The Washington times., 1902-02-17
COLORED MEN seek
TO 70 GO TO HAITI
Many Aspirants to Succeed
Minister w. F. Powell.
CLAIMS OF NEW YORK VOTERS
Arguments Put Forward to Show
Why the Appointment Should He
Given to the Empire State-WhO
some of the Candidates Are.

NEW YORK, Feb. l6.-President Roose-
welt. it is reported, is about to appoint
Minister to Haiti to succeed William
F. Powell. of New Jersey. Mr.. Powell
was appointed by the late President Nc
Kinley at the request of the late Sen
ator Sewell of New Jersey. His term
expired last June. Since the death of
President Mckinley many Republican col
ored aspirants for Minister Powells place
have come to the front. AS matter of
fact they are like the asparagus heads OF
Oyster Bay fer number.
Peculiar situation.
The situation. in some respects, is rath-
er peculiar. 1t was said today in colored
Republican circles that T. Thomas For
tune. formerly of New York City and
Washington and Albany, was now resi-
dent of Red Bank. and some OF Mr.. For
tunes friends said that Booker T. Wash
ington. president Of Tuskegee College,
Alabama, believed that President Roose-
welt should appoint Mr.. Fortune to be
Minister to Haiti to succeed Mr.. Powell.
Senator McComas of Maryland believes
II. D
Cummings. of Baltimore. should succeed
Mr.. Powell and has presented the claims
OF Mr. Cummings to President Roosevelt.
Opposed 20 Cummings.
There are two Representatives, how
ever, from Maryland who oppose the
wishes of Senator McComas, Representa-
tives Frank Charles Wachter Of the Third
Baltimore district and Charles Reginald
Schirm of the Fourth Baltimore district,
who believe that the President shouIl ap-
point ]. H. Bradford, and these two Rep
resentatives are backed in their support
of Mr.. Bradford by Charles ]. Bonaparte
Of Baltimore.
Mr.. Bradford was delegate to the last
Republican National Convention, and he
was on the committee to netify Vice Presi-
dent Roosevelt of his nomination at the
hands of the Philadelphia convention.
The New York State Republicans would
like President Roosevelt to appoint
Charles W. Anderson. OF New York, to
be Minister to Haiti.
The colored Republicans of New York
State are greatly interested in the selec-
tion by Mr. Roosevelt of a successor to
Minister Powell. They pointed out today
that no Republican President since Gen.
eral Grants time has appointed a color
ed Republican to Federal office from the
State of New York.
President Grant appointed Henry H.
Garnett, of New York, Minister to Liberia
President Cleveland and Richard Croker
made things very pleasant for the colored
men of the State and city of New York;
;br instance, President Cleveland appoint
ed DR.. John =" Thompson, of New York
City. Minister to Haiti; James II.
Matthews, of Albany Recorder of Deeds
for the District of Columbia. and H. C.
Astwood. consul to Calais.
Confirmation Refused.
The Senate. it is recalled, refused to
confirm the appointment of Astwood.
President Cleveland also appointed Henry
L. Downing. of New York City, Consul to
st. Paul de Loando. West Coast of Africa.
Later he was elected recorder of AL
bany (chief criminal judge), and Mr.. Mat
thews served during the term OF Gov
ernor Roosevelt.
The colored men who want Mr.. Ander-
son to be Minister to Haiti said today
that there was no State in the Union
where the colored vote, as cast, is so po-
tential as in the State of New York.
They said that the colored Republicans OF
the Empire State number s.. 900.
They went on to tell how Croker and the
Democratic party. outside of Cleveland.
had recognized the colored vote. They told
how Croker had selected Edward Lee as
the "colored Croker OF the city of New
York and how James H. Carr had been
made deputy assistant district attorney
and John W. Shaw deputy tax commits
sioner under Croker's administration of
Tammany Hall.
Then these colored Republicans went on
to tell of further appointments by the
Tammany administration in recent years.
All told. it was said the colored Demo-
Gratis of New York City have received
S1O0, 900 year in salaries.
President Will Select.
President Roosevelt, it was said tonight.
will make his own selection of the COL
ored Republican to succeed Mr.. Powell.
but nevertheless the Republicans in New
York State, from Senator PIatt down.
would like to have the President appoint
Mr. Anderson.
Mr.. Anderson was private secretary to
Addison B. Colvin when Mr.. Colvin was
State Treasurer. and since then Mr.. An
derson has held important places in the
State of New York. He is a great Re
publican orator. and is utilized by the
Republican national committee and the
Republican State committee in campaigns.