Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-04-24
IMPOSSIBLE TO RESIGN AT
AGENTS. BEHEST.
MAKE A STATEMENT
Declares Row in Equitable Is not In
Observation-Disclosures to Make a
Speech on Short Notice-Ex-Attor-
neyGeneraI Knox, EIihu Root and
Joseph II. Choate Engaged.

New York, April 21.-After First
Vice President Hyde of the Equitable
Life Assurance society had informed
the committee of managing agents
yesterday afternoon that it would be
impossible, because of previous en-.
gagements, for him to address them,
the agents convention which had been
in session in this city for three days
adjourned without delay This COM
mittee did not see Mr. Hyde, but tele-
phoned him at his office and was given
the information that Mr.. Hyde was
glad to receive the invitation, but
could not accept; that, however, he
would prepare a statement and trans
nit it to the committee, covering the
situation as he conceived it. This
statement, it is understood, will be
circulated among the agents when it is
received.
"Can't Possibly Do It."
The invitation to address the agents
followed call by a committee on Mr.
y
quest that he resign as an officer of
the society. This Mr.. Hyde declined
to do in an address in which he said
he would consider such action "un
worthy and disgraceful to the memory
of my father" and he added: ''It is
evident from your extraordinary re-
quest and from the report of the pro
ceedings at your meeting that you
have not the remotest conception of
the unfortunate controversy or the mo-
tives behind the struggle for the con-
troll of the society,"" In this same adj
dress he promised to write the agents
today in reply to their demands.
Mr.. Hyde's speech had followed one
by Joseph Bowes of Baltimore, chair
man of the agents committee, in
which Mr.. Bowes recited that the re-
quest for the resignation was practic-
ally unanimous.
These were the principal develop
ments of the session of the agents
which began yesterday morning and
continued until after in the after
noon. A permanent organization was
effected and officers chosen, and short
ly before adjournment it was decided
that the committee of u named
Wednesday to wait on the superintend-
ent of insurance and Governor Hig-
gins to urge legislation favorable to
naturalization should proceed to at
tend to that duty Immediately.
The executive committee of the
Equitable also met yesterday in Pres
ident Alexander's Office, but other than
the announcement that the demand for
Mr.. Hyde's resignation was discussed
nothing was given out.
Knox to Help investigate.
The committee of investigation, of
which H. c.. Frick is chairman, yester-
day unanimously agreed to employ
former United States Attorney Gener-
al Knox as counsel.
In connection with the legal ends in
the Equitable tangle yesterdays an
nouncement that EIihu Root remains
as one of Mr.. Hyde's counsel in spite
of stories to the contrary vas interest
ing. The retaining of Joseph H. Choate
as one of the Hyde counsel was also
confirmed.
Talk of Settlement.
There was some talk last night OF b
settlement of the difficulties between
the Hyde and Alexander parties, but
no confirmation could be secured.
The rumor that such steps were afoot
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