The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-26
A. RE|NECKE THANKS
FRIENDS FOR
SUPPORT
Even Though Defeated for
secretaryship, He Asks All.
to Pull Together.

lO Inc Times.
l see that the appointment of Mr..
Bachelor of Minneapolis to the sec
retaryship of the Commercial club is
practically consummated.
want to take this opportunity of
thanking publicly the many friends
who supported me in my candidacy,
and to state publicly, that insofar as
l am concerned, am willing to bow
to the will of the majority.
However, can not refrain from en-
pressing right now the honest con-
viction that the majority of the men,
bers of the Commercial club desired
my selection, and a majority of the
board of directors would have been
willing to give me trial had it not
been for the determined and unrelent-
ing opposition of Mr.. Lander, who, it
seems, has some personal grievance
against me, in spite of the fact that
he states most positively to the con-
trary.
The chief objections to me seemed
to be the fact that, first: l was dis
tasteful to Mr.. Lander who positively
refused to even think of listening to
the will of the majority, and secondly,
because I lived IN THE CITY. Mr..
Bachelor, l understand, is to receive
$1,000 per year, while l offered to
do the combined work for $1,000 per
year, with the assistance of a steno-
grapher three months in the year, be-
lieving that, as I improved, the COM
bined organizations would improve
my income.
The reason l was not selected was,
therefore, due to the fact that Mr..
Lander positively refused to listen to
such plan, intimating very strongly
to me that If the board of directors Of
the club did not want to accept his
recommendations in such a matter,
there would be dissensions in the
club, using this as a club to line up
my friends and those who were will
ing to give me trial.
Mr.. Lander says it Is VERY unfor-
tunate indeed" that there should be
any possibility of dissensions in the
club, and at the same time he has
done more in the past month to bring
about dissensions in the club than any
other member or all of them combin-
ed.
l wanted to withdraw when found
how determined Mr.. Lander's OPPOSE
tion to me was, but my friends insist
ed that Mr.. Lander had no more right
to dictate and bulldoze than those who
wanted me, consequently 1 remained
in the race. My friends rightfully be-
lieve that home man should have
been given the preference, other
things being fairly equal. Mr.. Lander
was frequently asked what he had
against me, and his only reply was
that l was not "big" enough for the
job. I am willing he should think
so, but there were many in the club
who thought was "big" enough, and
there has been little evidence put forth
to prove that the outside man is any
bigger" at least not 5000 per year
bigger" and only handling one job
at that.
Even in spite of these facts 1 hope
my friends Will not be as small as the
people who threatened to cause dis
sessions in case was elected. l want
them to DO all they can for the ad-
vancement of the Commercial club
and, the city of Grand Forks. We can
be bigger" than our, enemies by be-
ing on the square, doing the most real
good for the town, and overlooking
the smallness of our enemies. My de-
feat is but an incident in the growth
of the town, and I do not want it con-
sidered seriously by my friends, for
l am willing to abide by it.
1 thank the Times for permitting
me the privilege for stating my case,
and again thank my friends, especially
/ for the fair fight they fought.
Respectfully,
A. c. Reinecke