New-York tribune., 1906-10-18
MAY !" SUN MON" ROGERS.
PREWITT NOT SATISFIED.
STANDARD Oil Employees SAID 10 Be
Worhci@g for Mutual Ticket.

1t is understood that Insurance Commissioner
Prewitt, of Kentucky. will summon" Henry H
Rogers to the Blue Grass State in connection
with the testimony of President Peabody Of the
Mutual Life Insurance Company and that
George T. Dexter. of the Mutual Life. will prob
ably receive similar request from Mr.. Prewitt
Albert S. Bard. counsel for the third ticket, in
statement issued yesterday said that he
understood that through Mr.. Rogers or other
prominent Standard Oil men the Standard Oh
Company had placed its employees and assets at
the disposal OF the Mutual Life administration
for the collection Of administration ticket bal
lots.
This portion of Mr. Bard's statement aroused
much interest IN insurance circles last night
The counsel for the third ticket characterized
as untrue both in form and in substance"
President Peabody's declaration before Mr.. Pre-
witt that the administration was not electoneer-
ing at the policyholders' expense.
Mr.. Bard also said that H. Wibirt Spence F.
o. Paige's successor Michigan manager, had
engaged supervisor at a salary of $500 month
to travel about the state to recruit "administra-
tom electioneering agents at $15 week.
George R. Scrugham, the international COM
mfttee's manager, sent a three-page typewriter
letter yesterday to Superintendent Kelsey of the
State Insurance Department, urging that the
New York Life be ''criminally proceeded against
for alleged misdemeanors.
Mr.. Scrughams complaint covered circular
letter which. he said, the New York Life's
agents. "in direct violation Of Section "a Of the
insurance laws" were using with official state
ment on which the international committees
ticket had been scratched out. Mr.. scrugham
alleged wholesale administration electioneering
by the companys agents. He alleged also OBJ
cfr hy tha IN
Austria. France and England in the case of the
company's lists and in defiance of the laws
In Great Britain Mr. Scrugham added. the
policyholders' lists were not even filed until more
than month after the date required by law"
Mr. Scrugham sent another letter to Mr.. Kel-
sey. protesting against the sending out of a sin
gle list administration Mutual Life ballot by this
company's agents in advance of the official
three-list ballot. He asked that Mr.. Kelsey
institute proceedings Immediately to prohibit
this misappropriation of the company's funds
or the misuse Of the company's name and trade
mark in soliciting votes for the administration
ticket"
Russell w. Fish. secretary Of the Mutual Life
policyholders' association. made public yester-
day letter from Mr.. Kelsey, dated October Is,
in which the superintendent says that his de-
partment will Its authority and influence
in aid of any ticket in the pending election. and
to prevent the coercion or intimidation Of the
agency force into giving active support to the
ticket favored by the administration"
Mr. Fish made public also letter from
Insurance Superintendent Vandiver, of Missouri
which read in part follows:
It is true as see reported in newspaper dis
lar. that the present management Of the Company
is M TO c4erce the agency force into sup
large sums of the cpmpanys money WHICH 's ought
but another proof Of the unworthiness Of their
IS 0e e s Re 0y scg
should awake to their interests and demand the re-
who has been connected with the old McCurdy
force under the control of the present officers with
millions Of dollars of other peoples money at then
pocyholders themselves will never be able to
in I pG n a9f eEa on TSe en- s is
too plain to be misunderstood The officers in
the the trustees in TURN the r1sees
the officers; The outrageous scandals of the Nc
world, but the reelection OF these who were
q vindcation and Endorsement that would here
after discourage any effort at reform while the
policyholders' ticket would serve as warning to
The d he S S n95 sep
will apply the same remedy; AS see 1t, this is the
rated
e-President Kingsley Of the New York Life
said yesterday that he regarded the coming out
Of the German branch of the international COM
rnittee in favor of the administration "the
most important development that has occurred
since Bishop McCabe's withdrawal from the in
ternational committee"
The action Of the German branch" said Mr..
Kingsley "wlli settle the question for the other
countries, too, Germany is looked upon as
a leader in European insurance matters"
George T. Dexter said apropos of Mr.. Scru-
gham's statement on James c. Colgate's S1,5OO.-
600 policy, that the suit to which Mr.. Scrugham
had referred was merely the outcome Of dis
pute between two agents, and that Mr.. Colgate
had received no preferential treatment" He
added that Manager Morgan, Of Washington
bore with him on his Southern administration
electioneering trip credentials from President
Peabody.
Mr. Peabody, foretod in The Tribune, was
unable to attend the Illinois Central meeting
Yesterday at Chicago. He left Frankfort, Ky,
yesterday morning for New York.