New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-09-27
Wants CAMPAIGN
FUNDS Returned
PRESIDENT SAID TO BE ExER.
CIsED OVER NEW YORK LIFE
REVELATIONS.
Favors Return of Big Sum Contrib
uted to Expenses of Campaign
Mccall Takes Shot at Judge Par
ker-Latter's Reply.

heI-LdLLeI 3 nep1y.
Oyster Bay, L. l., Sept. 21.-As the
result OF a conference held at Saga
more Hill between President Roose-
Welt, Secretary of State Root, P0StmaS-
ter General Cortelyou, Senator l odge,
and Joseph H. Choate, former ambas-
sador to Great Britain, plans were laid
for the elimination of contributions to
future national compaign funds by all
| corporations affected by national legls-
latlOn
There is further authoritative ru-
NOR that President Roosevelt has in-
sisted upon the return OF all campaign
contributions made by life insurance
companies to the last republican ma
tlonal campaign committee, and that
his wishes will be carried out.
These radical and far reaching meas
| ures have been determined upon by the
president following the disclosures Of
| contributions of money toward the re-
publican campaign, as disclosed by
various newspapers and brought out at
the sessions of the life insurance in
vestigation committee at New York.
The parties to the conference refuse
| to be interviewed. The details are
! kept absolutely secret. but it is known
| positively that that part of the presl-
| dents forthcoming message to con-
| gress dealing with campaign contribu-
| tons will furnish a sensational chap
ter of the presidents view on corpora
| ton contributions to national cam
| paigns. He will recommend that legis-
lation be enacted prohibiting the &C
| ceptance by national campaign COM
mittees of any political party of con-
| tributions from any corporation af-
| fected in any way by congressional &C
| ton.
| If the presidents wishes are carried
ou' the entire amount Of the last con-
trinution Of $4,000 to the republican
| campaign fund will be handed back to
| the treasurer of the New York Life, to-
| gether with whatever contributions, il
| any, were made to the republican COM
| mittee by other life insurance COM
| panies during the last campaign.
| The revelations made by George w.
| Perkins last week. taken in connection
with the charges made last year by AL
| ton &. Parker concerning Chairman
Cortelyou's levying of campaign as
| sessments upon corporations, have
! stirred the president to immediate ac-
| ton.
| New York, Sept. 21-That 1926 900
has been paid by the New York Life
! Insurance company to Andrew A.
Hamilton, of Albany; that no account
ing fOr this money has been made, ex-
| cept TO President Mccall verbally, and
| that Hamilton attends sessions of the
| legislature at Albany in the interest
of the New York Life Insurance COM
pany, was brought out Wednesday by
testimony given by Mr.. Mccall before
the legislative insurance investigating
committee. Mr.. Mccall said that the
various sums making up the s235 600
paid tC Hamilton had been given him
in connection with different real es-
tate DEALS, but Mr.. Hughes, after con-
siderable questioning. developed the
fact that none of the money had been
l
Call denied that he gave Mr.. Hamilton
money to influence any member of The
legislature, or that he advised any
| such course.
Money to Support Gold Standard.
On the subject of the New York
Life Insurance company's campaign
contributions in recent presidential
years, Mr.. Mccall said they were giver
for the purpose of defeating the silver
platform, and for the support of The
gold standard, rather than Of the re-
: publican party.
4 AS to the contribution to the repub
} llcan campaign fund in 1904, Mr.. Nc
Call said he did not care how many O
: the policyholders agreed with his &C
s ton. He made the contribution hon
. estly believing it was justified and TO
The interest of the policyholders.
y Takes Shot at Parker.
: The climax was reached when MI
0 Mccall declared that the soliciting O
funds for campaign purposes was no
a confined to the republican party in tn
e campaign of 1904 and announced:
0 my life was made weary by tn
democratic candidates chasing me 70
money in that campaign. Some of tn
i very men who to-day are being int.
n viewed in the papers and denouncin
men who contribute to campaigns wer
crossing my path every step I tool
: looking for money. One. the candiCat
himself, Parker, if he would show u
D his books when he was chairman OF tb
democratic state committee. it wOul
J. give you fit. He never rejected do
l. lar in the world. He would take ever
l. dollar that was paid to him.
If Judge Parker was chairman of tt
democratic state executive committe
- in 1855.
|I Mr.. Mccall admitted that he had a
most daily drawn checks on the con
5 pany's account without troubling hin
self to get the finance committee
e consent or approval. He declared
was the sole judge as to what checl