. The Wheel and cycling trade review . ords. Cheers, howls, yells, hand-clapping,and applause in every conceivable shape andform burst out spontaneously, and lasted forseveral minutes. It was the speech of themeeting. G. Carleton Brown (N. J.) replied to He stated that Mr. Kirkpatricksspeech was the most eloquent ever heard onthe floor of a League meeting, but he never-theless took issue with him on the main argu-ment. Mr. Brown said that the right of thenegro to membership was not a question ofcitizenship, but a question which reposedsolely with the League of American Wheel-me
. The Wheel and cycling trade review . ords. Cheers, howls, yells, hand-clapping,and applause in every conceivable shape andform burst out spontaneously, and lasted forseveral minutes. It was the speech of themeeting. G. Carleton Brown (N. J.) replied to He stated that Mr. Kirkpatricksspeech was the most eloquent ever heard onthe floor of a League meeting, but he never-theless took issue with him on the main argu-ment. Mr. Brown said that the right of thenegro to membership was not a question ofcitizenship, but a question which reposedsolely with the League of American Wheel-men. The Young Mens Christian Association,Dr. Brown stated, had tried the experiment ofnegro membership, and learned the direful re-sults. The Y. M. C. A. found, as always, thatthe negro was a disturbing element; it foundthat wine and water would not mix, and, inconsequence, the negro to-day had no rightsnor privileges in that world-wide organization. If the negro cyclists want a national organi-zation, said Dr. Brown, let them have it,. WE- HAVE- IT. Altair No. 1. YOU -WANT- IT. CORRECT DESIGN <*1ELLIPTICAL SPROCKETS We believe in the merit of Sprockets of design made exclusively by us, and will cheer-fully mail full description of same on application. We are prepared to fill orderspromptly, and would esteem it a favor to receive your name for mailing list. ■ » » « THE EAGLE BICYCLE MANUFACTURING CO., TORR1NGTON, CONNECTICUT. < Supplement to The Wheel and Cycling Trade Review. but we do not want them in the League ofAmerican Wheelmen. Rather should we favora separate organization of colored men, andextend to it the right hand of helpfulness andfellowship. Mr. Yopp (N. C.) was of course strongly infavor of the insertion of the word white. Itwas the first time he had ever attended anL. A. W. meeting, he stated, and he took theopportunity to thank the League for the effortsit had made and the money it had expended inhis State when the North Carolina membershipnumbe
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