New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-13
GRAFT HUNT NEARS END
HYDE and DaingerfieId Will Be
Witnesses Next Thursday.
FAv0RS INSURANCE REFORM
Committee Would Give State
Rate Making Power-Uncer-
tain as to Procedure Changes.

with ,,s session this morning the iesis-
ia.ive investigating conm'ftee -,
What win nrobahly be the next to the iaNl
e ,,r,,. hearings To-day and to-
.,,--o,- r-s,f he devoted largely to tn" "fe
,-eu-.,oe inquiry and the last part OF 'ne
neel 70 .he racing lobby fund with p'e-
.;.,a ewing into the field Of legislative pro-
.s,,ra az .he final sessions next week
After the holiday season the committee
uIIl have its hands full preparing lls reloi
and making ITS Recommendations 10 '"'
Legislature ny January L.
The tenor of these recommendations Is
giving some concern TO the majority fheh'-
hers IF tie committee now because inc
rlernocrs-s though in minority =" the
con7-7it-ee are in the majority In 'fe
resislsr,Ire which Will have their recon-
r-endations before il for acton
on the fire insurance end OF inc iiNe9'i
cation the road is clear to tins extent 'la'
The committee viii draw up recoli''i''
tions for legislation which the beiiioO
members viii he asked to huSh III
81 reris,at,,re. Though not quite com
Melted the fire insurance lnVeSlfSa' ''i' q"
rordns 10 Inquiries among the members oi
=. ,,,,,,ofttoe YESTERDAY. seemed likely TO
ree,ll, I'm = programme of recommenoeo
,,er,e- State sllpervision of the rate chails
I'M mower If tho fire insurance exchanges
which noN control rates throughout i'liS
state. and possibly STATE supervision u t'io
,a-e making power: legislation faNorani
10 the admission of tie New England NM
-,7,,i,,als>- and miscellaneous mu'ud'9'
-zhi~l, brand n fire insurance companies u
+ fel! would do great deal IN the wa
Of giving tie issurins public the hehel'' vi
c4nr,,T.erition and legislation empowering t"e
STATE Insurance department I" license IN
.7,ranca brokers This would do away Win
The present nletilcd hH winch IA" me ~"
sr!rsn-e exchange have sole chS'H" "l
e,,.l licensing and this feature of proposed
legislation would give the State insurance
rerartrnent the power to revoke inc "a
re1sce cf any brokers toun" ih'"isilie III
10 -,ractire Of rebatinE.
The question Of recommendations con-
corning Legislative procedure is not :" cas-
t,- disposed Of according to the vie" OF
several ot the majority members of the
committees Passing their decision on The
testimony given before them on the cor
-,,r,ion ,hev have investigated they feel
there ought IL i,e certain improvements
~ the Albany system. hut they are III A
PECULIAR position
IF Nc recommend changes in procedure
now said one Of the majority members
Of the committee YESTERDAY. the Demo
Gratis leaders viii be in n position I" say
II VAS good enough for YOU when YOU
were in. but now you're out you want 10
change it
As far as could be learned, however the
minority members of the committee are
10, likely TO take any salch stand as tla'
and II is probable that two of the prime
7pr
Tupr. practices. viii he considered IN Inc
recommendations of the committee.
The first of these is proposed recon-
,7,ardation that all local bills" shall be
cleared out of the way ny the nIddle ol
the session leaving the calendar clear for
the consideration o. general Legislation An
amendment to the rules which would en-
force this recommendation would pracu-
canv do away with the present pracuce
IF --sv-appjns Off votes on local bills
ror votes on general bills
Proceedings in standing committees viii
he the subject of the second proposed
recommendation. and the extent of II that
seems likely 10 he advocated by this in
>-osrieatinS committee is that the final
votes in standing committees on every bill
voted on shall be made public Executive
sessions Of standing committees the in
vcs+iratinc committee believes. are neces-
.srv hut If a final vote which was to be
made public sho7lld be insisted on, it would
TO = large extent do away with any care
less or intentional showing aside OF hllls
IN committee. of which procedure ali that
reaches the public under the present sNs-
tenn is that LIT died in committee
Local agents of Insurance companies
some from this city and others from Chi
.-a-o and Cleveland. will he on the witness
stand today and tomorrow TO tell the
committee Of the commissions Of the local
egent and of his work They viii ne tol-
lowed ,,- Insurance Department officials OF
Two or three Western states whose laws
-robibit rate making bodies like those
which fix the premium rates for New York.
~ linn Bruce. chief counsel TO the COM
rnirree has announced that on Thursday
rext he will summon Charles H Hyde, the
CITY Chamberlain. who was named In the
testimony of Robert II. Elder as being
among those present at the dinner In Del
-ror7iCo's at which the alleged lobby fund
of tho racing interests was raised
sleernon Daingerfeld, the assistant sec
retarv of The Jockey Club. is also to take
The stand again Thursday, and that,
s. is believed. viii end the racing inquiry