Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-13
CLUB FOR MOTOR COMPANY
Fish and Game Club Must Have Site fer
House at Manawa or War.
PROPOSAL TO invoke THE EUlcr Law
Minority Faction Does Not Endorse
Action and Matter PrOvOkes Lively
Debate at Annual Meeting
of the Club.

"You may call It blackmail II you like,
but 1 believe in using the power and right
granted us as citizens to make the motor
company give up some of the benefits II
enjoys at Lake Msnawa and compel II to
obey strictly the provisions of the law"
declared George H. Scott ex-judse of the
superior and police courts OF this city at
the annual meeting of the Council Bluffs
Fish and Game Protective association. That
this was the sentiment of many other MEM
bers Of the association was evidenced by
the applause with which Mr.. SCOTS words
were received and by the talks during the
discussion over the best methods to be
pursued to secure a club house Mr.. Scott
made no secret Of the fact that he was an
advocate of invoking the iowa mulct law
to restrain the sale of liquor within the
enclosure at Lake Manawa in the event Of
the street railway company declining to
provide a site for the proposed new club
house OF the association.
Scott and his friends, who had fixed UP
a slate at meeting held in No. engine
house during the last few weeks. were
in the majority last night and the con-
sentative element had to step down and out.
The Scott crowd prepared a printed ticket
bearing the names Of nine candidates for
hAtNAoiSt bul Out VI lHcSti 6eOTbe hughes,
declined to be identified with the methods
proposed by Scott and his friends, and in
sisted on having his name withdrawn
Divide Wen, whose name was on the printed
ticket, for some reason failed to be elected
The nine directors, said to be pledged
to pursue a course of antagonism to the
motor company. who were elected are:
c. w. Atwood, W. l.. Williams, o. c.
Brown, W. c. Boyer, AL Bray, G. H. Scott,
Thomas Kendall, L. C. Bracket and o.
johnson of Omaha.
The newly elected directors organized as
follows: President G. II. Scott; vice pres
ident, o. Johnson; secretary, c. w. At
wood; warden, w. c. Boyer The selec-
ton Of a house and grounds committee
and custodian was postponed until next
Monday night, when a meeting will be
held at the store of L. c. Bracket.
@. A. Shoedsack, the retiring president,
In his annual address censures the meth
DDS advocated at the meetings to be pur-
sued against the motor company and as
president of the association disclaimed any
connection with same. TT is little short
of blackmail," he said.
This portion of his address aroused con-
siderable feeling and finally he withdrew It.
Divide Wien made an imprisoned address
against lhe HhOtor company, winch ne de-
scribed as a big octopus, and said he
thought It was time they should lop of
one of it's legs. He advocated going into
court and compelling. the company to give
1t site for a club house. to which. he
said, they were entitled as citizens OF
Council Bluffs, who had given the COM
pany its franchise 'Tf we are going to
be sheep. let's be sheep and submit to the
shearers and be sheared," he exclaimed as
he resumed his seat after holding the
floor for twenty minutes.
The report of the secretary showed the
association has 2S1 members In good stand
ing and a balance of $244.04 in its treasury
Members who were not affiliated with the
Scott faction protested against the meth
DDS proposed to be used against the motor
company. They declared that 1t would
prove a death blow TO the club.