Omaha daily bee., 1913-10-27
MEMBERSHIP WELL LoCAslED
Strategic Positions Occupied by the
Society Admirable.
SOME INTERESTING RECORDS
Condolences that Show What Might
Possibly Happen,
MEMBER ALWAYS SUCCEED
Every Time One Runs for office the
Outsider is Left Far Behind
I'm the Count of
VOfen,
CFrom a staff Correspondents }


LINCOLN, Neb.. Oct. 2e.-(special.)-
The schoolmasters' Club OF Nebraska is
not in politics, IL lamp post Interviews
with prominent members OF the club
living in Lincoln as set forth in Lin
coin paper is to be believed. but tho
whole agitation over the removal OF Or.
Thomas from the Kearney normal is due
to the agitation OF certain Omaha
papers, who are prone to look upon the
schoolmasters' club as a sort OF Lincoln
organization
In an endeavor to show that the
schoolmasters' club Is not Lincoln or
ganization and that It is not in politics
Lincoln members of the club are quoted
as saying that because so many OF the
club live in Lincoln is because OF the
geographical situation and the state
university.
How They Are Located.
The records Of the Schoolmastsrs' club
show that OF the 100 members. thirty-five
live in the capital city and It's suburbs.
The other members are scattered over
the state. and so scattered that were Il
the days OF the railroads in politics and
the old convention system it would look
suspiciously suspicious.
Strangely. the schoolmaaters club has
Representatives in all of the thicky set
tied counties and most of the larger
towns. They are so situated that II the
club wanted TO cut a figure In politics
II could do so very successfully because
Of the geographical location OF It's mem
bership. Is there any political organize
ton of the state or any politician who
would not be in his political glory IL he
had a workipg representative in the fol-
lowing counties. which have all the way
from one to four representatives OF the
Schoolmasters' club:
Adams. Box Butte, Butler, Buffalo,
Burt. Cass. Colfax, Clay. Custer, Dodge,
Douglas Dawes. Dixon. Gage, Hall. HAM
iiton. Jefferson. Johnson. Madison, Muck
oils. Nemahs. otoa. Platte. Phelps. Red
Willow, Richardson. Saunders. Seward.
Saline. stanton. Washington. Wayne.
York and with headquarters In Lancss-
ter county with working force OF thirty
five members.
Effects on Primary,
In 1903. the first year that state Of
ficers were nominated at a primary, the
Echoolmasters' club was represented by
four out of the five candidates for state
superintendent. One republican outside
OF the club had the sand TO buck up
against the stone wall and has not been
heard from since. n C. Bishop. MEM
ber of the club landed the republican
nomination and was elected In his Sc
lection of a deputy he picked a member
OF the club. or at least his name now
appears on the roster.
In 1910, of the four candidates. Frank
g. Perdue was the only man who bucked
against the line and he, too. went down
to defeat. This was the year that ths
club got behind j. w. Crabtree after he
had been deposed by the normal school
board, and on a sob" platform he was
elected and & member Of the School.
masters club was kept as deputy.
In 1913 Il was a direct fight between
members of the Schoolmasters club and
the outsiders on the republican side. j. q
DelzelI represented the club with q. w.
Whitehorn opposing him. On the demo-
cratic ticket Il. T.. Monroe tried conclu-
sIons with two members OF the club. r. v.
Clark and John speedie. In each case the
anti-ciub candidate was badly distaneed.
but somehow the successful candidate
did not remember his unsuccessful COM
petitor in the primary when he was
elected, and appoint him 20 a good office
as had been done in former years. But
he was not a member of the schoolmas-
ters' club. and that might be the reason.
why it is Limited.
A IAncoln member OF the club says that
one reason why the club is limited 10 100
members, Is because II It was not 50 II
would be too much like the State Teach
ers' association. In other words. a club
OF 100 members can be more easily
handled than one with an unlimited
number and the little club OF the select
could manipulate matters as they wanted
Il anyhow. To show how successfully
the club has worked in the teachers or
ganization. every president OF that or
ganization elected in the past half a
dozen years is memebr Of the School
masters club. and still the club is not In