New-York tribune., 1905-04-20


their families
A committee 10 forlr permanent association
Of managers Was appointed. Last night this
committee held a meeting ara drafted a con-
stitution and bylaws. whieh W III be voted on at
the meeting to-day This committee. according
10 the Hyde party. is clever part Of the Tarbell
campaign. II vill he a most Important means
for The gathering and control Of proxies. they
say. IL the naturalization plan ever goes
through.
AGENTS IN FIGHT FOR CONTROL.
In this connection. thcy se,. many directors
are becoming tired Of lhe attitude taken by the
agents and the suggcstiuns from them as 10
the way the company should be run. Most OF
the men ST this conference Mr.. Hyde's friends
say. are men who have entered into compacts
with Gage L. Tarbel 20 help him obtain the
control Of the society. From them or through
them came the letters from country policyhold-
ers. which delivered in big patches each day,
demanded naturalization, they say, and these let
ters first started President Alexander TO ask
for a naturalization plan with his subsequent
attacks Mr.. Hyde
Mr. Tarben got control OF the agents by hold
ing out 10 them the fine things they would have
when he became the real power IN the society
said one Of AIr. Hyde's friends having ousted
the vice-presdent and superseded Mr. AleXan-
der who was scheduled TO become only hguTe-
head. Nearly all the men who are prominent IN
this agents demonstration are heavily in debt
10 The society for advances on renewal accounts.
Some OF them are really salaried men. who. ac-
cordng TO the call sent out, had no right in the
conference. Among these are Saunders, of
Michigan, and Deneen Of Toronto"
A member Of the committee Of resolutions is
Elmer Dwiggins, Of Iowa. who was active in
swelling the volume Of business in the 'Tarbell
month and has been advanced $4,000 month
during the last year. and now owes the society
about $4,000" said another Hyde partisan
Mr.. AIenberg is a member of the firm Of
Anenberg & Fleming. Of Spokane and Seattle.
Wash. The society has recently advanced the
firm S11300O, and it owes Sl30000. Many good
men who handle agencies all over the country
were excluded from participation in the meeting
by Mr.. Tarben because he feared their influence
would be eNerted to protect the interests of the
Equitable against the extreme measures con-
templated. George T. Wilson, the third vice
president Of the society, was not invited to at
tend the meeting which was considered almost
an insult 10 him. He attended luncheon given
ct the Lawyers Club last week by Mr. Hyde to
Equitable people. and made speech in which
he deprecated. without mentioning names. the
attacks made on officers OF the society. declar-
ing that tho best interests OF the company re-
quired their cessation HIS speech was irnper-
foual. hut the Tarbeu faction thought from its
tone that Mr. Wilson ought rot TO have an op-
portuHity TO make similar speech TO the
agents"
The afternoon session developed a resolution
from the agents declaring that they did not ask
Tor themselves any part of the control OF the
Equitable, but demanded that through the
policyholders this control shall be so vested as
10 best conserve their interests" \ committee
Of seventy-two WAS appointed 20 visit Albany on
Friday to petition the C3veraor and the Insur-
ance Department for f5rcibIe naturalization of
The society. Another session viii be held this
morning
START OF HYDE-ALExANDER FIGHT
Some history to what began the strife be-
tween President Alexander and Mr.. Hyde be-
came public yesterday More than a year ago,
il Was said, Mr.. Alexander wanted his son. T.
j. Alexander Of the brokerage firm Of Alex
ender, Thomas Davies TO become a member
Of the EqUitable,s executive committee. Mr
Alexander himself had been watching all the
Rocicty's transactions in securities. according to
This information, that they might be swung to
his sons firm. but thought that il would be
easier II the broker himself became a member Of
The committee
80 Mr. Alexander went TO Mr.. Hyde with the
proposition that he retire from the committee
IN favor q the broker, the story ran Mr.. Hyde
objected strongly. shouting .'Ne2otismr, An
olen break followed. which was fostered bv
ca2e r. Tarbell Mr. Alexander knew he had
many relatives in snug Equitable berths. and
feared that there might come housecleaning
Mr. Alexander was swung into Mr.. Tarbelrs
schemes, ran tho information. by the promise
that when Mr.. Tarbell became the working head
Of the society all the Alexander family yyorla
be protectod
Mr. Tarbell created an exciting scene at the
Savoy yesterday morning in denying the narra-
tive Of II. II. Knowles. who accused Mr. Alex
ader and Mr.. Tarbeu Of dirty politics He ar
rived just before the morning meeting of the
agents, pale faced, eyes flashing. Asked about
Mr.. Knowless story. he burst forth:
IT'S false in toto. That man Knowles is
putting into my mouth things he said himself l
never entered into any such trick. who is this
man Knowles, anyhow? Who knows him?"
THE CHECKS TO ALEXANDER.
- The checks listed in Mr.. Hyde's letter to
President Alexander We're on exhibition vester-
day. They all appear 10 have been deposited
IN Mr.. Alexander's personal account. save two.
which were sent TO him within a few days OF the
eventful meeting Of the directors at which Mr.
Alexander made attack Mr.. Hyde. On
she back Of one Of these checks is written "trus-
tees account" This is one Of the checks sail
40 have been deposited by Mr.. Alexander in his
own bank but the amount Of which was turned
over to the cashier Of the Equitable, as de-
scribed I'm Mr.. Alexander's letter.
~ Mr.. Alexander, referring 10 the statements Of
Mr Hydes personal attorney said last night:
There is nothing TO add to my statement ia
mis- mornings papers, which shows my rela-
ton 10 these affairs, except to call especial at
tention 10 the correspondence which passed be-
tHeen NJ Hy1e ana rrl,self TIa,,inn r,,adn NJ.