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Sermon extracts from Rev. Dr. Dean R. Babbitt, Rev. Dr. David Gregg, and Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis regarding discrimination against African Americans in the south.
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1903-06
Newspaper article suggesting that the goal of disenfranchising African Americans is to remove them as a powerful voting bloc in northern states. Without these northern votes, southern politicians will be able to elect the president and control all national legislation.
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1903-06
Booker T. Washington informs President Roosevelt that the African Americans living in New York City are in the habit of voting with Tammany Hall on local issues.
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1903-06-22
Charles William Anderson recommends Jerome B. Peterson for appointment to the consulship at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.
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1903-05-14
Booker T. Washington has met with Bishop Walters and James H. Hayes, and feels that they will now work on a “sensible and helpful basis.” In addition, he will work to have William H. Lewis appear at some of the meetings.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-27
L. Paschal Martyn believes that he can help President Roosevelt carry Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and probably Georgia in the coming election despite negative feelings towards Roosevelt in the South “on account of negro problem.” He suggests that C. M. Barnett of Kentucky can recommend him.
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1903-03-09
John D. Crimmins encloses a letter regarding a past president and commends President Roosevelt for supporting the appointment of Dr. Crum.
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1903-03-21
Booker T. Washington offers his opinion on the Crum case.
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1903-03-01
Joseph Bucklin Bishop encloses a document for President Roosevelt. He comments on “the exhibition which Congress made of itself” and finds that Roosevelt looks good in comparison.
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1903-03-04
Special efforts are being made to bring pressure on Senator Perkins by the “colored people in California who cast in that state about 3,000 votes.”
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1903-03-06
According to the records of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, there is nothing that can be used to make a statement regarding President Roosevelt and the appointment of people of color to postmaster positions. Roosevelt has never made an original appointment of a minority postmaster, as Thomas S. Harris, Charles R. Jackson, Louis P. Piernas, and Thomas I. Keys were all reappointments. Roosevelt has appointed William Flemming and William Hazard, both white men, to succeed postmasters of color.
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1903-02-11
William Miles Hazzard provides his opinions regarding solutions to the “negro problem” and party politics in South Carolina and other southern states. He believes that southern states could be carried for the Republican Party if they could “conceive some plan to eliminate the negro from politics.”
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1903-02-13
Whitefield McKinlay argues that if southern politicians succeed in preventing William Demos Crum’s appointment it will set a precedent that will prevent any further appointments of African Americans to offices in Southern states.
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1903-02-14
Rufus B. Bullock encloses correspondence between himself and The Churchman criticizing the newspaper’s editorials in opposition to President Roosevelt’s appointment of African Americans.
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1903-01-27
Rollo Ogden encloses an article on the Indianola case and expresses his approval of President Roosevelt’s handling of the issue. Ogden informs the president that he has become the editor of The Evening Post and assures him that the paper will praise him when he does the right thing but will not hesitate to criticize him when it is warranted. He commends Roosevelt on his efforts in civil service reform.
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1903-02-04
Francis E. Leupp tells President Roosevelt that the Democrats are making it difficult to have the appointments of William Demos Crum confirmed, but he has heard that Senator George C. Perkins will vote to confirm if Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington are in favor of Crum. Leupp also reports that Rollo Ogden is anxious to know what will be done about William Michael Byrne, whose reappointment as district attorney for Delaware was opposed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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1903-02-05
Albert Shaw supports President Roosevelt’s policies in the South and regards his treatment of the South as “considerate beyond that of any other President.”
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1903-02-05
Charles M. Harvey believes that President Roosevelt will win the 1904 Republican nomination but questions Roosevelt’s southern policy regarding African Americans. Harvey thinks that the tendency for African Americans to identify with one party is a mistake and damages their political clout. Harvey also defends Reed Smoot against charges of polygamy.
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1903-02-08
Attorney General Knox reports that no “colored men” have been appointed to strictly presidential offices under the Department of Justice nor have any white men have been appointed to succeed people of color. Two African Americans have been appointed to Department of Justice offices.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-30
List of “colored” officeholders in the diplomatic and consular service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-31