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Oct.13th,1913.

Hon. Martin J. Wade,
Counsellor-at-Law,
Johnson Co. Svgs. Bank Bldg.,
Iowa City, Iowa

My dear Judge:-

I am answering your letter of the
26th. of August concerning Mr. Ross. I was out of
the country in Canada, which accounts for my apparent
delay.

Regarding Ross' appointment, sometime
ago I took up the matter of the appointment of colored
men to office with the President, in view of the work
done by colored men during the two last National
elections, under my suservision.

During the Bryan campaign, a strong
movement was inaugurated on the part of many colored
men throughout the country in favor of the democratic
party, and a number of colored men were actively
interested in the Bryan campaign, who organised, went
on the stump, &c.

Last year, during the national campaign,
under my supervision, a very strong movement was
organized, in which a great number of colored men,

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