Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-16
Is Hami|ton's Denuncia-
tion Of the Officials
Of New York Life Who Have
Accused ::Him Of Wrong. i
Dramatic Arraignmsat Before Legislative
Committee al Albany.

| Albany. n. Y, March 15.-Andrew
Hamilton appeared before the insur-
ance Investigating committee this after
noon and broke the silence which he
has maintained Except for his state
| lnent brought from Paris by John G.
! Mctallb ever his name was first men,
| TONED during the investigation in con-
| nection with the great sums OF money
| shown to have been paid to him dur
ing tn" past 10 years on account of his
legal and legislative work for the New
| York Life and, other insurance COM
panies.
1t Woul, be difficult to exaggerate
th. sensation produced by his uneX-
| pectcd appearance and by the speech
which ne made, or the Intensely dra-
matte character OF the whole proceed
| ing. Ills face flushed and his voice
trembling with passion, his arms up
raised and his fists clinched Judge
Hamilton poured fourth flood of de-
nunciatiOn and invective upon the
| members of the board of trustees of
the New York Life Insurance Co., sew
| eral Of whom Were present. denOuncing
them as ours and traitors" and pay
|
whom he described as 1.-The Pecksniff
Of three administrations, the confident
of Beers scandal and author of the
| Beers penSiOnS-who rOtates through
one administration and another, and
| thinks he is going TO be an indispen-
eible member of yet another
Judge HamiltOn's attack upon the
| trustees of the New York Life was
| made only the more dramatic by the
| fact that he Immediately followed J.
| Fl. Mcintosh, general solicitor of that
company, who had been eulogizing the
members of that board and challeng-
ing any man to give reasons why they
| should be removed from office as con-
templated by the pending Legislature.
This was the Ostensible purpose of
Judge Hamilton's appearance before
the cOmmittee-to advocate the pend
| ing bill Of the committee which would
legislate the present boards of direc-
tors out of office and provide for 4
| complete re-Organizati ton in November
next.
Among those who sat near as he be-
gan his bitter arraignment of the New
| York Life trustees were the following
| members of the board: Rufus S.
| Weeks, vice president and actuary;
!. A. Buckner, vice president; D. p.
| Kingsley. vice president; John c. Nc
Call. secretary. and J. II. Mcintosh.
There was a rumor that William B.
Hornblower was in the city, but this
:as denied ard he could not be found.
Asked if he had anything to add to
thiS speech Judge Hamilton said
| Il guess this is enough for today"
| Il wish to thank you" Judge Ham,
iltOn began, FOR permitting me to ap-
pear at this oppOrtune moment follow
ing my former assc ciate OF the New
York Life and | wish TO state that my
remarks here will be confined entirely
10 the New YORK Life Insurance Co.
and the gentlemen who manage it,
For the other companies l have q
high and loyal respect. because so far
as l have seen l nave not yet found
'mongst them ours and traitors.
Il address you upon. and ir advo-
cacy Of one bill solely. which | have
rot read. but the purport of which ap-
pears in the papers-and l say that it
is your duty to report in favor of the
measure that will remove the trustees
Of the New York Life Insurance Co
Il LOOK around this circle and I see
here many members of that board of
trustees. ] see amongst them men who
have sat and listened to the stories of
my victories in their behalf, and ap-
Tlauded.
why. when they say they did not
know what was going on, 1t eXcites my
laughter and derision.
There never was a line or a thing
that was done in the New York Life
in my administration Of my depart
ment but the executive officers. one
and all. We're conscious of what the
purpose was. or what the object was
and of what, the expense was. 1 chal-
lei ge contradiction.
Now let us assume for a moment
the criticism that has been made in
r. gard to the payments to me upon
my single voucher. I went in there as
a humble little lawyer, a country law
lyer--and l got in there because I beat
DR.. Pecksniff in his Beers pension and
/ beat him with all the legion Of great
names that he had around him. And
when / won my victory. then they said
Well, we will give you a chance here
land then l started in to perform my
Iduties.
'N0w when the first month came and
my voucher went in, that was the
time to have said to me Sir, you have
not submitted a proper voucher and
whose duty was it to do that? The au-
diting committee of the trustees. Were
they perfunctory? No, salared, a spe-
cial salary for chairman, another for
deputy. a due compensation for others
that attended. Suppose that it passed
the first month. When the accounts
came in the vouchers were there for
protection in the hands of the comp
troller. The first year passed and there
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