The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-30

viii confer toecther 30 that our business
wont he the subject of legislation during
the coming year"
Senator Brackett was then ernployed
as counsel 10y the lntsrn1t onal Paper
Company. which had mills az Glons Falls
and Sheldon asked Cunningham Ia find
out n n was because ~ thai Conpnn nv =
dissatisfaction with raNes that Brackett
had been making trouble. Mr. Cunning
aaIn said that the company was d'Ssltis.
I He'd and had gone into some New kngla nd
mutual companies afterward.
. 80 that II sheldon wanted To- got BraCls
ct that way hs didn't get him?- asked
, Mr.. Hotchkis-
! mo sur replied the witness
ONCE BuCkLEY DIDN'T COLLECT
George ID. Eldredge testified that a bill
I to help along the Mutual was invrudu c'd
! ln the session nf 1901 and PASSED nn May
10. Buckley. who had becn employed
by the Company Ia help the thing along,
was the Third Deputy Insurance SuT,erin-
eendont until ten days before the balls
| passage. Mr.. Eldr'dge didn't reupemheT
whether Buckley had presented his bill
Tor this service hefOrs or after he r"-
elgned. The Till was tor 5000. Mr.
Eldredge opposed payment of Il and
Frederick Burnham. pr~sldont OF the
company. offered Buckley sSDp in settle
ment. which Buckley r.t'ISssi. He didn I
sue and he never got a cent.
YELLOW Do1 FUND.
Turning ono. more to Buckley. Mr.
Hotchliss suddenly asked him Il he had
ever heard OF the yellow dog fund
Buckley said u Vas newspaper talk
That WA the fund Hamilton had. don't
you know anything about IL" asked Mr.
Hotchkiss
Buckley said be- didn't
viii you swear that the Si0000 you
got from the Travellers and turned into
cash did not pass into that yellow dog
fund.-
Il don't know anything about IT.
Nothing that | got PASSED through It.
PROPHET IN THE GOVERNORS ANTE
CHAMBER
Mr.. Hotchkiss then read a le,t.rwhiCh
Buckley had sent to sheldon on April H..
1875, in which he sad:
Your hill passed tho Assembly to-day
and have arranged "a hEv" Il 81 10 the
Governor Immediately lie will talk with
the Superintendent ard no doubt will
approve"
Buckley At that time Wa able 20 -acCelN--
ate a ball toward Gh. EN" 'It,v" Chamler
Buckley said tn" l.tt"r explained itself
Higgins was than Governor and nn April
Is Buckley wrOt" down to hs friend
Sheldon:
: Your hill Will IN, .scrcd This w"..x
You will h. glad 70 know hat thu -u-Call"d
anti-compact bill will not - any further
beyond its present position.
As usual Buckley whom asked by Mr..
Hotchkiss n this referred a. thu Amber
anti-Sompact Till tr led 10 r'rn"mh,"r
anything about Il. In The sam" h'ti"r he
wrot" regarding IN" tail
Il have b...n Interested in tho matter
because ! felt that a god man lik" you
should not h. forced 10 a LOT 4 lucCn.
veniencs in order thai som" p~opi" could
get even with Othcr-
ekas hat at NFFNFn ct h gsaTFa
forG- Mr., Hotchkiss inquired
don't know anything ABOUT ~, aid
Buckley. It's very easy - hear thos'
things II ynu ar" around IN" Log. stature.
6 90 THAT BUCKLEY SAID HEHAD PASSED
On
On April ~ BUCKLEY WAS ahla - write
to sheldon that his hlll a dividend pill
had met with the Governors approval
and that he would sign u within q few lays
The anti compact hill will be recon-
mitted "a the Insurance Committee,
whsr. u will ROMAN, b." ADDED
ON MAY Z. 1875. Buckley wrpt"
Il herewith hand you my I'll! for soon
in connection with m" legal matter IN
which was r 'tainet. Ii d,cs not include
any fee for mys"li. hat y - NOR" than you
ought 20 hav" ~ pay for what Won got.
anu do not want to h. considered n the
matter except tu have your continued
This did no; have anything 10 do with
the antl-cumpart bill he was asked
Buckley replied that o. Wa Tor genera
work H. sad IA" hotter was a ''"nfit"n-
tial rouunun cation b't ..''n lawyer and
client.
$50 ~ va. confidential TIM, YOU ildn't
get a dollar { that sj.W1 Nuur-.tt'.
suggested Vi Hotcnk.sS
I got "f,'.Il and Kept ~. replied
Buckley who VnU!!I.t admit that &
true hc WAS thea Doc vus ht- cl."ni
He said b. didn't r'.r"ru''"T wh,.' -
h. had paid anything "ut yr NOT II b."
had I,a.d anything "u' - this amount
u vas for i"g '.mlt, "Np"'-''- u't IN"
could not rrrucinb". "Aat 'h'' "Nf''u-''S
W.r.
~ rHEEE \ MAR ASSOCIATIONS ~ IBNNN'
Didn't you pay tins in ruru"rti"u
With the Aunul.r h.il'' Ask"I Mr. HJ'"n-
ki.s.
I say no. "ruruaJ ally said BuCSl'y.
pounding H." tab,.
Isn't th"r" q baT ASSOCIATION up -
Albany
-Of, that's az right,
I don know whether thor" - a stltuj"
Of limitations her" or nu'. 'g' J 'hIrh
Iliftll thai 20 'h",r attention. remarked
Mr.. N a'Chkl--.
In Jun. Buckley wanted - know wiv
Sh..ldOn and ms trends Nhu'U r'r Grady
hill al shAlk.lr " Ouli hay" h''lU'-!. taau {
Curn, - hi- a--l stance" lunr" Wa Moth
ing Mr. Hutchk-s SAID - ~hp~ wn1'
fflS tfrHIN tlI1 vas blhls'N ffNll'tN Y
helm hr4. tNuugh IN hl- hotter be- hat
toto Sheldon that h" CoIld i"'k forward
tu -...ing % nn m" statute books next
year anyway " was brought uur tNIt
IA Igs. 1876 and 1915 BIcSl-y mad re-
cs.N,-d SiSu from N" kp--Ia company
on. uf the "ompani.'- whom ~" Grady
TeInsuranC,. hall b.u"fitcd and a regular
retainer uf S-ss, - year from th. MUNICH.
These w.r' th. v"ar- when senator Coin
of Mat.rtOWn had a bill w repeating III"
Grady law VIII IA h,ll failed ".ch year
Of passage.
HERE'S SrRIKE, BETTER RETAiS N.Y.
Not many lrtters passed hstwean Buck
Icy and has friend sheldon ia 1910 and 1917.
but when the Leg stature assembled IN
January. IpD- Buckley was early on the
Job again looking for a retainer. and a. a
general incentive sent down a clipping
showing that A-="mblyman smith and
senator FraWley of New York had intro
ducsd Anti-CompRct bills
why not arrange with your people
to give me a small retainer In the matter
inclOsedS- he Importun"d Sheldon. The
inclo-ed - only a -trik" ana you should
not D. bothered
He wanted 81 .JDO. but no admitted that
he hadn't got u
Later he wrote that the senate com
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