The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-11
-M'CREDY DEFENDS
2 PAGE AND DR.. WEST
Number . on Membership Roll
Strong for Executive Of
New York A. c.
ISSUES IN CLUB FIGHT
Great Saving Of Money Offsets
Minor Troubles. Is the
Contention.
ISSUES IN CLUB FIGHT

~. west nave Dt'Il IlOllIlhdlth VII
an independent ticket for president and
vice-president respectively. These men
served the club last year and. according
to general report. 1t was understood that
both of the nominating committees were
in favor of rendering them renomina-
ton. Such did not turn out to he the
case and when the nominations came out
both Page and West were left Oft the
ticket
% Within twenty-sour hours of the post
ing OF tho regular ticket the names OF
both officers who had been turned down
were posted Independently. with more
than 100 prominent members of the club
signing the petition for their reelection.
The fight has waXed hot. but outside of
I few persons there is little knowledge of
the work done by the outgoing officers.
one of the oldest members of the club.
and No. on the roster. William H.. Nc
Greedy has given THE SUN permission to
print his r"1sora for a continuance OF
tho present administration as conveyed to
fellow ,mber in "a letter. Nearly all
the points at issue are dealt with by Mr..
McCredy in the letter with follows:
Tile following are my reasons for sup
porting Mr.. Page and DIR. West
They were chosen Il year ago by the
nominating committee for these same
offices
Hugh Baxter OF that committee told
ME that their first search was for the
best men to I'LL the offices and then they
must be acceptable in their personality
to the club.
That committee was composed of Hugh
II. Baxter Robert kammerer Jennings
;. Cox, John ii. Booth. Harrison * Birch
DR.. George &. Brewer and Harry q. Sill
leck. To my mind the highest class and
mo- representative committee ever put
forward by the club.
Their selections We're largely of the
l.
dent and Nlcc-prtsident. to whom this
years committee did not OTTER renomina-
tionS Last years Comritte" did not
send out notices asking this class Of men
" they wished their names considered for
nominations. Ideas of courtes., like men
FORMULATING them, vary.
mfr. Page has made good and Dr. West
has made good. They have served us
faithfully and with such good effort, Civ
ing time and good work without stint and
with such an uplift to the club In their
short term of office as | believe no other
administration has ever given Us. They
faced 100000 to be borrowed and spent
by our engineering committee, and gagged
by our previous expcr,e nces IL would have
been much more: beyond that they had
$4,000 dcbenture bonds to provide for
and the possible demand that We reduce
our $3.50 O00 mortgage.
They solved the first by paying about
$4,000 from current income for repairs
and requirements and making contract
'safeguarded by bond) for five years
running of plant ut saving OF about
$500 annually. Many call the total saw
ing about 100000, scoring interest and de-
,preciations at per cent. per annum and
rsaving OF $1,000 yearly in operating
/, -iowever. make your own figures.
They solved the second by reducing
initiation 10 800, all to go into fund to
pay debentures which, before they are
due. should no Lat
Increase Of dues from increase OF member
ship Will make UP for limitations going
, into special fund.
with above financing We could easily
be in conoition 10 meet a reduction on
mortgage Things looked blue a year
ago, but they are bright now, except
the thought that our great club can
show such ingrai.tude and lack Of JUS
fice TO our needs as to turn down such
>nen as Page and West.
IL. 81 spt ak nothing against the other cam
aidates, and / SNOW nothing against them.
except that they are willing to run
against those who stood by us in our
need and upliftel us.
''Six of our former presidents are FOR
Pagc and West. and all the living char
ter members Of the club, and all those
living Of our last years nominating COM
mitt,,.
81 at one member who doubts the quail
jty of supporters read the names OF the
Endorses on our bulletin board.
10th sides ~dn. a change for the bet
ter In the restaurant. The restaurant
committee, both able and intelligent men
in their own line OF business. are reno,ni-
mated and say W" want a change in the
restaurant So do We all of us.
"A shout Is made by one man that Mr..
Page is against proposition regarding
golf links on Staten island. but as /
understand. the rundown was unani-
campaign article b. rational men.
Regarding certain trouble in the
restaurant department, one r, suit OF
which was dispensing with the services
Of manager. the yot~ az ! understand
was practically unanimous, so like the
golf links 1t cannot be considered fly
speck on Pag" and West.
1T Is urged that they favored q very
nigh grade and INTELLIGENT member as
manager Of the cluD. but committee
COMPOSED of thu two candidates for vice.
president and the chairman of the Travers
Island committee We're summarily dis
missed before they reported in favor of
anybody or any thing.
PERSONALLY, | have very high regard
for the Intelligence Of the three men
dismissed. ] made it my business TO con-
verse with all three of this committee on
the subject and two spoke against the
candidate mentioned and the other thought
that he had shown such marked ability
that he might be given a trial.
i' THE nominating committee platform
or apology calls for first class hotel
man not "A member OF the club.
Major Rand, by far our best manager,
Jailed at keeping "A hote! and was a club
member. our star manager at Travers
Island wal not "A hotel man but had
rAarge of the stable before taking charge
of the house and his loss for the year
in the restaurant was | per cent. OF the
business done, while at the city house
under hotel men it was 20 per cent.
+s' AT the Chicago Athletic Club their
present manager, the best ever was
clerk IN ther office at SEQ week He
was tried, made good and Is now receiv-
ing $1,000 year, Ny informant Is a
, member Of both this and the Chicago
Athletic Dub. What you want and what
SOU get are rarely even twins.
"rhe non-tippins clause appeals to most
of us and is always a cheerful campaign
cry. but some like the song % Promise
Me TITS a little word, but still Il sounds
mice. The Chicago Athletic CluD charges
~ nickel TO each one. on check, to credit
of waiter, and II works well.
~ am not knocking anybody, but I'm
q life member and would gladly vote
Page and West into their present offices
for life. or until they do much worse than
they ahye done. The reasons CD given
Against them might appeal to me II