Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-04
BRUNSWICK STRIKES BACK
At an Unknown Critic, and Defends
the Young Mems Independent PO-
uoliticaI Club.

| political Club.
To the Editor of the Register.
Sir:-In Saturdays Intelligencer
there appeared a card signed Core
spending Secretary Young Mems Pro-
gressive Club" Who the young gen
tleman is, | must confess | do not
know. for he certainly did not have
very much. courage or he would have
signed his name to the false statements
! he makes therein. However, | shall be
liberal with my unknown foe. as the
author of said card He is, in every
sense, brave and courageous, SO brave
that | really admire his friendship; so
courageous that he could not sign his
name to a statement false as his pre-
| tended friendship, and in every partlcu-
| lar deceptive and misleading.
He attempts to mislead the public by
disappearing the object for which
| the Young Mems Independent Political
Club was organized, and for what 1t
| stands to-day-an organization for men
who can think act and vote for the.
I best men, always keeping in view the
interests and welfare Of the race; en-
dorsing right always and condemnlng
wrong by whomsoeyer committed. Re
CARELESS of the malicious and unwar-
ranted attacks made upon the mem
! bers of our organization emanating
! from a source that is in keeping with
| the narrowness OF a hide-bound back
number, who resort to the lowest
schemes in the circulation of false
! hoods, baselesS reports and rank
| vituperation, to disrupt and disorganize
the Young Mems Independent Political
! Club-what prompts these great men
I to assail us, we are at loss for an
answer. Surely they do not deny us
| the right to think and act for our
selves. Is it because we refuse to en-
| dorse every candidate on the Republic
/ can ticket-or is it because we refuse
| to be bossed? Certainly | have the
right to my own views. | shall be gov
| erned in the matter by the dictates OF
my own conscience. / ask no advice
or instruction from you as to my duty.
| Yes, the Y. NJ. l. P. c. is in every sense
! Independent. We can and will vote for
whom we think is the best man or men,
/ as the case may be. Have we not the
right to think, act and vote for our
selves, or are we to consult the wishes
of some of the false rumor circulators,
brow-beaterS and would-be intimioa-
| tors? Are we not free men? | am
! inclined to think that we are, and we
are very sorry that there are some
| people that have yet to learn this fact.
The Y NJ. /. P. c., or any of its MEM
! bers, have not solicited any money
under the name of the Young Mems
yXfrif for M
! card in Saturdays Intelligencer knows
that money was collected by any men,
| Der or members of this club, and the
same was collected by them in the
name and for the purpose of the Young
Mems Progressive Club, why don't he
/ prove what he attempts to have the
public believe by his false and unwar-
ranted statements, to which he had not
| the moral courage to sign his name?
| I, with others, left the Young Mems
Progressive Club and identified myself
with the Young Mems Independent
! Political Club. | have the honor to be
/ president OF this organization. COM
! posed of intelligent young men who
| think and act for themselves. The
word progressive" has different
meaning with the author of that re-
markable card. With him all negroes
must think and act alike. Poor fellow,
| he is badly mistaken or misinformed.
A white man does just as he is
/ guided to do by the dictates of his con-
science. He votes for the man or par
| ty that suits his ideas. Have we not
| the same right? Yet. whenever the
negro splits his ticket or votes other
/ than the straight Republican ticket, he
! is called by the narrow-minded, self
constituted leaders. bride taker. We
never have, in all of our life. accepted
bride from any man. We are not go
! ing to accept any now. for we have as
high a regard for honor. right and jus
| tce as any man and will not stoop to
such INSCRIPTIONS methods, for any
| consideration. The Y " 1. P C. will
survive the present campaign of mis-
representation. 1t has become a fixture
in this city, regardless of the threats.
! intimidation, brow-beating and false
rumors. The. wholesale attempt to dis
rupt us cannot and will never succeed.
| We have come to stay, even though
our existence be thorn in some peo-
| pies side If the author of the card in
!. Saturdays Enteligencer has actual
knowledge OF any member of this club
| soliciting money in the name of the
Young Mems Progressive Club, let him
nuhlish tho nauanS If Sf,ch y,,prr1 hers i 1,