Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
LEGISLATIVE AGENT DECLARES
NEW YORK LIFE TRUSTEES
Ours AND TRAITORS.
Unexpectedly Appears Before the In.
v~estigsting Committee and Creates
Sensation by the Flood Of Denun'
citation and Invective Used in Con
demning the Men, Several of Whom
Were Present.

Albany, n. Y, March 16.-Andrew
Hamilton turned on his enemies be
fore the insurance Investigating com
mittee during the afternoon. He broke
the silence which he has maintained,
except for the statement brought from
Paris by John c. Mccall, ever since
his name was mentioned in onnec
tion with the money paid to him on
account Of his legislative work for the
New York Life and other insurance
companies.
With face flushed and voice trem-
bling with passion Hamilton poured a
flood OF denunciation and ~invective
upon the trustees of the New York
Life Insurance company, several OF
whom were present. He called them
'curs and traitors"
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 de-
serted" and declared that the memory
Of this man had appealed to him ito
come down here and say something
for him and just a word for myself"
He declared unequivocally that
every payment to himself by the New
York Life was made with the knowl-
edge and approval Of the trustees. es.
pecially of the finance and auditing
committees. He pointed out that If
there had been anything the matter
with his vouchers for these payments
1t was their duty to bring him to book
for 1t.
Payments Proper and Legitimate.
He declared again and again that
the payments were proper and legiti-
mate and that he had 10 apology to
make for himself or for President Nc
Call. One of his interesting state
ments was that In spite of reports to
the contrary the ~so-called Paris ac-
count" was reported and approved by
the auditing committee.
The great crowd that filled the as
sembly chamber as o as Judge
Hamilton's presence became known
broke out in a roar of laughter after
his reference to the enthusiasm with
which he said his victories for the
New York Life were received by the
officials 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 would come in and pat me
on the back and say, You did it,"
A storm of applause followed his
reference to 1.-The yellow dog" as "a
dog of courage and loyalty" 1t broke
out again when ne concluded:
but the ours who stood around this
funeral that has occurred, the ours
who knew OF these transactions and
shrunk into their shoes are the ours
and that is the reason that | come be-
fore you and say that the great inter
est of 81, 100000 of life insurance
and $500, 900, 900 OF assets can never
be safely entrusted to the hands and
administration of a lot of ours"
This was the ostensible purpose of
Hamilton's appearance-to advocate
the pending bill, which would legislate
the present board of directors out of
Office and provide for a complete re
organization in November.