The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-03-20
BRANDED AS "CURS''

ance company appeared suddenly be-
fore the Armstrong committee in the
midst of the final hearing upon the
committee insurance bills this morn
ing and demanding to be heard in his
| own defense, delivered a speech so
full of bitter denunciation of his for
! mer friends and so charged with re-
sentiment and unsurpassed anger that
thunderbolt could have caused no
greater sensation.
CALLED THEM "CURS."
He attacked the trustees of the
New York Life; charged them witt.
making him scapegoat in the worlds
eyes and with bounding John A. Nc
Call to his grave. He declared that
every dollar of New York Life Insur-
ance money he ever spent was known
and approved by the board He told
the committee that his use of this
money was Ivy Instructions and finally,
warmed by his own eloquence, he de
nounced the trustees as a set OF
ours" who had not even the attri-
butes of virtue possessed by the ''yel.
low dog" and finished by warning the
committee to stick to its intention of
turning the "curs" out bodily just as
soon as law could do it.
DRAMATIC SENSATION.
Hamilton's entrance to the assem-.
bly, chamber where the hearing was
in progress was most unexpected
and dramatic action. No one had
thought that he would choose such
time to make his defense against the
charges that his former colleagues
have heaped upon him. Up to the
time of his appearance the hearing
had gone forward DULY, with a small
attendance and less interest The
speakers were engaged in picking up
the fag ends of arguments worn
threadbare at last weeks session
and there was so little interest in what
they had to say that two members OF
the committee had fallen asleep.
DEMANDED HEARING.
John Mcintosh, counsel for the New
York Life was speaking when Mr..
Hamilton appeared. The former dis
bursting agent sent word at once to
Chairman Armstrong that he would
like to be heard in his own defense as
soon as Mcintosh finished He was
told that his insistence would inter
rupt the proceedings, but when he i'll
sisted that he must be given chance
at once the committee acceded to his
request
Meantime John c. Mccall, son of
the late president of the New York
Life who was in attendance, was told
that Hamilton had come to speak.
Mccall drew his fathers friend to
the rear of the chamber and tried to
dissuade him.
MCCALL TRIED TO STOP HIM
mo, sir" said Hamilton, you
can't stop me. I'm going to speak and
tell what l know now"
When Mcintosh finished his argu.
ment moment later, former Lieut.
Governor Woodruff, who was in
charge of the hearing announced that
at his own request Judge Hamilton
would be allowed to address the COM
mittee next. The assembly chamber
had filled as if by magic and through
out the impassioned speech that fol
lowed no sound came from the breath
less audience. Hamilton stepped down
into the well filled chamber and stood
looking at his former colleagues of
the New York Life for full minute
before he began to speak. AS he de-
livered his accusations his voice
thrilled and he pointed a menacing
finger in emphasis. When he called
the New York Life trustees a set
of ours the audience cheered him and
at the end burst into uncomfortable
applause.
WHAT HAMILTON SAID.
Mr.. Hamilton said in part 81 ad
dress you upon one bill solely-and
in advocacy of that bill, which | have
not read, but the purport of whic
appears in the papers, that it is youi
duty to report in favor of the measure
that will remove the trustees of the
New York Life Insurance company
upon Nov. Is next arbitrarily. | look
around the circle and l see here many
members of that board of trustees
see amongst them men who have sat
and listened to the stories of my vic
tories in their behalf, and applauded,
and, | wonder whether it was coun-
terfeited glee or whether the attitude
that they have since taken has been
one of counterfeited honesty.
A WORD FOR THE DEAD.
"One of the features that has been
an important one in the investiga-
tions of your committee has been the
question of my transactions and my
vouchers and when you have hearo
all the sweet protestations of inno-
cence that have come along and noted
how the only one called guilty g. A.
McCalD was the dead man-killed,
that they deserted and drove into
his grave and the yellow dog you
can realize that this fact was an ap-
peal 10 me to come down here and
say something for him and just a
FN..1 f1s.