New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-21


December. The checks were not entered In any
booL ssid Mr. Mccall. He supposed that the
money would be repaid before the first or the
wear by the turning over Of the mortgage III
which case the asset showing that Mr. Ham
tlton had spent the company's money woulo Dc
entered wiping out his obligation for the SUMS
On January 6. went on Mr.. Mccall Hamilton's
checks were turned over to him because It had
been decided to apply the $4,000 on the home
Office property
Advances of money to officers Of the company
IN this fashion were not at all uncommon. de-
cIared Mr. Mccall The officers were perfectly
responsible for the money.
81 have supplied Andrew Hamilton within the
last six months with over S2,OOOO0O," said he.
THE money was paid by Hamilton. mortgages
acquired and passed over to the company"
Mr. Hamilton, the witness said, never had
been called on to use the $4,000 that he knew.
He mover had asked Hamilton for an account
ing of the $4,000. He had idea as to what
banking arrangements Hamilton made, and he
never asked Hamilton what he did with the
money.
Hamilton never rendered an itenized account
of his receipts and expenditures in behalf of
the New-York Life, went Mr.. Mccall. He
represented the company in various States in
legislative affairs, receiving money for expenses
and services but never accounted for that
money except by vouchers. his personal receipts
usually. His accounts, MI Mccall said, were
subject to auditing by
TOTAL DEBTS NOW ABOUT $4,000.
Hamilton had $3.50 for which he had not
accounted Against that when he went to Eu-
rope, were bills owed to him by the New-York
Life which reduced his Indebtedness to about
$4,000, said Mr. Mccall. Hamilton's retainer
is $500 a quarter; his bills run to about $780,
Mr.. Hughes asked:
QmHas any part Of this property, SO far you
bT pr Re IF the aGon Of any
don't know it, if it is true @'-o3'
9mHaye you ever had any conversation with
such amount mitn to the payment Of any
.,, Sou n, have never given him any money for
him him. for any money for any such purpose? A
nseoP Wt Is tge in Fs6s5epee to his entire
with syeTy RE- relation he bag Win me-
States? A.-To ali States and Territories g. and md
Esq to ad hsze ne dae so faa 81
THE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
rv I9 eoan oeS With another matter which
oS M n The =. ether day there entry
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k9owledge of that payment? Al had full knowl-
pf SP d you and sPp5 20 Of t' AAnd
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70 the O other here a6 shs May go back
'eFy go9a you can make compIsts state
my POLITICS i was Democrat up to the nomna
platform in 1855 made up my mind f that
Ggd and % tbd in PORN 5 to that can
and soul had no idea in my mind about poll
tEs Fac pocyR y aq a enGS M ah
II free silver in the country vas approved and tina!
IN @ 10 th and De- De-
feat free silverxnot to defeat .,, the Democratic
thank God that did 1t
The applause at this point called forth sena-
tor Armstrong; threat to clear the room.
In 1892, went on Mr. Mccall. no contribution
was made to either party, because both had
gold platforms which suited him. In 1900 the
same contribution was made in 1896. These
contributions paid by Edward NJ. Gibbs,
the treasurer Mr. Mccall did not know how
they were charged. The payments never came
before the finance committee or any officer. The
same was true Of 1904 In no campaign had
contributions been made TO State committees,
said Mr.. Mccall. No contributions ever had
been made to local, state or national organiza-
tons. directly or indirectly save the three he
had described. No money directly or indi-
rectly. ever had been paid in municipal cam
paigns. he declared emphatically.
Mr. Hughes then went back to the $4,000 paid
to Hamilton. No charge was made of this to his
account. said Mr.. Mccall his check for $50, 600
was carried in a drawer. This. TO be sure,
"a very unusual transaction" The transaction
was not entered until January, because then
was the closing of the item, according to the
uslv bad
made to what account to charge with the
item.
Mr. Hughes, by his questions, tried to make
Mr.. Mccall admit that this holding over of the
item to deceive by false entries the State
Insurance Commissioner Finally Mr.. Mccall
showed that in the peculiar bookkeeping $4,000
had been entered to legal expenses in Deem
Der, 1903. This had nothing to do with the
$4,000. He said, in answer to sharp inquiry as
to why the Hamilton check for $4,000 was held
until January that it until the time of clos
ing the transaction. About this. he knew only
that it had been paid to Mr. Hamilton for some
thing in connection with his dealings. Finally
after exhaustive inquiry and the reading of a
memoranda from the Controllers office Mr.
Hughes showed that, on December 2, 1908 Ham
ilton received S25,OO0 which charged TO
legal expenses. Subsequently that was returned
and credited to legal expenses, or $4,000 cred
tied to that account and the caSn given to Mr..
Hopper assistant cashier on December II. That
same day $4,000 more was given to Hamilton
and the entire $4,000 represented by his two
checks carried over until 1904, when the $4,000
was charged to legal expenses. This disposition
supplemented with vouchers accounted for the
money and was good bookkeeping. Mr.. Mccall
thought.
REASONS FOR CAMPAIGN GIFTS.