The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-11-24
Democratic Sweep
Will Gust Many
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deeds in the District of Columbia,
$4,000, and his chief deputy. Rich
ard 1hompkins of West Virginia:
Hon. Charles w. Anderson. of New
York, collector of internal revenue.
third district. New York, $4,000.
William c. Hueston. Gary, Ind.
assistant solicitor of the post office
department, $4,000; Hon. David f.
Henderson. Kansas City, Kas., spec
ial assistant U. S. attorney general
who while holding a national ap-
pointment, has been stationed in
Chicago, $4,000; Judge James A.
Cobb, of the municipal court, Dis
trict of Columbia, $500; Karl H.
Phillips, attorney, and Mrs. Henry
Lincoln johnson, commissioners of
Cancellation, U. S. labor department,
$4,000.
In addition are the sprinkling of
assistant U. S. attorneys scattered
throughout the country under Re-
publican appointment. Among these
are Frank Adams, District of Co
lumbia Richard L. Baltimore, HUI
bert T. Delaney, VIM. H. Lewis. Jr..
New York; Francis F. Giles, Brook.
lyn; f. Washington Rhodes, Phila.
delphia; Oliver Randolph, New Jer
sey; Heber T. Dodson, Chicago; Ivar
Johnson, Los Angeles; and J. w
Schanck, Boston.
What disposition will be made OF
the holders of diplomatic posts re
mains Doe seen. Consul VIM. J
Derby has iusth been retired; VIM
H. Hunt, second secretary at Mon
rovia, is at the State Department
and there was a question whether
he would return to Liberia; VIM
George of the same embassy ha.
been in New York assisting his chief
Minister Mitchell. He is a career
man as are Messrs. Hunt, James c
Carter, who is at Calais, France, anc
Clifton R. Wharton at Las Palmas
There is an excellent possibility o.
their remaining in the service. TIL,
same is true of Lewis r. Mehlinger
an attorney in the department o
| justice, and Louis Lautier, steno
grapher there. There are also severa
Negro deputy United States marshal
in cities. None of these jobs is un
der civil service.
If the Democrats make any APP
pointments of colored Democrats t,
| high offices when the new admin
istration assumes control, the fou
men who will probably come in TO
favorable consideration are Rober
L. Vann, editor of the Pittsburgh
Courier; Julian D. Rainiey, of Bos
ton; DR.. Joseph l.. johnson, of Co
lumbus, Ohio; and DR.. William
Thompkins of Kansas City, Mo.
Both Vann and Rainey are law
yers. After the election of Pres
ident Hoover in 1928, Mr.. Vann wa
anxious for an appointment in tn
Department of Justice. Whether h
would accept any office under al
Assistant District Attorney General
Gin is problematical. Mr.. Raine,
n ght be content With appointment
as a special assistant to the Attorne.
General.
There has been only one colore,
man to serve as an Assistant At
torney General. He is William Fl
Lewis of Boston, who served unde
President Taft. Perry w. Howard
Republican national committeeman
for Mississippi, sought appointment
as an Assistant Attorney Genera
after the election of President Hard
ing in 1920, but accepted appoint
ment as a special assistant to tn
Attorney General. He served unit
after the election of President Hoov
err. After his resignation David H
Henderson of Kansas City, Kansas
was appointed special assistant t
the Attorney General, but was as
signed to the office of the Unite
States Attorney in Chicago.
DR.. johnson may get the post a
United States Minister to Liberia. |
any event, it is probable that col
ored Democrat will succeed Mitche
at Monrovia, although America
commercial interests in Liberia hav
grown in the last several years.
is the duty of the American ministe
to maintain and advance these in
terests.
! DR.. Thompkins may make bi
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