Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-03
HOI CONTEST IN FIELD CLUB
I've Factions Determined TO Name the
President FOR Next Year.
ASn.BLANcHAHD MEN HOT IN COLLAR
Allegation that Ben r. white was
Induced TO Withdraw ny Letters
sent TO Him by Friends of
Blanchard.

In the winter time the Field club house
is a peaceful place, full only Of cold and
depressing atmosphere. In the city. though.
its owners and sometime occupants are
always prone to have a warm and inter
estinE time This is especially true of the
season, about this time OF the year, when
officers are to be chosen who will do the
courteous during the next golf and ten
mis- tournaments. AS in the physical world,
so IN the realm of Field club politics.
Nov is tho winter" Of their discomfort.
Relations . between certain groups are
strained, the waters Of formal friendships
are rolled muddy and full Of the angry
germs Of rivalry, Of set opinion-of jeal-
ousy. II you will.
The occasion Of the tcklish tension be-
tween some of the club members relates
particularly to the Office of president. As
10 this office one faction goes to the ex-
tent OF alleging. or asserting, that the
chief engineers of the group that is pro-
jecting a president to it's own liking has
been busy under the surface in fashion
that is akin to the tricks that are vain"
of Tsl An the great Chnee.
II may be stated that the bylaws Of
the Field club provide for the appoint
ment Of a nominating committee Of FIVE,
in October of each year. by the board Of
directors. This committee Of Ave gets
up a list of candidates to be voted for.
There Is an alternative provided for the
benefit of those who may not like the men
nominated by the committed They can
nominate by petition, up to certain date.
At its session this fall the nominating
committee presented the name OF j. B.
blanchard Of Souh Omaha for president
Nomination Brings Rebellion.
Then there was trouble. II is charged
by the anti-Blanchard people that the man
from South Omaha managed matters so
cleverly that he In effect appointed the
nominating committee.
As member of the club and chairman
OF the committee on buildings and grounds
Mr.. Blanchard is said to have opposed the
building of the new club house and to
have been reactionary all through. The
Blanchard people say he is Just the man
for president and that South Omaha must
be recognized as ION the map"
The anti-Blanchard members nominated
Ben T. White for president by petition.
the paper having about four score names
attached. White was away, and the petit
TONERS say this fact inspired the Dlanch-
ard cohorts to write to him, advising
that he refuse to run. This Mr. White
did, as the story goes. but his declination
was not made public until It was too late
under the rules to replace him by petition
Now telegram comes into the play. One
night about the ghostly hour when the
graveyard yawns on the county hospital
hill beyond the club house. a messenger
boy awoke the keeper of the Field club
with telegram for President Foster, from
Mr. White. positively saying he would re-
fuse to stand for president Mr.. Foster
not being lat the club" that evening, the
telegram was brought back to town and
no got it in the mail next morning.
Contents Known in Advance.
But before he got the message Mr.. Fos-
ter was called up by phone and asked
about the telegram from Ben T. White
He said he had received none, but the caller
told Foster, Come off, we have a copy OF
the message" well. that's more than /
have" said Mr.. Foster, wonderingly Soon
after he got the message from the east,
and now some club members insinuate that
the declination sent by Mr.. White was
written in Omaha.
The facts came to the knowledge OF the
club members who do not want Blanchard
for president, and they became at once
julius Caesars, as to color of hair Now
they are up il golf clubs and tennis
rackets, the only weapons recognized by
the Field club code They swear by the
sacred stein and the consecrated hagon
that Blanchard shall not be president that
Whites name cannot be withdrawn at
this time under the rules, and II It is they
win sock in some ballots that will be
written in blood. The Blanchard crowd
swears on the crossed battle axes of the
killing floors that their man is the only
proper president to be.
And there you are, my masters-with
the election set for Wednesday, Deem
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