The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-13
Nh APPOINTMENT MADE YET.
.,rs,pEyT HOLDS UP THE SOUTH
CAROLINA PLUM.

o,,,tou of Column bia, Who Can
the Appointment If He
-. II. Joins with others In
ling BIalock's Appointment
PRESIDENT Has Determined
inst the Latter, However.
Gntes and the Old Line Re-
,,icon Crowd Are Very Much
I,.-l,ed Up AIT Finding Themselves
s,rictIy on the Outside.
,,-.ebtngton. D. c.. Oct. 12.-South
corolina politicians interested in the
tor of the collector of internal
s,,o are still on the anxious bench
,.as,se President Roosevelt desires to
,.-a the subject further consideration.
o. g looking for the best man avail
- and will not make the appoint
until he is satisfied that there
IN, Ia M repetition of the Blalock in
cident.
rba now eature in this case to-day,
.,oe the arrival in Washington OF DR..
" y clayton of Columbia, accompa-
Mod nv District Attorney John Capers'
~ was recently designated by Sena-
49, ,4anna to act as member of the
National committee from South caro-
,,na and DR.. ]. F. Ensor the present
..s+,,,aster at Columbia. AS previous
T.. s+ated in these dispatches, DR.. Clay
~, was suggested to the President as
a,,ailable man for the collectorsnlp,
IT, II had been determined TO the
oatisfaction of the President that
foonis Blalock was not properly quail
fled for the place.
He would Not Reconsider.
1fessrs. Clayton, Capers and Ensor
oiled At the White House this after
noon and had a long conference with
tbe President on the subject. 1t is I'M
derstood they strongly urged the Pres
;dant TO reconsider his determination
not IN appoint Mr.. Blalock. Their en-
deavor was to explain away certain
statements made by Interested partles'
which Induced the President TO turn
down Blalock. The delegation assured
tha President that they were trlenos OF
senator McLaurin and Mr.. Blalock
and said the appointment of Blalock
would he entirely satisfactory TO them
mr. CLAYTON. who is likely to be APP
nointed. Joined in requesting the Pres
dent to reconsider his decision ana
appoint Blalock. The President ind1-
Gated clearly that it is not now a ques-
tion between Mr.. Blalock and DR..
CLAYTON as the former is no longer
considered possibility. 1t is SAID that
the President seemed favorably i'm
dressed by DR.. Clayton, but he pro-
noses TO give the subject further con-
sidaration before finally announcing his
choice.
he fact that the President declined
To appoint Mr.. Blalock has caused
LARGE number of stories to be started
in South Carolina. Senator McLaurin is
charged by friends of Blalock with
having forsa ken Mr.. Blalock and this
report is making enemies for the sena-
tor. In other places it is stated that
Serato McLaurin forsook Blalock be-
cause the latter had declared that he
was no longer friendly to the senator.
Mr.. Blalock desires it stated that he
has always been friendly to Mr.. Nc
Laurin and will continue to be his
friend no matter who is appointed. The
President stated that his determination
to appoint some one else was for rea-
sens beyond the control of Senator Nc
Laurin.
Old Line Gang Is Mad.
The old line Republican organization,
Deas of Darlington, are completely de-
moralized at the sudden and unexpect-
ed turn OF the political "merry-go-
round They do not know whether to
take to the bushes or open up their
hot-air' batteries on the President.
senator Hanna and the entire Republi-
can administration sustain the Presi-
dents action in the Blalock case. Mr..
Gates' who was originally opposed to
hialock but who was induced to go to
me PRESIDENT and indorse him, is out
spoken OF what he intends to do when
ms turn comes. Whe Their he will be
seen. II" W Do
Senator McLaurin," said he vester-
Gay seems to be able to keep the in
slue track in dispensing South Caro-
ma patronage. We understood that
me appointment of Mr.. BlaIock was
aSS urea but 1t was changed by meth
Jug OF which we do not approve.
layton is nice man enough,
out WIN all the patronage of the in-
tefhal revenue, he can't swing four
COUNTIES of South Carolina to his wav
vi thinking when the National Conyen-
SioH meets in 1904. The control of this
a3uth carolina patronage will never
IIloIu senator McLaurin any strength.
=! :, cannot be reelected by virtue of
MI Gates further intimated that a
secret service detective could not find
any gain of Demoera tic voters for the
senator in South Carolina if he scour-
el the state in his search. Deas de-
1idIes ne Will regain control of the Re-
ruolicdh party in South Carolina in
sp4,e Oh McLaIrin, and even if he has
70 leave the public service.