The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-21
HE FAILS TO MEET
AGENTS. COMMITTEE
MIR. Hyde Likewise Declines TO
Resign Office in the
Equitable

agents this afternoon that it would be
lInpossloie because of previous en-
saSenents for him to address them
toudy' the agents convention which
mas peen in session for three DAYS. adj
Journed without day.
ms committee did not see Mr.
hSde' but telephoned TO him at his
V t and was given the information
&C. &c ne was glad to receive the invita-
otoA: out could not accept because of
an important enga cement but would
~ ~ epdre statement and transmit to
oiie committee concerning the situation
as ne conceived it. This statement, it
- - UNDERSTOOD. will be circulated among
'ile agents when it is received.
The invitation to address the gents
50lloWed the call by COMMITTEES on
VI. hyue TINS morning with a request
mat ne resign as an officer of the So
clety' This Mr.. Hyde declined to do i'm
an answer in which he said he would
dlsgraceful to the memory of nv fa-
ther,' and he added:
1t is evident from your evtraor5i,or,,
REQUEST and from the report of the -nrn
ceedinss at your meeting that YOU have
not the remoteSt conception of the mn
fortunate controversy or the motives he
hlnd the struggle for the control of fine
S SoTiety III l appreciate how greatly you
tune but | tell YOU again that the best
way to bring about a satisfactory CON
tIuSioh Tor your men is to remain loyal
70 the Equitable and not to do ANYTHING,
peIore the report of the Investigating
committee; On reflection 1 think that YOU
MlI De able to see impartiafly and to
JuuSe tneSe matters which now are the
SUBJECT or controversy in our society
Promises Letter
In this same address he promised to
write the agents tomorrow in repIv to
their demands
Mr.. Hyde's speech followed one bv
Joseph Bowes of Baltimore. chairman
OF the agents committee, in which Mr..
BoWes recited that the request for the
resignation was practically unanimous
These were the principal deyelon-
mentS of the session of the agents.
permanent organization was effected
ana ofncerS chosen and it was decided
that the committee of seventy-twO
named yesterday to wait upon the su-
perintendent of insurance and upOD
Gov. Higgins to urge legislation fa-
Vofable to naturalization should Dro-
ceed TO Syracuse tomorrow morning
ana see Supt. Hendricks at his Office
there and then return to Albany and
meet Gov. Higgins Saturday. The Of
Ulcers elected are:
President, Edward A Woods, Pitts
Durg; vice presidents, f. II. Hazleton.
Portland, Me-; a. M. Shields San
FRANCISCO; G. +. Townsend, Boston.
;. ID. Stearns, Montreal; w. ]. Rod
dey, Rock Hill, S. c.; A. B. Newman.
Chicago; secretary Charles Wake
New York; treasurer, F. P. Chanin min
Toledo; executive committee. c. J. Ed
wards, Brooklyn; Joseph Bowes. RaI-
tlmore; Archibald c. Haynes. New
York; f. A. MacNamee. Albany; j. S.
hendrick. St Louis; F. l.. Levy. New
orleans, and R. L. Hart, Philadelphia.
Other Bodies Meet
The executive committee of the
equitable also met today in President
Alexander's office, but other than the
announcement that the demand for Mr..
Hydes resignation was discussed,
nothing was given out.
The committee of investigation. Of
which H. c. Frick is chairman. was i'm
session and unanimously decided to
employ ex-Atty. Gen. Knox as counsel.
announcement was made that the in
VeStgatlon would be pursued with all
possible speed and thoroughness.
In connection with the legal entan-
clements of the Equitable it was an
nounced that Elihu Root continues as
one of Mr.. Hyde's counsel in spite of
an stories TO the contrary. The re-
tanning of Joseph II. Choate as one Of
the Hyde counsel was confirmed
Settlement Is Rumored
There was some talk tonight of a SET
uement of the difficulties between the
Hyde and Alexander parties but no
confirmation could be secured A ru-
NOR that such steps were afoot was
widely circulated, but could not be
traced to any authoritative source
Shortly before the adjournment of the
agents this afternoon this resolution
was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, we believe that when we re-
turn TO our homes we shall be in a posi-
ton to convince our policy holders that
their cause is being successfully cham
u hn1
formally committed to naturalization and
faithful administration of the society's af-
tars; and whereas. policy holders com
mlttees are being organized in various
parts of the. country; therefore be it
Resolved, that this body recommend and
urge upon each one of its members the
necessity upon his return to his field of
organizing his policy holders into a CONS
pact body, who are prepared TO demand
ship. and that he Immediately proceed to
organize his agency to act as his lieuten-
ants in campaign of this kind, inviting
his policy holders TO communicate through
him with the officers and directors of the
society. instead of allowing themselves to
be drawn into organization not So thor
oughly equipped for bringing about what
every policy holder of the society ardent
ly desires.
The resolution was introduced by F.
H. HaZleton of Portland, Me, although
he was not its author. The identity of
the latter was not revealed. When
questioned tonight about their inter-
probation of the resolution, members
of the conference would not admit that
the measure involved a grasp upon the
policy holders throughout the United
States. through the general agents and
managers.
Not Packed Gathering
Tonight E. A. Woods of Pittsburg,
president of the permanent organiza-
ton of general agents, said:
The general agents at these meetings
have reflected the sentiment and wishes
of the body of policy holders. Mr. Hyde's
refusal to resign is simply incidental and
is something that will ernaterialize in good
time. This conference has accomplished
an influence that Will be properly and eff
fectively expressed upon the legislature
the Equitable board of directors and the
Frick committee. 1t is a malicious false
hood that ours was a packed gathering.
Notices of this conference We're sent to
every general agent and manager in the
United States and Canada, no matter to
whom his sympathieS extended. We did
not expect any such remote possibility as
Hyde's acceptance of our request that he
resign. We do anticipate-we know-that
his retirement is bound to come and he
and his supporters Will lose in the end
1t is a fact that the policy holders are
a unite for naturalization and against one
man power. We agents feel the same. Ii
the time ever cOplpS-thOUoh IL is imO0S-