The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-22
0DE[L DECLARES
A FIGHT COMING
Says There viii Be News In
Republican Circles Be-
fore Spring.
EVIDENCE OF HEDGING
ON INSURANCE REFORM
Society and General News From
Gotham Of Unusual
Character.

NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-State Chair
man Odell openly announces that he is
getting ready to fight the fight OF his
life. and he tells all tho reporters that
there will be plenty of news In Repub-
lean circles before spring. But those
who are best posted in Republican pol
tiles do not hesitate to say that II
Odell makes fight IT will be merely to
lead forlorn hope, Odell knows that
In the political game when you think
you are winning you are losing and he
Is hoping for a turn OF fortunes wheel
which viii land him at the top of the
heap.
Odell's Case Different
But Odeu's case is different from
most men who have bcen bosses in the
State OF New York. He appears to
have every mans hand against him
Roosevelt's, the Standard OILS, the
Fanderbilts'. Piatt's. Morsan's, Gov.
Higsins's, In addition to this he Is
without resources and cannot conduct
q long and costly fight against all Of
the great ones OF earth His only
party much damage would be to turn
and fight the combinations against
him much as Tom Lawson has fought
what he calls the system,
Hasn't Lawson's Genius.
But Tom Lawson is not only a flnan-
clal genius-he is a literary genius
and though Odell may be political
genius. II he should attempt anything
in the line of Lawsons revelations in
the business world 1t is doubtful
whether he could tell 1t out, because
he hasn't Tom Lawson's picturesque
way OF putting things
'Let-Up" on Insurance.
Some significance Is believed to at
tach to recent editorials In the Albany
Journal. which is owned by william
Barnes. Jr These editorials are upon
the subject of insurance legislation
These editorials are very cautiously
written and yet they appear to urge a
let-up In the matter of legislation. The
editorials hold that IL is the business
OF the Insurance Superintendent to see
that the companies are solvent and
not go into details concerning the pri-
Vate investments of trustees and direc-
tors.
Thought to Be Official.
Mr.. Barnes. formerly q Platt man.
was one OF the first to join the Roose-
'cAN LIB IN state DOL
tiles, and some have thought the ut
terances OF the Albany Journal re-
hect the attitude OF the adminIstra-
tlon people on the programme TO be
followed-that 1t was the Idea OF the
Governor and the President to mini
mlze matters rather than follow them
up with an aggressive policy. 1t has
leaked out. however, that Mr.. Barnes
is no longer in sympathy with the
Higgins Roosevelt combination, and It
Is possible that Mr. Barnes's news
paper can hardly be regarded as the
Official organ of the reorganizers in the
onu-Roosevelt crusade
Statement Is Too Broad.
The article declares that not a sjneIo
insurance company has been shown to
be lnsolvent by the investigation.
which. Of course. is not exactly true
application having been made for a
receiver for the Empire Life, which
failed with obligations of 81, 00O, 900 ard
assets Of only n few thousand dollars
The article also asserts that II Is the
business of the Insurance Superintend-
ent 10 see that the companies are SOL
vent and not go into details concerning
the private investments of trustees and
directors.
The fact that all of the big comma
nies have been practically reorcanized