The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-12

New York, April 11-Charging the use
of forged ballots and fictitious names
to the administration of both the New
York Life and the Mutual Life insur-
spectors in the employ of the state in
surance department., the international
policy holders committee has declared
it's intention to institute legal proceed
ings to set aside the election last 1all
and to secure the conviction In Grim
inal proceedings of all officers and
agents said to be involved In the pro-
curement of unlawful ballots.
District Attorney jerome will take up.
the complaint as soon as the ThaW trial
is over, and prosecutors In more than
half the states in he union will be
asked to lay he evidence before their
respective grand juries.
The charges made are in the shape of
afiidavits which representatives Of the
policy holders committee have been
gathering for weeks.
Watchers Withdrawn.
That the international committe in
tends to carry the fight over the cleo
lions into the courts is evident from the
fact that all OF the committees watch
ers AVE been withdrawn from the vote
c~anvassing quarters.
The $35 a day inspectors have been
ca%nvassing votes since December 18.
and the prospects for a long run yet are
good. From now on the inspectors who
were appointed by the state superin-
tendent Of insurance, Otto Kelsey, and
the companies watchers will conduct
the canvass Ion
Manager Scrugham, of the policy
holders committee has the following to
say on the subject:
THE international committee has
maintained for months. in both the
Mutual and the New York Life can
vases, a force of watchers ara trahs-
lators and every effort has been made
to protect the interests of the policy
holders who have voted against the
old arrangements. but the rulings Of
the inspectors have been so uniformly
against us, and being fully satisfied
that it is impossible, under present
conditions, to secure a fair count Of
the votes as cast. we withdrew our
watchers.
Evaded tho Law.
"From the beginning the companies
with the assistance Of the department
Of insurance have evaded n nullifed
In every way possible the law as en-
acted.
The companies filed lists Of policy
holders at Albany which contained
s seSrx mlsIsa q 4ieso addresses sisssSs While Rila i they
gave. to their agents and canvassers
not alone the correct names and adj
dresses, DuC also Lne NUMBERS OF n
policies held by the insured, which en-
abled them to forge with IMMUNITY, bal
lots for the administration tickets, send
them in, and, with the assistance of
election inspectors, to have them count
ed as valid votes.
THAT this was done on a wholesale
scale is proven conclusively by the af-
fdavtts in our possession secured from
every section of country where dupli-
cate votes were found during the cam
vass.
I'VE presented U afidavits to the
Mutual Life board of inspectors, and
offered to produce he witnesses to
prove the forgeries. but they refused
to accept the aff1davits or to hear any
testimony"
Woman coerced.
Manager Scrugham gives out this
statement made by George n. Madden,
OF San Domingo, Cal:
II did not sign the Peabody ballot
voting for the administration ticket
purporting to be witnessed by L. Schil-
Ter, as I was not in California at the
time. Mr.. Blochman. collector for the
Mutual Life. persuaded my wife to sigr
my name to the Peabody ballot and
stated to her that 1t was only a matte,
OF form INC of no Importance. but II
was necessary to ave my name as ]
was insured. She protested, but by
MISREPRESENTATION was induced to sipr