Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-30

I Paris. and n message from President
| Mccall had been delivered to him ask
| ing him to come to New York, appear
before the committee and render anac-
counting of his expenses. To induce him
to do that, Mr.. Mccall said he was go
ing to start for Paris, Saturday.
The committee and all of its counsel
held q protracted executive session at
the close of the days hearing, after
which it was announced that the COM
mittce would complete the investigation
| by Dec. 81, as it is due to report to the
| new Legislature in the first week in
| January. The committee will sit five
days, next week, and through the
Christmas holiday week in order to
clean up the work that is yet to be
| done.
The address issued by Senator Arm
| strong follows:
Il am asked for brief message to
| policyholderS on the eve of our ad-
| journment for the month and am glad
to make this suggestion. Do not al
! low your policies to lapse on account
CT anything revealed by this investiga-
ton. Policyholders are in better po-
sition now than before the investigH-
ton began and their position ought to
| steadily improve as our inquiry pro-
ceeds. The legislation we will recon-
mend will undoubtedly safeguard and
strengthen the rights of policyholders
but those who suffer their policies to
lapse will lose the benefit of what has
been done already as we'll as what we
hope to accomplish. No such sacrifice
ought now to be made by pOlicyholders,
ard patience and courage for short
| time yet will not only prevent loss but
enable this committee to render the
best service to the greatest number
New York, Nov. 29.-Charles p. Nc
| Clelland, former state senator and as
| semblyman from Westchester county,
was the first witness before the in
surance investigating committee, to-
day. Since 1908 he had been United
States general appraiser. He said he
had been doing business for the Nut
ual Life Co. since 1890 until 1903. He
knew Andrew c. Fields. Some years
ago Fields was active in politics but
not i'm the last tent years. He helped
and may have contributed to Nc
Clelland's organization for the state
Assembly in 1890. Fields supported
him for the Senate in 1891.
He did not know whether Mr.. Burns
of YOnkers. was on the Senate insur-
ance committee in 1896. 1897 and 1885,
He had no talk with Fields about
being made chairman or member or
| the insurance committee of the Senate
in 1892 and 1898 He did not want to
be a member of that committee, nut
Gen. Hustcd placed him on it in 1898
and he could not get off. Mr.. NC
ClelIand did not know that Fields used
influence to place men on the insur-
ance committee.
Mr.. McCIelland knew before 1890 that
| Fields went to Albany to represent the
| Mutual Life, but did not know what ne
did there He supposed he acted In the
same capacity as representatives of 9th
er corporations. Fields very rarely ap-
peared openly in connection with leglsla-
tive matters. In the winter OF lsV5, Nc
Clelland lived with Mr.. Fields in the Mu-
tuars house at Albany upon Fleids m
| vitation The improperly OF IT never oc-
Cured to him. 1t was nothing more II,
his opinion than courtesies common De-
tween Fields family and McCleiland
| family for years. He offered to pay but
Fields laughed at him. Witness did not
recall that Fields ever asked him to sup
port or oppose any specific bill.
Witness never knew Fields to try to IN
f,uence legislation and never knew of his
spending money in Albany on legislation
He never received money from Fields
Iwhile in the Legislature.
He said the Fields house was quiet. II
was not q house of entertainment. He
never saw but two members of the Legis-
lature there and they came to see him
and not Fields There was no drinking nj
the house. Mr.. Fields was opposed to
drinking.
MIR. Hughes showed witness 70 vouchers
for money paid McClelland by the Mutua
Life from February. 1899, to March. 1907
MIR McClelland said he was not then 1
member Of the Legislature. The hrst was
for $50 for legal expenses. On the up
ner corner was the word Fields. Wit
| ness thought the word was in Fields
| handwriting. In those years witness was
. under a retainer to the Mutual Lie o.
not less than 5000 a year by arrangement
with Fields and one other man. Ehls ar
rangement was terminated in 1907 lie dit
r | not receive a salary from the Mutual Liz
while he was in the Senate in 1893. HI
has done little service for the Mutua
d since that time Only once did he appeal
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