The Washington bee., 1901-10-05
The Columbia State. Sept. a7thJ

The Columbia State, Sept. z7th.)
Edmund II. DeAs, the Republican
State chairman, was in the city yes
terday on his way TO Washington
where he is going TO look after q NUM-
Der of :hings that are in the air in Re-
publican circles Just nov. The recent
death of Collector Webster, the nation
al committeeman from this State, has
started great deal of talk about the
status and future OF the Republican
organization in South Carolina and
line old line Republicans are beginning
TO take on new life with the advent Of
President Roosevelt.
Deas is not only the State chairman
OF the party organization but he is now
virtually Webster's successor on the
national committee also. He goes ia
Washington heving IN his pocket the
endorsement IN writing of is of the ~
members of the Republican State COM
mittee for the position of national
committeeman succeeding Webster.
This amounts TO his election by the
committee. He does not intend, he
says, TO retain both positions, but will
do so for the present, until things are
more settled than they are lust now.
Yesterday Deas was considerably
wrought up over the column article
on the Local page of The News and
Courier yesterday iu regard 20 the
Republican situation in this State. In
speaking of the matter he said:
"In the article headed, Mr. BlaloCk
Wins, it is stated that there will be
an appointment in two or three days.
myself am willing 10 put up 81 600
that there will be no appointment
il two weeks. And / am willing
to wager another $1,000 that
Mr.. John G.. Capers will never be
national committeeman. This article
bears the marks OF the captain. It
is nice way to win the favor of the
negroes by rejecting on them as he
has done in this article. He ought
not to think that he can run over the
Republicans in South Carolina rough
shod while he himself is registered
voter in the State Of Maryland. This
article is only intended to force ana
intimidate the negro into endorsing
him. Ii says: IL is not out of place
Just here, in passing to remind some
of the negroes who are holding office
that they are loosening the hold they
once had on a job by dabbling in po1
itics. 1t is said that there is an axe
for everynegTO holding office in Char
lesion, and | suppose It IS meant
that there is also one for every
negro holding Office in South
Carolina Their names have been
entered It is alleged, on the sacrifice
counter and they are TO be handed
down, and so quickly that they will
not know what hit them. They will not
listen, however, and the men who
have the federal patronage of South
Carolina at their finger tips will put q
cross mark upon the name OF every
nero who has been doing the confer
enCe stunt in Charleston. This was
in depreciation Of an alleged confer
ence said to have been held In Char
lesion, of which your humble servant
knows nothing. This will have no
effect on the self respecting negroes
of South Carolina. They will stand
by their party organization, unawed
bv fear, unbribed by gain: Ii IS eva
dent that this is intended TO intimf
date and force the negroes into en-
dorsing him as member OF the nation
al committee. But the vacancies on
IUS ndllOildl COliillllbACN HAS 49, -
election on the recommendation OF
the State executive committee as in
this case, and the national committee
will not meet for about three years 70
come. Mr.. BlalOckis very nice man,
a good Republican and deserves the
collectorship and we have no object
ion to him; but the bad company he
keeps and his fool friends that speak
for him are killing him. The RePub-
hcans have the organization OF the
State and as between the patronage
and the organization, they will keep
the former to the loss of the latter. -