Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-16

odds Az to the result Of the election
hunting NJ another man who wants TO
bet and shaking hands and saying.
l"YOu're on and all that KIND Oh
thing, or having to find a stakehoiuer'
he proceeds In solemn state to an III
surance broker end asks for "P. +.
l." or, In other words. policy with
proof Of interest
The merchant who deals In busts
land Autographs Of william Howard
Taft or the publisher who has con-
signment Of state documents by the
Republican candidate to unload on the
iuacing public could well insure HIM
sef against financial loss by Mr.. Bry-
ans election by taking n few risks
With the LIoyis. who are at the other
end OF cable In London and are al
WAYS willing to oblige any inquirer
with whatsoever long chance he WISH
les
Those who insure against the cleo
ton of William Jennings Bryan are
not Obliged 10 show that he has Deeh
damaged. The possession Of policy
is sufficient proof although under the
English statutes these picturesque
documents do not represent any ciaim
which ID legally cOllectibse. They
have precisely the same standing AS
does betting under the laws or this
state or as an Il. o. u" which re-
mains aftcr.a night session Of poker.
Nobody doubts that the Lloyds Will
nav. lut In the event OF landsilde
in favor of the Democratic candidate
and a refusal of the English under.
writer's to take up the "P. +. is.
There IL no way to compel them to
make good through any tribunal.
Incidental Branch of Business.
This branch Of taking risks is only
| incidental to the business CT the
Iloyds which Is in reality great ma
rine insurance company. which wag'
crs with fate on any vessel as long
"a the craft Is supposed to BE- anoat
and rays losses with the greatest
cheerfulness. The Lloyds are an as
:. sociatiou OF marine underwriters. each
one CT whom pays an initiation Zee
M Z OO0 lbs. The risk on ships Is the
only form of insurance which con-
Germs the I1oyds as an organizatio.'
Int the individual underwriters will
take chances Oh anything under the
sun.
! They will agree TO pay losses IL IL
}, rains or 1t doesn't rain. They VIII
insure a Thoroughbred against Eetths
his leg broken on Derby Day. or they
will puarantee the life OF the King 1o'
1.-The benefit of the shOpkeepers OF Lon.
don For consideration the" Will
pssure a sum to the heirs OF am man
Who fears that he may be blown up
by a bomb.
/ With the Lloyds are many ihd''.-
, nails who travel In groups ana are n
the habit Of undertaking certain hu
yards In common. This was the s'S'e
when the organization was Formed
more than two hundred years ago anu
named after the genial person VINO
tent he coffee house where me pro
;ectors OF the enterprise were acc"s-
toned to meet.
ORIGINAL Members Sedate.
Il Mr. Lloyd insured nothing but tina.
l,bo lava would be good ana that
there should lie an abundance VI
church warden pipes and Hoilanas'
The original members were seoate
persons who talked OF piedslhg 'hen
fortunes against the peviis OF the SEQ
and they were themselves inte'.s.eu
.. in argosics CT their own besldes 'ho'.
; belonging to other persons. Inc nv
> ern Lloyds has many bold ana au-
.fven,urous spirits who would as so"u
a. mt take chances on an America"
, election
Americans who have taken policies
ca far are mostly those who zeal l"
novelties or In small MANUFACTURE
wb,ch might he affected by sudae"
change of tariff in the event oil INC
election of MIR. Bryan. There are o'n.
orc who insure themselves against
|, calamities real and imasfhars'
cause they like the excitement Vi
ling their money. >sr
Policies against the election Of MT:
Ryyan cost early last week twelve ana
oncbau ruincas a hundred steriins.
or ,tout thirteen per cent. ana tney
have been quoted as high as s'A'ee"
; nor cent 70 twenty per cent.
In other words. II the policy ho'de.
L.. concerned about the eiectioh OIL
lp-x,p no NAV take. out poiicy Io'
!, sIo ooo en- which he will pay, say "
! oco nrcmium. II Bryan wins. the
lIJoyds pay him $4,000 to eonsoie am =,
Tow .ba, he considcrcs as alami's: -
Eryan Is no, elected the Lioyds MOI"
,.s, IN IL. premium and he gets mum
Ing cxcep, the alIaying Of his tears
No small, sums are ~aSed. nov
- and :. would he Impossible TOT
any person with s. bin 70 ger 49,.
lcons;acra,ion n: the hands O. '"e
A. Ill the risks must sc accepted o'
.t.c,.d NV cable. the process oil M
s.,,pcc- Is a f,rmaI and lengthy o'e'