The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-19
ADMINISTRATION MEN LEAD,
SMALL HOPE FOR SUCCESS or
.POLICYHOLDERS TICKETS.


The election for trustees in the New
| York and Mutual life insurance companies
is over; and the indications are that thu
| administration tickets have been victorious
over those OF the p~olicyholders' associa-
tons. For the New York Life q claim il
made of a plurality Of more than 100000.
while the Mutual officials say they have
a margin Of more than 10000. State
| Superintendent Kelsey says the New York
Life's ad administration victory is 'over-
whelming.'
The men in the international policy
holders committee by no means admit
defeat and put forward figures to back
up their side. The actual vote will not
be known for some time. however.
The most careful sort Of figuring last
night by both sides shows that about
44o. OOo votes and proxies were cast in
the New York LIES election. II is known
absolutely that 1872 900 OF these are votes
that were sent TO the home Office OF the
COMPANY. The officials of the company
assert that from 50 to 90 per cent. OF these
votes are in favor OF the administration
ticket. The international policyholders'
committee say that by means OF a postal
card canvass Of votes they have learned
that at least 10 per cent. Of this vote 10 for
their ticket. If they are right. the policy
holders have won bv a vote OF between
1000 and ~ 600.
More than 1877 600 ballots were sent to
the office Of the committee end yesterday
forwarded 20 the polling place in large
wooden boxes. The committee also de-
livered 1000 proxies. The proxies sent in
by the administration amounted to ia 900.
1t will, of course. be some time before
the canvass ia finished and Il is known
Just how the vote tands and what truth
there is in the policy holders committee
contention.
The same condition prevailed at the
Offices OF the Mutual. There were Dot 600
ballots sent into the home otico OF this
company. The international COMMITTEES
delivered at the polls yesterday 100000
ballots that had been collected at their
Office. They also sent in 5000 proxies.
The Mutual officials sent in 1900 proxies.
according to General Counsel James Mo-
Keen, but other people on duty in the poll
ing place yesterday say that only . little
over Is. 900 proxies we're delivered by the
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the proxies the total vote in the Mutual
amounts approximately to 345 900.
George p. Dexter, the vice-president;
speaking for the administ rat ion. said that
it's ticket has won by about 10000 votes.
The nternationa managers claim ~
per cent. OF the vote sent direct to the once
of the company. Samuel Untermyer says
that the company had only 5000 proxies
and figures on this basis that the policy
holders ticket has won by between 7.00o
and 10000 votes. Manager ScIugham
and Andrew {. Gray, also Of the cormittee.
figure on a big decrease due to defective
ballots in the company count and claim
the election by 10000 votes.
The International committee managers
have protested proxies as fraudulent and
forged and Samuel Untermyer has declared
that he will take the matter TO the courts.
MIR. Untermyer was at the New York Lite
polling place all day yesterday and protested
many proxies. Mr.. Untermyer's law part
ner, Louis Marshall, was at tho Mutual
and did likewise.
There was great rejoicing at the. offices
of the companies last night, and all THOSE
identified with the administrations wer"
sure tina they had won easily. No votes
were counted yesterday.
The officials of the New York Life made
the following statement,
we claim the election of the entire adj
ministration ticket. The majority polled
for twenty-three of the twenty-fo1r men
on the administ ration ticket will, we believe,
run from 100000 upward.
MIR. l.. F. Dommerich, who was nom
mated only a week ago, to succeed Mr..
Ewald Fleitmann. deceased. received tbs
votes cast by proxy only. For him some
thing over IO5, 900 votes were cast. In
addition we turned over 10 the inspectors
1872. 900 ballots sent 10y policyhoIdcrs direct
TO the home office. This makes n total or
about 10000. including those cast by tbs
administration proxy committee. The
total vote cast il probably in excess Of
5000"
William Nelson Cromwell, who acted
as chief counsel for the New York Life
officials and who represented them at the
polls all day, made his state nent last
night:
The number of ballots received al the
home Office and delivered by the administra-
ton to he inspectors OF election was 49,, 56s.
and the votes by proxy cast for the admins
tration ticket were $4,000. making a total
OF 306, 1000.
From the fact that the ballots in favor Of
the administrai ion have generally been sent
to the home ONCE and those in favor OF the
international m TO the offoe OF the
latter. IL is reasonable to presume that ~
least from 80 to 30 per cent. of the ballots sent
TO the home ofice are In favor Of the admin
i~stration ticket. which makes a total admins
trstiOn vote OF considerably over ESQ. 900.
Both Mr.. Untermyer and Mr.. Scrushsm.
who cast the votes Of the International COM
mittee. stated under my public questioning
upon the tender OF their votes that they did
not know how many votes they we're casting.
l and could not state. | make no comment
upon this curious statement, but havs
every reason to believe that the total vote
Of the international committee does not ex-
coed 10000. l believe that the administra-
ton ticket has been carried by 100. 900. after
making all allowances for errors and duplioa-
tions. h fact that the representatives Of
the international committee would not state
the number Of votes which they presented
in boxes and which IL will be a physical
impossibility to count for some weeks gives
assurance at least that they we're not sum
Client to overcome the publicly declared
vote in favor OF the administration or they
would have at once disclosed 1t.
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