Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-09
THOUSANDS PAI6OUT.
New York Life Report Scores
 Andy Hamilton's Methods.
NO OPROpERVOUCHERS FORVlST SUNS
Company's InquFy Committee De- nounces "Yellow Dog" Fund-Mc- Call and Perkins Liable For
 RlV Amounts

I Company's InquFy Committee De-
 nounces "YelIow Dog' Fund-Mc- Call and Perkins Liable For Big Amounts.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 9.--Judge Hamil- ton is to be sued for thousands of dol lars paid to a yellow dog" fund by the New York Life. The Investigating com mittee finds him accountable for large sums he expended and recommends his prosecution.
 The sum of $1 1909, TAI was paid over to him in the last ten years, and John A. Mccall is held liable for many of the big items. George w. Perkins is held responsible for $56,000. Many of his notes are subject for inquiry.
 Meeting behind closed doors, the trus- tees of the New York Life Insurance company has adopted the report of the special committee appointed to investi- gate the yellow dog fund and how former Judge Andrew Hamilton ex- pended it. The committee says it has been unable to discover the reasons for most of the expenditures
 | While the committee takes occasion to state that it has not found that any of the payments were for illegtimate purposes, it calls attention to the fact that system that permitted of the disbursement of such large amounts in secret was radically wrong and con- graduates the company that better methods have been installed. The report says in part: @
 "On Dec. ?, 1903, the cOmpany's check for $25,000 and on Dec. 14. 1903, its check for $30,O00 were delivered to Hamilton. On Jan. 6 or 8. 1904 there was paid to him in currency $15,000. On Jan. 223, 1904, he received the com pany's checks for $25,000 and $20,OO0 and on March 9. 1904, it's checks for 5000 and $45,000.
 "The total of these sums is S235, ,000, for which Hamilton has not in any way accounted.
 These transactions were thoroughly investigated by the legislative commit tee, and it is not deemed necessary to set forth their details here. It is enough to say that these sums of money were all paid to Hamilton by the order of President Mccall. and the responsibil- ity for these transactions is entirely with him. and your committee is ad- yised that MT. Mccall became legally liable for the whole amount. This sum he has recently paid in full, and the company is thereby saved from any loss on account thereof
 Tt may be that the great bulk of the sum annually disbursed by Hamilton was used for legitimate purposes. The committee has no information of any of it being put to illegitlmate uses.
 But the fact that there is no infOr- nation in the records of the company showing to whom the money was paid or for what purposes condemns the methods and system which have been in vogue during the past ten years. The expenditures of the compaIyH on this account should not be authorized or re- ceipted for on a different method from that of it's other expenditures. For ev- cry dollar paid out there should be voucher showing to whom 1t was paid and for what purpose.
 "Your committee is advised that an accounting may be compelled from Hamilton with respect to the moneys received by him for the purposes of the so called bureau of taxation and legis- Iation; that it may be ascertained to what extent and for what purposes they were used and to whom they were