The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-21
"F. A McNamee. Frank L. Very. and W. K. Estes, secretary.
 Hyde's Reply.

| '.F. A McNamee. Frank [. Very. and W. K. Estes. secretary.
 Hyde's Reply.
 1 MT. Hyde's reply to the committed was as follows:
 Tn the first place have no inten- ton of resigning the office of the vice. presidency of the Equitable. Such course I would consider cowardly and disgraceful to the memory of my | father.
 "second-It is evident from your ex- | traordinary request and from the re- port of the proceedings at your meet ings that you have not the remotest conception of this unfortunate contro- versy or the motives behind the selfish struggle for the control of the so- ciety. think, however, that you are entitled to know something of the real racts on which my attitude is based, and I will therefore write you tomor- row in reply to the request made in this remarkable communication q think however, that your request might have been far more justified had it been made to those having no interest in the society who precipitated this unfortunate controversy and are keeping the agitation alive to serve their own selfish purposes. You will hear further from me tomorrow.
 "Of course you gentlemen must know that the questions at issue are now in the hands of the department of insur- ance and Mir Tricks committee, who l think you will agree with me are the ones to judge. It Is but fair to them to say eothing further here.
 T apprecaitte how greatly you have been afflicted through the misfortune. but I tell you again that the best way to bring about a satisfactory conclu-
 A. Asn to the Equitable, and not to do any thing before the report of the investi- gating committees. On reflection think that you will be able to see irn- partially, and to judge these matters which are now the subject of con- troversy in our society.
 Mir. Hyde and his secretary receiveo the committee alone. his lawyers and advisers having left the house just as the committee entered.
 TuIPs Suit.
 Justice McLane in the Supreme Court today adjourned until April 24 the ar gument in the suit brought by Henry q. Tull a policy holder of Phiiadel- phia, for an injunction to restrain the Equitable Life Assurance Society, US directors and the State Superintendent of Insurance from taking further pro- ceedings regarding the proposed amendments to the charter of the Equitable Life Assurance Society.
 Attorney General Mayer opposed the granting of the injunction asked for in behalf of Mir. Tull, and said that sometime ago the officers of the Eqult- able Society submitted proposed amendment to the society's charter. lt was opposed by some men who asked for a hearing on 1t and the Superin- tendent of Insurance declined to file it. The second and pending amend ment was then submitted and was re- ferred by the Superintendent or ln- surance to the Attorney General The latter refrained from acting upon 1t because of the action taken by Frank- lin B. Lord to ascertain the legal standing of the stockholders. Under the amendment had been certified tot by the Attorney General the Superin- tendent of Insurance had no power to place 1t on file, MT. Mayer said. The matter was not now before Superin- tendent Hendricks. "The denial of hearing referred to in the morning pa- pers," MT. Mayer said, Ifs simply made as a reflection of a public officer and this sort of proceeding under cover of dignity of a court ought to be stopped"
 An unusually long meeting of the Executive Committee of the Equitable Society was held in President Alexan- der's office today. At the conclusion Of the meeting. President Tarbel1 stated that nothing of public interest had come before it. He was asked whether the demand of the agents that Vice-President Hyde resign had been discussed. MT. Tarbell announced that there was some casual discussion of this.
 MT. Prick when seen had nothing to say nor would he give any hint as to AaA hN investigation. President Alexander made a brief statement that he knew nothing about the reported proceed ings for a receivership in the Louis- jana courts and he doubted that such movement was under way On the same subject Mir. Hyde said he was not lawyer, but was advised that suit could not be brought against for eign corporation in the manner out lined in the New Orleans dispatches.
 An attorney for James Hyde said to- day the report that Elihu Root had re- tired from his place as one of MT. Hydes counsel was erroneous. Mr. Root continues as one of MT. Hydes advisers and the retaining of James II. Choate is in addition to present coun- sel.
 Agents Nominate OnlcerN.
 In an attempt to effect a permanent organization of the agents today the following officers were nominated: President Edward A. Woods, Pitts burg; Presidents, F. H. Hazel ton, Portland, Me; A. M. Shields, San Francisco; c. E. Townsend, Boston; s. D. Stearns, Montreal; w. J. Roddey, Rockhill, s. C.; A. B. Newman, Chi cago; Secretary, Charles Wake, New York; Treasurer, F. P. Chapln, Toledo. Executive Committee: c. E. Edwards, Brooklyn; Joseph Bowes, Baltimore; Archibald c. Haynes, New York; F. A. MacNamee, Albany; J s. Kendrick. St. Louis; F. l.. Levy, New Orleans, and R. L.. Hart, Philadelphia.
 The Committee of seyenty-two of the general. agents of the Equitable Soci- ety has made an appointment to meet Superintendent of Insurance Hendricks at his office in Syracuse at noon to- morrow and to meet Governor Higgins in Albany at II a. m. Saturday.
 After hearing the report of the Com mittee that calGd oh Mir. Hyde and ef- fecting a permanent organization by the election of officers as nominated, the meeting of the general agents ad- journed without day.
 Briefs were submitted to Justice Maddox In the Supreme Court in Brook lyn today in the suit brought by Franklin B. Lord as a stockholder. to enjoin the Equitable Life Assurance Society from carrying out the proposed plan of naturalization. H. Van Rem nesseleur Kennedy an intervening stockholder, also was represented in court. Justice Maddox said he had re- ceived other briefs and would give per to partiaa mi fO