Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-19
NO MONEY FOR VOTES
Morton Says Gut Out Politics
in Future.
PLANS OF EQUITABLE
DEPEw ALSO DECLARES HIS Or
POSITION.
Investigating Committee Tracing
Checks Paid to Hamilton
at Albany.
PLANS OF EQUITABLE

A New York dispatch says: The Arm.
strong insurance committee, In following
the two checks for 100000 which the New
York Life Insurance Company paid to An
drew Hamilton will be on sharp lookout
for other trails leading to Mr. Hamilton
account.
The committee has been informed tina
such trails need not necessarily be soush hi
exclusively in the New York Lies books
Reports have reached the committee tina
there was time when Mr. Hamilton had
connections with other Of the insurance
companies, and that not infrequently wher
the New York Life has made payments to
Mr.. Hamilton other companies have at the
tame time put up like amounts. :,
Just at present the committees every eft.
tort is being directed toward uncovering all
the facts in regard to the 100000 payment
by the New York Life in March. 1904. Sub
poena servers are after officials of the
State Bank in Albany. II they have not al
ready landed them. 1t was this bank which
cashed the checks paid to Hamilton and
which were to be used ostensibly for the
purchase Of real estate IN this city.
Counsel for the investigating committee
has also asked the New York Life to fur
nish the committee at Wednesdays hear
Ing all the contracts and other matters of
record relating to the purchase of proper ty
Tor the building of the annex to the home
1f1ce.
Tracing the Checks.
1t was against this home annex account
that the 100000 was charged on the COM
pany's books. BY tracing the expenditures
separately counsel for the committee will,
It is believed. If necessary. be able to 10
cate each payment definitely and thus I'M
cover the 100000 to Hamilton. IL it really
does not belong on the real estate account.
President Mccall Of the New York Life has
said. however. that he will explain every
thing fully to the committee when he takes
the stand, and members Of the committee
are inclined to believe that 1t will be neces-
sary neither to go digging into the accounts
nor to examine the witnesses from Albany.
Just what counsel for the committee ex-
pected to get out of the State Bank OIL
Gals was not disclosed today, but the COM
mittee would be able to ascertain from
this source how the money was paid to
Hamilton. whether 1t was drawn out In
cash or deposited and checked against,
whether there were other checks Of large
amount from the New York Life or other
insurance companies deposited by Hamilton.
Il Is the intention of the committee to sub
poena' other witnesses also from Albany,
nut who those persons are was not divulged.
Mr.. Hughes refused today to discuss his
plans for the hearing of the committee on
Wednesday. but 1T Is understood that George
W. Perkins, the New York Life's vice presi-
cIared when he was on the stand last Fri
day that he knew absolutely nothing about
the payments to Hamilton, and that matter
will probably not be taken up with. him
again, but there are, 1t was said today, one
or two other things that Mr.. Hughes would
like to question Mr.. Perkins on before he
calls President Mccall to the stand.
To Question Perkins.
The committee regards Mr. Perkins, as
a result Of his frank avowal that the New
York Life contributed campaign contribu-
items, as one of the frankest witnesses
that has come before the committee, and
1t is likely that he will be questioned about
most of the things that concern the New
York Life. whether he was concerned per-
sonally in some of the transactions or not.
1t was said today that one Of the things
which Mr.. Hughes would probably look
into further in the New York Life was the
loan in 1903 by the insurance company OF
S5tn.0O to E. H. Hartman.
This loan was renewed several times. and
was carried on the books of the financial
Office in the Hanover Bank building. At
the end of the year the New York Life re-
ported it's total outstanding collateral loans
at S550,GO0. MIR. Hughes asked Mr.. Per-
kins If the Hartman loan was included in
this amount, and Mr.. Perkins said he pre-
sumed 1t was. 1t Is expected that Mr..
Hughes will inquire further into this loan,
as well into several others that were
carried on the books of the financial office.
President Paul Morton Of the Equitable
Life Insurance Society announced, in reply
to questions today. that no more money be-
longing to the Equitable's policy holders
would be turned over for campaign pur-
poses Mr.. Morton was asked:
Has the Equitable been contributing to
campaign funds in the past, like the New
York Life?
II do not care to talk about the former
regime of the company" said Mr.. Morton.
"Will the company contribute to the po-
litical campaign funds in the future?'
"It will not" said President Morton en-
phatically.
These questions were put to Mr.. Nor
ton after a meeting of the Equitable's ex-
ecutive committee. Senator Depew attend
ed the meeting, and he was asked what he
thought of the practice of political organ
izauons accepting contributions from the
life insurance companies.
Urges English Plan.
81 am heartily opposed to It," said the
senator. solemnly. Il am in favor of the
English law, which not only requires can
didate to tell what he expends for cleo
tioneering purposes. but also requires cam
paign committees to disclose the source
and amount of their contributions"
Then you don't think the Equitable
should contribute to any political fund,
either state or national?"
Certainly not" said the senator. Then
he added: "And 1t won't. hereafter
Senator Depew was asked how much the
Equitable contributed TIC ihe last three ma
tional campaigns If any.
Il don't know the figures was his reply.
Ibid any of that mysterious 5000 loan
to the Equitable's officers go to the state
campaign funds?" he was asked.
'oh. as have said before. l am not go
ing to be interviewed" replied the senator.
Besides" he added II don't know any,
thing about that"
The investigating committee has not re-
ceived word definitely from James Fl. Hyde
that he will appear before the committee,
although no attempt has been made by the
committee to get the promise. Mr.. Hyde
will meet his counsel, Samuel Untermyer,
In day or two. and 1t Is expected that "A
statement will be issued then defining Mr..
Hyde's attitude toward the investigation.
1t is known that some of Mr.. Hydes friends
are urging him to appear before the COM
mittee after the investigation Is well along.
They are telling him that they believe he
will be able to rehablitate himself in the
public esteem by appearing before the COM
mittee They say that he was made the
butt of scandal in the Equitable and now