Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-15
John capEas ACCUSED.
Citizens Of Westminster Renew Charges Against
their Postmaster and Capt. capers.
Ew. w. Price, in Columbia Record

[W. w. Price. in Columbia Record.]
Washington, February 11.-Some of
the people at Westminster, S. c., are not
satisfied with the disposition of the case
of Postmaster Mulkey, of that p'aoe, Sy
the Post Office Department., at the time
Capt. John G. Capers came on here re-
Gently, and are making trouble at the
Civil Service Commission, which they
hope will extend to the White House.
They freely charge that Mulkey has been
guilty of gross violations of the civil SER
vice laws, with the knowledge of high
Republican officials, and that Capt. Ca
pers, as United States District Attorney,
refused to make case against him be-
fore the Federal grand jury.
The Civil Service Commission has
nothing directly to do with Mulkey, ex-
cept that it has been the custom of the
President to have that body investigate
all complaints of civil servica violations
and of infringement of the rule against
collecting money for political purposes.
A long communication has been re-
oeived from Westminster by Gen. John
mission. 1t first calls attention to the
reported disposition of the case against
Mulkey, and says that it is quite differ
ent account of the disposition Of the
case to that given by the commission. 1t
is stated that there is an attempt to be-
cloud the facts by giving out that Null
key was merely guilty of asking coisri-
buttons TO the expenses of delegates to
the convention. The communication re-
peats the charges made to the commits
sion and the Post Office Department. that
Mulkey violated Section III of the Civil
Service Act in that "he solicited and re-
ceived and was concerned in collecting
and receiving assessments, subscriptions
and contributions for political purposes
from postmasters at Fair Play, Tugaloo,
Tokeena and Oakway, S. G. That he
also violated Section IL of said act at the
same time"
The statement continues: "That he
violated Section IS of the same act; also
Section of the act nj August 10, 1876,
in that he did, by threats to have the
postmasters at Oakway and Fair Play
removed and their business rivals ap-
pointed to succeed them, coerce them
into paying the assessments levied by
him against these offices for political
purposes; that he violated Civil Service
Rule and an order of President Roose-
welt dated June 13, 1902, in that he used
his official position to control the elec-
tion of delegates from Tugaloo township
to the Oconee county and the State Re-
publican conventions, held, respectively,
at Walhalla and Columbia, S. c., in the
years 1900, 1902 and 1904; that he at.
tended these meetings to the neglect of
his official duties and was perniciously
active in the organization of precinct
and other meetings, and the County Con-
vention of Oconee county, especially in
1904, paying to the assistant postmaster
at Walhalla, S. c., money to pay Samuel
Smith his per diem and mileage to the
State Convention that year; and paying
different delegates sums of money for
political purposes in the Westminster
post Office upon their return from the
county convention in each of the years
named"
The allegation is made that the 'co-
operation" of Capt Capers in prevent
ing violation of civil service rules cannot
be expected in the face of the fact that
che refused to approve, as United States
Attorney, warrant sworn out for Null
key nearly two years ago before Com
missioner j. w. Shelor, at WalhalI g.
c., for these same offenses and that !,
had these charges against Mulkey fur
nished him last winter when, as referee,
he sent his name to the President for
nomination to the place he now holds,
and persists now in urging his retention"
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