The morning times., 1896-09-20
COMING LEAGUE ELECTION
Great Interest Is Being Felt
in the Result.
HISTORY OF THE DIVISION
Orpa uiz.d in $50, the District Mem
brrsiiip Has Reached Nine Hundred.
When the Present OFFICIALS ere
Appointed There Were Only ..
Members, Now There Are 2l7.

The co ming election in the District Divis-
lon of the League of American Nheeiheii
Is creating Il great deal of interes'in wheel
Ing circles The league has done great
deal for the wheel men OF the District. HnC
this election Will be one of the most inter
esting ever held.
The present officers OF the District League
are: Chief consul, W. I. Robertson; vice
consul, W. X. Larrmore; secretary-treas-
urer .. e Wood; racing board, I. H.
Fresher, E. l.. Simpson, William Jose. W
T. Robertson. and II. NJ. Pruden; referee,
E. T.. Simpson; Handicapped. Will lam jose
local ooasuls, Anacostai, +. j. Putnam;
Georgetown. F. ]. Wisner; northwest, A.
W. LeeNe: northeast. J. A. Diggcs: south
west L. ID. Church. southeast, u. y. Mans
field; east A. GUARD; road coasui. A. w.
Ieeke.
THE LEAGUE.
Theparent bod yo' the L. A. W. wasorgan-
ICED MAY 81, 1850, at Newport, K. /. lie
District division OF the L. a W. was or
gauized shortly after, with h b. nay,
Max Hausman and Philip I. Dodge as
directors. The directors in lsSl-'S2, We're
Max Hausman and 2. I. Dodge. In 1882
3D., the "Cit iht'N ~
chief consul and representative, aud l. L.
Dodge and c. E. Hanley were chosen for
these positions.
Since then the officers have been:
1SSa-'S4-Cmer consul, W. c. Scribner;
representative c. E. Hanley. 1eSi-'s5-
Chief consul. Rev. Lewis IL. Schneider: sec
Rotary, Lewis Flemer; treasurer, F. 1.
Rawlings. $50 SO oT- Chief coIisul L.
t Pettingiii. secretary-treasurer, George
N. MYERS. 1857 SS-Chief consul, Z. T.
Pettingili; secretar y-treaSurcr. Edward
RiItZley. lSSS-'S9 -Chief consul, George
j. Atwater: seCretary-treasurer, Edwin Il.
Olds. 1sS9-'90-Chief consul. George S.
Atwater. lo90'9l Secretary treasurer.
W. II. Stearns. 1s9l'92 Chief consul. F.
l. DYER: OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, W. IL. Stet:ns.
1S92-'93-Ch consul, F. W SteinInetZ.
Observation-Disclosures W. H. Stcans. lsJ3-
'94-Chef consul. George B. French, secr t.
tary-treasurer. w H. Stearns. ls94-'e3-
Chief consul. George W. Cook. set:T ,t;:ry-
treasury, u. I. Larcombe. 1s95'96 Chief
consul. w. T. Robertson; secretar, ~ re-; s
urer. c. E. Wood.
Membership yearly has been as follows:
1881. 20: 1882, 6; SS3, :; Ss4, 10; $50
~: 1856, -; 1897. 101; 1883. 100; 1883
100: 1880, 1872: S9l, 281; S92. 236; l $50
9ai: s9i, S32; 1895, 80; September, lS3G
2l7.
The league meet has been held twice IN
Washington -ouce in 1885 and again IL
1892. /. 5..teen hundred anu ninety-thr"t
has been tie best year for the District
division i'll membership since the league
division wasOrganiZed. bat this membership
was largely raised on account OF large
prizes given to any Que who brought in "a
certain rumher OF nemtcrs They joined
for the purpose of helping secure prize
for Il Fl end and when tie year expired
quietly cropped out and have not beer
heard from since. Six hundred dropped out
at the end of the year.
In 1894 George B. French came to the
rescue and worked hard enough to more
than keep up tie standard OF the years pre-
yious, but IN 1895 the division officers
while at first working with a will toward
the end of tie season dropped in their en-
thusiaSm and allowed the membership tC
dwindle to %. and to again drop down t,
consulate thereby losing a vote in the
national assembly aud the right to holt
their own election. This neccS>itated the
election being carried on by M all with the
seCretaTy-trcasurer. But Mr.. Larcomhe re-
ton in November, lS95. resulted in only five
votes being cast, b. F. Larcomhe beinl
elected to f:Il both the offices of consul and
northumberland But Mr. Larcomhc t.
fused the Office on account of lack Of time.
This left the Offices of consul and secretary
treasurer vacant, the first time it had oc
cured since the organization of the District
division, and. according to the league son
stitution, the former could only he filled
bv appointment by the president of tn,
league
THE PRESENT OFFICERS
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