The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-28
RECRUITING FOR L. A. w
INDIANA HAS YET ZOO NEW MEMBERS
TO PLACE ON THE ROLLS.
The '9S Meet Conditional on This
Boston Is Now i'm the Field
for the Event.

the committee appointed by Chief Consul
Sherwood, of the l.. A. w, to take care
of that important department. During the
past week more than fifty new applications
for membership We're received, and from
the manner in which the business men Of
the city are warming to t@e movement it
would seem that the coming week will see
at least one hundred additional names
placed on the roll. If it were possible to
impress on the minds and comprehension of
the citizens of Indianapolis the vast affair
that this L. A. w. meeting is, doubtless
the work of the recruiting committee would
be considerably lessened. To review the
matter of the chances of Indianapolis
toward securing the '9S meet, the following
synopsis of the affair as it stands to-day is
given:
When the provisional committee repre-
senting the city of Indianapolis visited
Philadelphia on the occasion of the L. A.
w. meet last August, enough pledges were
secured from the delegates, who will vote
on the next place of converting, to send it
to indianapolis with flying colors. These
pledges were, however, conditional on the
Indiana division of the L. A. w. doubling
its membership over its strength at that
time prior to Jan. l, 1893
The work of the committee was of so high
a class that the country rang with praises
to the hustlers from Hoosierdom, whose
work was the talk of the day. Omaha,
which had been at work for more than
year on gaining the 9S meet, gave up the
fight in disgust when it fully realized what
an insurmountable problem it had encoun-
tered in Indianapolis, and few weeks later
the chief consul of the Nebraska Division,
E. A W., formally issued a letter to the
delegates to the National L. A. w. Assem-
bly, releasing all of them who had pledged
their support to the Western town.
For a time things looked like a walkoVer
for Indianapolis, but almost Immediately
the city of Boston announced itself in the
fight for the big meeting and the Eastern
boom has since gained proportions large
enough to make apparent to indianapolis
the fact that now above all other times is
the time for renewed energies and putting
redoubled efforts into it's labors. There can
be no doubt of this7city being awarded the
prize if the promises made at Philadelphia
that Indiana would double her league
membership before the first Of the year
are fulfilled. @141F
of this city is necessary. Together with the
hundreds of applications received since last
August the membership is still seven hun
dred short of having been doubled. The
fulfillment of the promise Will leave no
doubt as to the decision of the assembly
when it convenes sinl st. Louis next Feb
ruary.
LET every business man in Indianapolis"
urged one of the members of the committee
last night, send his application for mem
Der of the recruiting committee to call on
him, addressing the request to Chlet COnSul
Wallace Sherwood, 2J9 South Delaware
street. indianapolis, who will send Comittee-
man f. w. Van SiekleH to collect the mem
bership application and 81, which latter
sum represents the applicants initiating lee
and dues for one year there are RE no Iea a9a
Renewal each year costs 81. Conservatory
estimated the number of visitors TO TINS
city should the meet be held here will be
close to 100000 all of whom are of the
young, vigorous athletic class OF people,
who live well and manage to get more
laughter and less tears out of their lives
than is the case with the average class OF
nineteenth century Americans. Each of the
visitors allows himself a generous amount
of expense money for the week, with the
result that an average of about S. a Gay
is disbursed by each of those in attendance.
At this rate and the history of past meets
proves it to be correct the combined eX-
penditure of the visitors to the annual L. A.
w meeting will represent close onto $780,
900 daily, or over $l,000OOO for the entire
meet.
"All of this money is left in the city
where the meet is held Aside from the
business end of the league meet, member
than enough benefits to make it a paying
investment to the men who wants to go be-
You'd the spirit of the movement and asks,
What do I get for my money" The hene-
fits to the L. A. w members are numer-
Gus. Besides being a member of an organ
ization which is over one hundred thousand
strong, the credentials and league badge
serves as an open sesame to everything ana
everywhere during the meet. The fact that
you are member in the league entities you
to free admission to all the trial heats of
the world S championship races during four
days of the meet. Without your creden-
tials, the cost is fifty cents admission. In
case of accident to an L. A. w. member
while riding, if the mishap is caused by
any of the unpleasant features which fire.
quently beset the ewheelman, the l.. A. w.
prosecutes the case and secures damages II
same are justifiable. This costs the league
member nothing. Repairmen allow dis
count of % per cent. on their work IT the
rider is an l.. A. w. member. Hotels in
nearly every city in the country allow l.
A. w members a reduction of about rs
per cent. in their bills. This is at the hotels
which have been appointed officially as l..
A w hotels in the various cities. Each
member is given a list of these appoint
ments. There are many other benefits ac-
crung from membership in the league, but
the above will suffice as an example. The
business men of Indianapolis who have the
welfare of the city at heart can perform
a worthy demonstration of their loyalty
now by joining the L. A. w. Send your
name and address to Chief Consul Sher-
wood, and the rest will be attended to at
once