The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-11-16
To THE POL
ICY HOLDERS
OF THE NEW YORK LIFE IRsUR.
ANcE CO. AND MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE CO., or NEW
YORK.

In the pending election for Directors
or Trustees of these two Companies.
each policyholder Is entitled to one
vote, without regard to the amount of
his insurance or the number Of poll
cies he may have. You, as a policy
holder, can vote direct, by enclosing
your ballot. properly executed, IN an
envelope, and writing across the end
Of the envelope, the words, Ballot for
Directors" your name, address and
number of yonr policy. Enclose this
envelope containing ballot in a sec
ond envelope, and send It to the Hon.
Richard Olney. No. 80, Broad street,
New York City.
The Statute. under which this elec-
ton is being held. requires that the
company shall furnish each policy
holder with an Official ballot giving
the names of all the candidates on
each ticket that have qualified under
the Statnte.
The International Policyholders
Committee have selected ticket for
each of these comprehensive ticket
selected for the New York Life 10
known offlcially as the international
Committees" ticket. and the ticket OF
the Mutual Life of New York is Official
ly known as the United Committees"
ticket.
II you vote by ballot, It will be
necessary for you to cross out the
ticket or tickets that you do not wish
to vote, sign the ballot, giving the num-
Der Of one Of your policies, date it
and have It witnessed, enclose the
ballot In the official envelope, which
has been sent you, and write across
the envelope your name, address and
the number of your policy.
This must be done In your own hand
writing. II you wish to vote by proxy
execute the proxy by signing it, dating
1t, giving the number of your policy,
having 1t properly witnessed, and send
it by mail to the Hon. Richard Olney,
chairman, No. 30, Broad street, New
York City.
It is the unanimous sentiment OF
this Committee that 1t is to the. inter
est of every policyholder In either of
these Companies to vote either by bal
lot or by proxy for the Information.
al Committees" ticket in the New York
Life, and the United Committees"
ticket in the Mutual Life, believing
that the election of these tickets for
the respective Companies would best
insure the faithful administration OF
the affairs of the companies, and the
economical conduct OF the business in
the interest of the policyholders.
TheAdministratior tickets of both
companies are composed largely of
men who are associated with and iden-
titled with the former arrangements
of these companies during the reign OF
Mccall and McCurdy.
We regard this election as the most
that has ever been held in
connection with the whole Life Insur-
ance question. The provisions of the
bill, under which this
election is being held, gives the first
opportunity that policyholders have
ever had of expressing their unfetter-
ed choice in the selection of Trustees
or Directors. The entire Boards Of
thirty-six members in the Mutual Life
and twenty-four members In the New
York Life are to be elected this year
In the past, only one-third of the New
York Life and one-fourth of the Mu-
tual Life we're elected annually In
1907 there will be no election. In
1908 full Boards will again be elected
for each Company,-one half to serve
one year, and the other half to serve
two yesrs,-so that this is the irst
and only time that you have ever had
an opportunity to elect a full Board
Of your own choosing at one election.
We urgently request that every
policy holder will realize these facts,
and take enough interest in the mat
.er to see that his vote is recorded in
both Companies against the Admin
stration ticket, and for the tickets
nut out by the Internal Policy Holders
Committee.
A. M. SHOOK, Chairman,
REAIT n FOLK Secretarv