The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-19
TO EXCLUDE THE NEGRO.
Tho L. a. w. National Assembly
in LouIavillo To-day.
HOW west VIRGINIA WILL VOTE
On tho MOmcntOus Questions Now
Agitating tho Sea OF CyclcdOm.
What an AtrO.AmCrlOHn CyClCr
Thinks OF the Hltuatl0n-.A Southern
League Possible - Tho Bowling
Games Saturday EvGnImg.

The annual national assembly Of tho
League OF American Whoalmen opens
its frat session in Louisville this morn.
ing--the first timo In tho history Of tho
organization that 1t has assembled
south OF tho Ohio river. And some Of
tho leading Lawmakers Of tho big
wheeling body are accused Of cute.
neas" in locating this years meeting III
II city Just within tho limits OF Dixic's
land. One Of tho leading questions that
will be settled iOrovermoro is that OF
the admission or exclusion oil tho negro
in tho L. a. W., ana those in favor OF
exclusion hope tho Kentucky atmos.
phero and sentiment favor thCm-no
doubt il will, TOO. West Virginia will
DO represented in this notable gather.
ing BY hcr chioi consul, Jason e.
Stamp, Of this city, VINO lott OIL tho
Baltimore d Ohio yesterday morning
for tho scene.
An lHrELLIGESCER reporter saw tho
FIRST cyCler" OF tho state Just before Ito
left and received from him statement
OF his position on tho various QuUSti ons
that will come up. llo will vote to OK.
clude tho negro; will favor Il liberal am.
ateur rule, unless there is show for u
strict rulc, in which event he would IA
vor the latter; will vote to continue the
publication OF the magazine. Good ROliS
and discontinue The il. i. ". Bulletin, il
1, -, t,,, Il q,
Exclusive OF the location Of tho sum.
mer "meot," the above form tho trinity
OF questions on the disposal Of which
the league will "sink or swim, live or
de-" The delegatea arc all aware that
crisis in the life OF the organization is
before them. and the wrong disposition
OF any Of the three will possibly disrupt
the league. II tho negro is allowed to
enter the l. A. ". u number OF tho
southern states will surely secede and
form southern league or association.
1t eau be predicted with safety, and nj.
most with certainty, however, that tho
assembly will vote against tho dusky
skinned African. In this connection
tho opinions expressed by m Idnian-
apolis colored cycier, Major Taylor, arc
interesting:
ave are gaining in number every
year, and unless the great league looks
to its affairs aud lets politics alone to
creator extent, the near future will see
colored mans organization in tho
field that will bring about a heap more
in the way OF the good cause than the
L. a. W. ever has. have ridden n
wheel perhaps longer than many OF
your members, and have always found
plenty OF enjoymen; without m |. A.
W. pin or "Bi. ltirld," and hnve mover
had any more desire to become one of
its members than | would to have
white man join our little church in
stead OF the one across the atrees, which
is for whites only. Give US your good
will and let Us think OF our own troubles.
II our vote is worth 80 much it will DO
given freely to any good cause, and il
can grow much faster ii cultivated BY
our own party. Negroes who wish to
mix with white men arc not 80 plenti.
full as you think. This great United
States governmentIas elevated US, given
US education and strength TO act for
ourselves-for which We are very grato-
ful-but We arc still race rs different
from others as God first made US. Az
cyclers We arc still young, but as pleas
ure seekers We aro old. Socinbilily is
at least one-haif OF q ncsro's life, and We
know TINT We can not derive portion
of our existence in the social circles OF
the white race. We want nothing from
south, north, east or west, but that
which VIC are entitled to, and that Is
certainly not membership in any white
mans league OF wheelmen."