New-York tribune., 1910-03-23

earned premiums sponsored h. GOvernO
Odell VAS brought up in 1891, and that
there was no tax bill in 1904, the witness
still smiling. put forward another explain
alton
then" h. said, glibly There's TO ac-
counting for what clerks may do
Insisting on Blaming Clerks.
Mr.. Hotchkiss tried To get an admis
sion from Correa that the $2.5lD item
went in under state taxes" by his or
GERS. but the witness insisted on putting
the blame on some clerk.
And the result when. i'm December.
l:sA. YOU mfde your report" insisted Mr.
Hotchkiss. was simply To- deceive the
department as TO where that $500
wentc''
"Oh. no. We never aimed 20 deceive
any one" said Correa. 1t was simply.
as / tell YOU. a clerical error"
The Superintendent then quoted To the
witness from The Tribune's interview of
Monday night with Senator Grady in
Albany
I'm 1904 I iAtrcdueed n hin to give
some security u the pOlicyhOlders Of
companies which, reinsured i'm other com
pa3ies' were the words of the Senator's
interview.
Mr.. Ho,chkiss
senator Grady simply knows nothing
about insurance" commented Correa.
and doesn't want 10 know"
Another Rierdon Denial.
Frank Julian Price. an Assemblyman
OF 1901 and now an assistant corporation
counsel. appeared during the morning to
add little Lore light" to the Rierdon
matter. as brought out in a letter writ
ten by him 10 Elijah r. Kennedy dur
ing that years session. Kennedy has
denied that il was Rierdon who called on
him: Rierdon himself has denied that he
ever called on Kennedy. and it only re-
NAMED FOR Price. the man who wrote
Tie letter that started all the trouble.
10 appear and add his denial 10 the list
He did, ami ne made il strong.
"Hier'lon. the man 1 know now a
Eierdou." hc said. was "a clean man.
and wouldn't take a dishonest penny"
Some men. It appeared. had made q
statcmeu; 80 Price involving Rier0On.
aut VINO IL was he couldn't SAY. aud a,
any rate he knew now that IT. was al!
wrong.
George Seward. vino il vas learned
came tc the witness stand of tire in
quiry without s.bpuua. furnished a
sraI hic description of not only his inter
view vita the man who solicited the
S1OUJO -strik-" for Big Tim" sullivan.
as h- testified. but also OF the general
ways of the BLACK Horse Cavalry
when tAc ased insurance man took the
stand he was handed copy of The Trib-
me of last sunday. i'm "nich ne was
quoted in an interview as saying that he
told the fire insurance people many years
ago tnat they had nOvices in charge Of
their legislative matters 1T Albany. and
1hut their only idea seemed 10 be To
sIeud thousands of dollars there He
told them 20 play honest. the Interview
continued. and ,Ir HotchkiSs wanted 10
know hrst if ne was correctly quoted.
Air. Seward admitted tLat he had been
quoted correctly. and - illustrative of
the methods i'm Albany he told first the
story Of TN sullivan amendment" a.
he called il.
Tnis Amendments introduced at the
time of the codification of The insurance
laws was To- limit the business o. .he
Fidelity and Casualty Company. Mr.
S-NarG's company. 10 casualty business.
He received a messas. from a ~Nr.
Brown" Nho Nds connected I'm some
way with Sing Sing prison though Not
the warden of that name. 10 come up and
see him. and when ne got there this, AIR.
Brown after giving hua a. dinner iu
one ot the rooms ol the prison that was
as Gne a. be- aad eve. before eaten, vcry
plainly put il ug 10 him that Big Tim"
sullivan voulI bc Williu- to hin the
amendment for Slo."Jo
Alr S.Nard'z reply VIs brief and To-
the point. lie asked tha Mir Brown
tor telegraph blank and said ne would
indit, th, message % bc sent 10 Mr
sullivan by AR Brown" and then ne
urot. the following and passed 20 over
for Browne" sisnature.
Mr. Seward says .ou can go to hell"
Mr. Seward told ALSO Of "Mr. cold
berg Who hr believed Was from Buf-
iaio tIr uas an Assemble mau Mr
seward said. and hc approached him
uLc, uIih th- statement ~ believe
t.,It-s some muue. lu this proposition
uf YOURS here Mn seward. uud pro-
pose to get some oi it while It b. suins.
However. d. never got any ,f it. nor
dId aug out else, iug none uf his COM
Iany'- money Was going Alr Seward
s4id. in spite uf tht efforts Of both
"EiIuk Horse cavalry and individual
striker"
The idea .i employ ing su-,glltd we'll
known lobbyists. Mr. Seward thought.
was Go blame iu great part fcr the cor
iuutlon that crtpt into legislative mat
t'rs connected with insurance ,ompanic
lie SAID such ,mplo. mvnt Was followed