The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18
STOOD BY HAMILTON TO LAST.
M'CALL on DEATHBED DEFENDED
LEGISLATIVE AGENT.
Dictated q Statement 10 the N. Y. Life Trus.
tees Saying That He Agreed That the
Judge Should Give No VOuchers-GIfts
TO Campaign Funds 10 he Repaid,

In order that there might be no mis-
understanding In regard to the relations Of
Andrew Hamilton with the New York Life
Insurance Company. John A. Mccall on
his deathbed dictated a statement to the
board OF trustees of that institution. This
statement was read at a meeting of the
board shortly after Mr., McCall's death
and Is spread on the company's records.
Mr.. Mccall said in the statement that he
appreciated that he was nearing death, and
that he knew that some questions in regard
to Hamilton's contract with the company
we're to come up In an important way. He
desired that there should be absolutely no
misunderstanding in this matter. Hamil-
tons contract with him provided speoifi-
cally that no detailed vouchers for pay
ments should be required, and it was, he
said, on that basis and strictly within the
terms Of the contract that his work was
carried on.
Mr.. Mccall had made a statement similar
to this before the Armstrong committee,
but his pains to make the thing explicit
and beyond question indicate how firm his
resolve was to stand by the legislative agent
until the last.
Judge Hamilton is coming to this city
III hAb "Sch' f6 bWu III AlDdUy yt6J6Ts
day that he had important business ap.
pointments.' Hamilton's friends believe
that he will fire his second gun against the
New York Life trustees while he is II town.
They believe that Hamilton may do this
before the Fowler investigation committee.
Nothing, they say, will daunt Hamilton,
o that he has started his campaign to
clear John A. McCall's memory and fix the
responsibility for the legislative payments.
His friends say hat il he goes before the
Fowler investigating committee he will
produce documents to prove the statements
made by him in Albany. The Fowler in
~vestigating committee has not rescinded
the invitation which it extended to Hamil-
ton several days ago to appear before the
committee. Now that Hamilton has pub.
licly attacked the trustees the committee
will, it is thought; practically be forced to
give him a hearing if he decides to accept
the invitation.
Among the trustees of the New York
Life who sat before Hamilton in Albany
last Thursday was Darwin P. Kingsley,
JOIN A.. McCall's son-in-law. Two or three
times Mr.. Hamilton pointed toward the
New York Life officers and trustees in
a rather personal way. Mr.. Kingsley's
friends lave resented any implied impu-
tation that Mr. Kingsley had not been
loyal to the New York Lire's former
president, They say that as a matter
Of fact he stood by Mr.. Mccall nobly.
They declare that he turned over for
Mr.. McCall's use sac 900, all the money
that he had. This help came at a time;
it is understood, when Mr.. Mccall was
exerting every possible effort TO raise the
s2s5Sooo which he had promised to pay back
into the o%ompany's treasury to make good
the money advanced to Hamilton on the
home Office annex ocount.
1t Is practically certain now that the
campaign contributions made by the New
York Life, amounting to S14s, 900. will be
repaid by trustees of the company. 1t
is understood that there were further con-
%ferences between the trustees interested
in this matter yesterday. 1t is said that
there are ten or twelve men who will con-
tribute to the restitution fund. They are
the men who advised John A. Mccall in
the matter.
The New York Life has renewed its
efforts to get proxies for the company's
management. Letters have been sent out
to the ~polioyholders soliciting proxies.
These letters contain the biographies of
the six trustees whose terms expire in
April and who are up for reelection-William
B. Hornblower, Alexander E. Orr, Darwin
P. Kingsley, John Clafin, Woodbury. Lang
don and George A. Morrison. The letters
also contain biographical sketches OF the
three trustees to whom the proxies are to
run.
This is an excerpt taken from a letter
cant a,,t ~, ThAo,,g A D,olyoar a-a -
the company's vice-presidents, to the gen.
eral agents and managers:
Suggest you quietly ask agents to con.
tinue securing proxies during the balance
of the month. not interfering, Of course,
with their solicitations of business. You
may have cashier furnish lists of policy
holders, when you think advisable. to agents
for this purpose
The New York Life management now
has more than $1,000 proxies, which will
probably be sufficient TO carry any election.
The international policyholders' COM
mittee-Samuel Untermyer counsel-has
only about 10000 in the two big mutual
companies. The New York LIES annual
meeting will be held in the early part Of
April. II the Armstrong committees bill
a%brogating all proxies is passed before
that time those now held by the New York
Life's management will. of course, be
useless,
Charles E. Hughes, who has been away
on a vacation since he finished his work
o the Armstrong committee report, will
return to town tomorrow. He will meet
the subcommittee Of the Armstrong com
in this city on Tuesday, and with its
members will go over the objections
nave been raised to the proposed
legislation.
It is the opinion now that no radical
will be made in the bills. The
bills limiting the expenses for first years
will probably be liberalized, and
there will be- other minor changes. A to
the fundamental recommendations, though,
is little chance of any alteration.
The companies themselves have about
given up hope that the recommendation
providing for the expiration of the terms
Of all mutual company trustees on Mo-
Is next will be changed.
They are only hoping now that the oom-
will not set the election forward
three months, as urged by Samuel Inter.