The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-19

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Detroit; William, I. Peel 81. TN 2Imss Z.
at sN51iliiEtc IL, II; lyman D. smith 4. !
Cyrus L. suIsberEer ~. IT,: Frank Tniord
20. r.: John Wanamaker OF Philadelphia.
Az proxy committee for this ticket these
persons are designated: William c.. Dun
can, president Of the Greenwich Bank, New
York city; George H. sutton, advisory
manager Of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company at Springfield. Macs, and Albert
Bard.
Mr.. Bard in a statement which he ave out
when he made the ticket public admitted
that Mr.. HuRhes's name q been used
without his consent. he'said:
Mr.. Hughes has. been nominated without
nominating him, With any eXPeCtatiOn o. his
accepting. To have asked him IN Advance
n SGnssHt would .SS.s b hay: s;s s,. 10 savs ,s SsE e,
company. We prefer 70 tender him = noTt.
nation a. an opportunity tn do q great public
to-day in the oonadsncs Of the lnsgring pub;
lie. and his accept4nce would 20 lar toTMd
rsstcEing the ~cSnndsncs ~n n,SiIc antT sn.d
that it will be because he believes he can be Of
tSsn that we have rendered him.
This 10 the statement which Mr.. Hughes
Issued when he heard his name was being
used:
4 have not authorized the use Of my
name upon any JlChGbe uOt h0u y
any intimation until late Yesterday after
| noon hat my name was being used or
was intended to be used In this way: l
wish IL clearly understood that II such q
ticket succeeds I shall refuse to serve
Mr.. Bard said that the p~olicyholders
whom he represented we're dissatisfied
with both the administration ticket and
the united ticket and had sought to build
up one from the two with a few additions
which would appeal to every Mutual policy
- M - ~L- - kA sWNNA
had avoided the weakness OF the admin
istration ticket by emitting the names
Of all the McCurdy trustees, q in the
case OF the united ticket h objection
that it did not contain enough men with
in the new fusion slate. Mr.. Bard did not
explain how the united ticket came into
his possession. The members OF the COM
mittees which selected 1t were. pledged
to secrecy. Mr.. Bard also issued a letter
Life appealing to them for their support
OF the ticket and representing that Il was
just the slate which the agents wanted.
@. r. Scrugham, organization manager
Of the International COMMITTEES, issued
a statement in which he said that the nom
ination Of the so-called fusion ticket " only
another attempt by the Mutual administrs-
ton TO confuse the po~licyholders n be
cloud the real issue" Said he:
so far as the ticket does not directly
i represent JHc 0uLllhlbbl ~ ~ D q
up Of gentlemen whose names are being
used without their consent and we doubt
not will continue to be used against theiI
protest"
Mr.. Scrugham said il was now evident
that the real animus bach OF the con-
scription by the administration upon its
ticket OF four members OF the international
committee was to establish the legal propO.
sition that candidates could be forced
upon a ticket even against their will and that
such candidates were helpless in a court ol
law TO secure their release. He added:
Fortified in this position by the decision Of
the Appellate Division OF the supreme Court,
the same moving genius which has hitherto
directed the affairs Of the Mutual Life lnsur-
anoe Company now puts forth under q mis-,
leading name a ticket composed partly OF
movement and partly Of administration repre-
sentatives. The sole purpose is TO misIead
policyholders and divide the vote Of thOee OBJ
posed to the administration in the hope tn a
such division will leave a plurality Of voters
in favor Of the ticket which frankly repre se emit
the old regime.
IL is possible that Charles Z. Hughes may
take some legal step to have his name re-
moved from the ticket. He said last night
that he hadn't looked up the law on the
matter yet. Thu International COMMITTEES
tried to mandamus the State Superintend
ent of Insurance and failed, but IL may h,
possible to compel those responsible for the
nomination to remove the name.