The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-05
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had been placed at the door ready for
his arrival. He sent out this message,

had been placed at the door ready for
his arrival. He sent out this message,
however:
s I have discovered what / came for.
i will give out q statement to the press
that will state something. = .5.
Lawson is here after the insurance
companies, it is said. Atsany rate great
uneasiness is manifested in insurance
circles, and arrangements are being
made to counterfeit any charge the Bos,,
tonian may make with denlals and
countercharges.
Promises Something Will Drop.
When pressed for an interview last
night Lawson said:
g Well, I'll tell you this much. It
7 don't do more in regard to insurance
affairs while i am here than at the re-
cent convention, I III promise to walk
home, even in this cold weather. will
devote some attention to other matters
as well, and there will be something
very interesting to announce before !
start back east Tuesday. Really, /
cant say anything more than that to,
night. You we got me in. corner, and
]. am unprepared to answer lew your ques-
tions.'' a g=.t....+5.ts.
Mr.. Lawson expressed his opinion OF
the work Of the conference Tor lnsur-
Eance regulations in the following man
ner: - - 80
II knew just about what would hap
pen before the delegates assembled.
| They have merely cut off wart and
trimmed a toenai1sof the problem. I
| intend to chop clear to the waist. The
| meeting was strictly in accordance with
the respectable life insurance code, and
nothing real was accomplished. Gov
! ernOr (t,1mmina soouoo +o hava hoan tho
only man who waited under the re
| straint. - &C. S2ESEf *. D, - Is.
/ Satire Of New Workers. ...%
Then the author ~ of r''Frenzied
Finance branched off into satire of
the Armstrong investigation committee,
whose work is criticized in a bundle
of manuscript just shipped away by
him to Everybody's Magazine.
"The members Of the committee have
merely wandered around the fringe pad
ance robberies,'' he said. Hughes has
been at. them day after day, like hun:
CRY dog, trying to bark them into eff
fectives action, but they have been
who have taken away the. money in
punches Of five and ten. millions, plum
der that aggregated $15,000,000.
! "They, have merely thrown over {
few dummies, poor devils, like Mccall
and McCurdy, whose plnuder does no
amount to more than 100000 in all
But they have not touched the steals Of
the Standard Oil crowd, altho brought
to their attention two gigantic sWindle
in which the two Rockefellers, ,Stillma1
! and Rogers played piratical roles. On
of them involves a plai ntheft OF SO,
| O0o,Oo0--a simple case. for the distric
attorney. d" '&<'S
II With sarcastic smile, Mr.. Lawson
then made statement contained IN
letter p f1Gm thS seeretary Of the mis-
4 "since the resignation Of Presiden
Mccall of the New York Life and tn
restitution of $235,oo0, our director
have thought it advisable. to abandon
the efforts to organize the Z policy
4 holders of this state. - Them adding
by way of, footnote, he. said: n
'"Those fellows down in Missouri or
terribly rambdhctSfds, aren't they9'