The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-20
LOBBYIST PROVES
INSURANCE GIFT
Custodian of yellow Dog" Fund
Says Party Manager Must
Think Again.
State Commissioners Meet to Dis
cuss Plans for Uniform
Insurance Laws.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
New York, March 2O-E'I see that
Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer of the
| republican national committee, denies
that he received from me for the New
York Life the sum of $75, 5000 for cam
Judge Andrew Hamilton today, COM
| menting upon Mr.. Bliss assertion that
he never met the Judge. .-..
| 'EMaybe this might stimulate his
memory a bit.'' he added. - ~
Judge Hamilton produced sheaf Of
vouchers, some Of which bore the sigma
lures Of the foremost men in finance of
form such as the republican national
committee uses. He smoothed out the
bit of paper, gazed at it with an
amused smile and spread it fiat upon the
table in his apartment.
! -'tLooks as if it was up to Mr.. Bliss
! to think some more, does 1t not?'' con-
tinued Mr.. Hamilton.
Voucher Signed by Bliss.
The receipt is a voucher for $4,000,
| signed by Mr.. Bliss and dated Oct.
and 20, 1896 1t is explained that the
amount was paid over in two payments,
| the first, Of $4,000, on Oct. l, and the
balance of $4,000, on Oct. 90, the fig
ures at the left-hand lower corner of
the voucher being raised from $4,000
to $4,000.
I Hamilton said he held voucher
showing that he had paid $4,000 to
Mr. Bliss, in addition to the $50 1000
admitted by Mr.. Mccall to have been
paid to the campaign fund of the re-
publican party in 1896. Mr.. Bliss was
asked concerning the matter and he
denied all knowledge of such payment.
His. exact language was:
4a%n = tnrlx- f.tS
I, as treasurer of the republican nation
al committee, did not receive any money,
nor was any voucher therefor issued
i by me. | do not know Andrew Hamii-
= ton, would not know him if should
see him and never heard of him until
recently. l. -.-. sar
=. Sensation Coming
Judge Hamilton s friends say that
the evidence in his possession viii
completely upset many matters con
nected with the Mccall administration
} of the New York Life now accepted
| as facts. There is sensation, it is
) said, behind the $235,000 which John
} A. Mccall paid to the New York Life
on the eve of his retirement as presi-
: dent
Soon after his arrival in town yes
terday, Hamilton was served with a
Summons in supreme court suit
brought against him by the New York
Life. The summons is for a general
action for an accounting, but it was
said that the complaint may include
other matters. The report of the
Fowler committee directed the New
York Life to sue Hamilton for an ae-
counting of $4,000. The report also
held him and the late John A. Mccall
jointly responsible for the restitution
S Of $4,000.
Commissioners Meet.
Chicago, March 2O-Members of the
committee of fifteen, appointed by the
convention of life insurance commits
sioners recently held in Chicago, met
here today to discuss the possibility
| Of obtaining uniform insurance laws
thru the various states.
l. Chairman Thomas D. o 'Brien of Min
6 nesota presided at the meeting, and
e among those present were Insurance
!. - Commissioners Drake of the District
! Of Columbia, Pruett of Kentucky, and
=. Voorhees, of Ohio.
:. The recommendations of the Arm
. strong insurance committee were dis
= cussed at length and many of the inn
= portant features suggested in the re-
- port of the committee were received
= with favor and a number of them will
- probably be incorporated in the forth
r. coming report of the committee.