The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-11
THE WHEEL.

BALTIMORE, Feb. 1O-League politics
absorbed the attention of the delegates
to the national convention of the Ameri
can League of Wheelmen today to the ut
ter exclusion of everything else. AS a
consequence, the experimental good
roads meeting was only moderate sue
cess i'll point of attendance, although the
mental pabuluIn served to those who at
tended was OF high order.
Mayor Hooper was, in CONSCIENCE, the
victim Of an unintentional affront on the
part OF the delegates, as his honor had
been invited to make a, speech, and was
there at the appointed time with a nice
little address of welcome, which was
present to hear him save few news
paper men. The mayor waited a while,
and then went away TO attend to munich
pal affairs. An ample apology was made
to him later in the day, however, and
full official forgiveness accorded.
After the mayors departure another eff
fort was made to get the delegates to-
gether, which, after two hours hard
work, was successful. President Wilson
called the meeting to order. He said it
was the first good roads" day ever given
by the league, and he asserted that the
decision to set aside one day annually
for the discussion of good roads was one
OF the best moves ever made by the
league. He regretted, however, that the
attendance was not better. He thought
the delegates should feel bound to attend
this good roads convention and to give it
their entire attention.
AS the highways Improvement commit
tee and not the league proper was in
charge of the affair." he resigned the
chair to the chairman of the committee,
Isaac b. Potter of New York, the author
of the good roads day amendment.
Mr.. Potter was greeted with applause,
and after it had subsidized he addressed
the meeting briefly. New York. he said,
had tWenty-SeVen votes and numerous
proxies and intended to cast them for the
CITY Which makes the best showing
this session.
Continuing, he said: The attendance is
not as great as it should be, but from
my own experience know it is twice IS
called by the United States government,
and which was more widely advertised
than was this convention. The delegates
mere, however, represented 10000 wheel
men, and what tranSpireS here will be
more far reaching in its effect than was
the action of the good roads congress re-
ferred to-
He then read letters of regret from
Mayor Jewett of Buffalo, the mayor of
Albany, the mayor of Newark, N. j.,
Mayor Taggart of Indianapolis, Mayor
Swift of Chicago, Mayor Pratt of Min
neapolis, Governor Matthews of Indiana,
and Mr.. James r. Dunno, eX-president of
the l.. a. W.
Mr.. Potter then introduced Mayor VIM.
NJ. Kennedy of Allegheny, Pa, one of
roads in the country, and during whose
administration Allegheny City has
changed from an ill-paved, ill-kempt city
to one of the finest in the country.
done in the way of improved streets
and roads in and around Allegheny
City, and of the many direct and in
direct benefits.
Following Mavor Kennedy Henry w
Williams. chairman of the executive
committee of Maryland Good Roads
league. was introduced.
Mt WIlllams gave history of the
birth of the good roads league of Mary
land and the appointment of a legisla-
tive committee of which he was made
chairman. We did considerable work" he
said. throughout the state and the re-
suit / consider both good and bad.
Through our work we reused up the OPP
position of the politicians and they have
been against us wherever possible but
the agitation has at length compelled
these same politicians and county COM
miSsioners to make slight concessions to
public opinion, and we have the pleas
ure of seeing a, slight improvement in
| the general road system of the state
D. P. Miller, chairman of the board of
commissioners of Allegheny county, de-
livered a short address telling of the
work accomplished by his commission in
western Maryland.
| Both President Wilson and Mr. Ster-
! ling Elliott delivered brief addresses and
/ put themselves firmly on the good roads
! plank.
The days exercises closed with ban
| quet tonight at the home of the Mary
! land Bicycle club, at which almost 200
Z delegates and other guests were present.
/ The decorations and menu were of the
\ best and speeches were made in response
4 to the following toasts: President A. c.
! Wilson, Greeting" Governor Lowndes,
My Maryland and Her Wheelmen:' -
4 Mayor Hooper, MY Cycling Constitu-
! ents'; General Nelson a. Miles, Cycling
In the Army; Hon. John K. Cowen,
! Wheels, Political, Railroad, Cycle and
| Otherwise; George c. Stone, ''Paternal-
ism in cycling and in Government
! General Felix Angus, ''The Press and It's
| Mission in the Cause of Good Roads
United States Senator Lindsay of Ken
lucky, In Old Kentucky" Mrs Isaac
b Potter of New York, How to Make
the Wheels Go Round Faster; Ex-MayoI
Latrobe. What ! Know About Wheel
men and What They Want"
The real work of the meeting will be-
gin with tomorroW's session, at which
it is probable the seventy-four amend
ments to the constitution which have
been proposed will be taken up, reports
from the various officials and boards will
be considered. and much other important
business transacted. 1t is not probable
the election of officers will take place
before Wednesday morning, and in the
afternoon of the same day the conven-
ton will vote upon the place at which
to hold the next annual meet The
New York delegation with twenty-seyer
votes win cast them for Coney Island or
the first ballot, but this is understood tc
be merely complimentary and the fight
is still confined to Louisville and Toledo
CHICAGO, Feb. 10.-Two hundred mer
employed by the United States, Bicycle
company went out on strike today. ac
cording to one Of the company's officials