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INVESTIGATION
! UNLIKELY
The General Opinion ] Is That
Senator Colby's Resolution
to Probe the Prudential
Will Be Adversely Re-
ported
LINDABURY SAYS ALL POLITICS
SHARP PASSAGE OF ARMS Be
TWEEN COLBY. RECORD AND
THE INSURANCE CoapPANY's
COUNSEL.
Special to "The Jersey city Nsws.''l

Special to THE Jersey City News.'o
TRENTON, Mar. 8, 1906.-The con-
sencus Of opinion. among men who at
tended the hearing given by the Judici-
ary Committee Of the Senate ON the res
olution offered by Senator Colby demand
ing legislative investigation of the Pru-
DENTAL Insurance Company and its allied
interests. is that the committee when it
meets 1sext Monday evening, will report
the resolution adversely. and that MAJ
jority of the Senators will vote to ae-
cept such a report.
In many respects the hearing was a
most unusual one, partly because of the
standing of counsel engaged, the impress
sion made by Sheriff Frank Sommer, of
Essex, who, in opening for the adyeeates,
framed case that made a strong senti-
ment in favor of an investigation, and the
apparently complete reversal of opinion
on the part of the committee members
after John w Griggs and r. " Lindas
bury had presented the opposition side
of the argument.
Another unusual and unprecedented
feature was the uninterrupted manner in
which Mr.. Lindabury was permitted by
the committee to asperse and ridicule the
motives of Senator Coly and fay the
latter for failing to avail himself of the
information which he sought to otain y
an investigation, all of which. it was said
he might have secured by an application
to the State department of banks and in
suranee, Or to the companies affected.
Heretofore Senate committees have al
ways defended their colleagues and re-
fused at a hearing or otherwise to allow
one of their own number to be subjected
to any annoyance. no matter how petty
it might be-
After Mr. sLindabury had presented
many reasons why an investigation should
not be made of the Prudential Company's
affairs, Senator Colby pointedly asked
him, "why, if things were straight in the.
Prudential Company, he protested
against an investigation
Quick as fash, Mr. Lindabury re-
piled, because you want it for an un-
holy purpose. Because you are playing
politics. You want to make football of
the business institutions Of the State of
New Jersey. Not because you think the
officers are wronging the policy holders,
but because you think that politics will
be advanced by an investigation. For
that reason I am opposed to it.''
Mr.. Colby That's your reason for
opposing it my motiye?"
Mr.. Record How can we play poll
tics by an investigation that will clear
your skirts?''
Mr.. Lindabuhy-"Y You can tell the
newspapers for months before it takes.
place what you are going to do"
Y Corporation Counsel Record, Senator
Colby and Mr. Woodruff, of Railway,
then took turns in plying Mr.. Lindabury
with questions about his statement that
Mr.. Colby had deliberately misrepresent-
ed the condition of affairs in order to
create a false sentiment in favor Of an
investigation.
Suppose we give it out to the public
that we'er going to expose you,' asked
Mr.. Record, IF you turn out clean bill
Of health won't that bang us up?'
But you'll misconstrue,1 replied Mr..
Lindabury.
'sNot if we have nothing to miscon-
strue," retorted Mr. Record.
How do you know, Mr.. Lindabury,p Z
asAed Mr.. Woodruff, whether this man
(NIr. Colby is right2"
G sNobody's willing to take evidence on
that,' replied Mr.. Lindabury.
Senator Colby, who heard the remark,
was unable to control his temper any
longer as he said: IT you seriously CALI
ed me a liar, Mr.. Lindabury, I'd call for
an investigation in five minutes
Mr.. Record poured oil on the troubled
waters By asking Mr.. Lindabury, Isn't
what you're saying about an inyestiga-
tion not being needed exactly what Gov
ernor Higgins said weeks and weeks
while he was resisting investigation Of
the New York insurance companies?
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