The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-16

ton to the Good of the Organ
/ izatiOn and the Improvement of
ROadways-A. S. ChOate, of Min
j nenpOIis, Elected Second Vice
( President of the League.
! PHILADELPHIA. Feb 10. = The ma
, tional assembly of the League of Ameri-
, can Wheelmen today relinqushed control
/ of racing, and abolished the anna teur
, clause Of membership. All other refer
+ ence5 to amateur wfleelmen were stricken
. from the constitution. The amendments
bringing about this sweeping change IN
the conduct of the league were offered
4 by /. B. Potter, and were adopted amid
( the cheers Of the delegates
b These questions and that of the estab.
HsEment OF good roads occupied the at
tention of the delegates until late hour
this afternoon. There were but four
! votes against the abolition of the racing
! and amateur clauses
Treasurer TattersaH reported receipts
from Jan. to Dec 81, 1899. to be S62, S76;
disbursements, $50, 461. Balance on hand,
I Sl,S15.
President Kel nan recommended reor-
ganfzstion on national lines, advocating
the replacement of seni-independent
state organizations by an association,
national in fact as we'll as in name
The work of the league in the cause of
highway improvement, President keenan,
said, has not ceased during the last year
With reference to racing, he said:
LAS to the abandonment of the racing
control by the league the executive COM
mittee has officially nothing to recon-.
mend. 1t does, however. believe that II
the decision of the assembly be against
control, 1t be put solely upon the ground
of eXpediency as regards the welfare Of
the league. Racing owes everything to
the league, and the league owes nothing
to racing. The control of racing by an
organization with purely mercenarv
objects in view, no matter what the exc
cutive ability that it may display, can
hardly be conductive to the purity and
elevation Of the sport, and will not add
to its prosperity, If the results of the
past season are to be taken as cri-
terion'
OFFICERS ELECTED.
At the afternoon session the following
officers were elected President Conway
w. Sans, Maryland first vice president,
Robert L. Kingsbury New Hampshire
second vice president A. B. Choate, Min
nesota; treasurer, James c. Tattersall,
New Jersey; secretary. Abbott Bassett.
Massachusetts; auditing committee. Ciar-
ence w. Small, Maine; Aaron Nolfsen,
Massachusetts; T. M. Skiles. Maryland.
A resolution was offered by MI. IL. B.
IIollberton, OF New York, that the mat
ter of a future publication of the L. A.
w. Bulletin be referred to the executive
committee, with instructions to report at
the present meeting ii possible.
The good roads question was brought
forward by lengthy resolution which
aroused considerable discussion relative
to it's constitutionality. The following
substitute, was adopted:
THAT the movement to secure action
by congress relative to national road inl-
proyenent be heartily approved, and that
a committee consisting of l. B. Potter,
A. Wilson. A. B. Choate and F. P. Van
Valkenburg be appointed to consider the
proposed legislation"
A resolution was adopted recommend
ing the passage of the bill now in con-
gress making larger appropriations for
the United States office of road inquiry,
and recommending Otto Dorner Of Mil
waukee for the position Of director Of
the Office.