Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-27
Legislative Agent Merely
Gives Word He is 6
Honest
IN INSURANCE AFFAIRS
Does Not Even Explain Why
Documentary Evidence Can
not be Presented.

| New 1OTh, Dec. St-JOnn I. NC
| Call, secretary of the New York Life
Insurance company. who a few days
ago returned from Europe where he
went TO get an accounting of money
advanced to Andrew Hamilton. was the
| first witness i'm the insurance investiga-
| ton today. Mccall said he saw Hamil-
| ton in France and presented n physi-
clans certificate describing Hamilton's
| illness and stating the patient could
not undergo a voyage or leave France
within two months.
Held Check Stubs.
Mccall said he asked Hamilton for
his check books but Hamilton refused
| to give them up saying the stubs relat-
ed TO his own personal business. Me
Call did, however. get "A statement
| from Hamilton regarding the eXpendi-
lures of funds entrusted 10 him by the
insurance companies and the statement
was put in evidence.
Cannot Produce.
Hamilton in his statement tells why
he cannot produce vouchers or can
celed checks to show To whom and in
what amounts he had paid out money.
| The statement is to the effect that. in
consequence of an accepted under
standing of the companies interested
with the New York Life in watching
| legislation. mo demand was made by
me for vouchers from other people,
nor were there any books or accounts
kept by me covering the same, nor are
there any of my checks to produce.
Had Good Reason.
Payment by my check would neces-
sarily have disclosed the fact that the
person receiving the check was under
retainer by me, and would thus have
necessarily have hampered that phase
of my work that was most efficacious.
namely, absolute secrecy. Cash.
drafts and certificates were generally
produced. / cannot produce my check
books. the Cancelled checks of which re-
late to affairs other than those of the
New York Life Insurance company
Kept No Books.
81 cannot produce any books of these
particular accounts because none were
ever kept by me- Even if / did pos
sess them it does not appear to mo
that the demand for them would be Il
fair and honest one. The understand
ing that | had undertaken this work
was distinct and thorough. If it had
not been SO. | would have declined the
task"
Prosecuted systematically.
Hamilton said confidential secret
service was decided upon az the best
plan for protecting insurance against
hostile legislation. He gives a long
summary of various styles of bills intro
duced or contemplated in various state
legislatures inimicaI to- insurance com
panies. and says he found in every leg
islative body as large proportions CT
honest men as in any body of men in
any walk of life
strictly Honest.
Hamilton offers to place 100000
with the New York Life pending the
settlement of his account, and any
sum which may be found he owes the
company may be deducted therefrom.
He says he wants it thoroughly under
stood that not a dollar of funds In
trusted to his care by the New York
Life has ever been used for improper
purposes or in any way that trans
gressed statuary or moral laws.
McCIIntock Vice President.
New York. Dec 27.-Emory McClin-
took was elected vice president of the
Mutual Life Insurance company today.
The board OF trustees voted that all
commission agencies be abolished al
ter Jan. and all agents be put on a
salary basis.