The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-03-20


the same relation to MIR. Beers that
did to Mr.. Mccall through his admin.
istration could sit there for 1S years
and not know what and how the ex-
penditures that were made were to be
and were disbursed? Remark this,
that | say, when | disbursed my ex,
penditure of moneys, not dollar was
disbursed in way that could be criti
cized; and therefore he and such like
him should not sit judging me as
peers but judging me as a conqueror.
And they talk about yellow dogs
KNEW OF HIS COURSE.
"But there never was line or a
thing that was done in the New York
Life in my administration of my de-
partment but that the executive Of
| fcers, one and all, we're conscious of
what the purpose was, of what the OBJ
ject was and of what the expense was.
Nov let us revert for moment to
the criticism made in regard to the
payments made to me upon my single
voucher. Now in the beginning re-
member this, did not go in there
the owner of this company. | went
in there as humble little lawyer,
country lawyer-and l got in there
because | beat this Mr.. Pecksniff for
the position.
OFFICERS DUTIES.
Now, when the first month came
and my voucher went in, that was the
time to have said to me, Sir, you have
not submitted the proper voucher.
And whose duty was it to do that?
The auditing committee of the trus-
tees. Were they perfunctory? No
sir, they were salaried; special sal.
airy for a chairman: another salary
for a deputy; a daily compensation
for others that attended
BLAME NOT HIS.
"If they had stepped in and had
performed their duty when they
should have done it, if it was a duty
to see that | put in vouChers-but
mark | am not assuming or asserting
or accepting that it was a duty-they
would have clear skirts. But, when
they permitted the voucher system
to be continued by me, the fault, the
blame, the responsibility lis theirs
and it is not mine. | could have been
stopped the first month and if | could
not have performed my duties without
presenting detailed vouchers, could
have surrendered my contract New.
er, as the evidence of your investiga-
tion shows, until you reached the
voucher system, was there a single
criticism. Why, how could there be?
These men sat there weekly cashing
the emoluments that came to them in
the performance Of their duty. with
the vouchers under their noses, and ii
they took them and looked at them.
why, then they approved what was
done, and l stand approved. If they
did not take them and look at them
then they deceived me into the as
sumption that they performed their
duty and that they were satisfied with
the manner and rendition of my ac-
counts.
USED HIS OWN NAME.
After and beyond all that, let me
say this to correct the press asser-
tiOns which nobody on the part of the
committee has assumed to do, that
what is called the Paris account was
actually reported upon and passed up.
on by the auditing committee of the
New York Life. And let me say, fur
ther, that never q dollar of the New
York Lies money passed through
my hands to which | did not put my
John Hancock And regarding the
story of the steel trust dividend, That
money was not paid out by me but
was paid to j. p. Morgan G. Co., to
take up some notes which | had dis
counted in order to pay obligations OF
the New York Life.
why, if there was any trouble an
agent would write from a far-off coun-
try, and say: If this bill passes it is
going to kill our business out here
SEND FOR HIM.
Then they would rush to the presi-
dent and say: We'll, now, here is this
agents letter, for heavens sake we
will lose all our business out there
And he would reply; Well, send
lOl tnC JuuBc
"All right, the judge comes.
"'Sit down
"'Well, what is the trouble?'
Well, heavens. if this bill passes,
we might as well get out of that
state
Well, all right We will have to
show what the objections are to it,
and will have to agitate. We will
have the press do something; we will
have the politicians do something;
we will have the agents do something;
we will have the policyholders do
something; we will get men of infiu-
ence to go ahead and see if we can.
not beat it,
"And so we would beat it and the
word would come back that it was
beaten. And they would come in and
pat me on the back. The men that
would not know me now did poma