Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-24
Iowa Insurance Companies Hes
itating About Adopting the
Iowa Uniform Policy
DECISION MUST SOON BE MADE
Will Probably Affect the Continuance
of Their Business in Iowa After jan
uary 1. Next-Oil Portrait of Rev. DR..
William saIter, Presented to the Iowa
Historical Department.
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| Des Moines, Nov. 24.-State Auoitor
Merriam is in the east and is supposed
| to have been for the past two weeks en-
gagged in making sundry examinations
of insurance companies doing business
! in Iowa and consulting with the 1nsur-
/ ance men in regard to their Iowa busl-
ness. 1t is learned that one thing which
| is ca1sing a great deal of concern
among the insurance companies is thae
| of the adoption of the new Iowa uni
| form policy proposed by the state audi
tor and prepared jointly by him and by
| the attorney general to conform to the
Iowa statutes in regard to hre lnsur-
ance. Only few of the companies 90
ling business in the state nave slgnlHea
| a Willingness to adopt the proposed poi
| lev. and even they are holding back
| until they see what the big companies
| will do about it. The time is last ap-
preaching when they must decide, ioi
| IL the incoming state auditor lnslstS
| upon following the line OF pollcy lalo
down by the attorney general and pres
| ont state auditor they will have to COM
p]y before they can continue doing BUS
lfness in Iowa after Jan. ! next. A cir
cular has Just been issued by the
Western manager for one of the leading
Ieastern fire insurance companies max
| ing an attack on the proposed uniform
policy and pointing out where 1t is al
! to business and where it appears to not
conform to the Iowa laws as the lnsur-
ance people interpret them. Inns Is pe-
/ ing freely distributed among insurance
/ men of the state and country. announcer
| has come out with a circular letter ad-
lyising the companies to Wltnnolu ap-
| proyal of the policy until a senerai
/, convention or conference of the mana
gers can be had and an agreement
reached as to what line of policy 10
lpursue. The leading men in the COM
| nanies which are combined on Iowa
"a, rlassj are said to favor refusal to
taccept the Iowa poiiey, but 80 lssassN
of the smaller companies have Indicated
| they would like to comply with 1t ana
regard the policy as good that 1T is as
| vet uncertain what course will be pur-
sued. The new state auditor Senator
B. f. Carroll, has not as yet signlfled
what policy he will pursue and Will not
| take it up until after he goes into office.
The oil portrait of Rev. DR.. William
Salter, of Burlington, was presented TO
| the Iowa historical department this
afternoon In the new historical hall. Ii
will be hung among the many portraits
of the distinguished men of Iowa in the
art hall there. Curator Charles Aldrich
has had great success in procuring the
portraits of the distinguished men OF
Iowa and he now has a half hundred
splendid oil portraits and many photo
era phs of groups. DR.. Salter is one OF
the famous preachers of Iowa. He was
one of the Andover group of young mis-
sionaries sent to the territory to plant
ithe seeds of Congregationalism. For
these many years he has been engaged
in preaching and he continues to preach
regularly in his church in Burlington.
Last winter he came to Des Moines
and delivered the address on the occa-
sion of the unveiing of a portrait of
Judge Francis Springer who presided
at the first constitutional convention for
a.
suggestion of the sons of Judge Spring
er. Now they have had this portrait OF
DR.. Salter painted to be hung in the
historical department as their gift. The
address was delivered by Rev. DR.. Fris-
bic, of this city, and the portrait was
accepted by Governor Cummins.
4 y
The state executive council today
counted the vote of Iowa. The re-
turns were found to have all been re-
ceived In time and properly sealed.
The figures have previously been made
known and very little change was
found. The count includes the vote
on the state ticket, the judicial tickets,
the members of congress and some of
the legislative districts.
Railroad companies have been some
what slow in making their monthly re-
ports to the executive council as re-
auired by the rules issued last sum
mer The Rock Island has ignored
the matter entirely. The Burlington
has reported on only one of the four
schedules. The Milwaukee has reported
in part and promises more. The North
western has made very complete re-
ports and so also has the Omaha road,
part of the Northwestern system,
but there are the only companies that
have complied fully with the regula
tions. What steps will be taken to
compel the companies to make reports
rests with the council and it is probable
they will not be allowed to spoil the
whole scheme of complete reporting by
their failure or by reports that do not
correspond one with another.
The general result of the Levich
murder trial is a cause of disappoint-
ment to the many in Des Moines. While
a great many say they either believe
him guilty or that they believe there
was at least grave doubt Of his In
nocence, yet nearly all agree that the
state did not prove its case and that
the jury was fully justified in acquit-
ting him. But the most conspicuous
feature of the whole thing as the peo-
pie of Des Moines take time to reflect
on it, is that one can not be convicted
of a major crime in this city by the
testimony Of a gang Of disreputable