The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-11
SHAMEFUL STORY.
Mutual Life Scattered Money Right
and Left.


New York. Oct l0-Sir John Long,
d member of the British parliament was
a guest of the insurance investigating
committee at its session today,
Ine first witness was Robert oiyphdut,
chairman uf The expenditure committee
ar the Mutual Life Insurance company
trom him 10 Was expected TO learn what
became OF $1,000 charged Co legal eNDeu-
lrstallmeuts of S25-luf each The last in
stallmeut being paid the day after the
presidential election last ~
Mr.. oIyphut said there is 40 liIuit 10
the money the committee on expenditures
NAV authorize 10 be paid out. The Nh
UuaI Life Insurance company maintains ii
confidential fund for legal expenditures.
These details OF payments ior t4lS fund
We're not brought before the board Of
trustees, but merely the total amounts
Bills came 10 this committee lro1n the
laW department after being duly author
lied by the executive officers The mon
eys were usually drawn In cash.
Took No Vouchers.
An entry of $4,000 on the books Jan. 3d.
1891 witness said. was paid Io him i'm
cash. He was assured this was needed
FOR the policy holders benefit and that an
was regular. MI Gillette one of The vice
. presidents, told him il was Tor Law pur-
epOses. Witness did not feel responsible
20 the company. an executive officer hay
ing told him il was perfectly legal He
took no vouchers for this payment nor
for others in August and December 1865
Money was similarly expended, Nj DIV
phant said, in the term of office of his
predecessor, j. Hobart Heurysk. and it
never occurred To Mr.. ELEPHANT 10 gscar-
tain 10 whom the money went beyond the
word of an executive officer. Nh Hughes
then read the bylaws governing the ok
peuditure of the committee ana calling for
reports OF expenditures 10 this committee
Witness said no reports were made.
Campaign Contributions.
In reply To questions 10y AIR. Hughes.
the witness said he had heard cOufribu-
ti0ns were made 10 camp8isn committees
confidential fund, DR. Gillette had tCld
him that campaign contributions had been
made and there was no other fund that
this money could be taken from
Mr. Hughes then asked that Dr. Gillette
he summoned James NJ. Beck, counsel
for the Mutual Life Insurance company
asked that Mr.. Grauuiss be excused ii
DIR Gillette appeared as there We're all
ready present the president. two vice
presidents and The general manager of
the company ana somebody Was needed
10 run the business. Mr. Hughes insist
ed however. that he could excuse nobody
hut would put the company TO as little
Inconvenience as possible
Out of Confidential Fund.
Questioning Mr.. Olyphant further. Mr.
Hughes brought out that there were five
payments in 1893 of $4,000 each. al made
in the same way as those of 1898, and out
of the confidential fmd.
Mr.. Olyphant was asked il ID was "a
practice. TO look no further into cNpcUfi-
lures when approved by vice president
and witness replied.
we have 10"
Vice Presindeut Robert a. Grauniss was
then called. He was asked ABOUT the
s. 500 contribution 10 the congressional
committee previously discovered. He ure-
sumed il WAS charged 20 law Expenses
as that would be the natural course. Nj.
Grannlss knew OF contributions to lhe
Republican funds in 1885, 1870 and .I-It but
did not know the amounts. CautribG-
tons could be made without his knuWl-
edge. Witness considered the company
Was justified IN making contributions 10
the various campaign funds because Of
the free silver menace. Asked 10 anUr0X-
innate the contributions TO the last ma
tiOnal Republican committee, witness did
not think II would exceed $4,000.
/, Gillette's Testimony.
Mr. Granniss was excused for 81 lime
and Dr. Walter r. Gillette, vice president
OF the Mutual Life Insurance company
uas called lie said be made the con
tract with the firm of q. III. Raymond g.
Co agents. OF his own volition and no
one was responsible Tor this contract
prior To 1905, but the witness and the
me s25 90 vouchers We're shown the wit
ness All Of them mad been approved by
the witness EXCEPT the one authorized bv
Mr. Cranniss. DR.. Gillette said they were
ascertain for what confidential purposes
these moneys were used. Re did not
kpow any one who could tell what legal
matters required TIE payment of $4,000 i'm
one wear TO the general solicitor.
Mr. Huehes then asked If the general
soiirffOr could not Get 5000 whenever
Sc pleased without disclosing the purpose