Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-24
REPLY TO STATEMENT
Affairs of the Mutual Life In
surance Company. { y
WERE BUSINESS MEN MISLED
Views Expressed by Son of the Dis
trict Manager.
CAUSE OF MUCH woRRIMENT
Members Of Ticket Not Policyholdsre
Substitution Of Untried Men
Sealed Ballota
3AUsE OF MUCH woRRIMENT

Sealed Ballota
A reply was made today to the utter.>
ances Of Mr.. ]. ]. Darlington anent the
Mutual Life Insurance Company by Mr..
Morgan. son of Mr.. Thomas p. Morgan. the
District manager OF the Mutual. He was
asked II he had read Mr.. Darlington's
statement that recently appeared in The
Star wherein Mr.. Darlington stated thai
the representative professional and business
men of Washington who prepared and cir
culated the letter recommending that the
resident policyholders Of the Mutual Lita
insurance Company vote the administration
ticket were mised in so doing, to which Mr.,
Morgan. jr.. replied:
Yes, and am mystified by such a state.
ment. If these gentlemen were 'misled,' 90
was MI. William E. Curtis, who has studied
insurance on both continents. His views are
set forth in the following letter received ~
Gen. George H. Harries, in reply to the cifs
cular letter:
have your circular advising me TO
vote for the administration ticket of the
Mutual Life Insurance Company. and !
want to say to you that I have already
done so and give you my reasons therefor,
in the hope that they may be useful to you
In securing votes of others. Last spring.
before went to Europe. made a thorough
investigation OF the so-called international
committee. and satisfied myself that III
leaders and promoters were simply trying
to secure control of the company for selfish
reasons and were humbugging the people
by representing themselves to be acting Ii
the public interest. You may use my name
in this connection as freely as you like
Cause Of Merriment.
1.-THE circumstances under which one or
the signers voted the International ticket
has provoked considerable merrment among
the friends Of that gentleman, and was ou.
casioned. by rush Of business and eager.
ness to have his vote Immediately recorded,
for, Notwithstanding the fact that he was
one of the signers of the business mems
letter, yet he had neglected to mail his
signed ballot for the administration ticket,
In signing a new ballot he hurriedly, erro.
neously and against his own desire and in~
tentions, signed the international ticket.
That is the explanation OF the error.
THE reference in the business mems let
ter to the international ticket, should
have read international committee the
personnel of which from a policy
standpoint is best told by the Policyholders'
Protective Association composed of policy.
holders of the Mutual Life Insurance Conf
pany who have an office in the Galatin
Bank building. New York city. which as,
sociation has no connection with the MI.
tual Life Insurance Company, but was
ioiiueu lOf uutudl against tn0
possibility of control of the company by
persons having no interest whatever in the
company.
I'm regard to Mr.. Darlington's statement
that twenty-one of the thirty-six nominees
are polcyholders, l am surprised, for Il
was but natural to suppose that the inter-
national committee was wise enough to
have selected on the ticket only actual
whereas Mr.. Darlington in.
forms us that all of the members consti.
tutipg the proposed international ticket are
not policyholders
Not Policyholders, 1t is Alleged.
"As a matter of fact the following menu
bers of the policyholders' ticket are not
policyholders in the Mutual Life Insurance
Company: Charles Andrews, Syracuse, N.
Y; Samuel S. Mcclure. Ardsley on the
Hudson N. Y; Charles A. Smith, Mlnne-
apolis, Mimi; William B. Lamar, Talla-
hassee, Fla. Allen Caperton Braxton,
Richmond Va; William McCarroll. Brook.
lyn, N. Y; Lyman c. Smith. Syracuse, N.
Y; Herman Sielcken, New York city, N.
Y; Frank T1lford, New York city, N. III
Joseph ]. Darlington, Washington. District
of Columbia; Justus c. Strawbridge, PhilA1
delphia, Pa; ]. Hampden Robb New York
city. N Y; Pierre Baudin. Paris France.
LAS an evidence of his faith In the pres.
emit administration Mr.. William L. Gull
landen of New York, one of the trustees OF
the policyholders' ticket. applied for in-
surance after the policyholders' ticket was
nominated.
las a poIicyholder In the Mutual Lifs
insurance Company. not desiring to entsV
into any controversy, but for the sole purJ
pose of ascertaining the facts and whether
the signers were misled. 1 Instituted an
inquiry as to whether even Mr. Darlington
is policyholder in the Mutual Life In.
advised by the company that he is not &
In the Mutual Life Insurance.
Company of New York in which company
he is seeking to become a trustee
Substituting Untried Men.
las regards substituting untried men, a.
Is alleged to be the case with the ,nterna-
tional ticket, will quote you statement
of Mr.. Henry Siegel of New York, who
says:
g In my opinion as a business man IL 10
better for the present administration to re.
main in office. Considering the matter from
a business standpoint with the best inter-
ests of all concerned in mind. it does seem
to me that 1t would be the height of folly to
bring into the management at this time
men who are totally unfamiliar with tho
routine of the enormous business of this
company and inexperienced in practical IN,
surance matters. The present administrA-
ton is composed of thoroughly experienced
men. who to my mind are as good repro.
sentative body of men as 1t would be pos>
sible to find. / am personally acquainted
with number of these gentlemen. and DO
not believe that a better selection could be
made than the present officers and proposed
trustees. Having the technical knowledge
and experience they can work out the deS.
tiny of the company to much better advah.
tage than lot of new, untried men,
las to the personnel of the members cons
stituting the administration ticket so strong.t
ly assailed by Mr.. Darlington. refer to al,
extract from a statement signed by the fol,
lowing citizens. of the District: Albion RI
Paris. George w. White. VIM. A. McKen.
ney ]. H. Small, jr, JAS Lansburgh,
George w. Evans, A F. Fox, James E. Oys.
ter, George H. Harries, Charles P. Stone.
OF Unimpeachable Integrity.
Their statement. In part. is that the
thirty-six candidates for trustees named
by the Mutual Life Insurance Company Of
New York are all men Of noted ability and
unimpeachable integrity. twenty-one Of
whom, constituting large majority, werA
not members of the board during the dayb
Of the old regime. The remaining fifteen
have been trustees for some years, con,
stituting the members of the old board, who,
with their nine associates elected during
the reorganization period eliminated
abuses. changed the old management. ed.
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