their support to the legislative steno.
graphers This corporation asked to
be made the official stenographer Of
the committee. offering to perform the
work for two cents folio for the orig
inal copy and two cents a folio for
each additional copy.