The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-01-28
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| BisE sEsF Alexander WAL
I ters Asks Wilson to
Keep Promise
TEST CASE DEMANDED BY
MEMBERS OF THE RACE
Chief E.sesti's li.Is it win be
Useless; That Sesatsrs Ws.ll
Disapessve.



Washington, Jan. e. President Will
son has been considerably embarrassed
for the past year. and during the last
tnree weeks especially. bv q group of Ne
gr, politicians. headed by Bishop Alex
ander Walters, Of ths African Methodist
Episcopal Church. president of the Negro
ID mocratic League. xho have demanded
'hat he keep slleevd promises made be-
ore his election, thas ne would h.. rather
liheral in the sppointbent of Negrees to
ieieral offers -
The situation ceneBrs about the sp-
pointment Of q regiserr of deeds Of the
District of Columbia. . good paying e
flee, that hss b-en held by Negroes con
'innr,rSly for twenty five yearv. Pres
ident Wilson promised Walters to ap-
p,int another Negro 70 this po-ition, bat
Senator vardsmsn, ofiMississippi. served
wor'i on him that he would never allow
Negro TO he confirmed by the senas..
vARDAMAN OBJrCrs.
Senator james X. vardaman, the
Mississippi firr-ester, the man OF the
flowing coal black locks. who - veral
years ago, while governor of Mississippi.
be tied President Roosevelt. and wai nom
mated by the latter y membership in
the Ananias Club. y. therefore, the pri.
mary Gauss Of The tARafened split be-
tween president Wilson and the Negro
Deinocrotic voters.
President Wilson has waited for about
three years, while the Office Of register of
'is els remained vacant, a. see il Varda-
man would not soften in his opposition
Sut Vardsman has stood his ground, and |
declares that il q Negro il named for this |
office. he will present the matter to the
senate in such a way that the Southers
senator's must oppose him. As Il r, r,quirss |
the Objection oi only one senator n bio k |
by that body, senator Var
iaman seens extremely well fortified
and the president fully realizes the h prp
essness of his position.
WALTERS PERSISTENT.
Walters calIei at the Whit Hous
again today and left with Serretzry Tu-
multy an open letter to the president,
calling on him To make good his promise |
Df fair treatment to the Negroes in the
way of appointments. lie urged the
president 70 appoint q Negro A. reginter
and put tn test the assertions that ths
senate will not confirm him. He ais
EXPRESS in his letter the hope fhst the
president will rot hesitate t. make tb.
81 n colorrd man To the ohic.
or To one 81 equal importance. wher.
senatorial ceuhrn alton - required, for
se desire 70 know whether il i- To ~ th,
p"licy II the Democratic party {, sceori
70 Negroes the same rixht- AMI re-ogn
lion granted u other citizrns 81 the ma
tion. OR. in other word-, can the Dem
cratic party afIord 10 ignore a half mil
lion vosrs on sccount Of their colors2'
Included in the open letter ia. one
written by Woodrow Wilson. then COVER
nor Of New Jersey, 70 Bishop Walters.
rn October .I6, 1912, while the pre-iden'
~ss q candidate. in which he told Wal
'er- ''it -eems ruperflnous to assure my
coiored fellow ritizans ri my earnest VI b
g. -ee jp-tice dors them ia every maft~r,
and not mere grudging Justice, but ju--
the executed with liberallty and cordial
gOod ieeltng'
After quoting the letter from the pres-
dent, Bishop Walters concludes his open
letter a. follows:
81 - weil o. under-tsnd that the Dem
ocrstic party cannot have the support a
the Negro vote in the North. Fast and
West while IL denies the ballot to mem
tionai party b take such q position is IN
fair, unreasonable and untensble.
Owing 10 the character 81 the oppo
-ition in certain qusrtcrS ~ q Negro be-
ing sproinf>d rcorder ~ deesis. IL hs-
become q tr~t case, and ~e are noe con-
tending not 20 much for the Office &c ne
are tor the princip,e invoved; namely.
lbe right of Negroes ~ f-rcome norninsf-
ed and oon6rm~d IN important office- "
The letter President Wilson. then gov-
ernor wiIson, wrote Bishop Walters con-
tino~~-
The colored people Of the Unitei
STATES have made extraordinary proxrc~~
towards self-suppors and usefulns~s. add
orRhs ~ bs encon,sged in every vay
pc~ibIe Ny sympathy with them is of
long sanding. and want N ss.ure them
through jon that -h,uId become pres-
id<nt Of the United Sssse~ they may
count upoa me for st,soiuse fair DEALING
and ier everythins BY which could -
siss IN sdvsp~iDx ~ snescpue a their
rncs N M Unjsod SseoRa