Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-16
HARTMAN DOUBTED
MR.. RyAN'S INTENTIONS
From the Promoters Testimony
Il Looks Like the Pot Call.
ing The Kettle Black"
.ADAITS ASKING FOR PART CONTROL
Only Waited in the Company From
Purely oisin,ereated Reasons ard
| ssys Tia, he is Friendly to ode'I
,,'.Heut Never Threatened 10 Use His
influence With the Legislature.
ADMITS ASKING FOR PART CONTROL
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l. NEW YORK, Dec. l5.-ncforc III"
legislative insurance Investigating
Committee another chapter waa added
TO-DAY TO the chronicles OF what Thorn
as y. Ryan called "strcnuons" inter
views between himself ana T.: IL. Mar.
rihian.
Mr.. Ryan save his version of tho
conversations 10 the committee low
days ago when he said that Mr.. Iiarr..
mer. NJ tho timo 81 tho acquisition CT
tie James IT. hyde stock in the Iqr!.
table Life Assurance Society, demand.
cd an equal aharc and threatened TO
u.s. hiss political Innucucn neainst him
| g., he did not surrender H.
| harrimon Tells Secrets.
| fToiay Mr.. hartman recitcd TO tho
csrnmittcc ilo version aad added III.
4 testing statements. e1ccting his re
sf.s,nG with former f'ovcrnor., Il. II.
Odc!r. Jr.. chairman CT ,hs New Yor.,
State Republican committee, and also
as to Il request TO watch Legislation
afTcaung the Equitable Society when
he had made upon Governor Francis
". IIiEgina and the late s. Fred Nixon,
speaker Of tho New York State as.
scmby.
I Ryan Did Invite harriman'S Aid.
In substance Mr.. Hartman testified
today thnt when AR. Ryan bought thu
Hyde stock, carrying: control OF ,an
Equitable Society. he oskod Mr.. IIarr'.
man TO cooperate with him in savini:
the property; tia. Nj. Hnrr.mnn
agreed 10 Go IL il satisfied that Mr.
Ryan waa nct!ng from puro and un-
selfish motives; laat Mr.. Ryan lid 10.
EHtisiy hm as 10 the purity OF his mo.
tives and that air Hartman notified
him that he woHld uao his influence
, agains; him
offered 10 Take Half.
Tho way which Mr.. Hartman said
lie applied 10 dottrm!uc HlT. ltyan'6
purify of motive vas an oiIcr 10 taho
, onc.half OF tho Hyde stock rad To
name two ir;istrca OF the society. Nc.
Ryan refused II agree TO that. Mr.
Hartman testified that Mr. Ryan
should have assumed Chat ho C!Iarri
many would uso his rolitica! Influence
against him. iIc was not certain
whether he said anything abon, lcgIa.
lativc action as warning to Mr.
Ryan, bn; declared that he had moth
Ing to do with starting the present in.
saranco investigation.
Odeli Appears in the Deal.
Charles +. Hughes. counsel of tic
committee. informed Mr.. Hartman
that it ha1 been charged that he got
his political influence through his reln
lions with former Governor C3cll.
MIR. Hartman said: well think
should thiak Mir Odell had political
! influence because OF his relation vita
me-"
Laughter followed The remark. Later
Mr.. Hartman said to tho Associated
Press that the remark was meant In q
iocular scnsc.
Mr.. Hartman declared to tho com.
mittcc that he did not confer with MIR
Odcll about tho ACCESSIBILITY OF lcgisla
tive action and that he has not yet
taken any action to tlwart Mr.. Rynns
plan
Legislation Asked For.
Last spring Mr.. Hartman said,
whom the management of tho Equi,a.
bic Society was divided into two fac.
lions, the one headed by President
James ". Alexander and tho other by
Jamcs II. Hyde. All attempt was made
by the Alexander faction to induce the,
Legislature 10 mntuallzo tho society.
: Dir. Hartman said he asked nom.
bora OF the legislature 10 watch ont
for any legislation favorable to tho
Alexander faction and to report to him