New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
BIG OVATION FOR FARLEY
Cardinal at Dinner of Metro.
poIitan Life InsuranceiCo.
PRAISE FOR INSTITUTION
His Eminence Tells Superintend.
ents They Ought To Be Faith
ful-Labor and Capital.

| Cardinal Farley was a guest last night
at the dinner OF the delegates to the twen-
| tieth annual superintendent convention of
| the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
| held in the grand ballroom of the Hotel
\ Astor When the Cardinal entered ho re-
cclved an ovation that lasted more than
eight minutes In his address the Cardinal
complimented the Metropolitan company for
the great good 1t was doing and referred
TO it as a philanthropic institution The
Cardinal said, in part
I had known something Of your sssocia-
| tion for many, many years. had seen a
| number of your employees going on their
| annual or occasional excursions. and ! was
always struck by the intelligent, clean-cut
| look of their faces. They were men who
were we'll cared for and who had taken
| care of themselves, and what l see here
| this evening only confirms the first i'm
preston | had formed of the employees OF
But another thing for which l am CRATE
| full TO Mr.. Hegeman Is that he gave me
information as to the history, the origin,
development and evolution OF your COM
pany, which has opened new field 70 me.
| | was not aware there was such a pnlIen-
thropic institution in our great city-a city
Of charities and philanthropy, as ! l.. u
| all have heard be as related-and nave
no hesitation at all i'm accepting Mr.. heSe-
mans word. of course-then the millions
/ who are beneficaries of this society have
good reason 10 rise up and call your com.
pany. it's president and its officers, you ana
! the others, call you blessed.
From the provision I find that Is made
] for the comfort and health and the Wen
being from every point of view of the en-
! ploycs male and female by the company,
| / feel that YOU ought to he the most faith
! ful servants of any institution that mas
| come under my knowledge for long time.
| have had occasion to speak to capital
! lists from time to time, and OF course the
| question Of capital and lahor Is 700 large
! a one to enter upon to- night. and you on
! your feet: but ! have taken occasion once
| In a while to say my mind on the sub
| ject. and my mind was this That faith
! erly interest and sympathetic relation be-
/ tween employer and employees would solve
| tho entire ,Iifficulty between labor and cap
! ital.
other speakers were william II. Hotch-
| kiss, State Superintendent of Insurance.
cx-Justice Morgan ]. 0Brien. Robert w.
| De Forest. Robert 8. Cox. president Of the
| Association of Life Insurance Presidents:
| Alfred HurrcIls attorney for the same as
ISOLATION; the Rev Bernard Vaughan, Of
! London; General Stewart 2. Woodford
| George H. CASTOR second Vice -president
Of tie Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany: George r. Woodward third vice-pres-
| id,nt: /. O. Avres, fourth vice-presideni
Frederick + Taylor. MN vice-presldent
William J. Tully, general solicitor, and
Nelson r. Hadley. chief examiner. New
York Insurance Department.
John T. Hegeman. president Of the Met
ropoll:sn. was the first speaker
Another prominent guest at the dinner
was Henry Archibald Douglass Pelham
| Clinton. seventh Duke OF Newcastle and
Earl OF Lincoln.
Father Bernard Vaughan. William H.
Hotchkiss. State Superintendent OF lnsur-
ancc. and Robert W. De Forest also made
! addresses.