New-York tribune., 1906-07-26
FOR KELSEY
POLICYHOLDERS GET 1T.
Effort to Haze Names Stricken from
Ticket -Untermyer Letter.

Several Mutual Life trustees il is said. made
vigorous protests at yesterdays meeting OF the
board against the managements conduct to the
new stencil lists withheld from the international
policyholders' committee and as TO the persistent
nomination of the four international committee
men against their will the administration
ticket. Almost simultaneously with this Justice
Blanchard. In the Supreme Court, granted the in
ternational committees application for a writ of
mandamus 70 compel the State Superintendent OF
Insurance to show cause why he should not be
restrained from keeping the names of Colonel AL
fred n. Shook, General Benjamin ?. Tracy. HaT-
low n. Hisginbotham and Judge George Gray on
the administration ticket.
In answer to various questions 20 what took
place at the Mutual Life meeting. President Pea
body for the first time in several weeks, resumed
policy Of complete silence the trustees who took
part In the meeting maintaining a similar reti-
cence. In conversation With Tribune reporter
last night however, one OF the trustees would not
deny that there had been lively discussion at the
meeting. declaring, however, that there had been
no fight" The rumOr that President Peabody
was about to resign revived and denied.
1t Is the international committees wish 20 pre-
vent Superintendent Kelsey from placing on the
administration ballot the names Of the four inter-
national committeeman nominated without their
knowledge or consent. Alvin Untermyer. the son
OF Samuel Unternyer counsel for the international
committee. who was admitted to the bar only a few
weeks ago. made the application before Justice
Blanchard. The order is returnable at Albany on
case before justice sitting in that city.
Colonel Shook made the petition for the order
on behalf Of himself his associates and the inter-
national committee generally. The petition cites
in full the kilograms of protest sent by Mr. Unter-
nyer to Superintendent Kelsey and Mr.. KelSeyS
answer that his department lis believed to have
power to remove such record (of trustees nomi-
natedD from its files nor to compel amendment
thereto. nor to interpose in any manner except
upon direction OF the court"
IN hat rtA
were placed on the ticket to deceive the policy
holders.
In letter which he sent 20 the Mutual board OF
trustees yesterday Mr.. Untermyer declares that
unless the board shall repudiate the action of its
officers in incurrng the expense Of the new stencil
lists Of policyholders proceedings win be begun to
hold the trustees personally liable for the money
should the trustees fan to return TO the COM
eers for literature paid for at advertising rates
under the guise Of news matter. etc" proceedings
will also be begun TO enforce restitution of these
moneys" the letter says.
m , OoaIq tTa TaSe s aetlPS az ye5teT1ays mSeths
the company had received Tefusals to serve on
The name of Congressman William Alden Smith
of Michigan was added to the international COM
this city Of The names OF the men who Viii Conn m
prise , the FTenSh P9lieyholders committee which
committee. Heretofore General Tracy has been0
og e ,b FsGb S Sg % I committee
mittee Is made up of Charles Roux. ex-member
Compagnie Csenerale Transatlantique: Leopold Ma
billeau, member OF the Academy Of Moral Sciences
and president Of the S0cia! Museum; Leo Higgin.
son. director of La GrOnde.' of Bordeaux; Henri
GounOuiihOn director La GFonde," OF Bordeaux
and Pierre Baudin. ex- Minister OF Public Works.
At adjourned session of the July meeting Of
the board of trustees OF the New York Life Insur-
Company yesterday afternoon the resignation
of Oscar s. Straus filed with the board on May g.
accepted and appropriate resolutions adopted.
James II. Eckeis was elected a trustee 10 succeed
Norman b Ream. and Julius Fleischnann 70 sue
nominated trust to succeed James A. Blair
and John Reid to succeed Oscar s. StTaus. On the
recommendation Of the finance and office COM
mittees resolution adopted directing the on
GERS to apply TO the French government for regis