The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-19
SHRADER BILL AND A STIR
circumstances Pour in Against the liz.
bibition of Bicycle Riding.
Zipzaggers Active in Securing Signatures
Delegates Leave for the National CoAven-
Disturbing Color. Line Question.

be the "Shrader bill" That gentleman, in
the dark recesses of the night or In the
rush and hurry burly of making laws for
the common wealth of Indiana, has doubt
less often felt O tingling of his ears or an
itching of his nose, or has perhaps dropped
his knife while eating. or had some similar
occult demonstration that indicates that he
is being talked about It has gone further
than talk. All week long letters and petit
tions have been pouring in on Chief Con-
sui Hay, and more than lone chose n of the
people" as legislator has found similar
documents piled high on hts desk when he
opened his morning mail. The letters
received by Mr.. Hay number several
hundred and are from citizens of all
glasses. All denounce the bill as an out
rage. and some go even further in their APP
plicatlon of lnveotives. One from q men,
Der of, the clergy at Cambridge City de-
clares that 1t Is nothing else than an at
please few bigoted, ignorant farmers and
residents of obscure villages" Petitions
with an aggregate of several thousands OF
names have been received from Fort
wska, South Bend. Terre Haute. Evans
vile, Marion. New Albany, Richmond,
Bloomington Lafayette and many other
lesser places. all protesting against1t It. All
contain the signatures OF inc prOmln0nt
men of the place which it is from. several
being headed with that of the Mayor
These have all been referred to the mem
bers of the Legislature and many have
been sent direct to item.
The wheelmen of the city have not been
idle. A printed pamphlet containing court
decisions gathered from all of the higher
courts of the States in this country and In
foreign countries which bear upon the
right of the bicycle to half the road. the
"a ar
lated among the members; lobby OF citi-
zens has been to the Statehouse and ex-
pressed themselves forcibly against
1T, and assurances have been
members of both houses that they will do
their utmost to defeat the bill. President
Hicks, of the Zigzaa Club. started among
the business men of the city, Friday after
short time secured a large number of names.
Word has been received from nearly all or
the prominent CT Gle ma K rs and dealers over
the country to use the utmost efforts to
secure the defeat of the bill, and saying
that In case it should pass money would not
be lacking to test its constitutionality in
the highest courts
Mr. Shrader's bill provides that the rider
of a bicycle shall give free passage of the
whole of the road to the rider or driver of
a horse, and, should the horse show signs
of becoming frightened or it's driver init
mate that 1t Is liable to. the rider of the BIZ
role shall dismount when within one bun-
dred feet of said horse. A fine of L OF less than
81 or more than SOS is attached for viola
ton of 1t. 1t comes up for final hearing this
week. -
Chief consul of the L. A. w. for Indiana,
Thomas Hay. f. V. Minor, L. NJ. VAIN
wright. and punch" Pontius of Craw-
fordsville left yesterday for Philadelphia,
to attend the annual national convention
of the l.. A. w. Fred Pattie. of the In
diana Manufacturing Company. will also
usual importance and matters that have
been widely discussed will come up for
final decision before this meeting That of
first import. OF course, ls the amateur quss-
drew up set of rules which it believed
would be q solution to the difficulty.
1t organized the riders into two glasses. A
and b. The former Is an amateur pure
and simple. The latter provides for a
racer who may be employed by maker to
ride one particular wheel. who may have
all of his expenses paid by that maker. but
who cannot ride for q cash prize. 1t Is
we'll known that the great number of prom
ineDt riders are so employed now. but the
board has either been unable or has not
desired to find proof of the fact. and
they have not been mOlested. 1t is
also provided that the men of the two
classes may ride together. These rules w i'll
be passed on by the national convention,
and their adoption OF rejection means q new
era in bicycle racing. If the former, the
country will be flooded with makers anna
teurs. and If the later, 1t is more than likely
that many of the riders now racing under
amateur rules will become out-and-out pro-
fesslonals.
Another question of Importance is the
admittance of the negro into the l.. A. w.
Heretofore there has been no legisla-
ton in regard to this point. and atten-
ton to it has been called by the action
of large number of the members of the
League In the South. They are demanding
in very strong terms that the negro be ex-
cluded. and Will insist that the convention
take action on 1t. Sentiment, locally. is
about evenly divided on the subject. and it
is more than probable that the colored man
will be placed without the pale.
The annual election occurs at the meet
ing. the appointment of q new racing
board and various other routine matters.
The following candidates are said to CON-
pose the winning slate: President Charles
l.. Burdett. of Hartford; first vice. presi-
dent. Thomas +. Sheridan. of Chicago; SEQ
Ond vice. president. G.. &. Brown, of Eliza
beth; secretary, Abbott BasseJt. of Boston;
treasurer. William NJ. Brewster, of st.
Joseph. -
The members of the Y. NJ. c. A. hold q
meeting next week for the purpose of or
ganizing q bicycle club. There is q ma
tionaI organization of association wheel
men which has it's race meets annually,
open only to association riders. it's relay
runs and pleasure meets, and It Is the in
tention of the local association to join it,
and secure. If possible. some of the sport
for this city next summer.
IS
Eastern riders beginning to show
signs of activity. Zimmerman is in tram
ing at Brunswick Ga; Hlndle and Arnold
at Millbury, Mass; Taxis at Absecou, n. j.,
at different places. 1t Is almost a foregone
conclusion that the mile goes below the
twominute mark before the season is half
over. -
The members of the ZIgzag Club are
marking out o route down through Ken
lucky and Tennessee for a club run next
summer Many of the member have ex-
pressed their intention of going. What
will some of those Tennessee mountaineers,
who have never even seen a railroad train.
do when they sight these rampant HoosiersY
Secretary Egan. of the National Cyclists
Association, claims 20 have received over
four hundred applications for licen ses to
race in the new Cash-pyiZe League. If this
be true. IL looks. despite the assertions TO
the contrary. az though such q league
you'd not be hard TO organize.
The Zigzag Club has practically settled
on Its new uniform. Ii is to be shirt and
knee breaches of hight gray check. cap of
club order will be placed IN tailOr's hands