People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1894 — THE WHEELMEN. [ARTICLE]

THE WHEELMEN.

| American Bicyclists Are in Session at Louisville. j Louisville, Ky.. Feb. 22.—At Mon- ; day’s session of the National League of ! American Wheelmen the election of ; officers was held. Charles H. LusI comb, of New York, and Thomas F. : Sheridan, of Chicago, were the nomi- • nees for president, tbe former being ! elected by a vote of 123 to 55. A. G. I Willison and George A. Perkins were I elected first and second vice presidents ; respectively. W. M. Brewster, of St. j Louis, was elected treasurer. I At Tuesday’s session a vote was i taken to decide the place of holding the next annual meeting. It resulted: Denver, Col., 93; Asbury Park, N. J., j 70. An amendment to the constitution | by which colored wheelmen are barred : from membership was adopted by a | vote of 127 to 54. The amendment was introduced at the request of the Union Cycling club, a colored organization.