The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-10-28
CAMPAIGN COIN
BACK TO GOLFERS
New York Merchant Seeks
Return of Contributions
Made to Politicians.
ASKATT0RNEy GENERAL ToACT
Pass Resolutions Declaring That
Money Belonging TO Policy Holders
Has Been Diverted and Demanding
Reimbursement by the officials.

New York Dispatch The Mer-
chai Is association OF New York,
through It's board OF directors.
adopted resolutions calling upon the
district attorney OF New York county
TO ascertain whether or not an indict-
ment can be found against the off,
GERS of life insurance companies who
have contributed the funds OF the com
panies 10 political campaign commit.
tees.
The resolutions In part are as fol
lows:
Whereas. In the judgment OF this
board the excuse offered for these pay
ments violates every sound principle
OF business morality, and would JUS
tify the Illegal diversion OF public and
private trust funds OF every descrip-
ton; and,
Whereas, Tho penal code provides.
In substance, tnat any officer. direct
or, trustee or manager OF corpora
ton who Intentionally appropriates.
or causes 10 be appropriated, any OF
It's funds to his own use or TO that OF
any other person than the true own
er or person entitled 10 the benefit
thereof. steals such property and is
guilty of larceny; and,
whereas. This board believes that
the interests OF the community de-
mand that this incorporation, II
a crime, should be visited with ade.
quate punishment; that law should
be enforced irrespective OF the sta
ton OF the offender; and that nothing
should be more operative as check
upon corrupt use OF the money OF cor
porations than conviction OF the of
fender as a common thief; therefore,
Resolved, That IN the opinion OF
this board, prompt and energetic steps
should be taken by the district attor-
ney OF the county OF New York TO as
certain whether an indictment c6a-
not be found against the presidents OF
such companies and other officers con-
cerncd In said payments, and that II is
the opinion OF this board that tho at
torney general OF the state should In.
stitute civil proceedings for the re.
turn OF the said sums TO the treasur.
les or the respective companies"
Wants the Money Refunded.
The Merchants association also
asks the attorney general TO begin civil
suit looking TO the restitution OF the
money contributed 10 campaign com
mittees by the presidents OF the In
surance companies.
District Attorney Jerome Is asked to
reconsider his determination not TO
ask for an extraordinary session OF
the grand Jury 20 consider the insur'
ance scandal at this time.
On behalf OF Thomas j. ODonnell
OF Denver and other Colorado policy
holders OF the Mutual Life Insurance
Company. w. u. Crisp, a lawyer OF this
city, wrote 90 Attorney General Mayer
az New York state, asking that he in
stitute civil proceedings at once TO
compel the officers OF the Mutual TO
make restitution OF the sum OF 500 800
which they admit has been contributed
to political campaign committees in re
cent years.
Hyde TO Tell Everything.
II Is practically certain now that
| James Hazen Hyde will appear before
the Armstrong legislative insurance
| commission as a witness. His friends
have urged him all along 70 appear
before the committee and make a
clean breast OF everything questiona-
BILE in the Equitable management UNI
der the old administration. Persons
whose names surely will be brought
into the scandal II Hyde pursues such
course have been exerting an infiu-
ence on him 20 remain outside the
committees jurisdiction.
Agents OF a New York insurance
company have been leaving at the OF.
| fees downtown artistic cards inscribed
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