Show 1 INSURANCE SCANDAL lEADS EDS TO lEGISlA JIVE NEW YORK April 7 As T.-As As a result of tho latest turn hun which State insurance ance anee Superintendent Hotchkiss has given to his lus investigation of fire insurance insurance insurance ance scandals here it has been dis disclosed disclosed disclosed dis- dis closed that thirteen men Republican assemblymen and senators in the state legislature between 1900 and 1904 1901 had hadstock hadstock hadstock stock accounts with the brokerage house of Ellingwood Cunningham and that seven of these c men received large sums of money from G G. G Tracey Rogers a special partner of that firm Superintendent Hotchkiss charges that the books of the brokerage firm winch which failed in 1904 will shed much light on the acceleration of certain insurance legislation George Tracey Rogers thus brought prominently into the investigation tion is is a awell awell l lwell well known traction man being president dent of eight corporations and a director director three tor in in five live more according to the last edition of the directory of directors He lie Heis lieis is is also president of the Street Railway association of the state of New York His Ills name came up some sonic time ago durIn during during dur dur- In ing the te investigation of the tho Metropolitan ough-Metropolitan Street Railway company com corn pany puny by the state public service com corn mission Lemuel E. E Quigg accelerator tor of public opinion testified at that time that thai Rogers was the legislative agent in in Albany of all the street railways railways railways rail rail- ways in m the st state te Superintendent Hotchkiss was quoted today as declaring that that ho he is not sure that six of the thirteen legislators who received money through the firm got it for their votes in aid of the traction interests but he says he feels confident confident dent that the evidence in his hands will leave leavo doubt as to the tho other seven The names of the thc thirteen le legislators T are Louis ms still n TO un revealed with one ono ex exception eption I Bedell of Newburg N. N Y a former former for for- mer member of the state assembly is shown on the brokerage e firm firms firm's s 's books as a considerable customer and he is one of those who receive sums of money from Rogers according to the evi dence denee Bedell was chairman of the thes railroads s committee in 1901 and 1902 The late E. E II Harriman made a contribution contribution con con- of annually to the Republican committee of Mr Bedell's Bedells district as lon long as Bedell was in the assembly |