The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-19

MN ~ was ths sum "e nAo msn'fo"Su'
do you rsnsmbsr any other contFibu-
tions pad 90 SithSr Republican or Demo-
cratic state committees BY hrs insurance
interests in the interest Of lagislaAionl-
Mr.. Hotohkiss asked.
Mr.. Kennedy strAightensd zap and ~
piled loudly. -No-most emphAaIcaliy.
Half AZ an aside the Superintendent Of
Insurance remarked. Then ne are better
informed than you are
The first witness OF the day was A. b.
Board Of Fire underwriters. He identi-
fed a number Of vouchers tor expenses
during the year under investi cation. bat
could not remember anything definite
regarding the sl3OOO item He was re-
called in the afternoon and MIR. Hurrell
went IN a. inuulHitor
The questions first asked were about
three items OF money paid out Ly the
Board OF Fire underwriters IN 1907. One
OF them WAS:
June %. 1907. 20 August l. Hutchins.
bill for services at Albany s2uD
Mr. Hurrell wanted 60 know who
Hutchins YVES The witness SAID he didn't
know We was equally ignorant regarding
the two other items. one ut ttSO paid 20
Frederick r Case and the other OF $50
paid Co p \ TeThune.
Another witness Of the day who Occu-
pied the stand bat for a brief time was
Charles T.. Case. New York representa-
tive II the London Assurance Company
and chairman Of the laws and legislation
COMMITTEES OF the Board OF Fire Under
writer's. Of which Mr. Kennedy was a
member. Mr.. CASE testified that Mr..
kennedy had told him that IL was adj
visable to raise 5000 and give Il to the
Republican State COMMITTEES TO save the
state
A representative OF his company. the
ha
that he contributed $3.50 to this amount.
This. he added. was the only payment of
money for influencing legislation he had
ever made
Mr.. Kennedy when his Questioning
hogan ia the afternoon sald that h. would
like To have the rest OF his examination
put over until Monday 80 that he might
refresh his memory. Mr.. Hotchkiss said
he didn't want to delay the Investigation
and offered to retresh the witnesss MEM
oTy for him with the minutes which hs
held in his hand. The complete entry
regarding the presence of Mr.. Kennedy
at the discussion over the payment of the
S5.OD va a. follows.
Mr. kerneSiy on invitation explained
the detail- OF his hill at length. after which
all the msmbsrs Of the committee on laws
and legislation retired After a short
discus@iOni u was ON motion voted that
all the items Ot Mr. keunedy's bill be
approved except the 5000 item. and the
cnAlrtn was iusNFutfeu 81 ho INFORM titr
committee an laws aud legislation.
after which the meeting adjourned.
This 10 Mr.. k~nnedy's own story Of that
mee,inF. after his memory had besn re-
freshed:
I Eel, under obligation 10 pay the sum
OF s5m0. They asked ns II I had in
CURED legal obligation to pay aud told
them no. hut felt ought 10 pay. When
Mr. Ociell presented his elaborate scheme
for eliminating the direct tax h. proposed
several bills, one 81 which was a tax on
the property II New York State com
panies
III didn I reach the companies Of other
States. nor foreign companies operating
here The Law committee was instructed
to AntAgonIls that bill becaure even 'he
outside companies were afraid that they
wo,iid h. next Mr.. Mashburn and quite
times. I think. and J generally paid the
expenses
He Said that there were seven ot these
men i haven't gwen the matter a
thought for year,, hut we had a large
number Of men brought down later from
variuu- towns m the state ~ the bill
had h.-en passed 7 believed then and nos
there would not - N~N York company
doing business here
In rrspons@ - NJ HuTrell questioning
the witness said that he had paid the sN-
p~uses ~ Abo,it l'O mon who came down
fruVn up the state: several hundred had
com. IN all IN addition no had given
two dinners az tho Hotsl Ten Evrk IN
Albany 10 a numirar IT men AMONG
ihe-s were legislators insurance men
ard politlCiaus
Tho court of Aprsal- he saId. gave
DECISION that refused 30 allow the com
IA MES To- take Tho amount ~ IN" I'M
carmel premiums FROM their taNabl.
a.s@ts The witness SAID ~ WIS a test
case the assessors IN New YORK city
bringing ~ about II was ~ tn hands
~ Dawes Stone \ Au-rbach
Ne continued Much ~ NV ansrs-
tnent the court ~ Appeals des'idet that
The unearned premiums could not hs
included - liabilities and the companies
had NO right - deduct them FROM thew
"a 1Abls assets We had Mr. Davies draw
a hill covering this point and with some
additional features 7 don't remember
" no introduced the hill nv the Assembly
hut Mr. RAIN, introduced n ~ he senate
He'was ~ the fire insurance business.
IL VAS late IN the session Nv pride
Vas w 20 pass that hill had h~sn
sonsW hat sctIv" IN politic' and asked
the men Their" whom ! knew 80 help mo
pass ~ aft"rN ard made thew presents
out ~ that -'Iw of money
Mr. Kennedy -aid that thees presents
"A are not made 80 the members of the
Legislature and that No legislator ever
got q dollar from hrm
The investigation Ws- adjourned until
~ o'clocE tins morning 60 continue for
three hour NJ HOtChki-- Will leave
m the afternoon for Albany Hs -sid
10 would return here on Monday morn
ing nd would continue the invest cation
A. WA tier of fact nothing was said
m the hearing that tended n show that
the Superintendent ~ Insurance OF his
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