Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-10-17
N. v. A. INSURCENT NATTER
AS THERE WILL BE NO EXTRA
SESSION OF LEGISLATURE
SITUATION rs CHANGED

TIE following article on the status OF
| Flainsmen, is contributed by j. ".
Crossfed, clerk Of the local NJ. W. \.
camp:
There is every reason why the
resolution adopted hy the citizens mass
| meeting at Little Falls last Friday
::,"ht should receive Favorable attention
trcn: the state authorities.
When Mr. Sunbeam came to Little
FAILS in response to our request that
we lie given Il chance for the head Of
flee OF the state society to be organic
ed his principal argument Was thar i'll
; case it was Impossible to comply with
the Woodnan Bill as published, the
special session of the legislature would
be appealed to incorporate those who
| hal signed, and give the Necessary re.
| lief All Of the citizens who attended
! The meeting at the Buchanan hotel when
| the final bargain was made with Mr..
! Sunbeam, will remember that this was
the controlling argument, because Mr..
S'mdean held out that it would he diff
ficult to get $4,000 to sign and
acknowledges articles Of incorporation,
etc, but the governor had made his
positive promise to call a special SEES.
| sion, and the Insurance Commission had
assured Mr.. Sunbeam time and again
| that a special session would be called
and that his department would be
! friendly to the Woodman Insurgents in
| securing additional Legislation at the
| special session.
We citizens Of Little Falls put up
our money depending on the special
session, therefore we have right now
to &C before the state officials, as long
as the governor has abandoned the spe>
cial session, and ask them for a ruling
,, tibet will help make a success of the
| state order.
lr a copy Of the LeSueur News Of
October 3rd, find the following state
ment which I think is reasonable and
! shows the attitude Of the thousands of
sofa. I quote this article because it
Sueur that all the Woodmen down
there were opposed to the plan Of hold
IN? both certificates. The News says:
'']f the attorney general Of Minne
: TIA, and it's insurance commissioner
are holding that they will not permit
tho organization of the Woodmen as a
state society IN Minnesota, because
John l.. Sunbeam is making canvass
ard is soliciting membership in it, from
| present members CT the NJ. w. A. and
| is saying that tllt. members will not
have to forfeit their membership. they
are very small potatoes as men, and
much smaller as public officials. The
News doubts that they go so far as to
claim this in the very fact of the de-
n1cnd for organization, and knowing
as they do how the so-called Emancipa-
ton Bill was juggled by its enemies
during its rocky road through the legis-
lature. We believe that both Attorney
General Smith and Insurance Com.
missioner Preus are at least honorable
men. AS such, honorable action, not
technical bubbles are expected Of them.
LIE Sueur Camp will take more interest
III the question from now to the close
OF the contest, and even if it should be
carried on until the next legislature is
elected and convened, the members will
not be disheartened. They believe the
free and pure air Of Minnesota is not
safe climate for the trust microbe of
the insurance combine.'
George T. Simpson, former attorney
general of this state, Senator John
! Noonan, who was chairman of the
senate insurance committee, and many
other eminent lawyers hold that under
the Woodman Bill members who sign
the articles Of incorporation are not
required to carry out the expressed in
tention to quit the NJ w. A. They hold
that members should express this in
tention in their petition to the Insur-
ance Commissioner, but that thew do
not need to carry out the intention un.
less they want to. I believe that the
Insurance Commissioner, when the mat
ter is placed before him by the citizens
OF Little Falls, will do just exactly as
he ought to do, and rule that members
en- belong to both orders, then we will
soon enough get plenty Of signers and
| the state order will be success.
II the Insurance Commissioner should
rule to the contrary it would be very
HARD to explain his ruling satisfactory
to the people, and his ruling would be
very unjust and harmful.
Let all the citizens Of Little Falls Get
behind this effort to get a square deal
| for the state order, and it will be a
great assistance to our committee and
to the cause.-J. W. Crossfeld.
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER RE-