New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-13

, =, that State were outspoken IN
an" i ,.i,,, N the ticket that most OF the Hlehos
- the president Joined heart and soui Sah Peter
sylvanla and worked IN unison 81 from Pennsyl-
hi that special meeting Of mat division T,al 1e
held on January IS and that me eHn for the presi-
d s lu and throw over the Potter Neenan LIZ
This Of cSuT Keen SanTe eue to accept deei
, II ,s said however. that consiieranle pteSSuI o
win be bIGSght 70 in PEAR favor Of Mr. Gideon
,,,,, ooe,ton was strengthened yesterday. when
r,er,her OF the NewYork Division returned from
,r,n 70 Boston with the information that Steinhs
rIi,ott who is working up the Gideon ooom hau
e,rod ~ wager 81 900 that Potter would be defeated
,o- tho presidency Elliott would not dare to make
any such offer unless In his own mind ne leiI
nretv nostive that Pennsylvania would mop over u
Tho Gideon forces Eiotts 81 900 was said to be in
,bo hands OF Senator" Morgan who mas an office
in the St Paul Building. in this city When seen
Is4 night Mr. Morgan said that he held the money
and that he ready 10 wager u on those terms
The friends OF President Potter. while they said that
rhev felt confident that the New-York man would
win. minated that they had no idea Of accepting
the wager They said that they were not betting
men and that they did not think such tactics
should be brought into the elections OF the League
- American Whcelmen which stood FOR all that
maS thar it looked like picking up money in
the street" they said that possibly it was: but they
the bringing OF such issues into the League.
President Potter. when seen last night, said
that with the documentary evidence he had In
his possession he could rot believe that Pennsyl-
vania would or could do otherwise than stand by
the arrangements already made between that ana
tho New-York Division. "Messrs. Boyle. Collins
and Keenan, have assured me personally and by
many documents that New-York ana fenrsyi-
vania are a unit in this election said Mr. Potter
land / can't how any other course can DC
considered They are the chief consul. vlce-con-
sul and secretary-treasurer Of that dlVlsloh anu
they ought know the sentiment OF the o'a'e III
wheeling affairs II anybody does" Appended Is
o mart OF a letter received from Mr.. Collins OF the
Pennsylvania Division:
There is no fear OF anybody making trouble IT., IN
the PENNSYLVANIA delegation They have formally
and unanimously pledged themselves 10 a UNI UNI
rule election matters ana uhan I'LL yotes
We will not consider anything else under any
circumstances.
In the face OF such documents In black and
white II would seem impossible FOR PennsyNah'a
to do anything except stand by It's pledges.
The auction sale of boxes for the annual ball
OF the Century Wheelmen. which Will be neid at
the Lexington Avenue Opera House on lhurS-
day evening February 3. took place on MONDAY
evening at the clubhouse, No 1i6 West Seventy
Hrst-st in the progress Of the semi-monihly stag
when Il fine programme was presented. Inc boxes
(twenty-scven all sold and realized 'he SUM
OF $685. 90 The committee In charge or the ar
rangements has announced that the forthcoming
bail will be even Of a success than that
ecored las, season Two orchestras have been
enoared-Troop As for promenade and lovells for
dance music Several features will be intro
and bars won last season by the competitors In
the mileage and century-run companions IL
having been extended 10 all the prominent clubs.
The membership Of the club on January num-
| IT.. tTntf lon fap
creased when the 800 limit is reached.
lean Gougotz the French rider. who has been In
this country for several weeks. is the son OF the
owner OF a large hotel at Cannes. His father.
George Gcugoltz conducts the Hotel Beau Site and
Hotel de rEsterel. Gougoltz, with his team mate.
netbcr 'sstonIshed the world as a racing
single wheels. LamherJack seems 10 De lazy
ARRANGEMENTS have been made for series OF
amateur bicycle races to be held AT the Sea Beach
Palace. Coney Island, on Saturday. January %.
The AFFAIR will be under the sanction and rules OF
the League OF American Wheelnen' , ana VIII DE-, Ne
able prizes will be given 10 the htst, second ana
third man In each contest
Harold H. Eames OF Hartford. In this city
yesterday He is connected with the Hartford Tube
Works Mr. Eanes is brother OF Nine. Emma
Eemes-Story.
President Potter is arranging a Good Roads bill
which viii he ready for presentation to the Legis-
lature possibly early week. II will be handled
at Albany by Assemblyman Armstrong
Theodore +. Merseles. OF the Western Wheel
Works. has gone Chicago on a business trip
Elliott Mason says that he has ridden a bicycle
for the last twenty years, and that In the life