The Jersey City news., 1906-07-11
INSURANCE PROBE
HAD AN OFF DAY
The Absence of William H.
Corbin Delayed the Work
of the State Commission
He WAS BUSY IN COURT
so THE COMMISSION FOR WANT
or ITS COUNSEL POSTPONED
THE MEETING UNTIL NEXT
WEEK
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TRENTON, July II, 1906.-There
was no session yesterday of the special
committee appointed zy the senate to in
vestigate the life insurance companies of
New Jersey, despite the fact that Sen
ator Thomas j. Hillery, as chairman,
directed Scott Snyder, the secretary, to
give public notice that the committee
would resume the investigation in the
senate chamber yesterday.
Clerk Snyder, Sergeant-at-A Eo-
vett and Mayor frederick Gnightei,
stenographer for the committee, We're in
the senate chamber when the meeting
was scheduled to be called, but Senators
Hilery of Morris, Minturn of Hudson,
and Wakelee of Bergen, the inyestiga-
tors. failed TO appear.
Clerk Snyder had received no instrue-
tions that the meeting had been post
poned, and there was considerable
speculation as to whether or not the
probing would fake place yesterday.
noon, when Senator Hillery arrived and
announced that there would be no ses-
sion yesterday.
The senator declared that he directed
the secretary of the committee to give
notice of the meeting yestrday in good
faith and confdntly expected that the
committee would examine David Parks
Faekler, the New York actuary, who
has been examining the New Jersey life
insurance companies for the state de-
partment of banks and insurance.
Senator Hillery said that last Satur-
day he received word from William H..
Corbin of Jersey City, chief counsel for
the committee. that the Long Branch
water case, in which he was counsel,
would come up before the court of er-
rors and appeals yesterday. and would
pissibly take two or three days.
Mr.. Corbin told the senator he would
be obliged to be in court and could not
attend the investigation until the case
was disposed of.
Senator Hllery did not find Mr.. Cor
|
bin in the court rooms yesterday or else
where about the state house. He i'm
mediately got in communication with
him by telephone The Morris senator
announced that Mr.. Corbin had request
ed him to put off the investigation until
next Monday, when he would be able
to arrange matters so that his private
business would not interfere with the
committees work.
Mr.. Hillery said that when Mr.. Cor
bin told him Saturday ne could not be
at the state house yesterday he immedi-
ately notified the other smembers of the
cOlhulltiee iHdI lHSIe Nouid ne Hu
meeting.
Mr.. Corbn requested Senator Hillery
to have the committee meet in his Of
/ fee at Jersey City to-day to arrange the
details for The meeting next Monday.
He also requested that some Of the wit
nesses to be examined be present at The
meeting to-day. Mr.. Hillery said the
conference would take place in Mr.. Cor
bins office to-day.
This official statement was given out
by Senator Hhlery:
Owing to the fact that the chief coun-
sci to the committee, William Fl. Corbin,
is engaged in a case which will be heard
by the court of errors during this week,
it has become necessary to postpone the
meeting of the special committee appoint
ed to investigate life insurance, etc. in
New Jersey until next Monday, July
1G, in the senate chamber, at IL a. m.'