New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-26
PURLIC MEETINGS.


Tbs body net yesterday 4; the Astor House. The
meeting 'allsi - order by GILBERT r. CURRtr,
esq, The Secretary pro ten, and organized tempo-
rally by oppoiutipg MoKEis FRiNNLrN, esq, of he
New.York Life Insurance Company, a ChairnlD,
and John Eale Of the United States Life Insurance
Company Of New-YoIA, secretary.
4 Committee Ou permanent organization, business,
and credentials appointed "a follows: Mrssrs.
kadie 1. 5. LIE NY; lIoman-, Mutual Lie, y. Y;
Homer Penn. Mutual, Phil, BulkIey. Eina; White.
Chatter o,k aud Moves, American Mutual.
After shor. absence the Committee returned and
submitted he following report:
That there being present several gentlemen not
cupyirg fiicial relationship 10 any Company the Com
miltee recommend that MeSsrs g. T.. Cure, United
states Insurance Gazette, W. y. Dnnh am. Conn. Mu-
tusl ID. &. Whitman If TIE Standard, now organ
izrg. H. &. H. Huntington Of Mutual Life and Imes
VI. lvor of TIE Insurance .uJhT0r be appointed hon
orary members.
lie r,s'iG:Hi......... Morris yrsnklin y. '. Lie.
Secretary ................ John Esde L. ;. Life
Trel'HreT..... .Sh"Tpsri Homsns.
That oil votes in the Convention be by companies.
II At Committees be- appointed |. On extra rates.
>. On The mortality in the various geographical di-
visions If this continent and on vital statistics. b On
the renewal # lapsed policies. I. Or State Lesis-
laru.
Thai Me>-r,. Judd Of the Union Mutual Buchanan
of the Albi,r. aud Mcdonald Of the Royal he ncog-
nzcd a. the representatives. of their Con- Pane~.
The Comu,eee further rcpoeed the following dele
gates fO the Conventions
Mori. Franklin n Y Liz l;lac abb, aqd sh-ppTd 10
T e, S Mar T. ir@y Penn Mutual of rhaSpha +
4 Bukey ftna, Hartford Conn. :: W. Juid uLi2n Mutual
Me lhos W kir,,l Samuel ~ W9te T I OK h'r,'
b McLoad and j. V Ys,man Il the Royal Liverpool, Egs
W H. Iil Am. Temperance, Hartford, Conn. Roh.r : Bn'
cbanan Ease ard Albion London Benz Chiekrs, Res,hre
Lii, Mass. JJhn Eade L. ;. Lite y. Y: Henry b. HNdr,
Eq Wh.oa and SD n6a Conn Ma'ao and
Carpenter of Mas'. Mutual
The report was accepted, and the permanent officers
The President not being present. the Nice.presient
organized the Convention.
The recommendations in the report were taken up
seriAtm. discussion arose IN relation Ia the source
whence the Committees should be appointed the tenn
poraiy Prcs tent being unwilling 10 take the response
hlity Of appointing them himself. At length 1t was
n,oro.ed 1"' the appointment of all Committees be
p.sieJ in tbe hands OF ,l, President, NicePresdent
and NJ. huxley. Adopted.
A recess till , o'clock was then taken, in order 10
enable the above gentlemen TO appoint the several
Committees.
The Convention was called to order al % o'clock,
when the NICE-PREsiDEST introduced the President
elect, Mr.. f. 5. WISsrOs, who was received with APP
plsuse.
thar k for his e, cton and spologzed for his absence
in the Morning il consequence vt business engage
ments He said he had intended Ia Offer snne sng.es-
tons Ia IL. meeting bun H. he hal breu Informed tnat
be ", ulo def that he lad to say until another occa
SION. Applause.
The RtsIDg,i announced that Mr.. Erastu' Lyman
of The Kit k,rbo,ker was present MIR. Lyman was
scn irt.u TO a stat III thu Cor vehtioD.
Mr.. Jones, editor of The Insurance M1attor aud Mr.
VIM Hadi.n, propri. tor of The I'nck,H Insurance
Journal Of Philadelphia, were admitted as honorary
members. go
Mr.. N. d. Morgan, President OF The Manhattan Life
Ius ranc. Company, was, on motion of the SEcRE-
rARY admitted to the lit ri delegates.
Mr. MokGAs sa,ifac,ori explained the cause of his
absrLc- il the morning.
Mr. Franklin, from the Committee on Committees,
report. the following:
Wal Stat.stics--S. Romans, Mutual Life; John
Eadie, United States; Lien. Lewis Merrill, Pennsyl-
wanna Mu ual Philadelphia.
+ rtra hates-Isanc Abbott, Mutual Life; Guy X.
PLeIpr, Com ec'icu' Mutual; X. S. Buchanan, Eagle
and Albion, London.
RenfroI Of Lopsrd Policies-Morris Franklin, New
York Llf. Benz. Cbickering, Berkshire Life; n. ID.
!stotr Legis,ation-E. A. Buckley Etna; Bebianin
Moves American Mutual, A. Is. McDoDsli, Royal of
Liverpool.
IT,, PRESIDENT here stated that while the Conven.
ton wins n.t pledged to y,bng it ight be a. well
to .ay that the Convention had assembled merely ID
gain Information rs regarded irsurance cmpahies.
H. wished il unders God that whatever sh"nd be 'one
here W"oh be merely recommebdatory in character r,
that every individual who should leave the Con-
ventiv would be tree to lie pleased, and not be
bound by the &c oh Of the Convention.
Nr FRASKLIS remarked that l. was perfectly under
ST God that this WAS caucus. They had nor come 10
dictate to airy company, but TO dchb rate as fieuds
and PEI 81 ns int. Rested in the business If life in'rance
They Ia get the exporter and advice OF Others
to ak what they were doing in their owl conps"es,
and to receive candid answer. Bur II could nor be
understood that one company was 70 dcta'e to an.
other. Az brothers they had met, as brothers thsy
would c. nr, and would separate as friends with an
earn deeire their best ondeavors To forward
the object they bad in view.
Mr. BULKLEY, from the Business Co nmittee, ex-
planned that the Committee were governed entirely
b, the suggestions of the President which had been
So ably sus, AIMED by the last speaker.
The action Of the Convention woud be mercy al
visoy in order 10 gain united action, and t. make the
resul not only satisfactory 10 the Convection but 10
the whole community LApplau-e.
On vion Of Mr.. EADIE, Committee of five WAS
ordered, to make arrangements for the dinner ON
Thursday evening.
On noriop the CHAR appointed the following gentle
men: Messrs Franklin, Phelps, Plunkelt, Homer aud
Jones.
On motion Of Mr.. FRAsKLIs the President was
made an .x-offcio member IF The Committee.
Mr.. Thomas +. Piukett, V. T. If Berkshlr. Mutual,
entered and took his sent member. Nr. David
Pain er Knckerb cker; James Stewart, United States
Jlf, 4. ID. " Lmore, America Murual; jams Dons-
ehee, American Mutual and Professor Henirck,
wee elected boz orary members. The Convention
then adjourned till Tomorrow Thursday morning at
ii O'Clock.