Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-19

Jerome examined several witnesses, among
whom were Edmund B. Randolph. treasurer
OF the New York Life, and his chief clerk,
M. M, Madison. Both will be recalled.
Cromwell Claims victory.
William Nelson Cromwell of counsel for
the New York Life Insurance company,
after the close of the election todsy, is
sued a statement in which he said:
The number of ballots received at the
nome office and delivered by the admins,
tration % the inspectors of elections was
lS2,5bo, and the votes by proxy cast for the
total Of 306,O00.
From the fact that the ballots in favor of
the administration have generally been
sent to the home Office, and those in favor
5cs the ne tthhseTin9onai INT committee to the Of
] sumo that at least from 50 to 20 per cent OF
the ballots sent to the home office are in
favor Of the administration ticket, which
makes total administration vote of con-
siderably over $4,000.
Both Mr.. Untermyer and Mr.. scrugham.
who cast the votes of the international
committee, stated, under my public ques-
tloning on the tender Of their votes, THAI
they did not know how many votes they
were casting and could not state. l make
no comment on the curious statement but
have every reason to believe that the
does not exceed 10000 / believe the ad
ministration ticket has been carried bv
10000 aftor making all allowances for er,
rors and Implications.
Predictions on Mutual Results.
Samuel Untermyer estimated that the
united committees ticket Of the Mutual
Lie would win by a majority Of about
1900 Mr.. Untermyer said that 2O7, 900 bal
lots were sent TO the home office of the
company by mail and otherwise up to and
including yesterday. Out of this amount,
he claims that 16 percent were defective
Mr.. Untermyer said further, that he belived
80 percent of the rest left after deducting
the 10 percent for detectives are votes cast
for the united committees ticket Ac-
cording to his estimate this would leave
l2O'I0O votes left for the administration
ticket plus 20,O0O proxies, which Mr. Inter
myer claims were cast straight for the ad-
ministration ticket on the other hand. ne
claims that the international committee
cast exclusive of the above ballots lO3 OO
straight ballots for the united committees
ticket, to which he adds 81, ,75O the 30 per.
cent Of the vote cast at the home office.
less the deduction for detectives Five thou
sand proxies which the committee votes
Tor the united committees is added to the
estimate for the united committees ticket
According to Mr.. Untermyer's figures the
united committees ticket has received 49,
$50.
Vice President George T. Dexter of the
Mutual Life Insurance company predicted
an overwhelming victory for the admins
tration ticket. Mr.. Dexter stated that from
reliable information which he had secured
he was convinced that the administration
ticket received 226,Cc0 votes, while on the
other hand, the united committee received
between 1900 and 5000 votes ana proxies
combined.
Count Begins Today.
- Otto Kelsey, state superintendent of in
surance. said tonight, that while II might
be some time before the total vote was
officially counted, ne believed that within
a few days after the counting Of ballots
the general results OF the contest viii be
known.
It has been determined beforehand, IN
ord-r TO expedite matters, that no ballots
should be protested today. When proxies
were presented therefore, IN regard TO
which there was some question, they were
received by the inspectors conditionally
and marked for examination at a later
time. Most OF the questioning was done by
representatives Of the poncyholders' com
mittee.
The counting OF the votes, It is under
Stood win begin tomorrow. This will be
done by the various inspectors, who were
appointed by Superintendent Kelsey.