Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-02
NO NATIONAL CONTROL NOW
Federal Supervision of Insurance, sOOVel
Says, is Unattainable Ideal.
BUTLER AMES BILL BEST SUBSTITUTE
President of National Association of
Life Underwriters IL Enter
tanned by Insurance
Men in Omaha.

Charles w. Scovel of Pittsburg, president
of the National Association of Life Under
writer's is in Omaha, a guest at the Pax
ton. President Scovel was entertained at
banquet by the Underwriters Association
of Nebraska at the Commercial club Thurs
day evening. Among others present at the
banquet were State Insurance Commissioner
Pierce and a delegation from the Lincoln
Underwriters, association. The banquet
was largely attended and was addressed by
President Scovel. Mr.. Pierce and others.
President Scovel said Friday morning:
IT am on a tour visiting the fifty or more
local associations Of the country to famil-
iarize them with the work OF the National
association and have been out two weeks,
visiting Peoria, St. Paul. Minneapolis and
Des Mones, before reaching Omaha. /
shall go from here to Denver. Salt Lake,
Kansas City. st. Louis and Dayton before
returning home The annual convention Of
the national association will be held at St.
Louis in October, which is the farthest west
the meeting of the national association has
been held in the sixteen years of it's exist
ence, and am glad to see that western
associations are taking lively interest in
the coming national convention. The ma
tional association includes in its afiliating
membership all life insurance agents of the
country, numbering 5000 persons.
All Want Information.
Judging by my correspondence and by
the questions put at local association meet
ings. every member everywhere wants to
be Informed as to the general situation,
present and prospective. of insurance legis-
lation. New York stands alone. the only
state that has felt specially compelled to
push through its legislation in the midst of
abnornally excited conditions. April q the
governor signed the last of the bills, orig
inalIy submitted by the Armstrong commit
| tee February p, but much changed by the
| 22s amendments may by the committee
itself after the public hearings in March
and by other amendments on the floor
and leaving the standard policy forms to be
still further amended by the insurance com
missioner up TO October l.
| ct believe the climax OF the whole agita-
| ton has been reached and that the main
work remaining to be done next season by
| all the other Northumberland doubtless in
the way Of revision by the New York leg
islature-wiI be done under vastly different
conditions.
ROOSEVELT Called Meeting.
"Outsde of New York. the most in
huential factor is the national insurance
convention OF governors, attorneys general
and insurance commissioners. called with
! President Roosevelt's concurrence TO meet
/ at Chicago February l. and to which upon
the same high authority our National as
sociatlon was invited to send delegates.
That meeting left the whole matter OF
shaping up laws. to be recommended tC
the several states, IN the hands OF a large
representative committee on legislation
!
considering all that the Armstrong COM
mittee had developed and spending tw,
days in comforting for itself with practical
insurance men. this committee formulated
broad. sensible recommendation. 20 b.
| worked into bills by a subcommittee an
then % be the subjects of another publ
hearing before ANAL report TO the ad
journed meeting OF the whole convention
to be held at Washington in September
This looks more like due deliberation.
! National supervision, so much discusse
OF late years and recommended 10 the a.
tention OF this congress by the president
| opening message. has become an unat
tainable ideal, at least for present pur
poses As the best available substitut,
now comes the bill reintrodueed. April
by Congressman Butler Ames. eontainin
many notifications suggested by the Chi
| cago committee.
ORly Few Hours for It.
1.-THE Chicago committee only had a fe
hours 10 give to the Ames bill. ana
stin contains some provisions at varianc
with their recommendation. 1t Il frank
admitted TO be imperfect ami requirin
amendment in the abstract written b.
Superintendent Thomas y. Drake that nc
companies the presidents message Thss,