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C. W. Anderson in the department of Revnue at New York.

It is urged against Mr. Johnson among other things,
that he stumped the state of New Jersey against President
Wilson, and used vile language against him, among which was,
that President Wilson’s election ment a return of negroes to
slavery, and sanction of linching, he referred to a picture
used by the republicans in a paper, during the canpaign of
President Wilson for Governor of New Jersey, with negroes hanging
to a tree. He is during all he can, in an underhand way,with
Mr. Napier, who resigned as Register of the Treasury, to
embarris President Wilson's administration, and get campaign
literature, for the coming fall elections in New York and
New Jersey, and future elections, including the next national
election.

It is said that Mr. Anderson stumped against President Wis
Wilson, and since the election, used unbecoming language,
about the President. It is further said that, certain inde-
pendent democrats in New York are in a deal with him to try
and get the colored vote for Mayor, for retaining him in
office. A large number of colored republicans and progressives
bitterly oppose this. They say they are afraid to trust a
democrat, such as Mr. Mitchel, and would rather vote for a
unknown word man,such as Mayor Gaynor, who has shown his respect
for them in New York, than to take a chance on a Wilson Mayor.

If the negro democrats desert Mr. Mitchel, his chances
are slim for election. I am now speaking from investigation

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