The evening world., 1905-11-21

20 you recall thst' A. do not recai
Q. Or ANY fund; may not have tn
amount rEhtl A. No; nay momor,
could not tell me whether Il was tn,
Harrison campaign or what campaign
Il wac
Q. You are clear In your mind tha
You never had any contributions mad,
10 you for the purpose OF a nntiona
camnaigni 4. Yes sir they, never yer,
although l sometimes, In talking with
gentlemen about H. said Thought 4
would be good thing for them TO sub
stribs because OF the bearing OF tn,
national oaapaigl on State campai ign
2. And with whom have you had such
conversational mean connected with
insurance companies, Of course? A.
am not clear as 70 whom ! talked to,
q Have you talksd to Mr.. Il. A. Nc
Curdy about thatf A. do not think 90
Talked with Mccall.
q. Or Mr.. John A. McCall7 A. / think
very likely may have talked with Mr..
John A. Mccall on that subject. as to
tne necessities OF or campaign, and
what we ought TO do, but l do not re-
member when talked with him.
e. What other insurance companies
doing business IN the State OF New
York, Senator, have made contributions
TO you for political purposes? A. Not
any that know OF.
Q. Not the Metropolitan A. No, sir.
Q. And none Of tho other companles2
A. No, str.
Q. Have any Of these other companies
made any contributions TO anybody else
that you know OF for political pur-
posesf A. ! do not know Of their con-
tributing anything al all,
q. Then the $4,000 for the Mutual
and 10000 from the Equitabse-I refer
OF course. 20 the annual contributions
comprise all the contributions that you
have knowledge OF for political pur-
poses2 A. have not had from the
New York Life $4,000 Q year.
q; said the Mutual. Ten thousand
from She Equitable 4. / DO not think think
! ever had such sum a year from the
O. / gathered from your testimony
that II was frequent from the Muuafl
a. II was frequent. ! should think Il
was-'oh, cannot tell how frequent Il
o. Take 1907, was there a contribution
N that year bv the. Ea.ual? A. I should
mink there was, because ahat was
Presidential year.
Meant the 1904 Campaign.
Q. And II would be likely. according
70 your recollection, that they would
give Tor state purposes that year? A.
Yes, sir,
Q. And how about isoi2 '
The Cbairman--T think You meant 1904.
The Witness-Yes
Q. How about 1909? A. l don't re-
about 1902.
Q. Or 1907 A. Well. ] cannot remem-
ber specifically.
Q. That was Presidential year.
Would 1t he your recollection that the
Mutual subscribed for State purposes
that YEAR, A. I should think naturally
the Mutual would subscribe al that
time and did.
O. Are you acquainted with any con-
trlbutlons that have been made TO any
one for the purpose Of favoring the
candidacy OF anyone for Legislative
offices outside OF these contributions
YOU have mentioned? A. ] never had
anv such thing broached TO me at all
Q. Or for the purpose of aiding
n candidate for judicial Offfcef
4. Not there never has been any
suggestion In regard TO any can
q. With reference to the matter Of
campaign expenses in reference 10 ju-
dfclal nominations? A, l never heard OF
such thing in my life
Didn't Know Andy" Hamilton.
Q. Reference has been made here 10
the activity OF Andrew Hamilton IN
connection with leg slauve matters az
Albany. Lid you Know M, liamlltonf
\. / lidrt know him at All
q. Did you know anything about his
work al Albany? A. | didn't know
anything about II at all; since hls
name has been broached here Is the
frs have heard OF him.
Q. Do you know Andrew G. Fieidsr
A. 1 have met him. l think once or
O. Do you know anything Of his work
at Albany? A. No.
o. Or any moneys contributed by In
surance companies to hm or through
him for any purpose3 A. / DO not
O. SO far as you know, Senator, what
have the Insurance companies done In
regard TO shaping legislation or present.
ing legislation In this slater A. don I
know anything they have done; ! never
Inquired into that, nor nave they sought
my influence at all IN reference 70 ~
b. Do you know what disposition mas
been made Of the contributions oN the
insurance companies for btate cam
palEns7 A. ! dont know enyth;as Y aoou. o,,u,
10 the State Committee, and then my
connection with them ceased.
o. Do YOU know VIII aaer by virtue OF
such contributions any anotmens oi
money were made for the purpose OF
helnlpx the campaign OF candidates TOT
he Lesiaature7 A. There was not mat
I know Of.
The Appointment Of Pierce.
O Inquiries have been made from
time 10 time here With regard 20 the In-
surance Department What inhuence
had the Insurance companies In regard
10 the appointment OF the Superintend-
ent or Insurance, 30 far as YOU know
A. Well, I don't think they had any in-
nGence, 20 far as ! know.
o. DO you know anything about--ex'
oube me moment--did YOU know
wien he was Superintendent OF insur-
o. was ne an attorney OF The Mutual
Life Drior 20 his beoomlng Sunerlnfend.
ont OF Insuranee9 A. ] don't know that
q. DO you know how Il was
that Pierce was selected ~ super
hntendent of Insurance In view
Of his clese relation 90 the Mu-
fuaif 4. didn't know his rcia-
lions 20 the Mutual were close at
ru.
q. do you know. Senator, what con-
trlbrtions wee made TO the national
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