Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-19
300, 600 VOTES WERE CAST
Both Sides Claim the Victory, but Ad-
ministration Talks Loudest.
WILL TAKE WEEKS TO COUNT
Samuel Untemeyer Thinks the Re-
form Ticket Will Win, Though by
Small Majority.

NEW YORK. December 1S.-The great in
surance election is over and. while 1t is, of
course, impossible to tell which side has
won indications favor the administration
tickets.
Probably never before in the history of
the country has there been anything to
compare with the election yesterday OF
trustees for the New York Life and the Mu-
tual Life Insurance companies. In num-
Der of ballots cast and in the expenditure
of time and money the election approached
that of one Of the states of the Union.
Certainly no corporation or society cleo
ton ever measured up to it in magnitude
or interest.
The total vote cast in both companies will
be approximately 100000, of which about
5OOOOO will be in the New York Life, in
which the contest has been more vi gorously
and more bitterly waged. 1t is expected
that it will be some weeks before the votes
are counted and the results Of the CAM
paign known.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society, the
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
and the Security Mutual of Binghamton
also held elections yesterday. but as there
were no opposition tickets in the field In
these companies the elections of their adj
mnistration tickets were but perfunctory
proceedings.
Oficials of both the New York Life and
that the administration tickets had with
out doubt been elected by large majorities.
Each Claims Victory.
The international policy holders commit
tee, through Samuel Untermyer, it's gen.
eral counsel expressed the conviction that
the reform tickets would win in both COM
panies, but by comparatively close mar
gins.
William Nelson Cromwell of counsel for
the New York Life Insurance Company, af-
ter the close of the election yesterday is
sued statement in which he said:
The number Of ballots received at the
home office and delivered by the admins
tration to the inspectors of elections was
192,ooS and the votes by proxy cast for
the administration ticket were 1900, max
ing total of 100000
From the fact that the ballots in favor
of the administration have generally been
sent to the home Office and those in favor
of the international committee to the office
of the latter. it is reasonable to presume
that at least from 80 to 90 per cent of the
ballots sent to the home Office are in favor
of the administration ticket. which makes
a total administration vote of considerably
more than 250.000.
Both Mr.. Untermver and Mr.. Scrugham
who cast the votes of the international
committee, stated under my public ques-
tioning. upon the tender Of their votes, that
they Qld not know now many votes they
were casting, and could not state. 1 make
no comment upon this curious statement
but have every reason to believe that the
total vote of the international committee
does not exceed 10000. l believe that
the administration ticket has been carried
by 100000 after making all allowances for
errors and publications.
10000, Says Untermyer.
Samuel Untermyer estimated that the
united committee ticket of the Mutual Life
would win by a majority of about 10 600.
Mr. Untermyer said that 100000 ballots
We're sent to the home office of the COM
pany by mail and otherwise up to and in
Guiding yesterday Out of this amount he
claims that 10 per cent were defective.
Mr.. Un:ermyer said further that he be-
lieved that 30 per cent of the remainder
left after deducting the IS per cent for
detectives are votes cast for the united
committees ticket. According to his esti-
mate this would leave 100, $50 votes left for
the administration ticket, plus 30 900 prox-
les. which Untermyer claims were cast
straight for the administration ticket. On
the other hand he claims that the interna-
tional committee cast exclusive OF the
above ballots, 600 straight ballots of
the united committees ticket to which he
adds II, $50, the 80 per cent of the vote
cast at the home office less the deduction
for detectives Five thousand proxies
which the committees voted for the united