The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-02-23
INSURANCE CO. ROW.
The Farmers Mutual Fire Go. Of Vail
Has Two Sets of Officers.
Secretary James Longbottom Scores
the Alleged New Officials.

There is row on in the Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Of
the Town of Vail, and unless it is
checked there will be total disrup-
ton of the organization. At the pres
ent time there are two gentlemen who
claim to be secretary of the organiza-
ton, and one Of those two gentleman
boldly asserts that there are in total /
two sets of officers legal and the |
other illegal.
The rumbling was heard as far back
as last January, shortly after the an
nual meeting. 1t increased, rather
than diminished. until to-day, by re-
quest of'several of the stockholders,
the GAZETTE explodes the bubble of
discomfort. 1t appears that at the
annual meeting a slate was manu-
factured for the purpose of de posing
James Longbottom as secretary, and,
the latter states. that the slatemakers
in order to accomplish their purpose.
attempted to run in contrary to law
couple of persons who were not stock
holders. as directors. This action
met with determined opposition from
Mr.. Longbottom, but the young glsd-
iators overthrew their gray-haired op-
ponent, elected their board, deposed
Mr. Longbotto n from the secretary's
throne, and placed therein the latter's
political enemy, Mr.. Andrew Stewart.
/ Slowly this action worked up the
friends of Mr.. Longbottom, and they
have urged and re-urged him to make
public his grievances. but like Abra-
ham Lincoln. Mr.. Longbottom has
patiently waited for the Endymion.
They have asked him to call meet
, ing of the old directors and have ah-
} other election. and the probabilities
are that this will be done. Mr.. Long
bottom. in filing his statement with
!, fhis Office, made several assertions,
which be asked to be used as coming
from him, as they were not incorpor-
: ated in his letter. One of these was
) that at no meeting of stockholders
has there been anything said regard
: ing change Of the corporate articles
: SO as to let outsiders in and changing
t the place of holding the business
meetings of the organization. What
: ever has been done, said he, in re-
gard to the latter has been illegal =
done by T. L. Gilbert and A. D.
Stewart Il wrote to Mr.. Stewart, !"
! continued the deposed official, to the
!: effect that if his action and the action
= Of Mr., Gilbert in attempting to il.
!, legally conduct the business of this
: company. was a sample of what Mr.
: Stewart would have done in St. Paul
d in case he had been elected to the
y legislature, and carried out his anti
election bargain to give Gilbert {
d clerkshlp, the people of this State
: and county could thank their star:
that he was elected to remain at home
: I also told him that he could not have
i many friends as they would advist
e him to take back seat until his heae
Il was better balanced head, yor
E know, has been little turned eve
g since his fusion with the Democrats
:. He is q big, impudent, over-growl
boy"
= Mr.. Longbottom's communication
- covers the balance of the trouble evi
IDENTIFY. He addresses the GAzErr
1t as follows:
. I see that there is an article in tn
s Sleepy Eye Herald from the pen Q
10 A. d. Stewart, booming the Farmer
id Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of tn
le town Of Val, but ike some of his othe
i slippery tricks he does not give th
!. company its full name. There ar
~ several of his statements correct, how
~ ever, but some of them are far frou
n ueing true and he has either mad
: them to mislead the people or done
of through ignorance. I also see tha
4 he has signed himself as secretary
e Great guns, what audacity! How di'
le he come to be secretary? He IS not
member of the company. Chapter l;
m Is. +. No. 453, Sec. &, says that . d
rector shall, during his term Of of6c'
q be ! policy holder IN said corporation
re such director to be elected annual
q md hold Office for one year and unit
n : SUCCESSOR Is elected and qualife(
IL How are directors choeen2 Bylaw
TO Sec. No. 34A says the directors Of sue
- company @ f0med shall Be chose
by baAot akths annual meeting Their