The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04
LOCAL CYCLISTS TO
MAKE THEIR INFL ENC FEAT
BY OFFICIALS.
NOT AFTER THE PATRONAGE,
BUT THEY WANT THE STREETS
TAKEN CARE OF AND WILL.
WORK THEREFOR.
THEY CAN MUSTER $500 VOTES,
Which, they Relieve, VII b. No
insignificant Element in the
Local Campaign.

The wheelmen of st. Paul through
their several organizations are apt to
prove an important element at the next
local election. A meeting of the l.. A.
w. club was held last evening in the
parlors of the Windsor hotel, at which
resolutions were adopted calling for
the cooperation OF the several bicycle
clubs n providing for an assessment
of So for each club and SIS from the
Cycle Path association, to assist in
paying the expenses Ct collecting the
names and addresses of the owners Of
wheels; and also Ito keep a correct
record of the official acts of the several
city officers relating to cycling and cy-
cling matters, in order to keep wheel
men posted prior to election as to how
the candidates feel and act towards
Wheelmen and their interests, so wheel
men may vote intelligently for their
pest interests The meeting was unite
harmonious, but it was the sense of
the club that wheelmen had not re-
celVed the recognition due them at he
names OF the city officials. It was evi
ueHt mat MS eXcellency Mayor Doran
hdu not reached the summit of nom
uIaflty, which Mayor Carter Harrison
or chicago, was reputed to have amono
Wheelmen There were several +binns
said about his honor, the mayor which
o0uiu NOT De called complimentary. and
"oulu not end to strengthen his AL
geo ambition for reelection. There
are ABOUT 1900 cyclists in -St.-Panl,
ana ABOUT $500 Of these are legal vot-
nJsdH 800 49, sd -A -
ers' andf1f the wheelmen concentrate
thelr forces, as it is proposed to do
they. will make a powerful factor in
local politics. The. wheelmen want M
recognition in the way of patronage
as was brought out al the meeting last
hishL their crusade being in the in
Ierest OF good roads and their rights
Inc resolutions adopted last night were
also adopted by the Associated Wheel
men Monday night unanimously. The
resolutions will be presented to the
other clubs for their refusal or adop-
ton this week. namely, the Laurel Cy-
Gle club and the Capital City Cycle
club.
A scheme has been proposed for the
ldIsing OF n to carry on the work
on the cycle paths, and which, if It is a
success, will leave a neat little sum in
tne treasury to begin work with next
spring. The Cycle Path association has
Deen looking for "a nan with an idea"
1of a long time and has at last found
that man, and he is Fred Powers. Mr.
FoWers a closed a deal with the nan
agement Of the Gifin-NeilI Stock com
paEy, now playing at the METROPOLITAN
to play a weeks engagement for The
benefit of the cycle path, beginning
aug. .. One-haif of the proceeds of
n tickets sold by the wheelmen are TO
go to the cycle path fund. Mr.. Powers
SAID 1t was a very liberal
ne had made with Mr.. Scott. as Mr..
Scott was very friendly towards wheel
m H. WI lie MI. Neil is EimTe!f a cycli 1t.
MI. Powers has 1000 tickets, which he
Is going to try to dispose Of, and a,
very conservative estimate is made that
at least 2,OO0 Of them will be sold, which
will net the cycle path $500, Three thou
SAND OF these tickets have been placad
on sale, and Mr.. Powers still has a
block Of 1000 left on hand. There is
to be a systematic of the bust
ness district, including the banks.
wholesale houses railroad offices. and
business houses in general. by a COM
mrttee OF enthusiastic wheelmen, the
committee consists of: Thomas D.. Low
erfng. H. c. Hope, j. Denegre and W.
L. Hutchins. There will be a double
bill during the week. which will insure
a success of the undertaking. The
plays have not Deer decided upon as
yet, but they will be either Mr.. Wilkin-
sens Widow, Nancy & Co.," or Seven
TWenty-eight." Tickets bought of
members of the club can be exchanged
at the box office on Thursday, for re-
served seats. The wheelmen are very
hopeful of raising at least $500.
There were several other matters
came up at the meeting. The propose
meet at Lexington park to take place
Just after the state fair, was talked
over informally, but no definite action
taken. A letter was received from
Robert Seeger, who has the lighting
contract, in answer to a letter address,
ed to him by the club a short time ago,
asking that the men who take out the
broken glass in street lamps be in
structe not to throw it on the cycle
path. Mr.. Seeger said in his epistIe.
that he would see that the evil was cor
rected. The matter of sprinkling the
streets was brought up, and it was
moved to instruct their secretary to
write a letter to Engineer L. w. Rund-
lett, thanking him for the interest ne
had taken in the matter. Mention was
made of the man, Drohm, who broke
his leg on Payne avenue hill Yesterday
morning, on account of wet pavement