New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
AFRAID OF "TWISTING."
Mutual Companies Working Hard
against Publishing Pollen Lists.

Every effort is being put forth by the mutual
HE insurance companies 1 defeat that part of
the general insurance bill offered by the Arm
strong committee which ,quires them TO pub
lish lists OF their pocyholders This bill comes
up in the Senate next Wednesday The section
will apply only 10 the New York Life the
Mutual Life. the Security Mutual and. the
Mutual Reserve.
Such law would place the state in the posi-
tioE OF being the greatest 'twister' in the world
said Vice President Kingsley of the New York
Lfo yesterday, using the popular title for the
practice of some agents I'm inducing men to drop
their policies in certain companies and insure
in others. The outlook is appalling if this sec
tion Of the bill becomes a law-appalling both
for the insured and from the viewpoint Of our
company. 1t would give the twisters' all the
material they would want for twenty years
Our company and the Mutual Life are the
only large companies to which this section re-
fers. All the INSCRIPTIONS agents of other com
panies would at once make raid on our bust
ress. They would try to persuade our policy
holders to give up their policies and take some
thing they knew nothing about and which might
be worthless
The New York Life company has Just re-
ceived a letter from an indignant pocyholder
I'm Tennessee. who thought that the company
had given his name a committee III that state
which Is engaged in organizing the policyholders
there. This committee applied 10 the New York
Life through the Department of In ,urance Of
Tennessee for a list of the pohcyholders in that
state. Such q list was refused. but as an aC-
COmUOdation the New York Life addressed the
communications OF the committee ana mailed
them. The indignant pocyholder. who writes
10 the company on the assumption that his name
had been given out. says he considers II out
rage. and if he had known such liberties were
to be taken with his name he would never have
taken out policy. The company has estimated
that il will cost about S20o9O to make out the
first of the six required lists.
Henry {. Nelte, counsel for Andrew c. Fields,
denied emphatically yesterday the report that
Fields would have conference with the Dis
trict Attorney at the lattcr's request this week
Mr. Fields has not heard from the District
Attorney. either directly or indirectly. since he
returned Dobbs Ferry said Mr. Nelte.
Nor did ne hear from him before his return.
Judge" Andrew Hamilton has left the city
again, bat the Arlington. where he has been
living. il is not known whether he returned to
Albany q not The Fowler committee of the
New York Life has given up all hope of get
ting Hamilton to appear before II. The Dis
trict Attorneys Office does not expect to
Hamilton, unless II desires him enough TO issue
q subpoena.
ington Life Insurance Company under the old
management which occupied the grand jury all
last week will probably be finished tomorrow.
Some interesting results will be presented 70
Recorder Goff. IL is understood.
At the offices OF the Washington Life II was
said yesterday that none of the present officers
would comment on the statement of William A
the acts OF himself and Graham H. Brewer. his