The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-19
GATHERING or wHEBLMBN.
Important Action Taken at the Meeting il
 New York.

New York.
 New York, Feb. 1S.-There was a
 great gathering of wheelmen from all parts of the United States to-day at
 the Grand Union hotel. The occasion
 was the fourteenth annual convention of the League of American Wheelmen,
 which commenced it's sessions at 10:3O q. m. There were over one hundred
 delegates present and much of the time during the day was taken up in spirited discussions over the various matters brought before the delegates.
 The most important matters were the securing of the annual meet, the fight being between Asbury Park and Boston, and the adoption of amendments to the constitution and bylaws. There was spirited fight over the next place of meeting, but after considerable dis cussion Asbury Park was selected by a vote of S1 to 63 in favor of Boston. The morning session was devoted to the reading of the reports of the officers and of the various committees. The report of President Charles H. Luscomb dwelt upon the affairs of the League of American Wheelmen, especially upon financial points and good roads. It showed that the membership had fallen off 10000 since the last annual report.
 MT. Luscomb recommended that two meets be held in the future, one in June and one in September,
 The treasurer's report showed the total receipts, including unpaid dues to be $24749; assets, s943, and liabilities, $5,190.
 The secretary of the executive com mittee reported that that body during the year had reduced the outstanding bills $6,12S. The report of Howard Ray mond, chairman of the racing board, spoke very favorably of time classes, it being his opinion that the rule made last year, making two classes, had proved beneficial. Under the new rules 292 suspensions were made last year and ninety men entered the pro- fessional class. Chairman Raymond proposed a renewal of the alliance with Canadian wheelmen. He also suggest ed that every racing club be forced to pay sanction fee, arranged at rates of $10, SIP and ST. according to stand ing of the club and number of it's members and in case of trouble, the rider if in fault be barred. Another recommendation is the abolition of time limits in trial heats and that no man be compelled to ride in two trial heats to qualify in the finals Mir Raymond tendered his resignation and advised the convention to make the office a salary position, At the afternoon ses- sion the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:
 A. c, Willison of Cumberland. Md, president; George A. Perkins of Bos- ton, vice president; A. c. Morrison of Missouri second vice president, and A. E. Merganthaler of Ohio, treasurer.
 The only contest was9o the second l vice presidency, MT. Billingsiey of Tiff nois opposing MT Morrison.
 Following the election. of officers MT. | Jacqulsh of Illinois said he desired to withdraw the amendment to strike out the word white" in the constitutions This proposed change caused vast amount of talk pro and con- and if | acted upon would probably have re- | suited in bitter fight. The color line | in question, therefore, has been side | tracked. To-day's session cleared the | decks for action on the proposed 1 amendments. A few were discussed af- | ter the selection of Asbury park, and | more were brought to notice in the | evening. There will be another session | tomorrow, and probably the meeting will not end until Wednesday.