New Britain herald., 1923-11-08
BEING GOVERNOR OF
 STATE GOOD JOKE.
This Is TempletOn's Cryptic Re
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New Haven, Nov S.-The insurance men of Connecticut who were gather ed at the Hotel Taft last night are probably wondering just what Gov, Templeton had in mind when he stated that if they wanted a real joke. they might try being governor Of Connecticut.
 This remark was made by the gov ernor before the Connecticut Associa- ton of Insurance Agents which held it's 18th annual convention in this city yesterday, at a dinner given in the Hotel Taft grill room last night. The dinner was the last Of series of meetings which lasted throughout the day, commencing with a business meeting in the morning, luncheon al noon, an afternoon business session, and the dinner in tre evening,
 In speaking to the insurance men, who were assembled from almost every town and city in Connecticut the governor stated that it was GUS 1omary to commence a banquet speech with joke.
 'I am sorry," he said, that I can 1 not follow that rule which is supposed to have no exception. However, if you want real joke, just try being gov- ernor of Connecticut. Then youll know what a joke actually is"
 Congratulations
 But all joshing aside, I want to congratulate you, insurance men of Connecticut. In my mind you are aypical of the state in which you live. i Connecticut has something on almost ! every A in the rnunfry
 Among her other rights to fame. ] Connecticut produced the man who produced the greatest show on earth !. Banum-the one and only r. T. . JIc might have said that people had right to be humbugged, but ! am surr he certainly did not believe If, ] b"ca Use he could not have won the . patronage and friendship which ne enjoyed from the millionaire and mil | ljouaireate, if he had humbugged . them
 samuel Colt wanted to go to Cal cutta and while on his way, tired of society. He slipped away by himself . and with his ingenuity invented the Colt revolver and from that came tho Gatling guns. rifles, etc, all the in- struments of war.
 The first accident policy was writ len tor a Hartford man, the policy was for s5,0o0 and protected him from between the post office and his home. but that was only the beginning Of the insurance industry in tonncr- ticut. The first man that ever had his house insured lived in Connecticut; the date was 1f9i and the place was Hartford,
 Great Stap
 Yes. this is a great state of ours. This state stands out among all the other states and by the way that word stands out means something The easiest thing in tho world ta :. stand in. To be in the right is a1- ways the Ambition Of a good second rater. A yes mah IS the rheap.-. thing in the world on in the broad highway Of life are millions of men , who are in the right They go down 1 stream instead of up. Connecticut | would not stand where she is today if I she hadn't had some individual stand $ out Did you c,or think what might E have happened to us fl Washington had been a stand in instead Of q stand out?' IT every man who broke l out from the throng and hazsd new trail and brought new hope to life, what would happen if these men were good fellows and stood iu2
 No, my dear men, don't be stand inner stand out. Stand out Tn your business; make yourself fclt. II by standing out you can make | sour company a bigger company, . sour community q bettrr community to live in and your life Il moro fs'- orable one, stand out The ideal praise, the shallow satisfaction that comes to a man that stands in is rn easy thing. tho cheapest thing Go get; yes, tho most comfortable thing Co get.
 My messag ge 10 you is come om Of the crowd. lrt m your head above the lcyci. turn Hp tho stream: stand out and bc numbered among those whose lives arc lived usrfully. who leave this world better than they found it, who think, who do, who act and who acIicro."
 ColoneI Dnnham Spcaks. Another interesting talk to the in- surancs mon was delivered by Col Howard P. DuHham. state iuaHraH.c commissioner.
 Colonel Dunh9m discussed The new agency law tn Connecticut and stated that 'boot'0g'' licenses. thosr procured to write an individual policy for a friepI would not be granted in tho future.
 "Thousands Of agents are operat- ing in this stato al the present time without licenses" he said Proceed
 
 eases which may result in criminal prosecution Of several large agents for failing to observe the law. Some are taking business from brokers who have no licenses. and some are dividing commissions with the insured.