New-York tribune., 1906-07-06
TICKET UP.
I'HIRTEEN NEW MEN.
NesC Yorb life GiUes Ont Admin's-
tration Slate.

The administration ticket" OF trustees Of the
New York Life Insurance Company was nOmi-
mated at a meeting of the board yesterday. OF
the twenty-four men named. thirteen. major
fly. are new men-that is they have not served
in the present board-which. of course. Is
thought of as being the board under which the
methods Of the old Mccall administration
flourished
Places were made for the new men. not only
by recent designations. but by the refusal Of
three of the present board TO stand for re-elec-
ton and the voluntary retirement from the
board OF the five officers of the company--not
including President Alexander z. Orr-who have
held membership in that body. Although it has
not been definitely announced. it may be said on
authority that Mr. Orr will not stand for
election to the presidency. In case the admin
istration ticket" wins. 1t is believed that of
the new trustees viii be chosen president If
any decision has been reached as to the man 10
be named, his name could not be learned yester-
day
The thirteen men. who were not
nected with the company under the administra-
tion Of President Mccall. are:
JAMES H. ECKELS, Of Chicago; formerly
United States Controller of Currency. presi-
dent of the Commercial National Bank Of
Chicago.
DAVID R. FRANCIS, of st. Louis; formerly
president of the Louisiana Purchase Expo
Trust Company.
JULIUS FLEISCHMANN, Of Cincinnati; head
OF the Fleischmann Company, manufactur-
erS of yeast
EWAL4D FLEITMANN, of Fleitnlann & Co,
commission merchants, OF No. asa Broome
street, New York; trustee Of the Atlantic
Mutual Insurance Company: vice. president
and director OF the Citizens Central Ma
tional Bank; director of the Fidelity Bank;
the German Alliance Insurance Company;
the German American Insurance Company;
second n German
ings Bank. and director of the German Life
Insurance Company.
JUDGE HORACE II. LURTON, of Nashville.
Tenn; judge of the United States Circuit
Court. 9th District
SETH NJ. MILLIKEN. Of the drygoods firm of
Deering Milliken Company. No. 20 Leonard
street, New York; trustee of the BOwery
Savings Bank and the Colonial Trust Com
pany; director of The Fidelity Bank the Mer-
camille National Bank of the City of New
York and the Van Norden Trust Company;
president and director Of the Gainesville
Cotton Mills, Georgia; president and direc-
tor of the Cowan Woollen Company Maine;
president and director OF the Farnsworth
Company, Maine president and director Of
the Madison Woollen Company. Maine; pres
ident and director of the Pondicherry Com
pany. Maine, and director in dozen other
woolen and cotton mills in Maine and the
South.
JOHN G. MILBURN. formerly president of the
Pan-American Exposition held at Buffalo;
member of the law firm of Carter, Ledyard
Milburn. OF No. 81 Wall street. New York.
ANTON A. RAVEN, president OF the Atlantic
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of No. 51
Wall street, New York; chairman Of the
committee on insurance of the New York
Chamber of Commerce, trustee and director
of number of trust companies and banks.
JOHN REID, general manager and treasurer
and trustee Of the ]. L. Mott Iron Works, OF
No. 80 Beekman street New York; director
of the Central Foundry Company, the Cen
trail Iron and Coal Company and the Trenton
Fire Clay and Porcelain Company.
FLEMING H, REVEI4L, of the publishing
house of Fleming II. ReVell & Co, of Chi
nd No NaISyY
GEORGE F. SEWARD president of the Fidelity
and Casualty Company, of No. 81 Cedar
street, New York.
ELBRIDGE G. SNOW. president Of the Home
street New York; director of the British
American Development Company.
LOUIS WAGNER. president of the Third Ma
tional Bank. Philadelphia.
The eleven men on the new ticket in the pres
ent board are:
JOHN CLAFLIN president of the H. B. Clafln
Company. wholesale drygoods Church and
Worth streets New York.
THOMAS P. FOWLER, president Of the New
York, Ontario & Western Railroad, No. 30
Beaver street, New York.
WOODBURY. LANGDON. of Joy. Langdon &
Co. wholesale drygoods, No 10S Worth
street, New York City.
ROBERT J. LOWRY, president the Lowry Ma
tional Bank, of Atlanta, Ga
CLARENCE H MACKAY, president CONNER
cial Gable Company No. 253 Broadway, New
HENRY c. MORTIMER. of Mortimer & Wisnerr,
chemicals No. &C Beaver street New York
City.
GEORGE A. MORRISON. chairman American
Cotton Oil Company, No. q Beaver street,
New York City.
ALEXANDER f. ORR, president Of the New
York Life Insurance Company president
Rapid Transit Commission, OF New York.
WILLIAM B. PLUNKETT. treasurer Berkshire
Cotton Mills, Adams, Mass.
AUGUSTUS G. PAINE, president New York &
Pennsylvania Company. No Al Park Row,
New York City.
HIRAM II. STEELE, of steele. De Freese &
rockingham. attorneys.
OFFICIALS GIVE REASONS FOR RETIRING
The five officers retiring from the board
Darwin p. Kingsley, Thomas A. Buckner and
Rufus w Weeks. vice-presidents; William E.
IngersoIl second vice e-president and Edmund D.
Randolph. treasurer. In addition to making it
possible for majority of the ticket to be new,
the following reason was given for the retire.
nen+ of the officers from the board: I'm defer
ence 10 an opinion which is rather widely held.
that no officer with the exception Of the pres-
dent. ought 10 be a voting member of the board
of trustees The board Of trustees acts upon
the acts of the officers, and a man who is both
really passes judgment on his own acts
OF the eight other members of the Mccall
board William B. Hornblower resigned several
months ago. The designations OF George W. Per-
kins. James A. Blair Norman B. Ream and
Henry Walters were accepted at the meeting
of the board on Monday. Oscar $. Straus an
nounced some time ago that he would not stand
for reelection, because he did not feel able 10
devote the time the duties of trustee required
James Stillman, prsident Of the National City
Bank and Charles S, Fairchild both informed
the board privately that they did not care to
stand for. reelection. 1t is understood their