The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-16
know what was going on, it excites
my laughter and derision.
One Man on the Spit.

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One Man on the Spit. /.
1.-THE Pecksniff of three administers
tions and who thinks that he is the |
Tallyrand Of the present one, the con-
fdant Of the Seers scandal and author
of the Beers pension, rotates thru one
administration and rotates thru an
other and thinks that he is going to be
an indispensable member of another adj
ministration. And do you think that
the man who held the same relation to
Mr.. Beers that did to Mr.. Mccall
could sit for thirteen years and not
know. what and how the expenditures
that were made were to be made and
how they were disbursed? Remark that,
l say, that when / disbursed my ex
penditures, not dollar was disbursed
in way that could be criticised; and
yet, he, and such like him, sit, not
conquerors, talking about yellow
dogs
All Knew What He Did.
ttIn every administration Of great
public concern there are many things
| to be done which, in the hurried line
| of duty and in the desire for victory,
cannot always be delayed. But there
never was line or a thing that was
done in the New York Life Insurance
company in my administration of my
department, but the executive officers,
one and all, were conscious Of what the
purpose was, or what the object was and
| Of what the expense was. l say this
now, and when I look around l see
| their faces before me- and [ challenge
contradiction.
"Let US consider for moment the
criticism that has been made in regard
| %0 onfc IN mo civ rt
vouchers. Remember, did not go in
there and own this company. I went
in there as humble little lawyer, a
country lawyer, and [ got in there be-
cause I beat DR.. Pecksniff in his
Beers pension and I beat him with all
the legion of great names that he had
around him, and / beat him single
handed and alone. And when I won
my victory, then they said, well, we
I started in to perform my duties.
The Trustees SILENT IL 4
"When the first month came and my
voucher went in, THAT was the TIM
to have said to me, tSir, you have MOI
submitted proper voucher AM
whose duty was it to do that? Thu
auditing committee of the trustees
Were they perfunctory9 No, salaried
a special salary for chairman, anothe
for deputy, due compensation TO
passed the first month. When the &C
counts came in, the vouchers were there
| for protection in the hands of the con
} troller. And it came to second month
and it went to a fifth month, and i
: went to a tenth month, and it went t.
: a year; and all the time I was carry
ing forward the business and the pur
/, poses and the protection and savin
:, money for these insurance companies.
~~~ss But the tenth month passed, an
: there was no objection. And the frs
: year passed and there was no objee
ton. And the second year and tn
E third year and the fourth, and the fifth
t and the sixth and the seventh, tn
: eighth, the ninth and the tenth, an
9 then, when the cry came out, they say
= Well, we did not know anything abou
O. it. This is the fellow, this is the ma
) that has done it all.
0 =. Theirs Is the Blame.
o eff they had stopped; if they ha
t performed their duty when they shout
have done it, if it was a duty-bu
\ mark, 7 am not assuming or assert1n
v if it was duty, they should hay
r istopped it at it's inception. And whe
!. they continued and continued by m
the faults, the blame, the responsibility
are theirs and not mine.
"I could have stopped the frs
: month, and if ]. could not have pc
y formed my duties without presentin
s detailed vouchers, I could have surrel
= dered my contract. Never, as the ev
II dence Of YOUR investigation shows, unit
s. YOU reached it, was there a single crit
d cism, Why, how could there be
'e They sat there meekly, cashing the EN-
le lu1nents that came to them for the pc
Torrance Of their duty, with the vouc]
a. ers there under their noses, and if the
~ took them and, looked at them, VIII
Is then they approved what was done, an
ID I stand approved. If they did not tai
L. them and look t1them, then they d
at ceived me into the assumption that the
Re performed their duty and that the
10 were satisfied with the manner and co
ly dition Of my accounts.' e.. -
is ..~.. Signed Every Voucher.