The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-25
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CAPERS AND IDEAS.
The Leading ColOred Newspaper Thinks
That the Duke Of Darlington Got the
Better Of His Brother In White.
New York Age.

Capt John G. Capers, the na-
tional Republican committeeman for
South Carolina, is having all the
trouble which a man in his position
could desire. The Hon Edmund III.
Deas, the "Duke of Darlington"
has no faith whatever in the sort Of
death flop into the Republican party
which Capt. Capers made in his re-.
cent address at Orangeburg, and still
regards him as an alien and di
turber in the Republican household
of South Carolina.
Capt. Capers has just been facing
a searching examination into his Of
fensive partisanship, and other Of
feneive conduct, by Il representative
of the civil service commission, on
charges preferred by Mr.. Deas. The
two men have also been paying each
other some very hot compliments
through the columns of the Charles.
ton News and Courier, and we are
bound to say that Mr.. Deas has the
better Of the war of words. The
lio has not rs yet passed between
the two men, but that which resem.
bles il has.
The Washington correspondent of
the Charleston News and Courier
says that John Ct. Capers, national
C mmitteeman and district attorney,
and Micah Jenkins, collector of in
ternal revenue, both Democrats of
South Carolina, called Oh tho pres-
dent recently about tho charges pre-.
ferrcd against them by State Chair.
man D"us, and which an agent of
the civil service commission has in
vestlgated. The correspondent says
further: IDEAS and his friends have
furnished the president with all the
details of the investigation. The
president has every confidence in
Messrs. Capers and Jenkins, and he
is not apt to be seriously disturbed
by anything Deas may say or do"
AS we understand the attitude Of
tho President, who was once civil
service commissioner himself, he has
"every confidence" in no violator of
tho law, md whether he will be dis
turbed by what Deas "nlay say or
do will depend upon tho report of
tho civil service commission, based
upon the findings Of its own agent,
when the matter shall be submitted
to him for review and disposition. If
Capers and Jenkins have violated the
civil service law, as Mr. Doas charged
that they had, and if the civil scr
vice commission sustains MIR. Deas's
contention, will not this disturb the
Presidents composure? We shall
see.
We understand. in part, why the
President should be Interested and
have coniicence in Micah Jenkins,
although he bo an unrepentant Dem.
ocrat, for ho was Rough Rider and
the President appointed him internal
revenue collector for South Carolina
as personal matter; but why should
tho President be Interested and have
confidence in John g. Capors, a
Democrat, rs disturher in tho Repub-
llcan party of South Carolina, and Il
persistent violator Of tho rules Of the
department Of Justice and the civil
st. ICE law? We believe that the
Washington correspondent of the
News and Courier has drawn too far
upon his imagination in this matter.
And the Republicans of South
Carolina should be allowed to have a
national committeeman Of their own
selection whom they can respect and
in whom they can have confidence.