Show HUGHES AFTER mm SCALP H B H Governor of New York Again Asks Removal of Super Superintendent Superintendent in ten dent of Insurance 0 INCOMPETENCY IS CHARGED MESSAGE LAID ON TABLE BY SENATE 5 Albany N Y Y Feb 11 Gov Hughes today renewed ren wed to the senate his rec recommendation recommendation of last year that Otto Kelsey be removed from office of state Superintendent of insurance on the ground co Last year the senate refused by a vote of 27 to 24 to remove Superintendent Kelsey Hughes hases his renewal of the toe recommendation on the ort of Matthew Natthew C Fleming the governors special commissioner who recently In Investigated Investigated investigated the insurance department and transmitted with witO his message a copy of or Mr Flemings report On mo me motion motion tion of Senator Baines the message without comment was unanimously ordered printed and for Tor the present to be e lain lai on the table Inefficiency I Apparent While admitting the magnitude of the work of the insurance department and that its task has recently in increased increased increased creased the governor says that side sideby sid by side with these departmental activities activities there grew up wasteful and cor corrupt corrupt corrupt rupt methods which scandalized the th country and brought the supervision ion of the department with regard to tie the e im important important interests of the holders of f life insurance J policies Into contempt From the Insurance investigation of 1905 says the governor It appeared that if Its energy had been well di directed directed directed and the department had been efficient In the true sense most of the scandals which were revealed reveal d coul not have existed K Opportunity The governor says further that he lie appreciates tes the unusual conditions which confronted Superintendent Kel Kelsey Kelsey Kelsey sey upon his taking office but adds But he had conspicuous advantages He lie took office with abuses ascertained with the derelictions of the department known with clearly defined obliga obligations obligations obligations which were not left for tor him to discover but which were writ largo large in the minds of all the people of the state He was Va also equipped with ad additional additional powers Dowers Mr lir Kelsey took office on Slay May 16 1905 1906 and has had lia now served sen ed more than his term At the time Mr homing began the taking of toaI mony mon he had served for a year and five months He had had full opportunity opportunity opportunity to show whether he was equal oual to his important duties But the facts submitted establish beyond cavil that the present superintendent has n t measured up to the standard which the state must maintain and upon which in deference to the vast inter interests interests ests involved It Is 15 my m duty so far as my power goes to insist In It must have haye been clear to any anyone one competent to be Its chief and to establish it upon a per permanent permanent manent basis that a thorough over overhauling overhauling overhauling hauling of the department was necessary necessary sary sany The superintendent has lias had a afree afree afree free hand he has had abundant time hat bt the house has not been cleaned Credit of State Involved The concluding paragraph of the governors message Is as follows The matter now presented to you involves the credit cr dit of the state The conduct of the department should ex cx exhibit exhibit hibit that care thoroughness and vigilance vigilance vigilance lance which will wl guarantee adequate protection to the interests of the poll poli c holders and at the same time justly insure the standing and promote the success of the companies bearing the seal of the departments approval This 1 k am convinced can be obtained in only one way and that is by hy 11 having the department placed in other hands The interests of the state require that thata a change should hould be Je made madeI I therefore recommend commend r that Otto Kelsey superintendent s of insurance be removed from fr tm bis Ii office |