The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-29
LIVED BUT TEN BRIEF DAYS
"POLICY HOLDERS' PROTECTIVE
 LEdGUE' IS DEAD.
Last tEvening-When the Facts Were Received the Organization Dissolved Pres. Kilbourn Issues q Statement to This Effect Follovyi the Meeting.

"The Policy Holders Protective
 League" which was organized August
 19 last to fight the Hartford Life In- lsurance company, and incidentally line
 up, for protective purposes, all other
 life insurance companies in the coun- try, collapsed last evening, and there
 isn't glimmer left eltaough officers had been elected and a constitution and
 bylaws adopted. President Kilbourn issued the official statement at 1O:45 p.
 m that everything was lovely and the goose hanging high.
 A man who was there" contributes
 the following account of the proceed ings:
 The newly formed Policy-H Holders Protective League which was formed in this city on Friday of last week for the purpose of securing information in j regard to policies held In any company, especially the Hartford Life Insurance company, of Hartford, came to an ab- rupt end last night. The league dis banded and resolutions were adopted in which it was stated that the informa- tion in regard to the Hartford Life which caused the leagues formation was misleading and without founda- | tion.
 The meeting took place at Kilbourn Brothers store on State street. Nine members of the newly formed league were present, besides General Agent Bronson of the Hartford Life The meeting was called to order shortly be- fore 8 o'clock George F. Kilbourn, who last week was elected president, presided, and c, F. Bates who has been, the prime mover of the formation of the league and who was elected secre- tary and treasurer, kept the minutes of the meeting
 President Kibourn called the meet ing to order. He stated that since the last meeting information had come to him that had led him to believe that the actions of the Hartford Life h. surance company in regard to it's pol icy-holders had been misrepresented, and that this meeting had been called for the purpose of having Mr. Bronson answer any questions that might be put to him in regard to ones own policy and any ones else.
 John Kenyon, of Thompsonville, who previous to the meeting did not appar- ently see how it was that lots of people died out west and didn't die in New Haven wanted to know why it was that the assessments had been increas- ed.
 MT. Bronson gave detailed history of the life of several policies, explain- ing just why each one had increased | a, T La ,11ic 1o when he finished MT. Kenyon was per- l fectly satisfied.
 J. F. Goodwin was the next aspirant | for knowledge, and when his inquiries were answered he, too, was willing to 1 say that the company had been some what misunderstood by him.
 After a deal of talking President Kill bourn said that he, as matter of fact | was perfectly satisfied with the Hart ford Life. In fact he had never been so well satisfied as now. Then, turn ing to the members present. he said: Now, any one who is dissatisfied with the Hartford Life after the explana- tions of Mr. Bronson, raise his right hand"
 No one moved.
 He then presented a resolution which, after a few alterations, was adopted and signed as follows:
 New Haven, Aug. 2S, 1901
 We, the undersigned, policyholders in the Hartford Life Insurance company, who were officers and members of an organization recently formed in New Haven and composed of the policy holders of various life insurance com panies, hereby certify that by a vote