The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-14
AT AN END.
MEETING OF THE REPRESENTA-
TIVE WHEEL MEN.
The Most Important of the Results
of the Recent Gathering and
Their Probable Effects.

BALTIMORE, Nd. Feb. 1S-The repre-
sentative wheelmen have gone home afte
an assembly which for hard work ant
| its effect upon the future of the League
and of bicycling in general, will long b.
remembered.
Among the most important of it's re
| suits are the abolition Of class B, tbs
determination that the league shall re
tain control of cycle racing. increasing
fees for sanctions, which 1t is hoped VII
result in forcing outside clubs to JOIN INT
league; the adoption of numerous W1St
rules for the better regulation OF racing
! and a general strengthening up al
around in the leagues position. rms mas
been done without the creation OF any
| hard feelings among the members anC
the meeting will be marked by a notable
absence of anything in the shape OF acrl
mony. The old administration gave way
most gracefully TO the new and those VINO
We're unable to accomplish what they
came here to do
POCKETED THEIR DEFEAT
with smile and promised to do the best
they could anyhow. BY leaving it to the
executive committee to adopt plan look
ing to the selection of the place for The
annual meet, without leaving 1t 10 a
vote for the convention, a disturbing ele-
nent had been eliminated from future
gatherings of this nature. From the talk
of the motion, it seems probable that the
executive committee will decide to leave
the selection of the place for the meet
to a vote of all the members of the league
the ballot TO be cast in January of each
year. The mantle of charity was thrown
over the shortcomings of Titus and Cab
anne, and almost the final act of the
meeting was the practical reduction OF
their sentence from life suspension to
suspension for one year.
There was not more than half a. hun
dred delegates present when the conVen-
ton was called to order, most of the
portant step taken was the appointment
OF committee of five consisting of
MeSSrS. Dean, Massachusetts; CoSSum,
New York; Harder, Pennsylvania; CUR
to consider and report upon all appeals
for reinstatement.
AMENDMENTS.
The discussion Of proposed amendments
to the constitution was resumed and the
following were adopted:
providing that all national commit
tees, except those on auditing and local
organization, shall be appointed by the
president; making the fee that must &C
company applications for clubs for league
membership 81; requiring such clubs to
forward list of all their members, deS-
ignatinE those who are members of tie
league, requiring that members belong
ing to more than one club shall desig-
nate which club they will vote with; al
lowing the president to appoint clerk
at salary of not over $1,000 per annum.
Making the bond of the treasurer So, 00C
instead of $1,000; providing that chief
conSuls shall report the financial condi-
tion of their district at the end of every
six months; to provide for the organiza-
ton of division clubs composed of 'un-
attached members. An hours discussion
ensued on an amendment designed to in
crease the cost of sanctions to non
league clubs. It was decided to increase
additional day and 81 for athletic meets,
$40 for open race meets and So for each
additional day and 81 for athletic NETS,
scheduling two events. All league clubs
to have sanctions without cost. MesSrS.
Same. Cossum and Potter were appointed
a special committee to arrange for the
Incorporation of the league.
DEFINING DUTIES.
Other amendments adopted were: To de-
fine the duties OF the new local organi-
zation committee; permitting the racing
board to grant sanctions for Sunday rae
ing in divisions which have voted to per-
init such racing; pronounc1ng as unfair
and ungentlemanly anything which tends
to disturb racing meeting; providing
that members removing from one divis-
ion to another shall pay a fee of % cents
for new membership.
Considerable discussion was had on an
amendment designed to limit the voting
by proxy. 1t was finally decided unani-
ulOuSIN u I6SLIiCC SUCH Young Dy llullL-
ing the privilege to delegates who shall
become members Of the same division and
subdivision as the delegates giving the
proxy.
The special committee on the racing
boards recommendation regarding APP
peals for reinstatement presented its re-
port. The following were recommended
for reinstatement: b. Barker Rich, Har-
risburg. Pa; Robert J. John, New Or
Cleaver, Chicago; Albert n. Price, Client,
KY; James w. Curray, Aurora, Ind.
Reinstatement was refused in the cases
OF H. Bruce Farling, BaldwinsviIle, N.
Y; ERNEST Riggs, Guy Anderson, Mason,
Mass; David Reed, E. N. Robinson
Guthrie. Iowa; Henry Perry, Oregon; G.
A. Desmond. Iowa; R. a Hunt, Kansas
City and B. Robertson, Plattsburg, n. Y.
The report was unanimously adopted.
Mr.. Mott offered an amendment to the
constitution designed to alter tia man
ner of selecting the place for the mid
summer meet. After full discussion it
was determined to refer the whole mat
ter TO the executive committee with in
structions to arrange a plan to settle the
question in advance of the next annual
convention.