The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-19
Bitter Fight in the InSur-
dnCe Elections in
New York.
ENORMOUS VOTE
HAS BEEN CAST
1t Will Take Weeks TO Count the
Three-Quarter of a Million
Ballots, Some Of Which.
1t Is Claimed, Will
Be Thrown Out
as Defective.

NEW YORK. December JN--rgb4hlv
meyer before in the history Of the coun-
try has there been anything 70 compare
with the election in this city today OF
trustees Tor the New York Life and
Tho Mutual Life Insurance COMPANIES
In number ~ ballots cast and I'm the OK
penditlres ~ time and money the cleo
ton approached that OF one OF the States
or the Union. Certainly no corporation
or society election ever measured up 10
10 in magnitude or ia interest
The total vote case ia both companies
VIII approximate 5000 of which about
10000 Will be- Ga the New York Life.
in which tic contest has been more vigor-
onsly and bitterly uaged- II IS expect
cd that Il Will be- some weeks before
the votes are counted and the results OF
the campaign known.
Tho Equitable Life Assurance Society
and the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance
Company and the Security Mutual os
Binghs4mton. also held elections to-day
but as there were no opposition tickets in
the field In these companies. the elections
tons Of their admins tratiou tickets were
but perfunotory proceedings.
officials Of both the New York Life and
the Mutual Companies declared tonight
that the administration tickets had with
out doubt been elected by large major
tiles.
The international Policy Holders Com
general counsel expressed the conviction
that the reform tickets would win ia both
companies. but by compa ratively close
margins. While the ballots were being
turned in at the Companies Offices to-
day the grand jury was investigating the
affairs Of the New York Life Insurance
Company. as brought out before the leg
islatlve investigating committee
Lnstrict-AttOrney Jerome examined sev-
eral witness. among whom We're Ed-
mund b Randolph treasurer Of the
New York IAfe. and his chf,f clerk
N. NJ. Matison. Both will be recalled.
william Nelson Cromwell. % counsel
Tor the New York Life Insurance Com
pany, after close Of the election to-
day issude statement, IN which he
said.
The number Of ballots received At
the home ONCE and delivered by the ad-
minlstrauon 70 the inspectors of elec-
tions was 1s256s. and the votes by proxy
cast for tire administration ticket were
1l4,ooe. making total OF 3O6.O0o
From the fact that the ballots in
favor OF the administration have generally
been sent 10 the home Office, and those
in favor Of the International committee
to the Office OF the latter. fl is reasonable
10 presume that at least from eighty to
ninety per cent. of the ballots sent 20
the home once are in favor OF the ad-
ministration ticket. which makes a total
administration vote of considerably over
250.0O0."
Both Mr.. Un;ermyer and Mr. Scrug-
nam. who cast the votes Of the interna-
uonal committee, stated under my public
questioning upon the tender OF their votes
that they did not know how many votes
they were casting, and could not state /
make no comment upon this curious
statement, but I have every reason TO
believe that the total vote Of the inter-
national committee does not exceed 1000.
l believe that the administration ticket
mas been carried by 100.0O after making
tiOns