The Saint Paul globe., 1904-02-02
LINCOLN CLUBS
SCHEME is FO|LED
Other Republican Oraaniza-
tons Thwart It's Plan to Sc.
cure Membership Lists.

Members of the Mckinley club, the
Ramsey County Republican club, the.
Roosevelt club and other Republican
organiZa tions declare that the Lincoln
club is using it's coming banquet as
means of securing a list of the mem
bership Of the other organizations, and
the Lincoln club, at its meeting last
night, was given distinctly to under
stand that it might just as well give
up any idea of carrying out the scheme.
w. A. Gerber, president of the Nc
Kinley club, was present at the Lincoln
club meeting last night for the express
purpose of letting the members of the
Lincoln club know that the Mckinley
club was next to the scheme and
that it would never be carried ont
Mr. Gerber is said to have voiced the
sentiments of the other Republican or
ganizations.
Republican clubs, for some reason,
guard their membership and no person,
other than a member Of the club, is
permitted to look over the member
ship books. The Lincoln club is no ex-
ception to this rule. The reason for
this is said to be a fear that if the
membership Is made public the
members will be solicited to drop that
particular club and join with some
other. 1t has been repeatedly charged
that the Lincoln club has secured many
members at the expense of other Re-
publican clubs, and for this reason
none of the clubs is willing to permit
another club to secure a list of its
members.
DeVises Foxy Scheme.
DIT !,
having contrived a unique plan for Sc
curing the membership of every other
Republican club in the city, which
which might have been success sful had
not member of the Mckinley club
penetrated the disguise used in the at
tempt.
The annual banquet of the Lincoln
club is to be given at the Merchants
hotel the evening of Feb. 12, and a
number of Republicans who are not
members of the club are to be invited.
Secretary Wakefield, of the Lincoln
club, was instructed to write to the
secretaries of the other clubs in the
city and request a list of their MEM
bers, that invitations to the banquet
might be sent to them. The secretary
did so, but he has not as vet received
roster of any of the Lincoln clubs
rivals in the Republican field.
Members Of the Lincoln club were
told in very plain terms that the re-
quest was nothing more than an at
tempt to secure possession of the ros-
ters of the other clubs, and it was
stated that such lists would not he
furnished even If the members of the
other clubs did not receive invitations
to the banquet.
Gives the Lincoln Club a Tip.
IF the Lincoln club wants to invite
the members of the Mckinley club to
the banquet let them seAd a general
invitation to our secretary" said w. A.
Gerber, president of the Mckinley club.
last night. IF you want to send each
member an individual invitation send
a SUFFICIENT number to our secretary
and he will see that the members re-
ceive them. We do not care to furnish
the Lincoln club with a roster of our
members
When Mr.. Gerber finished speaking
the members of the Lincoln club real
lied that their yelled efforts to secure
lists Of other clubs had failed, and si-
lence reigned supreme in the club for
some little time. Then Secretary
Wakefield was instructed to invite the
members of other clubs through the
secretaries of the organizations to
which they belonged.
Before the meeting went into secret
session the reports of a number of
committees having the annual banquet
In charge were heard, all of which were
most favorable. 1t is expected that the
banquet this year will be attended bv
| more than 400 people