Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-08
L. A. W. ANNUAL CONVENTION.
FRIENDS OF ELLIOTT AND POTTER
OPEN UP HEADQUARTERS.
Fight for the Presidency Is Going to
BE One of the Wnrmest on Rec
ord, With Chances APP
parently Equal.

Albany, n. Y, Feb. THE hotels are be-
ginning to fill up with delegates to the an
nual convention of the League of American
Wheelmen, and by noon tomorrow the
canvass for president will be well under
way. and hotel room will be at premium.
The assembly does not open until Wednes-
day morning, but the friends of Sterling Ell
lott and Isaac b. Potter, the leaders in the
race for national president, are here to open
up campaign headquarters The other can
diGates. Morrison of Wisconsin, Hartwell
of Colorado and Connolly of Illinois. who
have not as yet appeared either in person
or by proxy, are not looked upon as formid-
able candidates. Indeed, those present to-
night say that both Elliott and Potter are
playing shrewd politics, Elliott putting
Connolly on his slate for first vice presi-
dent, and Potter doing the same thing with
the other two. Already every delegate who
reaches town is put in possession of IL
printed circular detailing the work that
MIR. Potter has done for the American
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 high.
ways; that he increased the membership of
y. .000 and lastly, that Albany is the place
of his BIRTH and, the convention being held
here, il would be a deserved compliment 10
elect him president.
If all the delegates attend from the vari-
Gus states, 276 of them will face Lieutenant
Governor Woodruff when he calls the pre-
liminary good roads meeting to order on
Wednesday, in addition to great num-
ber of wheelmen who are not delegates
| hut interested in the convention and i'll the
| movement for good roads. The number OF
delegates from each state is gauged by the
| number of enrolled wheelmen in such state.
| New York comes first. with 53 delegates
| Pennsylvania. 20; Massachusetts, 26; New
| Jersey. IA; illinois, IL: Missouri and Ohio.
s each; Connecticut Iowa. Kentucky,
Maryland, each 6:NorthCalifornia and Wis
consin. each I; Indiana, 5: Kansas, Maine,
| Colorado, Minnesota, Nebraska. South
| California. Tennessee. Texas and Washing
| ton each 4: Arkansas, Arizona. New Hamp-
| shire. Oregon. each 3; Michigan. 5: Uta1,
| Vermont Virginia and West Virginia, each
| 2: Alabama. Florida, Delaware, Montana,
| Nevada. New Mexico, North Carolina,
North Dakota. Oklahoma. South Carolina
| and Wyoming. each l. The actual work
| of the delegates will not begin until Thurs
day morning, and then It is expected that
| great deal of time will be consumed in
| discussion of the many important questions
| which will be presented for consideration.
One of the reasons for holding the con-
| venticn in Albany was to impress the
| New York state legislature with the
strength of the union and, if possible, have
the state become the pioneer in the move
| ment for good roads. The entire session
on Wednesday will be given. up to this
matter, and 1t is altogether probable that
hearing will be arranged before some. of
the legislative committees on Wednesday
afternoon, when the good roads bill is in
troduced by Senator Higbe. In addition tC
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff, it is ex-
pected that Speaker O'Grady, Assembly
maa Armstrong, who secured the passage
of the free bicycle transportation act and
Senator Charles Guy. who has just hat
reported favorably a bill giving bicyclists
| an exclusive strip of road alongside New
York highways. will be present and ad
dress the meeting. Superintendent of Pub
| lie Works George w. Aldridge. VINO ha!
granted permits for bicycle paths alont
the Canalberme bank. has also been asked
to say something to the gathering. Th'
league has appropriated $1,000 for thu
| purposes of this meeting and for th'
printing and distribution of literature OF
| the subject.