Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-18
ELECTION At OMAHA CLUB
Most Holly Contested in Years and a
Heavy Vote is Folled.
R CHOSEN PRE-
L, A. CrofOot, Joseph Barker and
r. A. Campbell Elected Directors
Financial Showing of
Year f. Good.

PreGident-Myron L, Learned.
vice President-ward n. Burgess.
seeretary-Treasursr-C. L. Deuel.
Directora-L. A. crofoot, Joseph Barker
and T. L. Campbell.
The annual election Of officers OF the
Omaha club Saturday proved to be as
warm a contest as forecasted. and when
the smoke of battle and other smoke lifted
Messrs. Crofoot, Barker and Campbell were
to be seen still standing, the candidates. of
e. p. Peck. Clement C. Chase and E. NJ.
Fairfield being Frustrated.
Crofoot led the van with 1875 votes. Bar
ker followed with 141, and Campbell had
121. Peck was seven votes short of tieing
Campbell.
Following the meeting OF the club, the
directors held a session and chose the men
Indicated for the officers of 1870. Learned
succeeds Victor Caldwell and Burgess now
occupies the place held last year by
Learned. c. L. Deuel. is elected secretary
and treasurer for the thirteenth successive
time.
The business meeting OF the club was also
noteworthy for action keeping the mem
bership list for the time being at it's pres
ent figure, S25, and for authorizing the d.
rectors to buy from the A. j. Hsnscom es-
tate the sixty feet west of the club on
which it is the intention to build an ad-
dition to the club.
Contest is Exciting.
The contest for the directorate proved
the most exciting IN the twenty-five years
of the clubs history, and resulted not only
in a larger vote during the day. but in a
larger attendance than usual at the annual
dinner which preceded the business meet
ing. There were three directors whose
terms expired, Messrs. Crofoot, Barker and
Luther Kountze. The first two stood for
reelection. Kountze declining to be a can
didate. OF the three men who were in the
field other than those ultimately victorious,
the most active candidate was z. p. Peck,
who 1t was said was a candidate for cleo
ton to the presidency II successful in the
preliminary contest. His friends worked
valiantly for him, and likewise did the ad-
herents of the other five. The result was
an amount OF vote solicitation which was
unprecedented. and the effectiveness OF the
work done, together with the interest
arousd, showed itself in the large number
OF votes polled.
ReoOPt OF Directors.
The annua report of the directors was
submitted as follows:
Thu club has had a very prosperous year,
the receipts from all sources having ex-
ceeded the expenditures by s., The
bonded indebtedness Of the club has been
reduced to $4,000 during the year and
n,S6H has been expended on repairs and
requirements with the view to maintain
ing the clubs property in the best OF con-
dillon. Over 5000 was expended on the
converting Of certain space on the third
floor OF the building into two additional
bed rooms. These additional rooms will.
II is estimated. yield an Increased revenue
to the club Of about $500 per annum which,
It would seem. warrants the expenditure
of the amount stated.
II may not be known TO all members
that the club now has been in existence for
twenty-five years, the original agreement
In organization being dated January /, 1884,
and It may be OF interest TO know that OF
the seventy-nine men who signed this orig
inal agreement. thirty-four have died. OF
those who signed the original agreement,
the following are now members of the
club: Ralph W. Breckenridge, Frank Col
PETER, John c. Gown. Frederick II. Davis,
Charles l.. Deuel.. Luther Drake. William
F. Gurley. Richard 8. Hall, c. viii Hamil-
ton, George w. Holdredge, Frank B. John
son.. William v. Morse, William II. Nc
Cord, John A. Munroe, Edward p. Peck,
Arthur Remington and John K. Wilbur.
TIL total membership OF the club on
December 1. 1907, was 42 and on December
81, 1908, II was +79. a gain OF II members
during the year.