Arizona republican., 1905-04-20
Equitable Vice President
 Asked to Resign
AN AGENIS' RESOLUTION
The Son of the Founder Says ths De- mand Is PrePOsssrous and IEsuls- ing and That It VIII not Be con- piled With.

New York. April is.-After a pro- tracted session behind closed doors the 200 or more general agents of the Equitable Life Assurance society adopted a resolution calling on Vice President J. H. Hyde to resign from his position with the organization and appointed a committee of five from their number to call on MT Hyde and pre- sent their demand.
 Late tonight announcement was made that the agents committee ap- pointed to wait on Mir Hyde and pre- sent the resolutions asking far his resignation had arranged ta meet him tomorrow morning at his home at o'clock Mir Hyde attended a theater tonight and the agents held no further conferences.
 The agents went into session at If o'clock this morning and It was o'clock before a recess was taken for luncheon During all the time loud talking and occasional interruptIons of speakers indicated that there was a warm debate over some question under consideration Later T. was learn-sI that the discussion concerned the Hyde -f~oDAAAADAA anu us construction Ln.a resolution the secretaries of the agents would not give out until notified hv the committee of five that the resolts- tion was served on Mir. Hyde. BIT. Hyde was notified that the committee would wait on him at 1 o'clock. He awaited the committee with his coun- seL At 5;3O o'clock the committee had not appeared and MT. Hyde vrith hIs counsel left the office.
 Mr. Hyde said: "I have not seen the committee and I have not seen the resolutions but consider them iui- portant extraordinary. insulting and most prepOsterous- l have no inteutiea of resiCning"
 It was almost 4-SO when the agents again went into session. and the latter part of the days meeting was from an Indications more peaceful than 1hat earlier in the day IL was said in the earlier assemblage all but seventeen oc the agents had voted to request Nr. Hyde's resignation. and in support of Mir Alexander. The number voting for the resolution is said to be IS3- None of the agents or secretaries would af- firm or deny this statement but there were several wordy squabbies over ac- cusatiOns made that some one had given out information.
 One of the interesting developments of the late session was the adoption uf the following resolutions @Whcreas. il has been persistently suggested in the public prints that the agents are for naturalization because they seek to ac- quire full or partial control of the so- eiety by acquiring proxies: therefors. be it
 'Resoved. that we. the general a fz of ,e sembled do hereby deN-are that we d,, not asA nor will We seek for ourselves any part in the control of the EQuit- able, but We demand that the poItcF holders shall be so vested as best to conserve their interests. without the confidence Of whom we cannot exist lu this business"
 At the later session permanent or- ganizatiOn was formed and a commit tee was elected to go 10 Albany Friday to petition the insurance eomrnis- sioners and Governor Higgins Go urge the naturalization of the Equitable- Among those on the comnitseeS ere Geo. A. Rathbun. Denver A N Shields, San Francisco. Frank R WiI- cox, Boise City; Wyman Fills. Helena. Mont; w s. Bowen. AIbuquerque. N M; w. F. Malone. Oklahoma: l.. Sam uGis OIe-s A- F. kutflEts 1aLN. Salt Lake City; H. AIlenberg. Spokane. Washington and W. H. Fleming Spo- kane.
 After the appointment of this com mittee it was decided that it would b- advisable to form a permanent organl- zation and committee ou permanent organization of the National Assls- citation of Managers" was named e. NJ. Edwards is chairman
 A committee was named to bring President Alexander and Second Wee President Tarbel before the conven- tion to thank them for their hospitality received at their hands.
 MT Alexander said he could not ex- press his great pleasure and love for the agents who hal so magninceutly upheld his action and had expressed their confidence ir him