The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-13
AGAINST RACING ON SUNDAY
The l.. A. ". Assembly Declined I,
Sanction 1t.
PROFESSIONALS STRICTLY BARRED.
The Resolution to Allow Negroes Ia
Become Members Was Defeated.
Prizes stuy He Exchanged.

convention declined to do was Of equal i'm
portancc. II not greater. than things they
did. They declined to allow professionals
no matter of what standing. to become
either full or associate members In the
league. They refused to allow the assem-
bly, at It's meeting to select tho city for IT'S
annual meets. They declined by u heavy
vote to allow local option for Sunday rae
ing. They declined to cut off the club
Initiation fee of s., or to allow councils to
pass Oh racing boards or suspensions. They
decllrcd to amend at all the section OF the
constitution that provided only for ANA
tcur riders and draws the color line They
declined TO offer q salary for racing COM
mittces.
The things they did were to divide the
league into consulates of twenty-five
clubs, and allowing amateurs to exchange
their prizes for anything but cash; increas-
ing the bond OF tho secretary to $4,000
and the treasurer TO $4,000; placing road
racing under the espionage of the racing
board.
The greatest interest was In The question
of sanctoning Sunday racing. and IT WIS
defeated by decided vote the States vte
ing ms follows Connecticut, aye. noes !
District of Columbia, 3 ayes Illinois, 10
ayes by unit rule. 3 dissenting; Indiana .
ayes; Iowa, @ noes Kansas. 3 ayes, no
kentucky, = ayes, noes; Louisiana,
noes; Maryland, ayes, 3 noes, Massachu-
sets. | aye, "a noes, Michigan, noes;
Minnesota. noes. Missouri. s ayes Me-
hraska noes New hampshire. 3 noes !;
New Jersey. Is noes, New York, 10 ayes,
33 noes; Pennsylvania, ayes, 26 noes;
Rhode Island 8 rocs. South Carolina. I
noes; Tennessee, ayes; Texas. ayes. |
no; West Virginia, / aye. noes: North
Carolina, 4 ayes Eleven OF the executive
officers voted no.
Albany. N. V, February ~ Tho snow
storm. amounting almost to n blizzard. the
latcness Of last nights banquet aud tho
fact that the fight for president Is over, all
initiated against an early session Of the
League of American Wheelmen this inorn-
ing. and IT was II o'clock before there was
a quorum present, The entire session was
devoted 10 discussions OF proposed amend
montp to the constitution. The tlrst amend
mtnt was offered by Mr., Bassett-ihat
States having rot less than twenty tve
resident league club members shaii De
called consulatCR. 1T WAS adopted
a motion that local option be given divi-
sions to control their own representation
on that State board. not TO affect the Ea-
tonul board. was adopted.
MIR. Wilson of California moved TO amend
article V hy striking out the words league
clubs" and allow any club to he repre-
scented on the National board. This waa
amended 20 that each division may deter
mine the number u! members of club
necessary TO cutitlc 1t to representation on
the State board
An amendment was adopted which sivcs
amateurs the privilege OF exchanging prizes
nn ne thpy AZ, them into
cash,
$, cretary Bassetts proposed amendment
making colored men eligible to membership
In the league was deieated--aycs l5a. noes
100. Two thirds is required for the adop'
tion of any amendment.
e. w. Robert of Missouri proposed an
amendment providing that the racing board
provide amateur and professional National
championship events at the league meet
the races to be the fame in number. etc.
II was adopted.
Mr. Cooke OF Rhode Island proposed an
amendment that in the event of con-
tested election In any division It must be
referred first to the division rights aad
privileges committee, and In case of an
appeal be carried to the National rights
and privileges committee. Adopted,
In the debate ON a motion 10 amend the
constitution 80 az to permit the granting OF
sanctions for race meetings to be held on
ficers Of the division shall adopt n resolu :
ton permitting the same. IL, w, Hartwcli
Of Colorado j. kerrigan OF California. A..
c, Willis OF Maryland j, u. Townsend Of
New York. a. " Aiken OF Louisiana and
Thomas c. Welch of New York favored The
amendment. d. W Sands of Maryland md
A. r. Dunn OF Philadelphia spoke against
IL Chairman Gideon of tho racing hoard
stated that the hoard was unanimously In
favor Of granting Sunday racing.
The vote was then taken and resulted
avcs N NAYS 1911. and the resolution was
declared los,
n " Jepkins moved to have n regular
salary attached to the office of chairman
~ tho racing hoard Tbig was lost By n
,o,e or leo 70 80
T,o racire honrd repor,ea tho following
d,shnrrod racers -, being rcinstated by
thom ond Tho ronort was adopted,
mn, ,,s "'r n prou, New Orlcons.
,.,',,oaa cf,o,an Anderson r. n French
,, Dnehsoo' S''''''
"'ini',is, an ,ho ,v.,ous worc adonted
N'iiehu,i',uss w az 30 sonrotary n, 40
IN lnoreas,ns IN. no'u ". ". s,s ooo
w. anu ,he uea n,'a ~, ~ nr,,a, ,xscmb,v
mot'on 10 hl,ow Wy a'', ,.",n y, ~
TO select the nl'o'lns pihua ,nsu' " 'N'
executive committee "as "s'e",eo,