Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-29
INSURANCE INQUIRY
Former New York State Sen
ator on Witness Stand.
]. G.. MCCALL TESTIFIED
TOLD COMMITTEE OF ANDREW
HAMILToN'S WHEREABOUTS.
Man to Whom N. Y. Life Company
Paid Thousands of Dollars is
Now in Paris.
J. G. MCCALL TESTIFIED

NEW YORK, November 29.-Charles P.
McClelland, former state senator from
WeStchester county, was the first witness
before the insurance investigating commit
tee today. MIR. McClelland also served sew
eral terms in the assembly. He was a mem
Der of the insurance committee during his
service, being chairman of that committee
while in the Senate.
Mr. McClelland served in the general as
sembly at different times between 1885 and
1893 from Westchester county, first in the
assembly and then in the senate. He was
successfully a member of the insurance
committee of both houses. being chairman
of the senate insurance committee in 1903.
He became appraiser in that year.
He said he had been doing business for
the Mutual Life Company since 1890 until
1903. Mr.. McClelland was first questioned
regarding his relations with A. c. Fields,
who maintained house at Albany for the
Mutual Life Insurance Company. He knew
Fields for years, he said, and they are
close friends. He said he did not know
that Shields used influence to place men
on the Insurance committee.
McClelland knew before 1890 that Fields
went to Albany to represent the Mutual
Life but did not know what he did there.
He supposed he was in Albany in the same
capacity as representatives of other cor
porations. Fields rarely appeared openly in
connection with any legislative matter. In
the winter of 1903, McClelland said, he
lived with Fields at the Mutuafs house at
Albany upon Fields invitation. The impro-
priety of it rever occurred to him. Hd
offered to pay, but Fields laughed at him.
Witness did not recall that Fields ever ask
ed him to support or oppose any specific
bill.
Andrew Hamilton, to whom the New York
Life Insurance Company has paid hundreds
of thousands of dollars charged to legal eX-
penses, has been located in Paris. John c.
Mccall secretary of the New York Life and
son of President Mccall, testified to this
effect today before the insurance inveStigat-
ing committee in New York, and said it
was his (McCall's) intention to sail next Sat
urday to Hamilton and induce him to
return, or, If not, to give an accounting for
the money received by him from the New
York Life. Mr.. Hughes, counsel to the COM
mittee, asked Mr.. Mccall to get an order
from Hamilton to his agents here to sur
render Hamilton's papers, and Mr.. Mccall
promised to do so.
The legislative insurance investigating
committee today issued an address to the
policyholders throughout the country advis-
ing them to hold on to their policies and de-
claring that policyholders are in better
position now than for years
Address to Policyholders.
Senator Armstrong, chairman of the COM
mittee appointed by the New York legisla-
ture to investigate life insurance issued a
Thanksgiving greeting today to policyhold-
ers advising them not to let their policies
lapse. The address follows:
I am asked for a brief message to policy
holders on the eve of our adjournment for
the month and am glad to make this sug-
gestton:
DO not allow your policies to lapse on
account of anything revealed by this inves-
tigation.
'Poiicyholders are in a better position
now than before the investiga Ton began
and their position ought to steadily improve
as our inquiry proceeds.
The legislation we will recommend will
undoubtedly safeguard and strengthen the
rights of policy but those who suffer
their policies to lapse will lose the benefit
OF what has been done already as well as
what we hope to accomplish.
mo such sacrifice ought now to be made
by policyholders, and patience and courage
for short time yet will not only prevent
loss. but enable the committee to render
the best service to the greatest number"