New-York tribune., 1910-03-23
ACCUSES SULLIVAN
E. II. A. CoRREA-
Continued from fret page.


Chatham. y. Y. April -. laos
Hon. Louis +. PaXH. Chatham. y Y
Ny Dear Mr. Payn. Now that the Legs
lature has adjourned 7 am writing 20 ad-
wise gou That all matters which have come
IL my knowledge in y nich Your fTieris e1-
saSed in fire insurance business were inter
ested. have resulted To their satisfaction
except The GOon- Lowe Dill. which. largely
through my efforts. we Succeeded i'm get
ting placed upon the order II final Se.
nut which Senator Cobh WAS forced 10
abandon because OF the threat Of Grady I"
"a Tx the Sessio' to death and - defeat
many bills of great Importance. in which:
predicamenj. AT The earnest solicitation az
many Senators. Cobb had the biz recon-
mitted 20 committee
In mailing this report Z desire TO r8ll
Nour attention 10 tae fact that for the mast
Tour years have hee,. busted al Albany In
seeking 10 guard and promote the lire in
Snfahce interests first and many times al
YOUR request sld az others at the request
o. Mr. George j. sheldon. Of tho BROOKLYN
i'heniN. For none of lire services - rem
aeIed nave l ever received any compen-
NaAinils even Tor expenses. all lnU-k . know
that others eUga.ed iu Ike work FOR the
same Interests have heen compensated
Inlnk . would .e but fair TO have tnis
condition laid before YOUR friends ami some
reinF1 made TO me Fpr mv ,er-s~es Very
liu'y YOURS. CORNELIUS SHUFELT.
The Cobb-LOwe hill Shufeu explained.
Was measure which would i'm effect
repeal the Grady reinsurance bin. which
latter bill, il was testified To on Mon
day by Emmanuel II. \ Correa. vice
president Of the Home Insurance Com
pany. was bought through the Legislature
by the foreign reinsurance interests.
though il imposed discriminative tax
on American companies as against for
eign reinsurance concerns
However, the Cobb-LOwe bill was not
put through. solely because Senator
GRADY. Shufelt testified. talked and
flibustered in the closing hours Of the
session until he was assured OF its with
drawal.
Shufelt Hears from Sheldon.
In spite Of all these services il was
not without considerable difficulty that
Shufel, received even the 500 Mr
Payn sent Shufelts letter u sheldon.
with a word Of recommendation. but il
dragged along for some months. when ih
Octuber he received the following in
structive letter from Sheldon.
October 20 l9,s.
Cornelius Shufelt. Esq. Chatham y Y.
Dear Sir: I reCei ed your last letter. and
l hope you understand what : am trying
TO DO \ person who has had as much cX-
peTience IN public life you have knows
a the present time that il il not - easy 10
do things IL used 20 he.
had a meeting of our committee yes
tCrday and submitted a statement I'm re-
gard 10 your matter. and. as result of
il. they authorize payment 10 YOU now
Of $500
Il il necessary. Of course. that We should
have some voucher ia connection with it.
want sou 10 make me out bin for LEGAL
services To the committee oH Laws and
legislation Of the New York Board of
Underwriters OF course Il L. not ueccs-
Sary for sou to specify i'm detail your SEP
vices. but just make the item professional
services rendered al request of chairman
If committee durinc 1873" 10 h. not u-s,s-
ss ~ that Ol should specify an-thiue ABOUT
Albany iH ,he matter MutI Nou send me
that lils r. IN approve n and strE shortl-
you viii set "A check
: shall attempt - follow tifiS dU.ius the
writer with something else. but can make
no promises az TIE ults-tt tlule. Very
;culz ycuis.
GEORGE .. SHELDON. President
Tne-e was one supposedly interesting
letter missing from IN. Superintendent
collection in which sheldon apparently
detailed 10 ShCrelt just how he should
make up the details of his bills. for there
a. letter from ShUfelI advising Sheldon
that according 90 m5 understanding of
the present Law, ! wuuid render mH self
liable 10 criminal prosecution SHOULD
send you such statement As your letter
calls for"
ON January =. l99 Shufelt wrote 10
Sheldon saying thst hv had bcep APP
pointed deputy clerk of the senate. and
~ such would be- glad 20 vonJinc 10 send
all such information as he thought would
interest the In, insurance men. and ON
January -. lr:t, he duly advised shell
don of The iatroduction of the odd anti
compact bill this year by Senator Grady,
as sou viii note"
The witness contributed also some in
teresting side lights on Grady's night 20
defend his reinsurance ain. when that
measure was attacked by the prospective
Cobb-I.oUe bill. During tho course ~
that fiEar. be- testified, Senator F'raWley
threatened 80 introduce a resolution for A
broad investigator II the affairs of an
the American dre Insurance companies
;n.d up In Support Of Col.Es measure.
ana naturally against ti4e Grady bill
~ hich Discriminate sssirst tnen ami in
favor uc -hc foreign reinsurance compa-
nies.
CorFsa Esck Z, Stard
Emmanuel o.. 4. CcIrsa ano st.fied
on I"uday. nas recalled lo. q bri,f
session yesterday. n vas small mat
tor. as to amount involved. that Nr
Hutchkiss wanted to QUESTION him about
al hrst. and M. Cor-ca answered every
,t,f,.. ,,.ffb his .fl.ta-4..t. .....,l l,.,,,. b.