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

| SITUATION Is CHANGED
! Tie following article on the status Of
the organization Of the Minnesota
Plainsmen, is contributed by J. w.
Crossfeld, clerk Of the local NJ: w. A.
camp: .@- 49, :: - sa,.. f.=
There is every reason why the
resolution adopted by the citizens mass
Injecting at Little Falls last Friday
night should receive favorable attention
from the state authorities. -,.r
When Mr.. Sundean came to Little
Falls in response to our request that
we be given chance for the head Of
flee Of the state society to be organiz-
e1. his principal argument was that in
case it was impossible to comply with
the Woodman Bill as published, the
special session Of the legislature would
be appealed to incorporate those who
had signed, and give the necessary re-.
lief. All of the citizens who attended
The meeting at the Buckman hotel when
the final bargain was made with Mr..
Sundean, will remember that this was
the controlling argument, because Mr..
Snndean held out that it would be diff
ficu]t to get $4,000 to sign and
acknowledge articles of incorporation,
etc, but the governor had made his
! positive promise to call special ses-
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. ..D. .
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 ruling
tibet will help make success of the
state order.
In copy Of the LeSueur News Of
October 3rd, I find the following state.
ment which I think is reasonable and
shows the attitude Of the thousands Of
stta. I quote this article because it
has been stated by Mr.. Parker Of Le-
Sueur that all the Woodmen down
there were opposed to the plan Of hold
ing both certificates. :, The News says:
off the attorney general Of Mime
$ TIA, and its insurance commissioner
are holding that they will not permit
the organization of the Woodmen as a
state society in Minnesota, because
John l.. Sunbeam is making a canvass
ard is soliciting membership in it, from
present members Of the NJ. w. "A. and
Ekissa tll1:ssg the nor
lkaTe to- forfeit their nie1b bership, 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-
mand 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
IGeneral 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
i'll 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
rot be disheartened. They believe the
free and pure air of Minnesota is not
a safe climate for the trust microbe Of
the insurance combine.''
George 7. Simpson, former attorney
general Of this state, Senator John
Moonan, 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 M. W. A. They hold
that members should express this in
tention in their petition to the Insur-
ance Commissioner, but that they 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
ic'|n belong to both orders, then we will
soon enough get plenty of signers and
the state order will be success.
1t the Insurance Commissioner should
Irule 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. III
l Let all the citizens of Little Falls get
behind this effort to get square deal
for the state order, and it will be a
great assistance to our committee and
to the cause.-J. w. Crossfield. ys:..S& ys:..sS Y .
INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS, RI r.
FUSES RULING AT THIS TIME
| J. A. 0. Preus, state. Insurance COM
missioner, yesterday il 4 letter toJ the
heads Of the Northwestern Plainsmen,
and order made up Einsurgeu1ts from
the Modern Wpodmen, refused to rule
on whether they could join the ness or;
der and still retain theiirr 'membershiin6 ii )
in the, old order until petitions in prop
Eer form are presented to him.