The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-22
NEW YORK REPUBLICANS
REAPEO RICH HARVEST

NEW YORK REPUBLICANS
REAPEO RICH HARVEST
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packages OF money, he said. were sent
over TO his office by a messenger. and
he Immediately turned them over to
the chairman. secretary or treasurer of
the state committee. They We're all
cash contributions, all came by mes
senger and all came voluntarily. Sen
ator Platt said he could not remember
whether he made a request for the con-
trihutions at the very beginning or that
they were fixed sum of $4,000 a year.
Dealt With Mecurdy.
Senator Plat said he occasionally re-
ceived contributions of $4,000 each from
the Mutual Life company but that he
could not tell on what year nor how
often. These contributions did not
come annually. but at different times
within the last ten years. He turned
the money over to the state committee
The senator said he believed that he
had dealt with President r. A. Nc
Curdy in regard to these contributions.
i sumply asked him at various times
when necessities were very urgent for
money, and he said he would be glad
10 subscribe. said the senator.
The money, the senator said, was al
ways sent 10 him by a messenger and
was intended for use in the state cam
paign. President McCurdy understood,
the senator said. that the senator was
not representing the national commit
tee.
Mccall Also Gave Up.
The Mutual Life. he said. made no
contributions 10 the local campaign,
nor in the interest of any candidate for
state office. other than by the general
contributions described. While testify
ing about the Sits of the Mutual Life
the senator once replied that he under
stood that he was talking about the
! New York Life Insurance company, but
afterwards said that he meant the Mu-
tuaL When he vas asked when he had
received any funds from the New York
Life company he said he thought he
had very seldom. He had dealt with
( President John 4. Mccall. Asked di-
rectly whether Mr.. Mccall gave him
any money. the senator replied:
II cannot say positively whether he
did or not, l cannot remember"
Did Not Recall It.
"Ir has been suggested to me that
( You had something TO do with the col
lection of funds for the Harrison cam
paign. the raising of a fund of $4,000
Do you recall that?" asked Mr..
Hughes.
Il do not" replied the senator.
or any fund.-"
"No. My memory could not tell me
whether it was the Harrison campaign
or what campaign it was"
You are clear in your mind that you
never had any contributions made 20
( You for the purpose Of a national cam
( paiGn?"
Yes, sir; they We're never given TO
me for national campaign, aithough
/ ! sometimes. In talking with gentlemen
/ about it. said I thought il would be a
good thing for them TO subscribe be
! cause Of the bearing of the national
campaign on a state campaign,
Senator Was Not Sure.
! And with whom have you had such
( Conversations mean connected with
/ insurance companies. Of course?"
} 81 am not sure as to whom / talked"
I said Plat.
The senator said he did not think he
had talked with President McCurdy
4 about that matter. but he may have
/ talked With President Mccall. though
! he did not remember. Senator Platt
said he did not know OF campaign con-
/ trbutions from any other insurance
, companies doing business I'm this state.
Mr.. Plat said that he did not know
anything about Andrew Hamilton, TO
, whom the New York Life Insurance
| company had paid large sums for legal
! expenses, nor did he know anything
| about his work at Albany. He knew
\. &. Fields, who had charge of the
! house maintained by tho Mutual Life
! company at Albany. but he did not
/ know anything about services at Al
/ bany or about any money paid by in
| surance companies to Fields,
Turned the Money over.
so far as you know, senator. what
| have the insurance companies done in
! regard 10 shaping legislation or pre-
/ venting legislation in this state?" asked
| AIr. Hughes.
! 7 don't know anything they have
4 done: l never inquired into that. nor
| have they sought my influence at all in
| reference TO it," said Mr.. Plat.
| DO YOU know what disposition has
| been made OF the contributions by the
/ insurance companies"
| Il do not know anything about il. SIR.
| I turned these contributions over 70
| the state committee and then my con-
| nection with them ceased
DO you know whether by virtue of
| such contributions any allotments Of
money were made for the purpose of
| helping the campaign Of candidates for
| the legislature"
There was not that | know Of"
Question of Influence.
Inquiries have been made from time
/ 10 time here with regard TO the insur-
! ance department, What influence had
| the insurance companies in regard 10
| the appointment Of the superintendent
| OF insurance, so far as you know"
| II don't think they had any influence.
| so Gar as I know"
'Have you ever been asked, senator,
| on behalf Of any Of the insurance COM
| panies, TO intervene ia their favor, by
| reas6n Of such cocifributinns9
| N'NeYer I'm the world
In connection with matters az iegis-
> iati"n Of the Insurance department ."