The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-03
EIAzg Inst L1HZEG4Y

concern II It neglected TO keep repre-
tentative al Albany
Sir" said Randolph Mason. this
statement Is neither entertaining nor IN
Iiructve, Please come 10 the point
~ beg your pardon replied the in
valid: Il am coming 10 the point. Five
outbreaks. there were certain signs
which ] shall not stop here TO dis
cuss and began TO prepare my con-
result OF that labor is today evident
My company stands almost alone with
clean bin or health. But the cost
to me as an individual would staERer
labor OF fifty Years in five. and I have
expended every dollar that | or my
tamly possessed 10 accomplish this re-
suit.
You are not TO imagine that during
this time the political banditu were
any the less threatening or avid.
FED them as usual. but. unlike the other
Individual fortune. Now. then. gentle
men. have come to the matter in hand.
One year ago politician OF national rep
utation determined to force my insur-
ance company to bear the expense of his
candidacy for high office. He con
trolled certain avenues OF legislation, and
threatened lis with q sta tute which would
have sequestered the assets OF our COM
panv In dozen different states, re-
called its Investments. and left 1t no
way rrofitabiy 20 place its surplus funds
the suise of law. In plain terms. his
price was three hundred thousand dol
lars. got him down TO two. I had
no longer any money of my own, and /
would not use that of the company. even
TO save 1t from destruction, Nv, wife
ownod this house. built with money in
hcrted from her father In England-,we
were both born In SUSSEX. I executed Il
mortgage on IL directly To this politician
for two hundred thousand dollars. !
took this chance with my family and
~ f,,Ir tl,o, l,,z -,.,,t
wave Of insane outcry against insurance
companies would finally pass. and that
when business quiet was again cstab-
shSd ne could rG6ud his fortune 'nnre was he
more OF the colored liquid from the glass,
II made the same mistake" he con :
tlnued, that the fool did In the parable
This tremendous high pressure has worn
out the machinery. ! awoke a month
ago TO the fact that ! was scrap iron.
dying OF old sge-eXhausted. cannot
livc a week.
The invalid must have seen an express
sion OF impstience or protest In Fan n
his hand and hurried on.
~ have been thinking over these mat
ters, with death sitting here at my elboW;
and I have como to the conclusion that
7 have done a wrong 10 those dependent
on me. The Christian religion puts the
inndel first in the catalogue OF The con.
dcmned, and Yet ne tllat proNlneLn not
for his own household is declared worse.
Every sentiment of practical humanity
stands for the priority OF that obliga-
ton. am about 10 die and have In
fact not two dollars 10 click together.
except my salary, which will cease al my
death More than that. ! have taken
my wIfes estatc-her very bread and
clothinG-and used IT for the benefit Of
others When the breath leaves me, my
wife and children go-whoro? You and
know the sort OF aid ones business as
socates extend TO dead mans family.
Resolutions of courteous sympathy,
suave promises. and finally the closed
door.
fls, feebly on the table, ''if I had an
other year. Yes. In the name of God, II
had cvon another thirty days, I could
set It right But I have not three days.
Death cannot be postponed, ! could not
get another day OF life. even another