The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-01
Insurance Bills Were Pushed
Through New York Legisla.
ture When Cash Was Placed
in Hands of Right Persons.
LATE candy" HAMILTON
RECEIVED LARGE SHARE
State Superintendent HotCh-
kiss Digging Deeper Every
Day and Many Startling
Facts Brought to Surface.
NAMES OF THE GRAFTERS

n EW YORK, March b. - How
N William ii. Buckley, acceIeratoF
OF insurance legislation, and Of
the late ANDY Hamilton, keeper Of
the life Insurance yellow dog" fund OF
former years, worked shoulder a.,
shoulder, Oiling legislative wheels at
Albany, was brought out today AT the
Ilfe insurance Inquiry conducted by
william II. Hotchkiss, state suPerin-
tendeht OF Insurance.
Hamilton, the evidence showed. re-
eeiSed NO less than SS.089 from certain
companies in 1901.
HamiitOD's name was pat or the rec-
ord through the testimony of Henry e. &
Wilcox, vice president OF the Anseri-
eHa surety company.
Ia 1901, Wilcox testified. the fire in
surance companies caused to be intro,
duced in the legislature q bill TO exempt
une2rned premium reserves from taxa
ton Mr. Wilcox wanted to have the
casualty and surety companies included
IN the exemption, and accordingly
went TO Albany. He tried to get Sena-
tor Raines ana ASSEMBLY Lyman Lewis in
terested but failed. Then he hunted
up Buckley and told him his troubles.
Buckley. he said, told him that Ham
ilton was the one to help him Buck
ley telephOned 20 Hamilton and said
Hamilton agreed To take it up.
Wilcox left Albany ana the amend
ment went through as desired. When
il was all over Hamilton sent a bill
for $1,000 to the American Surety COM
pany.
did he tell you ne had to pay out
any OF the money the witness was
asked.
Would Not Hint at Bribery.
He conveyed to me the suggestion
that he had assumed Obligations which
he could not meet unless ~ fuH
amount were paid
This was as strong as Mr. Wilcox
would put IL. He thought the bill too
large, but as a compromise. ne said, .
sent three checks to Hamilton, aggre-
eating S6,495- Later the National Surety
company paid 81 $50 to Hamilton.
Satisfied that nothing more regard
ing corruption in connection with fire
insurance legislation at Albany was
to be gotten just now out of Villa
II. Buckley. legislative agent Of fire in
surance companies, Superintendent OF
Insurance HOtchkiss indicated his in
tention Of barking back today to early
developments ia his sensational raid
on legislative secrets
With the resumption Of the investiga-
ton, Elijah r. Kennedy, the legislative
agent who made the first revelations in
the inquiry. was expected back for
George F. Stewards charge that
Edward A. Brown offered, in 1892, in
behalf of Senator Big Tim sullivan
to have an insurance bill killed for
tails by Z. X. Clapp, formerly of the
Fidelity and Casualty company OF
which MT Seward is president.
In 1892 there was before the legts-
ture a bill which would have restrict
ed the business of the Fidelity and
Casualty company Clapp said it was
suggested TO him that Edward Brown.
who was then purchasing agent at sing
Sing, and was frequently at Albany
might know OF some way I'm which tina
bill could be defeated.
The witness said he arranged tho
meeting. and later heard from air. sew
ard that he had rejected Browns pro-
pOsal
Elijah r. Kennedy testified during
the afternoon session.
Superiutendent HOtchkiss wanted to
know fl his memory had grown any
better as to his transactions Kennedy.
in 1901, got through a bill eXemptlng
Reinsurance reserves from taxation at
a cost of sl3,3I1 to the fire insurance
companies.
MI HOtchkiss produced a transcript
of Mr. Kennedy's account with the Mas
sau bank II showed the deposit OF
SS3II from the underwriters board 70
kennedy ina Nav 1901, IL being an but
$4,000 OF the s13.311. The $1,000 was
afterward made I'D 10 Kennedy by the
late George p Sheldon. who collected
the fund from the companies
Tire check by which 81 900 was paid
to George w Aldridge # Rochester
was produced by Mr.. Hotchkiss, and
identified b. Kennedy.
Commodore P Neddcr got $4,000 OF
the 1851 instead Of $500 as Kennedy
testified last week
Emmett Rhodes, an insurance man
OF Auburn, got $500 Of the SS.3l1, Ken
nedv said. Tor arguing with individual
members of the legislature.