The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-17
ALEXANDER #lMADE E WA
PRESIDE n a GAIN


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i NEW YORK, ITet, II D James IIazsrt
Hyde has been awarded the victor s pens
rant in his fight against mes ". AleF-sss F-ss
Eandcr for supremacy in control OF tiisIsai
Equitable Life Assurance Society II When i:
the test OF strength Of the two posing u
forces was made In the adj journad anr.ua
meeting of the board SSSof ctors of stlle 4
society o-day, d vote showed that of the \
sforty-two directors present, thi irty-orsesi
stood solidly behind Mr.. Hy yde 4, s
Hyde Wins Everywhere. VI
5sE It was result foreshad owed III tliess 4
columns to-day. X. Not only was Mr.. IA lex-3S IL
@ander, preslden OF n the soclet .s una bic 4
atO olist NIr. ydey by prev ventl ing his res ssl
election to the vice-p demo cy, III but irs
Hyde held on to Il at MP ORTIZ mt posi- ton
and also retained q his chalr lrrlanshlp at
those two lmportan bodies. che
md finance commit tees. S Nj Alexander&
was -el ected presid EN- Ind y hi ohiafs
supporters Gage u. Tarbell Eand George
Wilson, were resp pectiyely vi re- lected \
as second and lird EYice-pres Tents One
scrumb 81 comfort fell sinto o. "a thas "a lexan-sSs
der faction's lap. T his was the adop ton
o a resolu luton looking to the n1ut
5zgtlon Of the Equ ltab BILE commit tee Soft
seven. was appoin ed to arranEe the sde-ss
StaiIsRof the hasls on which he NUT ll7afs.S
$tion of the socla tys Is to he effect ed
I, Even in tho personnel s Of thisF commit
tee 1t was figured that The aTI ydeS faction
had y obtained q II represe entat ton Of four
44as Gngai nat three Alexande err adherents.SS
sIt IA only on d basis tha vii atis RAG
tory to the 81 eitlent5
tnalizatipn sche herrlq q bc eaTrl
Mel thers Mr.. va hose befi ind hlrns
@wil q ever permit he pol ollders toSS
3llaveS tie power III sell ctin Ia irect crss
deposltin proxies IN 4 i 9 ands tl,eFg
Alexander who # by hososs5& holdin
would sway tho al airs and Sdest R tinlcs So AL
the Equitable. s}s
tAlexander Not to Resign.
with the re-elect lion Eof lexanderSSf
ias pres identtftg was said u to-nig ghts thai
Alexanele would only CONT nue. /. a $ Bth y he&
chief 3executiyeu until January 1905, ilen&
il,e would refuse % re-elec ion, 70 sbec ONE
chairman of the board o 4 direct ~ "
Alexande gorously d enie to.nig III IN IN
Intention OF refusing q re- ection, ana +
Said that no such % t though had passed
through his mind iSs
with the victory OF James III. {. Hyde at
this time, e,sit must not be nstrued Sas \
meaning that tho contest between Messrs.SS
}IIyde and Nl Nlexander has terminat ed. NJ
bitterness of feeling oWnrd each other
has passed the point where could be- be-
expected that MI. Hyde and Mr. 4 lex
.ander would be pnrties to- aa harm@oni non r't
offintions OF kindred r spirl IS: ! hesS Tvs
iren cordially di Ike eacil other " l,5s
Hyde believes that tho trustee Of a fSa his
fathers cstilte entered into combine ton
with other officers and e m pl owes q tlle
society to dlyest tho Hyde fan.ll q ltts
control Of the Equitable and has stemp
inrily at least, been defeated In his pur;-.S
pose and lrebuked. .i Al
ff5 On tho otherfland. Mr.. Alexander con-
siders that Mr. Hyde is a nero strt ing
totally unqualified to perform the duties
or the chief executive Of an inst tltutiona
with tho hundreds Of millions III dts cons.
troll during his (hIr. a AleSandars) s fre-S n
squent absences from his office. Besides Z
this, Mr., Aexnndera considers that MIR
Flydo has stronger inclinations toward
social affairs than toward I he a ffnlrs Of
business, and the handling Of mtllionsFof5 of5s
dollars III h s$s 81 s syy sSS BsByySS
With this feeling exis tent. it5 was point
cd out today that the lneet ting, which
lasted All hour and u half i, and which Sat t$
first WAS decidedly Acrimonious, result #
IN nothing more or less I han a truce. lstg