The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10

spirit for debate became manifest in
the discussion over the next assembly
place. 1t took nearly two hours to
decide the matter, az q very pretty
three-cornered fight developed between
ldacksonville. Fla, and Philadelphia
ana Detroit The assembly, however,
decided to seek warmer chimes next
year, and chose Jacksonville.
There Is not the slightest doubt but
that the league win have charge Of the
racing next year, for ell the opponents
OF the new amendments have to gather
Is "A votes. and today's meeting, with
the west solid for racing, shows there
are nearly 80 votes against 1t, which
leaves the advocates with considerably
less than the requisite two-thirds.
T. The result of the election OF new ON
GERS caused great satisfaction, ana the
new president. Mr.. keenan, of Pitts
nurg, showed great ability in handling
the convention during the stormy dis
cussion of the afternoon. Sterling HI
llott or massachusetts, will have charge
OF the debate on the side of the amend
IIelts, Wnlle e. j. Mears of Ohio with
VA, van Nalkenberg of Wisconsin, will lead
the opposition.
PRESIDENT Potter called the assembly
10 order shortly before II o'clock and
Secretary Abbott Bassett at once calIed
the roll, While the credentials commit
zee attended to their important busi
ness OF collecting certificates. President
rotter then read his annual report,
secretary Bassett followed with his
summary of the years work. which
was in brief as follows:
Ihe year 1898 has been fertile i'm
GOOD works, and our record in that line
is one that we may we'll be proud OF
~ is 10 our credit that we retain the
better class of wheelmen The veterans
are still With US, and they stand with
unbroken ranks.
In recruiting, we have instituted a
new policy. This year we have dis
trfbuted free OF cost recruiting ljtera
ture. We enrolled last year 7T091 mem
pers, including applicants and renew
aus. In accounting for the falling off
OF membership 1t may be said that
there was no prize competition BY the
Bulletin this year"
In conclusion, Mr. Bassett says. "The
record of 1898 is a grand one, save the
single item OF growth. 1t is unfortu-
nate that we have not grown, for in
the force of numbers we find our great
est strength. We are very far from the
grave or failure, however, for we still
remain the largest athletic body in the
world
In the time of war and financial de-
preston we saw kindred organizations
suffer more than we have done. We
snail benefit by the boom of prosperity
which the future promises"
The report of Treasurer James G.
Tattersall showed the league to be on
firm financial basis
The report Of the committee on rights
and privileges in contested elections
was the first business before the as
semoly. The case was that OF A. Il.
Peck, who protested against the recent
election of state officers in Massachu
sets. The committee found that while
the counting was improperly conducted
and the checking was irregular, the re-
suit as declared should be allowed to
stand, as it would have been the same
under other conditions. The commit
tee found no evidence Of fraud The
report led to a sharp discussion, but by
an overwhelming vote the assembly
adopted the report, and the officers OF
Massachusetts, declared will continue
to hold Office.
The annual election Of officers came
next, which resulted as follows:
President, Thomas J. Keenan,
Of Pittsburg; first vice presid-
ent, Herbert w. Foultz of New
Jersey; second vice president,
Robert 4. Kingsbury of New
Hampshire: treasurer, James
W. Tattersall auditing commit
tee, Howard l.. Perkins of Port
land.
BY proxy vote. which was after
ward made unanimous, Jacksonville,
Fla, was selected as the place for the
next assembly.
The all important question Of divorc-
ing racing from the league viii be
brought up for discussion tomorrow
morning. The convention at o'clock
adjourned.