Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-18
Mr.. LAhOlS' REMEDY
Addresses the House on the
Insurance Scandal.
CONTROL BY THE STATE
RECoMMENDs INCORPORATION I'M
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Young Indiana Representative Makes
His Maiden Speech and is Heartily
Congratulated by Associates.

With a program of speechmaking until
Thursday, many members of the House left
for their homes Saturday, and the attend
ance today on convening was small
The canal emergency appropriation bill
was received from the Senate and read.
Mr.. Hepburn explained, at the request of
Mr.. Williams. that the bonding provision In
the bill was omdtted and that the other
amendments were minor. He moved to send
the bin to conferences.
Mr.. Williams pointed out that the bill still
contained the provision to reimburse the
treasury the amount appropriated from tho
sale of bonds. If that had been omitted he
should have moved to concur in the Senate
amendments.
Mr.. Bartlett (Ga.) said the testimony be-
fore the Senate committee had developed
that Mr.. Bishop was employed as a press
agent at $4,000 year. He wished to
know if the bin contained an amendment
cutting down this salary The repIr was
that the bill contained no such amendments.
An attempt to make the Senate COMMITTEES
nearing part of the record was Blocked
ana the bill sent to conference, with Mr.
Hepburn Qowa), Payne (N.Y) and Living
ston tGao as conferees.
Remedy for Insurance Evils.
The Insurance debate was then begun.
MI. frederick Lands Und.), being the first
last Congress, but made no set speech on
the floor, although he did good and ef-
fcient work just the same
The fact that Representative Fred Ilaudis
shares with his brother Charlie" Landis
OF the ninth Indiana district, the affection
and regard of the House membership was
demonstrated today when Young Lands
TOOK the floor for his maiden effort AL
most every seat on the republican side was
filled and many democrats were likewise
In attendance. He was frequently inter-
rupted by outburstS of applause and when
he had closed his remarks the republicans
lined up in the aisles and marched by his
desk, each one giving the young Indianian
conSratuiatory word and handclasp.
Mr.. Lands proved to bt. an entertaining
and forceful speaker. He contended that
to remedy the Insurance evils which have
recently come to light there should be fed
eral supervision of Insurance.
Incorporation in the District
The only way he could think of to attain
this end was to compel all insurance cor
porations to obtain their charters in the
District of Columbia Then, he said incor-
poration in the District of Columbia under
government supervision would constitute
guarantee and confidence in the insurance
concerns, now badly shaken, would be re-
stored.
The jam in the aisle near Mr.. Landis'
seat became so noisy after the young orator
had taken his seat that Representative But
Ter OF Pennsylvania, who was in the chair,
asked that gentlemen in the reception line
Will please preserve order
Widespread Interest in Insurance.
MIR. Lands said there were in this coun-
try 1O.o00.o0o policy holders, %. 900 900 polir
cies and at least 10000. .OoO persons inter-
ested in insurance. The amount of insur-
ance now in force, he said, was s12,OO0,-
O00000
The suggestion, he said, that a lew should
be passed declaring Insurance interstate
commerce. confronted the objection OF con-
stitutionaiity and il would take longer to
amend the Constitution than to build q
nattleship. He reviewed the time-consum-
Ing process of getting judicial action on
such law, and said ..tTime has a fine
contempt for everything except crisis and
IN her potters field rest the forms of many
Impulses more imposing than this"
Then there would be the Opposition To
federal control of more than fourth OF
the states. The benefits of federal control
Mr Lands believed, would be accomplished
by the bill he has introduced
Subject these corporations to national
supervision, he said and the eagle will
keep the vulture from plucking the bodies
of the dead"
Mr.. Anes Has Remedy.
Mr.. Butler Ames (Mass) said he had a
method of federal control of Insurance.
which President Roosevelt had indorsed
1t was code of laws that would embrace
all that Is best in the laws of several
states He claimed his plan would black
ilst any company which did not do a legit-
innate business.
Mr.. Underwood (Ala.) discussed in,rnigra-
tion, which he said was of more Importance
than the insurance question.