The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-16
ANDREW TAMIL TON PLAYS NEW YORK LIFE OFFICIALS
Characerizes Them as Cowardly Ours Who Drove John A. Mccall to His Graye--Sensational
 Speech Before Committee.


 broke the silence winch he had main tained except for his statement brought from Paris by John c. McCah ever since his name was first mentioned in the investigation in connection with the great sums of money shown to have been paid to him during the past ten years on account of his legal and legislatiye work for the New York Life and other insurance companies
 1t would be difficult to exaggerate the sensation produced by his unex pected appearance and by the speech which he made or the intensely ara matic character of the whole episode.
 His face flushed and his voice trem- bliug with passion, his arms upraiseu and his fists clenched, Judge ifamli- ton poured forth flood of denuncia- ton any invective upon the members of the board of trustees or the New York Life Insurance Company, several of whom were present, designating them "curs" and traitors" and paying esnecfal attention to one unnamed, whom he described as The PecKsniiI of three administrations. the eonfidaht of the Beers scandal and author or the Beers pension, "who rotates Elrough one administratfon to an other and thinks that he Is going to be an indespensiDi" member of yet another
 Eulogixes President Mccall.
 The only name he mentioned was that of the late President Mccall ln the reference to whom and to whose sae.h he disnlaved marked emotion. He spoke of Mir. Mccall as victim, az having been shouldered with the blame
 s.tbe only one the dead man, kiiieds that they drove to his grave ana us sertedr-and declared that the memory of this man had appealed to him, .o come down here and say sometning iot him and just. a word for mYsen.
 He declared unequivoca1ly that every navment to himself by the New fork Tjfe was made with the knowieoge and approval of the trustees. especiaL W of the finance and auditing com mittees. He pointed out that " .ne.s pe!, had been anything the matter WIFI his vouchers for these payments IL was their duty to bring him to book TOT lt vet he said. month after month anu wear after year for ten years they nassed them and then when the cry at last comes out, they say, NWeu' we did not know anything about IL thI~ is the fellow; this is the man that has done it all When they say they did mt know hat was go ing on, 1t excites my laughter ana oe- rision." .t,t tno He declared again and again that the nayments were proper and legitimate and that he had mo apology 10 hiahe | for himself or for President MeCau.
 one Of his most interesting state p,ents was that in spite of reports 10 .l,o contrary tho go-calleda "Paris ae- co,,nta was actually reported and ap- proved. by the Auditing Committee
 Approved by Ofheinls.
 The first applause from the sFee' crowd that quickly hlied the so, os | sembly chamber as soon as the itct ol Judge HamiItons presence became | i,roxvn about the building, broke out | ,vith a roar of laughter after ms reI | erence to the enthusiasm with Whieh be aaid his victories for the New Hork Life were received by the omclais or the company. ,, ,ha | hacl" he said with 8 bitter sneer' "tbese men who would not know me now; they would come in and pat me on the back and say, You did IL.
 A storm of applause followed ms | scathing reference to the yellow ooB story as a dog of courage and loyaity. | "But the CUTS who stood around tHis funeral that has occurred, the eurs ..t, WIZ knew of these transactions ana shruhA into their shoes-they are the CUTS ana that is the reason l come oeiore l ,,ou and say that the great interest or two hillion dollars of life insurance and four hundred million dollars oi assets can never be safely entrusted to the hands and administration or lot of CUTS" - ,s
 This was the ostensible purpose of JuJpe Hamilton's appearance before fine committee--to advocate the pend ing bill of the committee whicl. would Iegislate the present boards or dlrec- tors out of office and provide TOT comnlete reorganization in November next. ,a. totally unexpected by the comlnlttee'
 as ne beean his bitter arraignment or the Nav York Life trustees were the toi- lowing members of the board: Hutua S Weaks, vice-president and actuaryi T A Buckner, vice. president; D. r. Kingsley. vice-president; John C. Me
 After New York Life.
 "T wish to state" said Judge Hamil- +op "that my remarks here will be confined entirely to the New York Life Insurance Company and the gentlemen who manage it. For the other compa- pies I have a high respect, Tor so iai as have seen I have not yet touho amongst them CUTS and traitors
 q address you upon and Tn adVocac9 of one bill solely, which l nave no, read but the purport of which appears fin tho papers-and I say that 1t IS youl dutv to report in favor of that measure that will remove the trustees or th' New York Life Insurance company November 21, next, arbitrarily.
 CT look around this circle and se' here many members ot that board O trustees; I see amongst them men Wh' have sat and listened to the stories O mv victories in their behalf and ap pIauded and I wonder whether 1t wa iJke inc line in Goldsmith, whether was Counterfeit glee' or whether tn attitude that they have since take had been one of counterfeited honesty.
 "One of the features that has bee an important event In the investgatio of your committee, MT. Chairman, ha been the transactions of my voucher and when you have heard all the swee protestations of innocence that nav come along. and how the only one wa the dead man--killed, that they droV into hls grave and deserted. and th
 yellow dog that made an appeal U mo to come down here and say some thing for him and just a word Tor my self-not that we are asserting an! defense or making any apologies o asking any immunity. but bera use WiH 1H, I say in support of this measure whici you gentlemen have proposed
 Excites His DcrssiOn.
 "Whv. when they say they dld no
 know what was going on. tt eNcite
 Tnv laughter and derlsion.
 '.The Pecksnlff of three administra
 tions and who thinks that he is th
 Taileyrand ot the present one, the con gidont of the Beers scandal and autho oT inc Beers pension, rotates througl one administration and rotates througl 1 another. and as [ say, thinks that h
 Is going to be like Talleyrsnd, an in ! dispensible member of another admin