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THE WHITE HOUSE
JUN 18 1913
RECEIVED

6 West 134th Street, New York City,
June, 18-1913.

Assagd
6/16/13

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Hon. J.P. Tumulty,
Secretary to the President
Washington, D.C.

Sir:-

As Secretary of the National Colored Demoeratic League and National
Organizer of the League, I feel it my duty to direct your attention to
a few interesting and to us vital facts, and I am sure you will pardon
the obtrusion as the facts are revealed: Bishop Alexander Walters, Pres-
dent of the National Colored Democratic League, is about to start on a
trip to the Pacific coast, and had planned to hold enroute, several open
air meetings discussing matters of interest to colored democrats pri-
marily, and the colored voters of the country generally. I need not
tell you, perhaps, that owing to the fact that no public recognition of
the Administration's appreciation of the colored voter has been made in
the distribution of patronage; that the Bishop will find it hard to in-
terest colored voters in the Democratic Party, and extremely difficult
to encourage men to espouse our cause. I am in persoal touch with the
colored leaders of democracy throughout the country, in my official ca-
pacity, and I know, Mr. Secretary that the feeling is that the Administra-
tion is indifferent toward the colored people,politically, generally,
and in the matter of patronage particularly. The situation is peculiar-
ly embarrassing to the Bishop and to us all in that we, notwithstanding
the fact that colored office holders have been replaced by white men
and no colored men have been appointed to any place, have continually
assured the colored people that the Administration is friendly and kind
ly in its attitude towards us and that the faithful are to be rewarded.
The Bishop has tried to make the people feel that the Administration
has not and will not close the door of hope in their faces, but they
cry, and shout SHOW US! SHOW US!! SHOW US!!!

The argument they introduce to sustain their position is: That
the actual vacancies in the Liberian Mission, and that in the office
of the Registry of the Treasury have not as yet been filled, so we
we are and have been the laughing stock of the colored people gener-
ally and the colored Republican office holder-overs particularly.
It has been told me that one of the Republican hold-overs said in a
public speech before a large concourse of colored people a few days ago
at Yonkers N.Y. that he had no sort of faith in the Administration
and could see in every line of President Wilson's face hatred of the

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