Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-08
THE ANNUAL CONVENTION
Of the League Ct American Wheel
men
To Open at Albany This Week The
Town Filling Up With Delegates.
The Competition for Of1ce-Ad-
dresses to be Made by Distin-
guished Men.

Albany, n. Y, February THE
hotels are beginning to fill up with the
delegates to the annual convention OF
the League of American Wheelmen,
and by noon tomorrow the canvass for
president will be we'll under way, and
hotel room will be at premium. The
assembly does not open until Wednes-
day morning, but the friends Of Sterl-
ing Elliott and Isaac B. Potter, the
leaders in the race for the national
president, are here to open up cam
paign headquarters. The other candi-
dates, Morrison, of Wisconsin; Hart
well, of Colorado, and Connolly, of Illi
nois, have not as yet appeared either
in person or by proxy, and are not
looked upon as formidable candidates
Instead those present tonight say that
Elliott and Potter are
PLAYING SHREWD POLITICS,
Elliott putting Connolly on his slate
for first vice president, and Potter
doing the same thing with the other
two. Already every delegate who
teaches town is put in possession or
a. printed circular detailing the work
that Mr.. Potter has done for the Amer
lean League. They call attention TO
the fact that he obtained the passage
of the bill giving wheelmen the same
privileges as any other vehicle owner
on public highways; that he Increased
the membership of the New York State
division from 1900 to 21,OOO, and lastly
that Albany is the place of his birth,
and the convention being held here 1t
would be a deserved compliment to
elect him president.
If all the delegates attend from the
various States, two hundred and sew
enty-six of them will face Lieutenant
Governor Woodruff when he calls the
preliminary
GOOD ROADS MEETING
to order on Wednesday, In addition
a great number of wheelmen who
are not delegates, are interested in the
convention and in the movement OF
good roads. The number Of delegates
from each State is guaged by the num-
Der of enrolled wheelmen in such
State. New York comes first, with fifty
three delegates; Pennsylvania twenty
nine: Massachusetts twenty-six; New
Jersey fourteen; Illinois eleven; Mis-
souri, and Ohio eight each; Connecti-
cut. Iowa. Kentucky, Maryland, each
six: North California and Wisconsin
each seven; Indiana, five; Kansas,
Maine. Colorado. Minnesota, Nebraska,
South California, Tennessee, Texas
and Washington each four; Arkansas,
Arizona. New Hampshire, Oregon each
three; Utah. Vermont, Virginia and
West Virginia each two; Alabama,
Florida, Delaware, Montana, Nevada
New Mexico, North Carolina North
Dakota. Oklahoma, South Carolina and
Wyoming each one.
THE ACTUAL WORK
of the delegates will not begin until
Thursday morning, and then 1t Is eX-
pected that a great deal of time VIII
be consumed in discussion of the many
important questions which will be pre-
sented for consideration.
One of the reasons for holding me
convention in albany was to impress
the Nov York State Legislature win
the strength of the union, and il pos
sible. have this State become the
pioneer il the movement for good
roads. The entire session on Wednes-
day will be given up to tits matter,
and it is altogether probable that hear
ings will be arranged before some OF the
legislative committees on Wednesday
afternoon, on the good roads bill, in
troduced by Senator Higbie. In addi-
ton to Lieutenant Governor Woodruff,
it is expected that Speaker OGrady,
Asemb1yman Strong. who
SECURED THE PASSAGE
of the free bicycle transportation act,
and Senator Charles Guy, who has just
had reported favorsjly a bill giving
bicyclists an exclusive strip of read
along some New York highways, viii
al be present and address the meeting.
The superintendent of public works,
George w. Aldridge, who has granted
permits for bicycle paths along the
canal berme bank, has also been asked
to say something to the gathering.
The League has appropriated $1,000 for
the purpose of this meeting and Tor
printing of and distribution of litera-
ture on the subject.
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