Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-25
BALKS ON The NEW POLICY
Big Insurance Companies Raise Objections
to Its Conditions.
WAITING FOR THE NEW STATE AUDITOR
state Formally Accepts Portrait of
Rev. Dr. saIter which Now
Hangs in Historical
Department.
tFrom a stan Correspondent

DIES MONIES, Nov. 24.-(Special state
Auditor Merriam is in the east and Is sup
posed to have been for the last two weeks
engaged in making sundry examinations of
insurance companies doing business in Iowa
and consulting with the insurance men in
regard to their Iowa business. II is learned
that one thing which is causing a great deal
Of concern among the insurance companies
is that of the adoption OF the new Iowa I'M
form policy proposed by the state auditor
and prepared Jointly by him and by the at
torney general to conform to the Iowa stat
utes in regard to nre insurance. Only a few
of the companies doing business in the state
have ~signihed a willingness to adopt the
proposed policy, and even they are holding
back until they see what the big companies
will do about 1t. The time ID fast approach
ing when they must decide, for IL the in
coming state auditor insists upon following
the line Of policy laid down by the attorney
general and present state auditor they will
have to comply before they can continue
doing business in Iowa after January 1 next.
A circular has Just been issued by the west
ern manages for one Of the leading eastern
fire insurance companies making an attack
on the proposed uniform policy and pointing
out where it is alleged the policy would be
ublElAueubdl " DubluSb6 anu WhciS II dP-
pears to not conform to the Iowa laws as
the insurance people interpret them. This
is being freely distributed among insurance
men of the state and country. Another has
come out with a circular letter advising the
companies to withhold approval of the pol
icy until a general convention or confer
ence of the managers can be held and an
agreement reached as to what line Of policy
to pursue. The leading men in the COM
panies which are combined on Iowa business
are said to favor refusal to accept the Iowa
policy, but so many of the smaller COM
p%anies have indicated they would like to
comply with 1t and regard the policy as
good that it is as yet uncertain what course
will be pursued. The new state auditor,
Senator B. F. Carroll, has not as yet signi-
fed what policy he will pursue and will not
take it up until after he goes into ofice.
Presenting Handsome Portrait.
The oil portrait of Rev. DR.. William Sal
ter of Burlington, was presented to the
Iowa Historical department this afternoon
in the new historical hall. 1t will be hung
among the many portraits of the disting-
uished men of owa 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
photographs of groups. DR.. Salter is one
of the famous preachers Of Iowa. He was
one Of the 'Anduver group of young mission
aries sent to the territory to plant the
seeds Of enngregationalism. For these
many years he has been engaged in preach
ing and he continues to preach regularly
in his church in Burlington. Last winter
he came to Des Moines and delivered the
address on the occasion of the unwilling
of a portrait of Judge Francis Springer,
who presided at the first constitutional
convention for Iowa. He delivered this
address at the suggestion of the sons of
Judge Springer. 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..
Frisbie of this city, and the portrait was
accepted by Governor Cummins,
Count of the Vote.
The state executive council today
counted the vote Of Iowa. The returns
were found to have all been received 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 tick
cts, the members of congress and some of
the Legislative districts.