The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-05-04
GOV. HUGHES
AT ELMIRA
Governor Guest Of Honor al
Commerce Banquet
SCORCHES STANChfIELD
Senate's Refusal to Remove Otto
Kelsey From Office Was
Referred To

ELMIRA, n. Y. May 4.--The sen.
ate's refusal to remove otto Kelsey
from the office OF state superintendent
~ insurance In accordance with his
recommendation was made 10 some
extent the text OF Governor Hughes
comments upon the pending bill for
the creation OF the proposed public
service commissions ut the chamber
Of commerce banquet here last night
= Among the speakers who preceded
the governor was John Il. Shlnchheld,
who made an attack ca the public utll-
tiles hill The governors speech was
vigorous reJolnder 10 StanchAeld and
created the greatest enthusiasm OF the
evening. The governor literally fayed
the Elmira attorney aud his argument.
aud the audience enjoyed the scene Inn
mensely. MIR. Hughes said Ia part:
Eighteen months ago the country
was shocked by the revelations made
IA connection with the Insurance In
yestigation Those la whom the great.
est confidence had been repo sed. men
OF the highest standing Ia the commu
nifty. were found 10 have betrayed
their trust. aud hundreds Of thousands
OF policy holders through the state
found that their interests had been dis
regarded. Vast funds contributed 10y
them, Imposing the most sacred obll-
cations upon directors and executive
officers. had been used for improper
and corrupt purposes. Accounts had
been manipulated aud Improper meth
DDS OF WONDERING resorted Ia la order
20 conceal extravaganza aud corrup-
ton.
yet all this was done In a business
under state control. AL these transac.
lions took place when department OF
the state professed 10 have subjected
the companies engaged therein 10 the
most rigid examination. The state
held them forth accredited O. the world
a. models Of honest enterprises.
what a farce II was' How every
citizen Of New York felt the stigma
that had been placed upon his citizen
ship by such abuse Of public conn.
dencel The public Indignation knew NO
bounds. and there was the most ear.
nest demand for the Information Of the
Insurance department. under whose
administration these abuses had been
possible.
"Yst seven or eight months after the
enactment Of the law which resulted
from this investigation when ] as
sumed Office found the Insurance de
partment In substantially the same
condition In which u was nj The time
OF the Investigation. Those who had
been grossly dcrelict la their duty aud
through whose neglect or conniyance
alone the abuses 10 which ! have ~
ferred had been made possible were
still retained In relations 81 trust and
confidence aud were regarded NJ suit
able channels fer the Information In
accordance with which the state au'
thoriiy was 70 be exercised.
THAT was a condition which no busi.
ness manager would have tolerated In
any private undertaking. II was con
dltion which could not tolerate. And
SITTER nm Intellectual attempt 10 have
the matter disposed of withsat form
nj and Official proceeding recommend
I'd 20 the senate the removal of the
present superintendent. After a Ions
delay Il has finally been decided that
the recommendation shall not b. com
piled with.
The people % the state knew and