The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-08
WHEEL MAGNATES DEBATE.
IMPORTANT MEETING OF TN NEW
q FORK State DIVIsEON.

. YORK AT1TE nTYTgTnK
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essala.,s- chsre.. Maze As",..t the
stere'"rS's pepar.mens of the heaEae.
There was a large and representative muster
Of cycling legislator. in Parlor A of the Grand
~, Um'o on az, no's Mo, ,ss Wo n,Fs. wh9n the annas. meet
W. came to order. All AiI' seemed n,v,s'V to y realize ALL =, the h,
importance of the occasion and wasted little
tim in dlsposing of the volume OF business
awaiting discussion.
Inc session was sienalized by some unexpected
and almost sensational incidents. Ono of these
was a motion to instruct the State delegates to
oppose the , rec OF President Ellie, OF the
. .ssguS a to ' tnl,f T ia %I4s t As'' H1sM, Of fn ,ov ,aTI
present. but Chief Consul Potter nno,lv p,r.
s ppSse%'; tho or speakers oh,sr to 's, the s0 Sel.r n%s,' 20 p op.
m 1os,ssru m,a nh 0 so tb sros mis- 0 nnss pos,,,|n h IN ,n uho
mitted tho following important statement:
Certain of my generous friends have proposed my
e=onpllmon. implied by this sussos'lon; and though
after the personnel Of St the National Assembly iy'E is a &c
mined. ! am led BY many csnaie'Ins and apparently
s%soni9sins articles in the public prints to state as fol
an Ths on Ms;. q President requires the psrfHr@sneo Of
due attention to my personal business and 10 tho
s!ssa viii THF son nS% s' %s : fsii % St %S S' q sl my G sna
energy iSr anotner year. We are about 70 At.
xihsnv nv ~ the ccomnl,sh noou ~ noa Nv. Dill n,. az
fia his Sest zeal rSi I unIer these ee' eondition ssp snd While
che promise of success is apparently so bright. It
alb tndon lis post in the division or 70 divert his en-.
Our Work IN hand psr n 10 q s oh,Ss; to which I
berso f the New York Division viii r%ishtfuily hold me
Responsible in some degree for It's success Ihave &C.
but for reason, which .,h / have now stated and which
Candidate ms sf for the Pre- ldsspsSt at ! the ms seb aeS,rge e, leo =
The following officers and representatives re-
sponded to roll call;
0niS Ssra p. pottsr. S Ghi Son.Ii; " = !: Under:
First pis.rict-h. \. seidins, Jr, Nag Bernhards.
copm,ief. br. 7. a. MvrieR. William q. oppenseim. &.
{. Pencil. win r, P,tman, pr, NJ. L RheIn. J. n.
ps ssrSna 5 b,i Il K9aeEe a t,o Sna q + T CHARLES hirl +. co,s. +.
Fuller HaieG Michael 81 f raTs,. bir!. " Charles e; Pa's san Me'q (. s. !.
servoss. George 7. stebblns. X. l.. stillson, Henry
A. Rou ii.r ~
Ihita s. n "fE nan N ar a1hag. ih q h,f "; Seary'
f t 1.nh ana s srxtf rb H y .sry %eian F. co''un' Walter
6ciub epresentatives-Irvin II. Charlotte. Now York
peesssill: W. q PhiIpS Albany County wheelmen
& t, Seperee" Wi,i anm william orDa kr,. IN R.v alreTs oSe
t SSSsilsm; ar J A,Sany b bis SileI. j; ss %i.I Aels,t' S Soaos,
Tkeeimen; Spencer p. Mead and J. il GOOD win.
Century Wheeimen; William J; Bond. Troy Bicycle.
and Ii L. Henry. Lakeside Wheelmen. Geneva.
Chief Consul Potter then addressed the meet
ing briefly. and. on account OF his recent illneas,
intrnsted the reading of his report to Vice. Con-
interesting resume of the matters Accomplished
throughout the entire division and OF the neces-
eities yet TO be provided. He covered the situa-
tior thoroughly. and laid special stress on the
o ssn % on Of sp seod roass Oh The fhe r rgsls.H Was ad dn ias
BY reclamation.
y-Treasurer W. S. Bull reported that
the receipts Of the division had reached the
iosni OF s sia sas ss as wS SSmP 1ssSas With 4 b, disssr 81
over $4,000. This announcement was hailed
Win ensnus,asm H. IN xmuchiRe iHr me ireaso
pssehins the eaiciency Of the [. A. w. seere-
,ary's dsparsment, He stated that no late, than
item forwarded from ne national ONCE 10
treasurer Suli. and ina he bad been previously
hanpered in a similar. way by the vague and
delegates to the National Assembly should
The report and ecomme nda atoms were adopted.
and appro p%riationa for the ensu.
Ing year g follows: Chief Consnl's alloswanse.
oof;ces e. sHn. hs}n eo o6o 'A~f'' s%''oo'
The other standing committees were heard
t Roaad a Tsn ohs,Tm 1sn, A Az. Mn,t e Oh 5ne Rsf'ns
had been sanctioned during the year. These
Included four State. twenty-nine county. eleven
city. and ten general. The latter were awarded
TO county fairs. The Chairman urged that no
to the Unsatisfactory results.
the names ~ AN deleusIes 20 renre.ent tea
dir;.ion ot The Naf;onsi Assam lv IN Eahrnarr
ana for n lime there we're indications Of trouble
Charles A. Sheehan objected to have the name.
thrust upon the meeting, and remarked that the