The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
ANDY
HITS Trustees
Says TRAITORS ad Curs' Among
New York lie Officials.
A SEVERE FRAGMENT
Hamilton Defends imself in Sensa-
tiOnal Speech tfore Nav York
Observation-Disclosures.

Andrew HamiltO appeared before
the insurance in7stigating commit
tee at Albany, N. T., Thursday after
noon and broke IL silence which he
has maintained, ecept for his state
ment brought froI Paris by John g.
Mccall, ever sincelis name was first
mentioned in the ivestigation in con-
nection with the geat sums of money
shown to have ben paid to him dur
ing the past ten years on account.
of his legal and legislative work for
the New York Lie and other insuT-
ance companies.
1t would be dilcult to exaggerate
the sensation produced by his unex-
pected appearanceand by the speech
which he made q the intensely dra-
matte character d the whole episode.
His face flushed md his voice tremb-
ling with passions his arms appraised I
and his fists cle1ehed Judge Hamil-
ton poured forth | food of denuncia-
ton and invective upon the members
Of the board of rustees OF the New
York Life Insurance company, sew
eral Of whom wee present, designat-
ing them "curs ard traitors" and pay
ing especial attention to one unnamed
whom he described as the Pecksniff
Of three administrations, the confdant
of the Beers scandal and author of
the Beers pension, who rotates,
through one administration and an
other and thinks that he is going to
he an indispensable member of yet
another"
The only name he mentioned was
that of the late President Mccall, in.
reference to whom and to whose
death he displayed marked emotion
He spoke of Mr. Mccall as a victim,
as having been shouldered with the
blame-"the only one, the dead man,
killed, that they drove to his grave
and deserted"-and declared that the,
memory of this man had appealed to
him 80 come down here and say
something for him and just a
word for myselfP
He declared ltnequivocably that ev-
cry payment to himself by the New
York Life was made with the knoWl-
edge and apRbval of the trustees.
especially of the finance and auditing
committees.
He declared again and again that
the payments We're proper and legiti-
mate and thatI he had no apology to
make for himself or for President Nc
Cab
One of his most interesting state
ments was THAI in spite of reports to
the contrary, the so-called paris ac-
count was actually reported and APP
proved by thei auditing committee.
The first lbplause from the great
crowd that quickly filed the great as
sembly chamber as soon as the fact
of Judge Hankilton's presence became
known about the building, broke out
with a roar of laughter after his ref
erence to the enthusiasm with which,
he said his victories for the New
York Life welte received by the off,
Gals of the company.
"They would come and pat me on
the back" he said, with a bitter sheer,
these men who would not know me
now; they wo}lld come in and pat me
on the back land say, You did it. >
A storm off applause followed his
scathing reference to the "yellow
dog" as a dogt of courage and loyalty
But the cursg who stood around this
funeral that has occurred, the ours
who knew off these transactions anc
shrunk into Their shoes-they are the
curs-and thu at is the reason that
come before yfou and say that the grea
interest of $4,000 100000 of life in
surance and fs4OO, OO0, 900 of assets car
never be safe .ly intrusted to the hands
and adminis3 ration of lot of ours.
Judge Ha millions appearance wa
Totally uneXI opctpd nv the committee