The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-06-18
THE PRESIDENT BUNCOED.
He is Dispustcd With Political
Experiments in This State.

HIS STATE.
The Washington correspondent of
The State writes as follows
President Roosevelt is very sore over
the failure of his experiment to build
up Republican party in South Caro-
INA by using Senator McLaurin, and
the indications are that in the distribu-
tion of Federal offices in the Palmetto
State in the future there will be n new
deal. The President in talking with
Republican Senators has manifested
irritation over the trouble he has had
in filling the South Carolina offices, and
has expressed in no uncertain terms
his disappointment over both Senator
McLaurin and Mr.. John G.. Capers who
has been acting as Republican referee
Tor the State upon the endorsement of
McLaur4n.
When the nomination of Mr.. Harris
TO be postmaster at Charleston was
Withdrawn, one of the leading Repub-
llcanS OF the Senate called upon the
PRESIDENT and asked why this step had
been taken. President Roosevelt ex-
planned the difficulties surrounding the
case OF Mr.. Harris because of the dis.
closures of his nOn-resldence and then
he went on to recitc some of the
troubles which he had met In endeay-
| oriny to fill the South Carolina Offices.
and did not mince words IN telling why
he was disappointed in the sltuatlon in
| that State.
he recalled that the most satisfac-
tory appointment he has madc-that
OF MIR. Cunningham to be marshal
was made in the face OF the strong
efforts of Senator McLaurin and Mr..
| Capers, who were doing ali they could
to secure the reappointment of Marshal
Melton. lie held these two gentlemen
responsible also for the troubles over
the nomination of Mr.. Rooster as col
lector of internal revenue and Mr.
Richardson as postmaster at Green
vile. In pretty plain language he ex-
pressed his opinion that the combina-
tion Of McLaurin and Capers ls a
failure in political leadership and init
timated his purpose of looking else
where for endorsements to South Car
Olina offices in the future.
Some mtlmatiOn Of the Presidents
feelings in this respect has reached
Senator McLaurin and the result is
that he is extremely nervous over his
own fate. He believes he has prom
ise from the President of the court of
claims judgeship, which he has been
so earnestly seeking, but he realizes
that nothing is certain in politics until
it happens. He is afraid that the efforts
of Republican politicians to prevent the
President giving so good an Office 7
what they call dead onen
cause the man in the White House :"
overlook him. Then, too, he is
appointed over the failure of his frio
to secure for him the endorsement
Democratic Senators. He started O,i
by claiming that he had letters from I.
number of leading Senators, but inyes-
tigation Of these claims proves that
they have no substantial basis. The
list which his friends gave out CON
tanned seven or eight names, but SC
far as can be ascertained not one of
these Democratic Senators have sent
TO the White House the desired letters
of endorsement.
This fact and the further fact tha
there would surely be a fight over hi
confirmation have combined to make
Senator McLaurin anything but happy
Now his friends, who sometime ACC
, were claiming that his appointment
would go in Immediately after the vote
) upon the Philippine bill, are hopins
that it will go in as arecess appoint
meiit Immediately after the adjourn
ment of Congress, but they are no
E at all certain that this hope will b,
realized.