The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-19

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give them not more h $1,000 votes
Samuel Untermyer issued the following
statement at his Office last night:
II Supt. Kelsey is correctly quoted as having
said that the result in the New York Life cleo
ton ia overwhelmingly in favor OF the admins
trntion ticket, he must have taken a look into
the sealed ballots, which are not supposed to
be yet opened, amounting to about 100000.
We made certain objections to Supt. Kelsey
against certain Of the inspectors Of election
who we're selected, IL may be that something
more will be said on that subject later on.
From all the Information we can gather.
the vote in both companies IL going to be eX-
ceedingly close. We believe that when the
ballots are counted and the fraudulent. defec-
tive and duplicated ballots thrown out. the
policyholders will win by a safe majority in
both companies.
The manner in which the elections have been
conducted on behalf of the administration IL
well illustrated by the troop OF agents and
others in the employ Of the company that
marched to the polls in the New YORK Lhe
ONCE to-day and refused to answer question
after question as to whether the company MAJ
paid the expenses Of collecting these proxies
whether they inserted the policy numbers IN
the proxies before they were sent out. and
whether the work Of collecting these proxies
had been done by the agents and employees
of the company, with the offices, stationery
and time of It's employees.
II was a lively scene in the basement
of the New York Life building. at the
LAFAYETTE street end. yesterday from 10
O'Clock in the morning until the polls closed
al 4 O'Clock. State Superintendent OF In
surance Otto Kelsey was in charge with the
five inspectors Of election hat he had
named. Samuel Untermver was there
to represent the International Pollcyhold-
ers' committee, while Lawyers William
Nelson Cromwell ard James II. Mcintosh
looked after the interests Of the administra-
tion.
President. Alexander f.. Orr. vice-Presi-
dents Darwin Il. Kingsley and Edmund
Randolph, Secretary John C.. Mccall and
other officers of the ompany showed up
ct different times to vote proxies. The
administration proxy committee, consist
ing OF Rollin r. Hazard, Alvah q. johnson
and Horace Fl. LnrtOn entered the polling
place at IL o'clock in the morning and
voted 5000 proxies in one batch. The
proxies we're in huge waste paper baskets
n the space of the room vas severely
taxed to permit Of these being placed there.
Alton B. Parker arrived early in the after
noon and voted eight proxies for the
policyholders' ticket. Richard Olney, Gen.
BENJAMIN r. Tracy and Harlow n. Higin-
botham, the proxy committee Of the policy
holders, voted 1000 proxies shortly before
noon. John B. Clafin voted thirteen
proxies and presented twenty ballot for
the administration ticket.
Mr.. Untermyer questioned all proxy
tenderers closely, especially the company
agents who showed up with them. Nearly
all refused TO tell the policyholders' lawyer
whether the company had paid for the
printing, whether the policy numbers had
been placed on them before being sent to
the p~olicyholder for his signature and other
similar questions. Mr.. Untermyer and
Mr.. Cromwell had numerous tifs. Ex-
Gov. Carroll s. Page of Vermont came in
during the afternoon and voted one proxy
Former Comptroller OF the Treasury James
H. Eckels showed up soon after and voted
Lass proxies. Mr.. Eckels is a trustee OF
the New York Life.
He couldn't say whether the company
had paid for the printing and clerical work
necessary to get the proxies sent out. Police
Commissioner James H. Duirke OF Gin
cinnati showed up with l,O72 proxies. He
didn't know much about how the proxies
were got out and paid for, but he did know
that he paid his own railroad fare to bring
the proxies here and didn't know who was
going 70 reimburse him.
At the Mutual Offices the day was a very
ouist one. President Charles A, Peabody
ives the FIRST TO enter when the polls opened
and he voted i5s proxies. Cornelius Wander
derbilt followed and voted more proxies
for the administration ticket. SO did
Frederick Cromwell, John W. A~uchincloss
and Augustus d. Juilliard. Louis Marshall
who represented the international policy
holders committee, protested against many
of these proxies, but all we're allowed to &C
! In for the present. James Mckeen, the
Mutual's general counsel, led the proxy
committee in and voted the big batch,
the number OF which is disputed. At sss'
O'Clock in the afternoon President Peabody
and Others voted the ballots that had beer
sent to the Offices of the company.
No trouble occurred at the Office OF the
Mutual Reserve Company, where a per
functory election was held. There was
no opposition TO the administration ticke'
here, but certain p~olicyholders had beer
grumbling lately about the criminal charges
against the officers, and it was thought
that there might be a demonstration o
some sort.
Il developed yesterday that Georg'
BurnhAm, DR., general COuusel anu NlOo
president Of the company, had been with
drawn from the administration ticket. HI
{ is in the Tombs under sentence for grand
larceny in making away with funds OF tn
company. In place of BurHham there wa
substituted on the ticket the name OF Alv'
Collins, Of Brooklyn According to the IN
surance law there are only two reasons 10
disaualifying a candidate who has bee
selected and whose name has been filed a
the proper time with the State authoritie
as a candidate. This is through death o.
i~ncapacfty. 1t was alleged that Burnhar
was incapacitated. Frederick A. Burn
ham, president of the company, and Georg'
ID. Eldridge, vice-president, were both re-
elected trustees. They are soon to be trle'
forthe same offence for which George Burn
ham, Jr., was convicted.
A total Of 1900 votes by proxies wa
poled in the Mutual Reserve and seventee
~polcyholders showed up and voted l
person. John j Jordan, who is the couns,
for an association among the ~poitcyhold
ers Of this company, said last nigh
that he was going to start at one
prdee edings which will have a great, efec
on the management and on this electlo
in the Mutual Reserve. Mr.. Jordan r.