Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-30

| New | ON. NAL W iiti'thl -
| Buckley. for years the handy man at
| Albany OF the fire insurance compa-
nies. stepped down from the witness
stand today with a sigh of relief. Supt.
/ Hotchkiss OF the state insurance de-
partmcnt. after four days of GrllilnS.
| announced that he was through with
! him as Il witness. The superintendents
next step will be an attempt to bring
about his dsbarment as a lawyer on
| the strength of the testimony adduced
at the hearing. Just before the session
| adjourned Mr. Hotchkiss demanded
! the witness to tell him how much he
got from the Insurance companies
| Buckley was silent Is usual
The records show" said Nj. Hotcn-
kiss. answering the question himself,
that YOU received about s10o,oo0 from
| the Insurance companies IN tie years
| YOU represented them"
During the day Darwin p. Kingsley
| President of the New York Life lnsnr-
ance CO., appearing as witness
s,vorc that Buckley asked him t" Pay
| him $1,000 in 1906 with which To buy nj
$500 each the votes of six members 81
the state Senate. II was also shown
that as late as Sept t. 1902, the New
York board of fire underwriters raised
$500 to he spent in connection with leg
isation at Albany.
Mr.. KinGSleY'S appraranc" aS a VII
ness gave the first direct lite insurance
tinge to the inquiry There had b""h
vague evidence of Buckeyes activity
in this line previously. but Mr. kings
Icy's statements were straight from
the shoulder
Mr.. Kingsley snid that III 1905, Wien
the Armstrong life insurance hili was
before the Legislature he went I" Az
banv to advocate the amendment "'
the provision Of he bill rclAtin- =" NV
election of directors.
The BIZ provided that thr companies
must make uublic the list Of th"lr pol
Icyhudcrs Mr. kingsley got Senator
| Hn"arc White Ia intrOdur" an "ln"'Io-
mont providing that any c"NmItt"E
rcrreycnting imposition +" the manage
mert might take to the home nilcr Sit
cuIal+ or other matter IN envelopes
and thc conpanl would b. compelled
| Ia mail them to the poicyholierS.
| Tho Senate passed the amendment
I Nv narrow vote. That night, Mf.
| Kingsley said someone called hun on
tho telephone and told him that though
he had won great victory ne WIS ~
danger Of losing it and needed hclP.
This person told him to walk up the
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w "i''''
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~" ~ - .,ya,, ,.,,, h.,vo ,ron . not
| ~ S6',p tx, .ra ,oing ~ take
:. ,,,..,,, from Won The wheels are
hus,, N mat proposition"
| al ,.,,,,, ,,,,,I,.,.t,nd v,bat yray roiug
,,,I.I,, insistod mat what ne
- $780,. ,rIo, no ,.o,t on. .For
s"nao ~, d.Iivo, ,nu eix votes IN tho
49,, ,.i,,d Won CONT b.vo :.
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bucKieN, ny Sd'', ''',' HILL -, T.
OF several S'i"'o'S' "'''0 49,,
c"u'd ouN ~ III a,,t - -
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| caii,,r,.i,,e, pnruhIican cauct,s ana that
,t,a >-o,,. yorl, tifo Insurance Ga had
gnfored heavy losses on that account
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,.hiro no ,,..g connected with tho state
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