The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-23
Mutual MEN DENY A DECKER.
,,v THEY DIDN'T PLAN TO GUST
uCI RDY TRUSTEES.
-. maker People May Have Something
More to say II DenlalS Come Too
strong Agents Apparently switch.
,n- 10 the Administrator Ticket.

N,orp to say " DenInAg COrnO Too
STRONG -Ngcnts Apparently switch
In~ 10 the Administrative Ticket.
u,,,,l Life Insurance Company officers
..n,sd emphatically yesterday that there
"a aver any disposition on their part to
- any Of the old trustees In a dicker
~,,b tho Baker policyholders' association.
- posrion in the negotiation which
- Mace between Representatives OF the
o..hodv mana cement and the Baker organi-
..,on they declared a been grossly
misrepresented.
Their only purpose in meeting the Baker
Ian they asserted, was to convince them
.Sst the affairs Of the company were being
AIN properly and that there wa absolutely
- need for the agitation which the policy
Solders' committee was stirring up. They
"a M idea whatever of throwing over
.oms Of the McCurdy trustees who had put
,bsm in Office for the support Of the policy
holders association.
second Vice-President Dexter, when he
arranged the meeting between President
PEABODY and Vice-President Emory
McCln,ock on the one side and President
. Rakar and Vice-President Calvin
onnkin Of the poliCyholders' association
~ the other. was not authorized to suggest
,hs names Of any of the old trustees for q
hIscklist. and the other officers Of the CON-
Dsry do not believe that he made any III
Suggestions.
.snt 10 confer with Mr.. Baker merely for
the purpose of arranging a conference
Sh,cb il was hoped would result in con-
yincing the policy holders representatives
,hat real reforms were being carried through
IN the company and that there was no need
N a change Of management. The check
ins Of the trustees names was done by
M Dexter, it was said, merely for the
nurnose of indicating MIR. Bakers wishes
h he matter, and Mr.. Dexter no reported
when he returned to the Mutual offices in
this city.
One Of the Mutual officers said yester-
day that the conference between the adj
ministration men and the Baker representa-
tiyes was taken up almost entirely with a
discussion Of the reforms that had been
ACCOMPLISHED by the Peabody management
and that the matter Of an administration
ticket was brought up only in so far as
Mr., Peabody and Mr.. McOlintock refused
10 consider the elimination Of the names
Indicated by Mr.. Baker.
The representatives OF the Baker COM
mlttee refused yesterday to add anything
10 the statement which they put out on
FRIDAY. IL is known. however, that they
have further information in reserve and
will throw il out at the proper time. They
will declare that there we're others of the
old McCurdy trustees besides the six named
Yesterday who we're indicated by Vice
President Dexter as desirable subjects to
be dropped. The Baker people, II they are
pushed by the Mutual denials, will, 1t was
said Yesterday, give interesting details Of
the meeting between Bernard n. Baker and
Vice-President Dexter and the subsequent
conference between the heads Of the Pea
body management and the associations
representatives.
The situation among the Mutual Life
agents was still considerably muddled yes
terday. Some Of them are leaning toward
the third, or fusion ticket, but President
Peabody's announcement that he will stand
unalterably for the administration ticket
and the action Of the agency committee in
looping Of the head Of T. r. Fell, one OF
the insurgents, nave turned the greater
part Of the agency support back into h
regular administration channel.
All sorts OF assertions are being made,
though, by persons who are behind the
iuhiOn movement. They say that it is
only natural that the agents, through q
Of dismissal, should stand, so far as out
ward appearances go, for the administra-
ton ticket. But when II ome to the
counting Of the proxies. it will be found,
according to the fusion leaders, that many
agents ave been working under for
the third ticket.