New-York tribune., 1906-10-03
MUTUAL'S LATEST MOVE
Said To Be Can0aSSing for Admin
istration" Ticket Support.

~. Mutual Life Insurance Company, at the
,,.,holders expense, is sending out special repre-
p,,,,es 10 obtain the Endorsements OF ten prom
-. ,olicvholders in each state for the admin
'.+.'n., ticket according TO the Information re-
so5 Yesterday by the united committees"
Escb blanket Endorsement slip furnished TO the
,,,sr,rs representatives, it is said expresses the
o~osnective subscribers appreciation Of the work
sone bv the Peabody management and character
,-os tbe opposition tickets tho work Of design
a.. men. whose success would cause a great dis
sIer 70 the company According TO the same in
,,rrnants : representative OF the company sailed
Cor Europe recently, bound the mission
abroad
II IS understood that a protest against this al
Iced misuse Of men and money will be made at
,te rresent insurance commissioners convention at
washington. although il is doubtful whether the
convention viii take any action The company's
recent attempts its field force into active
,upport Of the administration ticket will also be
b-olcat 10 the attention OF the convention 1t is
sven rg.nored that Biscoe Hindman, the company's
KENTUCKY manager. went TO Washington yesterday
ip connection with this affair.
The New York Life, representatives Of the inter-
national committee declare, is flooding New York,
Pennsylvania Ohio and other states with letters
70 individual policyholdeTs. asking them make
sppontnlents for interviews with their agency di-
recors and agents within thirty days "a mat
Ter OF great Importance" and TO the pohcyholders'
advantage" Though tie conpany's stamps. sta
tonery etc, being employed. the international
committee sees IN this thialy veiled
attempt by the agency directors. acting under in
structious from headquarters. 10 persuade pol
icyholders that the administration ticket is bet
tsr than the opposition The agency directors, IL
is alleged. say IN their letters that they ARE told
by the company" that the addresses policy is
number so-and-so. and emphasize the imperative
need Of personal interview.
7, is understood that the international commit
Tee is bringing this 10 Superintendent Kelsey's
attention in the shape OF a sample letter from
Lawrence Priddy, the comrany's agency director
at Union Square.
Through statioper's order Postmaster Wilcox
has received from the Mutual Life a requisition
for 5000 two-cent stamps. These viii cost Al.Co0.
George T Dexter the companys second vice
president said last night that he assumed tho
clamps we.e for mailing ballot forms, etc He
Denied that the company intended TO use them for
campaign purposes or furnish any portion Of
them 10 the Colgate committee.
AT q Detroit meeting on Saturday, Il was learned
yesterday the Michigan policyholders COMMITTEES
passed resolutions condemning the company's dis
n7issal Of Frederick @. Paige and the recent ne
fsrious work" ps the 'NIcCUrdy trustee element in
l5e board in SO dislEiss-ng MIN and in seeking TO
Tie Colgate executive committee at a meeting
here yesterday, discussed the form or an address 10
pe issued so2n 70 " H!uaI LIE p p1gE iItes, a5
international" tickets Will hold general meeting
EX-Judge Parker. General Benjamin F. Tracy,
Governor Roberts Of Connecticut and George r.
Scrugham. representing the International commit
tee. Calvin TomkiUs and Russell ". Fish, repre-
seutiug the Mutual Life PoliCyholders' Association
and Edwin A NcAlpir. William McCarroll. Elias
A De Lima and T. Reid Fell, for the united
committees" candidates met yesterday al the Wal
oorf
Thomas A Buckner. vice-president Of the New
York Life, has issued instructions to the COM
panys employees 20 remain neutral the question
of the administration and opposition tickets.
a letter made public yesterday from Presi-
cent Peabody 10 a Californian correspondent, deny
ing that there had been any stopping Of the
af