The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-29
Paid Bliss the Money.


Bliss might find necessary.
Paid Bliss the Money.
Mr.. Perkins confirmed this state
ment, and said he had asked Mr.. Bliss
to caH and that he was prepared to
make a payment of $4,000 to the cam
paign fund. Afterward by successive
pa yments. $4S,5O0 was paid by Mr..
Perkins from his own resources for
the campaign fund
IN December. 1904, the question of
the reimbursement of Mr.. Perkins
came up between himself and Mr.. Nc
Call. Mr.. Mccall, under the bylaws
and customs prevailing in the New
York Life Insurance company. had an
absolute right to make such payments
from the funds of the company as he
might think fit, the only restrictions
Being that the checks for such pay
ments should be made by checks
drawn by certain officers of the COM
pany, and he said he would refer the
matter to the finance committee. not
because its consent was necessary to
the payment or because it fell within
the scope Of that committee, but be-
cause the committee dwelt with the
general policy of the company. Mir.
Mccall attended the meeting of the
finance committee and Informed its
members of what had been done, and
Mr.. Perkins had made this advance for
the company at his request.
Finance Committee Also Guilty.
1T is disclosed by the records of
whom the finance committee consisted,
and If it be charged that any offense
| has been committed by Mr.. Perkins,
| then the names-the hOnored names
of the men who composed that COM
mittee are equally involved with that
of my client, for the finance commit
/ tee at once consented to his reimburse
ment, and by check drawn by the
/ treasurer and the assistant treasurer
and Mr.. Mccall, the sums advanced by
/ Mr.. Perkins were repaid him with in
/ terest-"
! Justice Greenbaum here interposed
and asked Mr. Delafield why that
/ course was pursued with regard to the
advancement of the contribution to the
1 Republican committee. =
( Mr.. Mccall replied Mr.. Delafeld.
said. as appears by the papers, that
/ he was being impOrtuned by all the
political parties for contributions, and
that he had refused TO contribute to
any of them except the Republican
! party. whose policy he considered was
for the best interests of the New York
I. life. and he further informed Mr..
Perkins that he had refused the i'm
fortunate demands Of the other par
/ ties.
1.-THE check was drawn in the usual
/ ccLrse of business of the company,
and entered upon its ledgers, as all
/ navments were entered. and disclosed
/ the name of the peyee and its amount
h and was regularly entered upon its
/ books"
Pertinent Inquiry.
Us there any entry which disclosed
the nature of the payments?" inquired
| Justice Greenbaum.
mo: there is no ledger entry which
shows that" said Mr.. Delafield. Mr..
] Perkins knows nothing about the book.
He has had no time to go through the
books If there is any wrong-doing
with regard to the entries in the books
1t cannot be imputed to Mr.. Perkins.
when this matter was mOoted it
/ sppeared to Mr. Perkins that every
body participating in the transaction
was a criminal as well as he. if there
was any offense committed, and that
/ everybody SC participating could re-
fuse to give testimony. and thus all
doors by which the evidence might be
had would have been closed; but Mr..
Perkins stated to his counsel that
everything he had done had been open
" and honest.
An Immunity Plea.
AT the request of the district attor-
rev he made a full statement as to the
/ whole matter and supplied him with
the testimony he needed. We turned
over to the district attorney our books,
and evidence which could not have
been obtained by force of law was thus
| given him"
Mr.. Delafield then requested that his
time TO demur to the write be extend
! ed and that Mr.. Perkins be paroled
! il. his custody, it being evident, coun-
sci said, that iii any event there has
| been no criminal intent. Mr.. Jerome