The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-28
HAMILTON RE-
PORT A DEFY
Absent Judge Refuses Ac-
counting Of NY. Life Money
N'TBETRAY CONFIDENCE
Kept Within the Law, HE says--Young
Mccall's journey to Paris Appears
in the Light of Com
parative Fizaie.
WON'T BETRAY CONFIDENCE

New York, Dec. 2S.--Johp G. Mccall,
SON of the president of the New York
Life, delivered to the Armstrong COM
mittee yesterday morning the report
from Andrew Hamilton, which he went
to Paris to get. But when Examiner
Hughes read the New York Lies own
figures and asked why Hamilton had
failed to deliver an account for about
100000 of the money paid him the
witness had no answer Young Mccall
admitted that he had not demanded
any definite accounting for the various
amounts known to have been paid. He
wasn't even sure whether OF not the
500 900 Hamilton Offers to put up to
settle his account is his own money or
handy bit OF that S235,O00 that he
hasn't needed yet. According to the
Paris physiciat.'s certificate the Judge"
is suffering from nervous trouble that
makes two months stay in the south
OF France necessary.
In his statement Hamilton declares
that no money was spent improperly
and illegally He says that word to
honest members of the legislature was
always sufficient to dispose Of blackmaii-
ers. The largest single items in the
account are for @retainers and fees for
my Representatives and for newspaper
articles" These cost the New York Life
in the past six years s45i 200.
Judge" Hamilton said in his report
that Absolutely secrecy was his mot
to in dealing with his agents whom
he used 10 block adverse legislation.
He said that he kept no books to show
his disbursements. and he gave no names
of men TO whom money had been paid.
He declined to show his check books
on the ground that they referred to PR
vate matters.
Judge Hamilton explained that the
most OF this money was spent to create
sentiment in favor Of federal supervision,
cd that the Equitable had not done its
share Of late IN paying for legislation,
which made il harder for the New York
Life and the Mutual. In his report the
Judge describes his secret service"
This extended all over the country aud
was similar to the one operated by I'm
cle Sam.
Hamilton defends his large payments
by saying that be had saved the COM
pany s2, 600 BY defeating tax meas
ures, and that he had enabled it to
get out Of paying SlTosooe levied by
the state.
During the reading the room was
crowded, Those concerned in The gas
investigation, ia an adjoining room,
came to the door and listened
AS reault Of the complications arts
ing from Hamilton's failure to make q
thorough accounting, President Mccall
viii probably be recalled and questioned
further regarding his secret service
manager, and the payments to Hamilton
counted for in any way
There was an unconhrmed rumor also
that Hamilton's attitude may lead to
action on the part Of the district att
togney.
Lou Payn dropped into the aidermanic
chamber twice, bat he was told to come
back in the afternoon.
Henry d. Appleton, Of the present In
suranee department, was ON the stand
the latter part Of the morning Mr..
| Hughes got him To admit that the de-
partment has excluded many small fra
ternal companies from the state without
due authority Of law. Mr. Appleton
protested IN a very grieved tone that
Mr.. Hughes hadn't got In touch with
both ends Of his department when Mr..
Hughes has questioned man from the
New York Office he would be referred
TO the Albany end, and vice versa, as
in certain useful partnership described
in David Copperheld-"