Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-10-14
MUTUAL GAVE TO
CAMPAIGN FUNDS
Contributed $4,000 to Republican
Committee Since 1896.
$4,000 WAS GIVEN LAST YEAR


New York, Oct. 1.-THE sessions OF
the insurance investigating committee
were terminated for the week because
Of the death OF 5. Fred Nixon. speaker
Of the assembly of the legislature. of
New York. at his home In Westfcld.
The testimony did not elicit any In
formation Of a sensational nature be.
yond what had been discounted in the
testimony OF previous witnesses. The
feature was the presence of witnesses
of the executive officers of the Mutual
Life Insurance company. These were
President Richard A. McCurdy and
Vice Presidents Granniss and Gil.
lette.
While Il had been limited last week
that some expenditures charged to le-
gal expenses might have been contri.
buttons to campaign committees. II
was announced definitely by DIR. Gil.
company contributed $4,000 to the
Republican national committee last
fall. that in 1900 $35 1000 was contrib.
uted and in 1896 $4,000 was given for
campaign purposes.
An interesting statement was made
by Robert ELEPHANT when he was on
the stand early In the day. Mr. Oily.
plant Is chairman of expenditures.
and he could not tell what the $4,000
items drawn to his order were for be.
yond that they were for legal ex.
penses. He said the company main.
tanned confidential fund Tor expendi.
lures for which no voucher was taken
and no receipt was received. These
payments were made upon the assur.
nnce of an executive officer that they
were all right"
Vice President Granniss knew little
about the contributions to campaign
funds. but justified them on the same
ground as President John A. Mccall.
OF the New York Life that the free
silver plank In the Democratic plat
form was a menace to the interests OF
the policyholders.
When MIR. Crimmins was called to
the stand he assumed the entire re
tracts with c. II. Raymond & Co. by
which that firm made such large prof.
its. When the method of the expendi.
ture of the $250000 items was in.
quired into Mr.. Granniss admitted that
the general solicitor could get $4,000
any time he wanted II without disclos
ing for what purpose he wanted Il
and without rendering any account Of
IT, He further said that he never knew
where a cent OF the money spent by
the general solicitor went
In taking up a detailed list OF the
company's expenses. DR.. Gillette said
that the company last year paid $72.
900 for luncheons for the employees II
is custom for the company to fur
nish their clerks with luncheon This IL
at the rate of about $3.50 day.
President McCurdy made the start
ling statement that an insurance com.
pany was not an institution founded
10 make money for the policyholders.
but was, or should be. great philan.
thropic enterprise founded to increase
and spread its benefits over the en-.
tire earth.
There has been a great mistake
made" he said "about the real prov.
inoe of life insurance companies in
these latter years. People have been
led to believe that the main purpose
was TO make money for its policy.
holders In my view that Is not the
purpose Of such companies. They are
elemosynary. When a man insures in
q company he should take into consid.
Grafton the fact that he has entered a
great philanthropic concern that is in
duty bound to spread itself even
though this growth prevents him from
realizing as much as he expected"
SENATOR FORAKER WON'T SPEAK
Cancels An Engagement to Address
Philadelphia Mass Meeting.
Cincinnati, Oct. 10. Because Of
troubles at Philadelphia and the i'm
propriety of his participating therein.
United States Senator Foraker has
cancelled his engagement to speak in
Philadelphia October is, having sent
the following letter in explanation:
Hon. W. X. Andrews. Chairman.
Philadelphia am satisfied from re-
ports ! am receiving from Philadel-
phia that II go there to speak at this
time IL will be interpreted as having
direct reference TO your local trou-
bles and differences with which can
not with propriety have anything TO
do. instead OF national politics. about
which and in behalf of your state
ticket alone was invited to speak.
While think this Is unreasonable.
and while | dislike exceedingly TO re-
call an appointment that has been an
nounced. yet I am unwilling to be put
In such attitude. and therefore. cancel
my engagement for the 18th.
-. b. FORAKER"
Mrs. Abner Mckinley Married.
Pittsburg. Pa. Oct. l2.-Mrs. c. G..
Baer. better known by her stage name.
Mabel Mckinley. is authority for the