The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-16
HAMILTON BITTERLY ARRAICNS TRUSTEES
CREATES DRAMATIC SENSATION BEFORE NEW YORK INSUR-
 ANCE COMMITTEE.

Appears Wholly Unexpected and With
 Voice Trembling With Passion and
 Fists Clenched Pours Forth Flood
 of Denunciation and Invective Upon
 New York Life Trustees--CalIs Them
 Ours and Traitors--Drove Mccall to
 His Grave--Refers to One as "The
 Pecksniff of Three Administrations y
 Albany, N. r., March 15.--Andrew Hamilton appeared before the insur- ance Investigating committee this after noon and broke his silence which he has maintained (except for his state ment brought from Paris by John c. McCalD ever since his name was first mentioned during the investigation, in connection with the great sums of money shown to have been paid to him during the past ten years on account of his legal and legislative work for the New York Life and other insurance companies.
 It would be difficult to exaggerate the sensation produced by his unexpected appearance and by the speech which he made, or the intensely dramatic char acter of the whole proceeding. His face flushed and his voice trembling with passion, his arms upraised and his fists clenched, Judge Hamilton poured forth flood of denunciation and inxestive upon the members of the board of trus- tees of the New York Life Insurance company, several of whom were pres traitors and paying especial attention to one unnamed, whom he described as the Pecksniff of three administra- tions, the confldant of the Beers scandal and author of the Beers pension-who rotates through one administration and another, and thinks that he is going to be an Indispensable member of yet another"
 The only name he mentioned was that of the late President Mccall, in the reference to whom and to whose death he displayed market emotion. He spoke of Mir. Mccall as a victim, as having been shouldered with the blam- the only one, the dead man, killed that they drove to his grave and deserted" and declared that tE1e memory of this man had appealed to him Ito come down here and say something for him and just word for myself :"
 He declared unequivocally that every payment to himself by the New York Life was made with the knowledge and approval of the trustees; especially of the finance and auditing committees,
 He declared again and again that the payments were proper and legitimate and that Gle had no apology to make for l himself or for President Mccall.
 One of his most interesting state ments was that in spite of reports to the contrary, the so-called Paris Ac- count" was actually reported and ap- proved by the auditing committee,
 The crowd which filled the great .as- sembly chamber as soon as the fact of Judge Hamilton's presence became known about the building roared with ! laughter after his reference to the en- tbusiasm with which he said his victor ies for the New York Life were received by the officials of the company.
 They would come and pat me on the back" he said, with bitter sheer; these men who would not know me; they would come in and pat me on the back and say, you did it, "
 A storm of applause followed his scathing reference to the yellow dog as a dog of courage and loyalty. But the CUTS who stood around this funeral that has occurred, the CUTS who knew