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cape girardeau weekly argus aol vi cape girardeau missouri thursday july 23 1868 "•• no i7 j b robinson democratic elector for 3d cong disl will address the people ot said dis trict at the following times and pla ces to wit at •:- j » •■**«"<» county s.tnrtlay auk 12 gayosq penuswt c«oi.ty moimlayi a*lx*tu leaf by leaf the eoses fall ' ' ' leaf by loaf the tmwr fall * ! ' ■a „ l>r"p y l°p ««•• trr run by i one by on beyom rocntl , , braimicurad anddi ' , but ihr rutjx bloom iga n * •'•■-'- a»d tbe spring wki much renew , la he pleasant april rain ,' / and the ataimt-r nun and uw so in boor of wpiu gloom . whra the kprinn f giwintm fail ' aim tbe rose in hem bloom , l>r<mip like maideim was au<l pule we stall find frrah hope lhat liea like a silent gem apart ' ' ' nul.irn far fr m careless eye in theg.irdf-b of thehrart ,'".'. b»me nweet hope to rladnea wed that will eprinir afresh and new when prief wiuter shall have tt.il giving place tv rain and dew some nweel hop that treathe i.f spring through the weary wiuirr time ' bixwiuu bloonomiitg ik bloominf .'••- i friendlier sunnier clime from the krw turk ky<oiiig pout july 1 18*8 life insurance statistics ed by mr barnes to carry on an in solvent insurance company in this state nor to permit one to be intro duced here from any other state one marked effect of this rigid surveil lance in new york is that the solvent companies of other states h»vo eager ly sought admission under tbe depart ment here in ordrr that they might obtain its certificate of their ound neus to accredit them elsewhere so sensible were the managers of our slate companies of the value of mr barnes administration of bis ; high trust that they united last ses j sion ir a memorial to gov fenton to re-nominate mr bares assu|>erinten dent they took similar actio dur ir:g gov seymour's term which bad tbe effect at least of deterring him from making any nomination from the ranks of his own political parly tbis particular office is in no sense a political one and it has been fortun ate for the insurance interests of our state that it has been administered thus far free from all political inter ference ' ""■•■' ' l / in the present report mr barnes suggests many improvements in the practice of life insurance and dissects with great minuteness the condition and affairs of each particular office under his supervision ho points out conclusively how the stockbo.lderfc of certain offices derive too large a share of the profits of the business in return for the capital they subscribed and which also'draws its own annual interest but does not appear to bo any longer at all requisite for tho se curity of the policy holders iln order to show the relative mer its of tho several companies,in this regard mr barnes gives a succiynt summary of tho charter nnd by-law arrangements of all and minute cal culations of the interest and profits paid to stockholders also with the view of urging the discontinuance of the premium noto system mr barnes presents a very exhaustive analysis of the asset accumulations of the sev eral companies fchowing prcciselj what percentage of tbe whole is re liaod and unrealized—and observes , ~...-...■.' . < ■• ! .*• it will doubtless astonish many officers themselves tv see tho email percentage of their accumulations which are now actually convertible into money orthe legal-tender cur rei.cy of the united states .'•>■i furthor he urges that *» strenuous efforts should be made to call in and realize all outstanding uncollected assets and to place the name in tho company's own safe and custody in vested in sound securities held in the corporato name!/i'remiuin cotes and credits should gradually be diminish ed and policy-holder's burdens light ened by annual dividends payable with tbe second annual premium - : ' upon the table given showing the realized and unrealized assets it ap pears that the latter consist of mium notes and loans deferred pre miums unpaid premiums commuted commissions and personal securities and accrued interest we under stand that it is contended that as against the ultimate liabilities assum ed by tbe companies these outstand ing assets are mainly available yet it seema rather a fictitious proceeding to issue contracts basod upon the as sumed consideration of premium that is never paid nor expected to be paid but to be held except so far as e&tin guished by the application of divi dends as a set-off against the body of the contract itself it may be as sumed however that with the youn ger companies at least the premium cannot bo collected as promptly as with the older and wealthier offices it has grown to be a custom and found to be to some extent a conven ience in many of the offices basod on the premium credit system to accom modate the customers by taking pay ment of the cash portion of the pre mium in notes at short dates payable with interest and it is urged that this course facilitates business and induces a lage amount of insurance that would not otherwise be effected bat mr barnes inclines to the actual cash basis of the business and dosires to see as far as practicable the assets represented capable of conversion in to money or lha legal-tendor curren cy of tbe united states ~," ~' ; the table exhibiting this illustra tion shows for our new york state companies a percentage of uarealiz ed total a&teta varying from 53.c5 per cent at the highest down to 6.80 per cent as tbe lowest of lh estab lished companies the mutual lift of new york and the equitable show by far the largest proportion of as sets realized \ v . the all cash premium companies have iiecessarily the advantage in this comparison , tracing the several companies ii this state io the order of their incor poration and specifying the features of their " chartered privileges " and by-law provisions mr barnes re marks of the foremost and largest company of the country the mutual life of new york that " this com pany whoso organization like that of the equitable in england marks the iiubstanlial establishment of mod ern life insurance in this country was incorporated in 1842 by ft special act of the legislature be/ore the adoption of the constitution of 1846 which prescribed general acts of incorpora tion only two amendments of its charter appear upon the stauto books for a period of twenty-six years and ' referring to the by-laws the superin tendent states that " thirty-two by laws as rcvisod on the 17th day of may 1865 constitute the corporate statutes which govern and regulate the affairs of 50,000 policy-holders and over 25,000,000 cash assets these internal laws have been work ed out by the experience of a quarter of a century and by the receipt cus tody and payment of many millions of dollars and by business intercourse and contact with over a quarter of a million of different persons in this and other states , the natural expec tation that elaborate and wise rules i would be thereby established will not bo disappointed by a critical and care ful analysis of the by-laws of the mu tual life insurance company i , ,; ! the large tocrease in the business of life insurance during the past year intperuaps better indicated by the new ' business of one of the leading companies thrtn by a reference to long columns of figures ""^ '-'■'• ' the new business of the mutual life for 1&67 was nearly 20,000 poli cies and he canh receipts nearly 10,000,000 r . - " . i referring to the scheme so earnest ly urged recently by elizur wright of massachusetts and * few oiber kindred spirits for the creation of a national bureau yf insurance at washington mr barnes very aptly says :'' '; '", '"" "'.:" ' ' ".'• . ,'" ' i >.- \. i ■■■'- iv •';' '■■•>■••■' ,■t ■■■i an abortive attempt in tho pro tended interests of policy holders has been recently made at washington by a 6m&ll minority of the life insurance companies of the union to wrest from i the several states their legiti-1 mate and constitutional functions of supervision and control over the sub ject of ufa insurance and under the mautle of the federal government and the machinery of an association ot of companies to aggregate to them selves all supervisory powers and ju risdiction with the right to issue cer tificates of authority for every slate in the union except in which a com pany is incorporated undoubtedly all companies by their boards of di rectors actuaries auditors,stockhold ers and policy-holders should annu ally at least examine audit and regu late their condition and affairs in the best possible manner ; and if all or a portion of the companies choose to associate themselves together for this purpose the public will not object to any such vouching by all for.each in dividual company but any system of self-supervision by the corporations themselves or by their own officers actuaries or appointees however art fully disguisad will not be accepted by tho public as a substitute for an in dependent governmental supervision made in the interests of the state and of the whole commonwealth : " this crude and illy digested seueme very properly received its qui etus in the judiciary committee of the house of representatives by an unanimous vote and was not even dignified by a report for the conside ration of congress . ;■; ■' we commend the study of this in teresting elaborate and important re port to every intelligent citizen who either has his life insured or feels that he ought to insure it iv order that he may clearly understand all the bearings of this great interest * ■••"•. ■»■»»»■- ■.■, report of the state superintendent " the life insurance section of the 10th annual report ocmr wnv b.arncs superintendent of the insurance de partment of this state has just been issued this report reviews the busi ness progress and financial standing of nil the companies ii.corporator in this state or transacting business hero for other stato in the year 1867 and is a public document of import ance to tho community in general as a specific branch of economic fin ance tho'depart ment of life insurauoe has grown into a lagb power^within the past twentj years in f ihi-a snuc also fn'-ncwengland and wiestuirally in pen 11 sytvan i a all d t-fod fex t<sru bfates , . . . , . -.-:•-.'/.► i • ■j < \ <> ••/■,■i ■■-.'■r ' i >/ /. i -.' ■.' ilia a business with vvbicb every citizen who has ttoo wisdom toireali any available surplus in-coiwefix»m hi earnings or his properly ought to be fully acquainted * the scheme ot life insurance is intended to embrace the imprests of thd wl/ofa conrmunity — it is properly conekiteved the great co-operative finan<".*<il source of the people—associated for mutual advifn tago"and protection ; mobilizing the hurplus earnings of all degrees in ike truo spirit o<f fii&fcernity and cqu*uty dcfhocratising iho potent forcex>f ca pital in tho service-of the highest in terests of hunan society very fair ly it may be said that the civilization of a people oan t>c estimated by the refat.ive prog^es of life insuranco atn(ot)gbt thetn f •. '".* y i ;■;..; ! lit fvs impulse pa re and pimple is to protect the widow and the or phan—to extend tho affectionate care of the husband and father beyond their own jiv<es to tbe objects of ifeeir aflfecttons the . system has been found capable of other applications it secures endowments and annuities for the jiving protects creditors and j.hxjwi'qi'os benevolence generally from mr barnes report we learn that lh<e financial force of this great nt«fest in this state represented by thirty companies amounts in their gross upsets to tho sum of 65,522 978 64 lhat they have in force 206 966 policies insuring the immense suit of 612,721,43j 03 their premi um income in 1867 amounted t0526 634,061 09 and the death claims paid on policies % sanr.o year 4,229,941 49 during 1567 there were fifteen com panies from other states represented by agents in tbis stato and we may summarize their force thus 1 gros assets f 16 other state com ' - panirs >>> 60.025 972 76 2 amount idsnred by 184,174 01icte*.,64*.008,346 24 *. premium income ,**.,...<.<.. 33,749,269 21 4 dealbclaiuitt paid k 4.011,640^8 mr baracs observes upon these fig ures that the amount insured,which five years ago was lets than two hun dred millions has already reached the numeration column of our national debt and exceeds a billion of dollars with gross assets in hand exceoding one hubdfed and twenty-five millions and etill the work goes on with un flaging step and increased activity it is manifest that this great inter est needs watchful state supervision and it is satisfactory to find that mr barnes who has held the office of in surance superintendent since the cre ation of the department in 1859 is fully equal to the responsibilities of bis important position . .'.„..'. since the creation of the insurance department in this state tbe credit of our new york companies in every branch of insurance hat been r&ued to a high standard tad their r&lae appreciated all over the country it has not been possible under the io uraaoe code as vigilantly administer others laugh but never laughed him self—a melancholy man through life which caused him to shuffle off his mortal coil ere half his race was run about the time the texas excite ment ran ao high in the united states jim willis was in pittsburg in that situation so common to play actors viz dead broke standing one day on the wharf with bis serious visage expanded planning he heard a drum and fife on looking around hojsaw a company of reckless looking half uniformed soldiers about em barking for new orleans bearing a texan banner a thought struck him next day ho sent hie trunks on board the first boat to start and just as the captain was tapping the bell for tho last time willis stepped on board and dragging bis trunks in to an on occupied stateroom took from his theatrical wardrobe :\ uoldier ooat with ft bo}t breast and three rows of buttons a red cash a pair of military trowsers a grizzley black wig and a pair of false whiskers by the time tho boat had got fairly un der way jim was fully equipped,with his stage sword gracefully handing by his side drawingon his white gloves he hesitated a moment but relying on his peculiar powers he opened tho door gavo the usual military stoop and walked into the cabin which was filled with pasrengens in a moment all eyes wero directed towards him but walked up to the bar and drank a glass of brandy and watcr in the meantime all,was bustle and con fusion to know who the officer was a general rush was made for the re gister but he had,not yet put down his name the captain was ocnaulted but ho knew.nothing;'l ,'. rt jat length however feeling a little curiosity himself he walkud up to jim and bowing politely to him said sir i ~••'.{ '.." l (■■; *'\ /:■-.- ;! -.'. | sir to you said willis touching bis cbapeau ala militaire ". jr i j will you do me tho favor to reg ister your name so that!can provide a stateroom for you ?'*' uj "' w j 0 with pleasure replied jim and walking up to the register he flourished the round text ' . f'o p edwards major/texaa army ' -''"';; \'\' '', :', ,' [ the crowd pressed around the table rthey read the name—universal en thusiasm prevailed and three tremen dous cheers were given for texas and liberty ' ",'* ' '_. ■■i^jim took off his hat acknowledged the compliment with a graceful bow and a tort patriotic remarks it is almost needless to say that from that moment the soi-diuant major was a lion every one sought to make bis acquaintance the ladies opened the cabin door to get a peep at him—he was made as drunk as bacchus on cbampaigne ' ' ,• • next day he was promenading the hurricane deck linked a^rm in arm with the captain and a warm-hearted southerner who resided near yicks burg j •";•"•.-■' ■x 1 i -: y ;" mujor said the southerner " j know very well you'have been on a , mission to collect arms ammunition and recruits but on that subject you must of course keep mum in conse quence of the treaty between mexico and the united states for my part j could see every copper colored pft jal hung like dogs on trees."'."l ; my business may have been i find i have exhausted all my means in the cause in fact i fear i shall not be able to pay my passage until i get to new orleans ~, '■don't mention it said the cap tain " i could not think of taking anything from yoa " i have it said the southerner come with me ' . v -'• the trio adjourned to the clerk's office where a stirring appeal for aid to texas was written the southern gentleman carried it among the pas sengers and collected 150 which he handed over to willis at night a supper was given at which speeches were made and toasts drank the cabin was decorated with the etar manufactured by the ladies for tho occasion . >: v , jv , t i about 12 o'clock the company com menced fiiogiog songs and at length the major waa called upon to favor the company with a song he com plied by''favoring the company with his famoua song oi billy liavrk>«r •• v bravo 1 taid ona .*.«,, i.m ■. excellent said another '-, , ; : capital 1 saip a third ir n i.'ia : i could do betur said jim who was fa»t verging into the fourth stage of intoxication it j had the proper togson : i ~',,"< rj u > i , after giving three faint hujwas for texas the party jbrofcft op next morning the clerk went to willis state-room t6 call him to breakfast imagine his surprise when he di6cov ered that the major had turned in all standing with cbapeau and sword on i the feet snugly laid on the pillow he was a texas major and of coarse no faults was found ' j v thus things ran on will reached new orleans in triumph there ho 1 doffed ' his uniform and returned to ; yicksburg where he got an engago raenti in tho t theatre jje became a 1 great favorite j and when he wag at the zenith of his glory,the old gentle man whom he met on board the boat ' went ta the theatre ' between the pieces willis sung billy barlow '' tfeo old fellow was bpwjldredj.the after piece came on and willis appea^fwjl the identical suit in which he bflyy^jy acted the text's major '\"".\ r i after the theater was out the old fellow sought an intorview with jip tfou rascal i ooght to shoot youv but thp trick was so clever1 that v , forgive-yob so jet fis say no'more about it yl ■'"■\':' *"' '/■","..', jim looked at jiim a moment wltbf a serious expression then replied map in bis time plays many parls j ; bpeech 07 mb seyjttova c : \ .! he accepts the domination — indorses i j the platform—the coming triumph i assured •■! \' . ' '.', % '~ i new york july jo.—the pomruit tee designated by the national dem . ocralic convention to present their nomination to the candidates,"i'per formed the duty'assigned ifcem this eveningi,'ln presence of a great j con course of people gen,"morgan of l ohio chairman pf,pom mittee a brief and appropriate address made the formal tender of the nomination )? to gov seymour and gen blair a ' ;, ! gov seymour replied as follows . tio mr chairman and gentlemen of the j 1 '^ ; nij<ll ] rf \,. & i i thank you for the courteous terms j in which you have communicated to 0 me the action of the democratic na wt tional convention i have no words adequate to express my gratitude for /^ the good will and kindness which „ that body shown to nse itsnomina :) tion was unsought and unexpected w it was my ambition to take an active \\ part from which i am now excluded - • in the great struggle going on for the restoration of good government of } . f peace and prosperity,to our country greatucheering > but i have teenl caught op by the whelming tide thai lis bearing ua on to a grea political change and i find myself unable tool ! resist its pressure loud cheers *'■! | : jyou have also given to'ma a copy of the resolutions put forth by the convention showing its position upon all the great questions which now gi itate the country as tha presiding officer of that convention i am famil iar with their scope and purport and '.'' t as one of its members lam a party ( to their terms - they are in accord wilh my wish/and i stand upon them 1 ia the eontevt into which we are tow • entering and i ehall sti'iva to carry them out in futuro wherever j may ! ' be placed in public or private ii'fe 1 * ' cheers.)1 x congratulate you and ll conservative men who seek to restoro ". . order peace prosperity and gjbd .' government to our.landj upon the cr v idenccs everywbere jbhown ; that wo are to triumph at tho next election prolonged ebeers those who ara politically'opposed to us flattered ' themselves thero would be dj&cord in "' our councils 1 they mistook the vi 0 1 certainties o purviews as o the beat methods of carrying out our purpose for differences of opinion in regard s-l to those purposes they mistook an intense anxiety to do no hct which ic should not bo wiso and judicious for > ii a spirit of diaem-d bat during tb lengthened proceediogi and earnest yj djjicussipns of the convention tb«r#mij has prevailed fto.^nura.harwoof of rri intercourse a patient 9rimdrftnos»a4hnc a self-sacrificing tpirit vhlch ar th *:*:» sare tokens oc a coming victory r<l\r accept iorycaraejyes geouei»e i :: my wishes foryour>mature > welfare 1 io and happiness 1 in feirijay|rl will answer t&e^com'rojj/ilcfltlon yoa ijavd just*lifti»dijd iaa by letter aa f ' a the 1 *' for;m long''e'oquoned fll efaeering •\* ""/']•". : u ut ■i at the conclusiod of gov'.soymcmr's t>ru echi 6iwa ? blair made some remarks '- accepting the nomination for the ytoe » presidency and pledging him»*lf to 1 adhere to * j v^icv ' j i^icd * iiv the pi*u ;'--■-- ~ ' l " a texan hero tie following amusing glory is told of * facetious comedian who played ia cincinnati some years ago •• lie waa a queer compound of human nature a wan who could with case mukc hire ity tfinrrtair mctfclg glrgns . is fujili3heu evert thursdat bt tv j hamilton prop'r to whom all utter mast b addressed } v ■■, o^jtioes ; ! wtfo/n s'-i oppose st charles hotel '■■■tkrms ok subscrutiov j i na c>py • m-»tta....so 25 oae copy 1 rw....51 00 tl copy * th • 73 ten eupies 1 year 17 m uutewpr • months 1 6 20 copies 1 year i 00 uiail l •«■«• wr rr<mß c*rriera....jfit ceuls • ' ' rates op advkrtisijfa '~' .'.. 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Object Description
Title | Cape Girardeau Weekly Argus, 1868-07-23 |
Masthead | Cape Girardeau Argus Vol. 6 No. 7 |
Date | 1868-07-23 |
Subject | Cape Girardeau (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
Description | An archive of a politically independent weekly newspaper in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, that supported the Union cause during the Civil War. |
Publisher | W. M. Hamilton |
Type |
Newspapers |
Format | Image/Tiff |
Source | Bound volumes |
Language | English |
Coverage | Missouri -- Cape Girardeau County -- Cape Girardeau |
Rights | Public domain |
LCCN | 071.7896 C17 |
Date Digital | 8/23/2010 2:05:49 PM |
County |
Cape Girardeau County (Mo.) |
Contributing Institution |
Southeast Missouri State University |
Copy Request | Contact Kent Library Special Collections and Archives at One University Plaza, MS 4600, Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. Telephone: (573) 651-2245 Fax: (573) 651-2666 Email: semoarchives@semo.edu |
Description
Title | Cape Girardeau Weekly Argus, 1868-07-23 |
Masthead | Cape Girardeau Argus Vol. 6 No. 7 |
Date | 1868-07-23 |
Subject | Cape Girardeau (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
Description | An archive of a politically independent weekly newspaper in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, that supported the Union cause during the Civil War. |
Publisher | W. M. Hamilton |
Type | Newspaper |
Format | Image/Tiff |
Source | Bound volumes |
Language | eng |
Coverage | United States; Missouri; Cape Girardeau County; Cape Girardeau; |
Rights | Public domain |
Page | 1 |
Sequence | 1 |
LCCN | 071.7896 C17 |
Full Text |
cape girardeau weekly argus aol vi cape girardeau missouri thursday july 23 1868 "•• no i7 j b robinson democratic elector for 3d cong disl will address the people ot said dis trict at the following times and pla ces to wit at •:- j » •■**«"<» county s.tnrtlay auk 12 gayosq penuswt c«oi.ty moimlayi a*lx*tu leaf by leaf the eoses fall ' ' ' leaf by loaf the tmwr fall * ! ' ■a „ l>r"p y l°p ««•• trr run by i one by on beyom rocntl , , braimicurad anddi ' , but ihr rutjx bloom iga n * •'•■-'- a»d tbe spring wki much renew , la he pleasant april rain ,' / and the ataimt-r nun and uw so in boor of wpiu gloom . whra the kprinn f giwintm fail ' aim tbe rose in hem bloom , l>r |
Date Digital | 8/23/2010 2:05:50 PM |
Filename | 18680723_001.tif |