The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-26
NOTED men ARE TO
AID POLICY
HOLDERS
COMMITTEE NAMED TO FIGHT
FOR CONTROL OF NEW YORK
AND MUTUAL LIFE.
GOVERNORS ON LIST
Executives of Six States On Interna.
tionai PoiicyhoIders' Committee
All Premium Payers to
Have Equal Chance.

New York, June "a. That the fight
for the policyhoIdera' control of the
two big mutual life insu ance com
panies --the Mutual Life and the New
York Life-is is really under way was
demonstrated today wnen tha person
mel of the international Poicyhnlders'
committee was made public for the
first time.
nors of Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota
Indiana, Pennsylvania and Connect,
cut. In Judge Alton B. Parker the
committee has a member who was the
candidate of great political party
for the office Of pre- ident OF the
United States The church II repre-
sented by the Cardinal OF the Roman
Catholic denomination Of the United
states and by Or Russell RI Cornell
who founded the Philadelphia taber.
nacle of the Baptisr church. The for
mer president ~ the Worlds Colnm
bian Exposition has been listed, as
well as a former secretary Of the navy
former United Siafes minister t.
Russia, the head Of the biggest Phil
adelphia dry goods interests and carK
talists Of undoubted integrity in yari.
ous parts of the United States
Those On Committee.
The list of members of the cimmit-
co, which was made public for the
first time today by Samuel Inter
meyer general counsel for the out
sider In the fight for controls II a
follows:
Governors N B. Howard, Florida
NJ c. Blanchard, Louisiana, j, Frank
Hanly, Indiana; J. A Johnson. Mime
sofa; s. M. pennypaek ar, pennsyl
vania, and Henry ~-.~rts, Connect
cut: Congressman Nicholas Long
worth, Cincinnati; Cardinal Gibbons
ex-senator George Gray of Delaware
Dr. Russell Conwell. the founder o.
The Baptist Temple ard Temple col
lege in Philadelphia; u. T.. CLARK
president of the order of Railway
Conductor: John G. Hemphill o.
South Carolina. Harlow n ldiginboth
am president OF the World Coum
bian exposition: y. A. Lash. X. c. Of
Canada; Frederick B. Neidringhaus
st. Louis Samuel New
house, mine owner. Salt Lake; Ere
mont Older of California, Heinrich
Wigand of Germany. nominated by
the German Policyhoiders' committee
and repres anfatiye of the French and
British committees. which will be an
nounced later: Richard Olney of Mas
sachusetts, Alton y. Parker of New
York, Colonel A. NJ. Smook. capitalist
Tenn. Charles Emery
Smith Of Philadelphia. former pot
matter general GeneraI BENJAMIN F.
Tracy of New York .ex-e eecretary of the
navy: Thomas y Wanameker. son %
John Wanameker Of Philadelphia;
Samuel Untermeyer. one of the best
known corporation lawyers in New
York: SEYMOUR Evton .ec~e'ary of the
Policyhollers' commit
lee. and ". r. ScfuEnan. organization
manager of the Policyholders' com
mittee.
Wall street Dehed.
These are men who offer defiance &
Wall street and who declare that IN
the insurance elections mex Decembe
hey will. through the voters Of indi-
yidual policy holders. not only in all
parts of this country. bur IN several
foreign kingdoms, gain control Of two
~ the biggc Z life im-urance ctm
oanies that were ever developed
The new committee declares that a
stand pat" policy will be advocated
ly the life insurance companie. This
means hat Peabody Of the Mutual
ife and Orr % the New York Life
vim be continued as executive heads
# their respective companies unless
D insurgents win.
BEFORE September Is the policy
lClders viii name an ami admin ia
ion ticket The fact that policvhold-
r. asoriations IN all parts " This AMI
lthcr countries have united in naming !
be- nsw committed. the best possible /
thar Wall street will have
he fight Of its life t0 retain control /
4 the enormous surpluscs of these /
.fr cumnauie-.