The Anaconda standard., 1898-02-11

Moses of the league" This created
] great enthusiasm.
New Hampshire and Michigan Sec
| onded Potters nomination. Ohio fol-
1 lowed with a second for Gideon, but one
member of that delegation dissented.
/ Pennsylvania refused by divided vote
| to support Gideon. and had one delegate
| who seconded the nomination Of Potter.
| The chairman appointed Messrs. Full
| lerton of New York. Hayes of Massachu-
| setts and Miller of Iowa as tellers.
Before the result of the ballot was
known and during its counting the
| other officers to be elected were nomi-
| mated and chosen, w. II. Tucker OF
Pennsylvania named j. Keenan, OF PITS
! burg for the office of first vice president.
Sterling Elliott moved that the secretary
be instructed to cast the unanimous vote
of the assembly for Mr.. Keenan,. This
was done and he was declared elected.
T.. n. Hines. chief consul of the Michi-
gan division. was nominated for sec
ond vice president. and ]. c. Tattersall
of New Jersey was placed in nominal
tion for treasurer.
The unanimous vote of the assembly
was cast for each by the secretary. and
they were also declared elected amid
much enthusiasm. This completed the
list of officers. as Secretary Bassetts S
office is perpetual one with the eXcep-
ton of president While waiting to re-
ceve the report of the tellers, invita-
tions were received on behalf of Phila-
delphia and Providence, r.. j., for the
national assembly to hold its next con-
vention in 1899. in one or the other of
those cities. Providence was chosen by
a large majority.
1t was almost an hour after the ballot
had been taken that the tellers were
ready to report. They finally did so with
this result: Total number of ballots
cast. 325. of which 2l2 were for Potter.
10l for Gideon and the remainder scat
tering. The enthusiasm that was shown
over the reelection of Mr.. Potter lasted
several minutes, at the conclusion Of
which Mr.. Gideon moved that his op-
ponent's election be made unanimous.
The motion was carried with a rush
and Mr.. Potter made a short speech,
thanking the delegates for the honor.
Previous to the balloting the commit
tee on credentials reported that 307 dele
gates were present, represented by proN
les. There We're actually in the conven-
ton 162 delegates. who held proxies for
the remainder The convention here
took recess for luncheon.
President Potter presided at the
afternoon session. which was held in
Masonic hall. An auditing committee
for the ensuing year consisting of
George +. Blackman of New York, j.
Fred Adams of Massachusetts and
George E. Greenburg of Chicago, was
elected.
A motion by Chief Consul Samuel of
Maryland to pay to Chairman Mott OF
the national racing board the balance
of funds in the treasury for the board.
some $l,400, as compensation for his
work during the past year, was unani-
mously adopted.
1t was also voted to pay to Secretary
Bassett $500 for his services and to
authorize the loaning of $3.50 to the In
ternational Championship association
to defray the expenses of sending anna
teur and professional teams to the
worlds championship contests to be
held at Vienna.
Through Chairman Mott the racing
board reported a long list of riders who
had been transferred to the professional
class for the nfraction of rules other
than that of competing for money. 1t
was recommended that they be restored
to their former standing III the amateur
class. This recommendation was adopt
ed with the single exception of j. B.
Corser of Allentown, Penn.
The consideration of amendments to
the constitution and bylaws of the
league was then begun. The first was
an amendment to article of section |
of the constitution. Mr.. Cook of Rhode
Island and Mr.. Lawson of Kentucky.
moved to strike out the word amateur.
This would have the effect of admitting
10 membership in the league members
in the professional classes. which had
hitherto been entirely excluded Then
ensued a most interesting debate in
which ii seemed every delegate present
participated and gave his Views for and
against the matter At times the de-
bate became acrimonious. Every OPP
portunity was given the delegates to he
heard before the previous question was
presented. AS the result OF the ballot
the amendment failed of adoption--lS2
to 1921 being the number required to
carry it. An analysis of the vote
showed that most of the opposition to
the admission of professionals To
membership came from the East
The second amendment proposed to
article Ill, section | of the constitu-
tion failed To be given consideration,
for II was discovered that it has not
been published as required. A motion
to cast II aside was adopted.
The next amendment was adopted
after some debate and a few changes
had been made in the wording. In
brief II provided that the board of Off
GERS of. any state division shall have
the power to establish IA junior MEM
hership of the League OF American
Wheelmen, to be subject To the con-
troll and management of the board of
officers of the state division in which
the junior members reside.
Such junior members shall constitute
persons between the ages of II and is
years. who must be member of the
family or "a ward of a regular member
of the League of American Wheelmen
in good standing al the time of the
presentation of the application for
membership as a junior member of the
league. The remainder of this amend
ment pertained To the new departure.
Adjourned until o'clock "a. III. to-
morrow.