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May 6, 1913.

J.P.T.-#4

E. A. Patterson, a prominent colored
lawyer in Oklahoma, who performed valuable services
on the stump - last campaign, paying his own
expenses. Senator [Gore?] is a strong backer of Mr.
Patterson's. In fact, confidentially, he is making
this a personal matter. Mr. Patterson is, with the
following names, also backed by Bishop Walters and
his Organization. He is a candidate for Register
of the Treasury, now held by a colored man.

Peter J. Smith, Boston, Mass., a
doctor and graduate of Harvard, and a man of influence.
Smith is a very prominent colored man in Boston. He
is a candidate for Assistant Register of the Treasury.

A. B. Cosey, Newark, N.J. - He is a
well known educated man, a member of the bar of
New Jersey, and enjoys quite a lucrative practice.
Mr. Cosey as the head of the New Jersey Colored
Organization during the last campaign, and was in
the harness during the entire campaign. He is
practically the choice of the colored democratic
voters in New Jersey. He is a candidate for the Recorder

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