The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-19
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r % trcorm"uifiiuns apms very drastic
f aioos regulating Tho business were
mods ss sound ~ ~ buainssa yesterday
D a,anrtfed Ito rysnt nv holding q din.
cor tp 'hn Hamilton club IN Brooklyn, ~
vI I,msa MrNr,n. atapoIlt. counsel
o...o committee. w,s ap lung president
.#. ilavc'te n ul'laor. clefk ~ tho
s...,.c toi uung ~ -p-lutnders. wa tho
,. ui'a. brr present Il u said that hts
t..ars, 80 ml.hly dur tu tn fact ihnt
'l, Commute" foard that only thirteen
rIsn' s.pt up Tor The dinner. The fact That
,ar.,. D. Hughes - ,riicd law In tbs onlc'
,'Nir G@c,spn'- father in Dplhi. Delta war
,al'y. ll41 had bsa ring upon the matter
A. matte ~ fact there warp fourteen
ir..rr' thooich' members Of the committee
tno three counsel. the consulting actua ~.
tlo a,reeant at arms and cot Gleason
Inc dinner was entirely private and NO SGT
srccche- wcrr made
Tho final meeting ~ the committee was
haIi in The Breton Hall Hotel, which has
been its headquarters since ths taking Of
testimony was finished. Every member
va, present, together with the counsel and
OF hers who had taken an active part in
bringing 90 light The methods Of the big
life Insurance. companies, They were in
session nearly all day and much Of the time
was devoted TO a tabulation OF the expenses
and the allotment OF counsel fees.
When the meeting wal over Chairman
Armstrong gave out a detailed statement
OF the money spent Upon the investigation,
something, 1t was said, that was never done
before in the history of legislative inquiries.
An allowance OF 500 900 vas made by
the Legislature and it will he available
as soon as the Governor signs the Supply
hin. The gross total of expenditures
for the investigation was SiOl ,5is.9S, From
this is to be deducted SIS ,9o7. 90, the cost Of
75s sets of the reports Of the committee,
which will he paid for from another appro-
p~riation. Thus the actual total spent by
the committee was sos GIL .oS, which In the
opinion of the committee is not large con-
sidering the length of the investigation,
the number OF sessions and the amount
Of testimony taken, which measures up
about 5000 900 words.
To Cha rles Z. Hughes, the chief inquisitor,
was awarded $25 900 as counsel foe and
81, 2s4. 43 for Disbursements, making a total
of see, 2s4. As. James McKeen. associat g
counsel. got 81. 500 and 1901, SO for disburse-
ments. Matthew C. Fleming, the assistant
counsel, got $40, 900 and s3)l 80 for dis
b ursements. The total of the counsel fees
without their disbursements was s52 500.
To NJ. NJ. Dawson, the actuary Of the
committee, was awarded 81 1000 with 500. so
for disbursements, and Marvyn Soudder.
the fna ncial statistician, got $1,000.
The expenses Of the committee members,
Including car fare, hotel bills and the like,
footed up 81. 1877. 20, while the sergeant at
arms and his assista nts got 81, SSS.Ss.
One Of the items of tho bill over which
there was some curiosity was for the official
stenography. There was considerable crIti-
cism at first over the action Of the com-
mittee in giving the work to the official
stenographer OF the Senate in spite of the
ldcl tIuU tllt La" htlolNihh N'i't Wy
offered to do it for much less than the legal
rate, hoping to make good by selling copies
Of the testimony to lawyers and news
papers from day to day. 1t was said at
that time that the stenographer's bill would
lie at least Sic, 900, As a matter OF fact, the
bill was allowed at 81, 9s4 90. This involved
the work of taking and transcribing the
5000 600 words. An allowance Of $500 was
also made for the ste%nography at the hear
ings before the committee at Albany SEN
ator Armstrong said yesterday that in the
opinion of the committee the relations OF
the stenographer were Of such n confiden-
tial nature that they were warranted in
making the selection without competition
The bill for printing / 900 extra copies OF
the proceedings was audited at ss,o2s'S ~,
and the printing OF the report OF the com
mittee to the Legislature cost 81 900 Other
items Of expense were;