Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-29
MEMBERS STILL COMING IN
Loving Cup to Man Who Secures the
Most New Applications.
CAMPAIGN Is AT FEVER HEAT
Cramer Lands . Victim while Wait
ing Between Trains at Lincoln
-Eigutter Gets the
Lawyers.

To increase the excitement in the mad
rush for new members for the CONNER
cial club. to start competition and create
greater enthusiasm among the members
Of the membership committee, IL such
thing is possible. announcement was made
that a handsome silver loving cup would
be awarded the hustler bringing in the
most new members.
Thirty -one new members were reported
at noon. making a total of 1851. This
leaves lss before the coveted 1850 mark
Is reached.
At the noon meeting Of the membership
committee in the club rooms Chairman
Samuel Burns. jr., told OF the reward.
In the hurry Of the harvesting the fact
that the efforts OF the boosters we're to
be compensated had been entirely over
looked
The loving cup has not yet been placed
on display. it probably being the inten-
ton of those at headquarters TO keep =
hidden and save II as a surprise to the
campaign hustler. Plans for making the
award have not been given out, but Il
has been said there will be held q meet
ing at which interesting ceremonies will
accompany the presentation Of the prize.
All Are Boosting.
Besides the membership COMMITTEES
every member of the club is working dill
gently to help his organization reach the
i.S0o mark. Even those who are not in
the city are sending in letters telling Of
having met Omaha men on trains and al
small stations whom they have induced
TO come into tho fold.
A telegram was received yesterday from
Guy H. Cramer at Lincoln. II read:
Had twelve minutes TO catch train this
morning, but landed Frank B. Rogers
application on way to depot"
These applications have increase in
number sufficiently literally to paper the
lobby Of the Commercial club rooms. Up
to noon Wednesday $50 applications. COM
pletely filled out. adorned the walls.
The mails coming and going out Of
Omaha and circulating back and forth
about the city have been filled with
literature on the membership campaign
and 1900 pieces Of mail have gone out
from headquarters In the last ten days. all
pertaining to club membership.
Attorney C. 8. Elgutter. who has been
instrumental in securing most Of the
members Of the legal fraternity. says he
sent out fifty letters to men eligible to
membership. He has done this work on
his own initiative
Many business and professional men
who formerly belonged to the Commercial
club have been drawn back into the fold
by the new spirit which has arisen in
recent months. At the daily meetings Of
the membership committee, at which
prospective members and ways and means
Of reaching them are talked Of. It has
come to light that many men have been
ready to Join the club. but have held back
because they had not been asked.
In the present campaign It is the pur-
pose to make such excuses impossible.
That those who go after a new member
are obsessed with the Idea and deter
mined may be shown In a case cited by
A. W. Gordon. He had been turned down
by one prospect three times. and then to
show his persistence he secured the as
sistance Of his attorney, J. A. c. Ken
NEEDY. and the member was landed.
The 5000 membership blanks printed
several weeks before the campaign was
begun and then thought greatly more
than a sufficient number. have almost
gone. Negotiations are being made for
the printing Of more.