The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-06
Insurance lnquisitop Would
Reform Methods.
ARMSTRONG AND HUGHES
Why Not Garry Football Reforms
Into Trade Relations and Have
More "0pen Play.

NEN YORK, ber. AT the dinner
Of Tho New YORK. Alumni association n
tho University Of Rochester senator
Armstrong. chairman % the Insurance
inquiry. aud Charles y Hughes. iis
chief caunssl. made vigorous aud noia
hlr pleas for honesty la business deal,
inEs. Mr.. Armstrong said In part.
We ar nol q fauliless p's,ple ani
VIA is - -rssiui"us ne - heii"y. that
the revelations of the insnranrr inV-s.
iisaiion nrr i'vruilnr ia ilr INSURANCE
hr.inrssf The morality ~ the hnsi,
ne,s ~ 40" country has bc-n snl'pr
dinai"i o. snr-ss " noi. lndessi. ~
Er-.l. u u time fuF a. 10 halt aud
marx tin" i-,t 40 rish over a prvi,
plc-
Yet No. shall lp.- the lesson II We
but point with scom to the m-n who
have h--n nnmHsk-i-if ". do not
insper; our own consci-nc-s. The lex
isisiurr comes from the I'-opi. who
have developed These business prac.
iiccs. aud III. legislature reflects per,
frrily the vices ~ well ~ the virtues
Of N. constituents. You always will
have the legislature you deserve You
never will have legislature that IL
better than you yourselves arr.
You have spoken % reforms needed
In football We need "a. same reforms
In business We want more opcn play
and l-.s mass play with secret signals.
We need q minimum % legislation with
q maximum Of publicity. Competition
will do the rest. The committee In.
vsstigating insurance hiss not been car.
ri-d away BY the spac. given u by the
press or by the criticisms directed
against conditions and men we have
unmaskcd. and We shall get IN. great.
est good from the moral awakening
that has been brought about"
Mr. Hughes said:
Your president secured from me q
promis. 60 attend and speak az this
dinner long before q time when ! had q
thought of the embarrassing position In
which might ind myself. Later. when
tried 90 get out Of the promise. |
found Mr.. Payne more 'rantankcrous'
by far than our friend up the river
who didn't care n hang
Il cannot speak To you OF what IL up
psrmost In my mind. for the lnterroga.
tons OF tomorrow must not be uttered
today. II II not yet time 10 add TO our
literature the "Reminiscences Of An In
qulsitor.'
yet there are certain fundamental
principles which ! may speak about.
This IL not a time for any one TO be dis
heartened. IL IL n time for confidence
and not for despair. ! believe In the
soundness OF American life. and yet
know we need an illumination Of vision
TO wee the multitude who will not bow
the knee TO greed nor betray trust
nor falter In the presence Of an oppor.
tunity Tor evil. This is a time for
searching hearts, a time Of repentance
and Of resolve. when we need revival
Of the sense OF honor and better per
spective.
1T 10 a time when we want to hear
less Of the man who was born poor
and achieved great fortune and want
to hear more Of the man who remains
unsullied although he may have died
poor. II IN time when we want more
Of chivalry. more Of the spirit Of knight
hood, that sensibility to pain and chas-
tity Of honor that feels stain like a
wound. II Ia time when we need
change Of the burden Of proof so that
every man Of wealth or of Office may
answer Immediately when asked.
Where did you get t.?
I'VE must look to the college hail for
a place lacking a spivlt of sordidness
College men are the very ones to whom
we ought to look for men who will
never mistake true manhood. and yet
the American desire to get there, the
American desire for success, breaks
down many college man and sends
him into the world ready to make
yard dash for wealth and posi-
ton"