Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-21

witness. lie gave his occupation ns
retired worklngman,"
Asked aS to the campaign OF 1904
Mr.. Perkins said that he was nskcd
by Treasurer Bliss to take n pluco as
II member of II local committee In
New York To aid In collecting funds
for the campaign. a
~ WORKED IN New York." said Mr..
Perkins, with MI Bliss. There were
similar committees IN Philadelphia,
lItlsburg, boston and Chicago"
Mr. "orkIns fIatly denied TINT ho
t"uw OF any concerted political action
by the financial ntcrcNs IN wall
street. lie mid that AZ ho remember
ed II. he gay" $4,000 or $4,000 10
the 1904 iund.
"Whcncvrr MIR. Bliss would get
short or funds would Krt low" h"
said, ~ would MAX" u contribution of
81, 900 or $lO,OOO."
Chairman Clupp asked Of whnt CON
trlbulionR MIR. Perkins knew Outsid"
his own,
~ was connected with the New
York Life Insurance Company ANA /
know Of that ruInpany'A cuntribu-
! tions," said h"
Mr.. Perkins produced n long state
mcnt regarding the contributions al
the New York l.ll" Insurance com
pnny which the committee permitted
! him To read into the record.
The stntcmoul quoted at length
from the TESTIMONY ~ tho late prrsl-
dent Mccall of tho New York Life In.
surnncc cOmpauy hrfors the Arm.
strong investigation committee To
I show that the Nrw York Life cOntri.
| button wax madr To- defeat the "fr"u
silver hcrrairs" ut William ]. Rrynn.
II wna argued thpt the money WAS
given to Insure the establishment uf
II gold standard Tor the protection of
the polcyhnldor of the company ana
that therefor" Il vas proper 10 usc
the money ul the polIcyholdcrg.
Tho witness w.'e particularly carn-
ext IN CuuCIudlnE the statement
~ believed It lhc time and hay"
always since hrlirvCd that In this
trnnsactlon MIR. Mccall did exactly
right: that he would have been un-
true 10 his trust, weak and cowardly
had he taken any other course. There
1 ~ no NINNHlltU IVA 'HNN AHb NHtglOukllS
interruptions, dnHurdly attacks upon
Mr.. Mccall by certain portions of tn
sensational press Of the cuuntr,
brought about hls untimely death
yet, II is u most significant fact that
In all this criticism or both him and
me not "A single pOlicyholder, 30 fal
M I am aware, out Of the many thOuB,
ands In New York Life, ever wrote q
single letter or criticism or complaint
of what we did, either Mr.. Mccall Oi
myself without any law or regula
tiOn "a guide us, Impressed with th'
great responsibility, We were carry
Ing, firmly believing that the demo
} cratic party was advocating fInnncln
theories which--if enacted into law
would most seriously affect the ns
sets Of tho policyhOlders. both Mr.
Mccall and ! did our duty as we sap
; IT,"
MIR. Perkins said that for the In
: PuTnncc company he advanced 10 Nj
Bliss, S4s,bOO for which ne WIS re
lmbursed by the company. Late
when the insurance investigation DO
gan he returned the money to tn
> company.
MIR. Perkins denounced as "unmltl
gated faIsehOOd," the charge that h
, mad underwrltten the Roosevelt pro
, convention campaign this year In tn
sum OF $1,000, 900. Rising from hi
. chair. and shaking clinohed fist. Mi
: Perkins shouted:
4 Among the long list OF unmitiGat
> cd lies throughout this campaign
Z that statement perhaps ought 70 ID
4 CContInusd on Paka Z. CesumR a.,