The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-12-25
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actlons Of y Ohm li.ss Capers the Repub.
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iinon nther ;son t,ern nan hars a =, :, u,t,s tisn
commItteey whn attendad - @ anS a. Gu;,o ,sio
have ne yerl made anv cecret - +,,n,,
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AN AhifoL i11sl' ;ploDGER.
LII seems that Capers dodged the
Llama dinner by going to Baltimore.
a q. { dlspatch from Charleston to The
state unoer date or Dec. 10 says On
MS arrival IN tnaG c15y Dir. CaporS
no ,,,,a,., hs1,,,at IuuIu aWai, oena.ol
which Judson LYONS. q neuro @ ,va. "a =
guest, to which ha replied that!be - 81 -, "a. :.
gretted very much that, he was nnai,la
to attend, but that he LEFT, the A rlinp.
ton Immediately after; his contest Ii d
been favorably decided that afterno, IN
and went TO Baltimore m hnsine,,s
and that from there he returned tn
Charleston. lie stated that he had
no Knowledge one wav or the ntl,er
of Committeeman lRubinson of North
Carolina ba wing qone tn tho a rlir,s-
ton hotel that nieht and thor ha vi, vi,a 9
retired from the hall. MS ne did not
90 to the hotel himsalf' 'that night h,;t
was out of the city hours before the
banquet was called to- orf,ar srhat hat
tho TACT nf SIndsnn 80 nsc's 10
b.,;,n nE .aot ~ ~ uusou Lyons " georgia
So - a .1.a uSo .,Ia nau nesei entef-
ha ,,aa t,ao,, So, sv o. ieason tl,au
nf Iu o.Sn ao'ssu " uieni,ss Cue lueil
e. y. onS oanaueo iioln MS ininu carry 10
oaHo, oaH aay y on aecouno ol having oeen
] h,,sisos. ~ 80 Ia,I,,note .hn. ~ i.npol ean
cnnsidss,S az thot oiaS ne o,iei .,oie nesei
tha o ntSar onao 1eaou'e ole "uy u
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cAPERs WAS THERE.
a. dispatch FROM Washington to
The State under date Of Dec. II says
LII John g. Capcrs, Rcpub blican ma
tlonal committeeman, United States
district attorney, Repu 1lican referee
and chief adviser Of the president for
the State OF South Car olina, did not
| sit down to table, eat rink and was
not merry with egrO-J udson
Lyons, register Of the treasury
i Senator Hanna's banquet to the ma.
tional committeeman ,ast Saturday
night at the Arlington hotel, then
Mr. CaperS has been grossly slandered
) 6y four members of the national com.
mit1ee who were pre- sent-one OF
and Dy The esteemed secrat.i iess--
5 Senator Hanna himself. AIRY
II MIR. Capers did attend IT,
2 que5 as representative Byle ban M
national committeeman FROM ~. ~ III
see; Solomon Luna, national coin
mitteeman from New Mexico, ant
!. elmer Dover, secretary to Senate
llama, positively assert that he did
: then SO much the worsc for Mr.
Capers' memory. For these gentle
men declare with one accord that A1r
Capers was at the banquet and re
mained throughou5; that he appeared
to enjoy the feast, and if h,
had any compunc1ions about eating
With his negro conferee from Georgia
ne Kept them strictly to himself.
Regarding Mr. Capers' presence al
the banquet, Mr.: Luna said: Mr.
Capers was at Senator Hanna's ban
quet, Of course; know it because