The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-24
Hamilton, Depew, ct al.

Judge Andrew Hamilton, Of Albany
who is now touring pleasantly IN France,
has wired a New York paper that the
500 900 he received from the New York
Life In March, 1901, was not In any sense
''for purposes OF influencing State legis-
la ton, or that 1t was so used. !" The de-
NAL is direct, and yet the subject may
hardly be regarded as closed II the
money was not used for purposes OF.
influencing legislation 1t would be In
tercstng to be told explicitly Just what
| 1t was used for. %ltEwas merely, as Is
Inferred in the nature Of payment for
Judge Hamllton.sI servhes;Wthe men and
women 10 whom these dollars rghtfuly
belonged would be pleased to learn OF!
lust what those services consi sted. Even
a stockholdcr has u desire now and then
to DO assured that he is getting value
received
When the Equitable Investigation dis
closed the fact that the agreeable and
gay Senator Depew had been drawing
from tho society q yearly retainer Of
| 500, 600 an nsistcnt and general demand
arose to BIO advised precisely what the
great man did to earn that comfortable
salary This wish was never gratified.
Mr.. Depews rejoinder was polite, but
| far too vague. His general allusion to
| the legal advice that no had freely
given failed to carry conviction. Later,
when no came home from tho rhcuma..
tlsm baths abr Dad, he expressed his COM
plcte confidence In his ability TO clear
himself, but We have not heard that ne
| has ever done so. Tho country has
waited but that genial voice has re-
malned still, In the meantime Mr. Nor
ton apparently sympathlzng with the
popular estimate of the Depcw services
had calmly stricken the senator fr~
tho pay roll. In the homely but express
sive phrase OF tho day, Depow found him
self crowded away from the trough.
After Depew. Hamilton, the discred-
! tied senator finds q mate In the Dues
| tlonable Judge" Depew earned. wo be-
leve fairly, the approbrium Of CRATER.
but compared TO Hamilton, lie was, after
all, only a very little pikcr. IIanilton's
mess has been five times greater than
his. AS to his services, he, too, when
he wearcs OF touring IN Franco. Will
be afforded the opportunity OF explain
Ing them In detail. In the meantime
pending his homecoming, there are not
wanting those to say that Hamilton
was tho mere hired lobbyist Of tho In
surancc company, and that he drew his
pay for protecting the company from
. unfavomble legislation. Ills achieve
ments In this direction appear to have
been deemed 80 valuable that they We're
rewarded with yearly honorarlum thai
few men have tho brains or ability tc
earn honestly, In addition. 1t is alleged
that his books were never audited and
his accounts confidingly accepted with
out examination. He was trusted; ht
had a good thing. and no made the mos
OF 1T. The judges line OF business u
obviously q profitable ono, but 1t is no
popular with the country at large. Lik'
the celebrated Missourian the people
want to know. II the other big com
, panies arc spending enormous sums t.
Representatives" for absolutely dlspro
portionate services, the stockholders wan
to know their names and all about them
The Depews. the Iiamiltons and simila
; batteners on the industry and thrift q
/, the country, have got to 80,
G-@==--S-------
The Danger Of Mormonism,
Several days ago in driving through or
OF the counties Of Southwest Virginia, o,
attention was called to q curious lit
5. | church. very rude in structure, but pr