Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-09
South Carolina Republicans Do Not
Like The|P Political Leader.
"BARREL OF MONEY" 10 Be USED
From Now TIL April 20 When Con.
ventf0n VIII be Held There viii
be Something Doing in Politics All
the Time.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. April SAC
cording to reports that have been re-
ceiNed In Washington during the last
Few days, barrels of money are going
INTO south Carolina. so to speak, be-
tween this time and the date of the
republican state convention. which is
10 be held on April %. In addition
10 this some of the best men that can
nc picked from the Cannon and Forak.
or forces are to be on hand to see that
nc convention does not pass resolu-
lions fayoring Secretary Taft and that
no TAFT delegates shall be selected TO
go to the Chicago convention. Fur
thermore. practically all the negroes
III that state and many of the white
Republicans having tired of John G.
Capers. now the head of the intcrna,
revenue bureau, debating how things
snail he run from his Office In Wash
ington, have decided TO vote him out
az the coming convention. not to elect
MIN n delegate at large from the state
TO tho Chicago convention. and TO
elect r. IL. Tolbert. rank Rcpubli-
can, OF Abbevillc county, rs national
committeeman.
From the information that was Civ.
en- this correspondent today concern
ing the matter. the Republicans OF
South Carolina, with tho exception OF
possibly half dozen, including Ma
1or Micah Jenkins and Postmaster
Higgins. of Columbia both of whom
tp TO II fow years ago were staunch
Democrats. are decidedly in favor OF
BUSTING Capers. Many of them. It is
said. have always doubted his sinceri-
~ since he foresook the Democratic
party and went into the Republican
fold. He has. they say. gotten good
things for himself. always has cared
little for the other fellows, the ones.
they maintain, who are mainly respon.
sible for his having attained any
prominence whatever in the Republi.
can party. They resent, too. the fac.
that Capers Is trying to force his
state to pledge itself for Taft when
the Republicans prefer any one else.
Taft being the last man they want TO
500 elected the successor to President
Roosevelt.
There is good ground to believe tina,
Foraker and Cannon Will have their
workers In the capital of South Caro-
lima before the time for the conven-
ton of tho Republicans to meet. II
Is known that several really big men
have been asked to either go there in
person or send proxies. and that most
OF tho men who have been approached
on the subject, including Senator For
aker. have taken kindly to the sugges-
ton and will be on hand with their
workers before the convention gets
we'll under way. Not only this. but
considerable money Is 10 be turned
loose IN South Carolina between this
date and April %, tho date of the con.
vention, so rumor says.
II Is impossible at this time to say
just who Is going to the convention,
but that there will be goodly num-
her OF the big guns who are opposed
TO the administration and Taft as the
Republican nominee Is now practical
ly certain.
The South Carolina Republicans
have banded together to defeat Capers
not only as delegate to the Chicago
convention. but also TO select another
national committeeman In his place
the man who Is slated to succeed him
being n member of the Tolbert fami-
~. OF Abbev9lllc county. r. II. Toll
bert. Should Capers lose out in South
Carolina both from the standpoint of
being a delegate to the Chicago con-
yention and as national committee
man II is probable that patronage
matters there would thereafter as
sumo q different complexion from the
present time, and. with Tolbert as ma
tional committeeman and adminlstra-
ton adviser the Republicans of that
state think they would get a bette
show in the distribution OF Federal
offices than is now the case.
Capers has retained many postmas.
ters throughout the state ineoflce.
many of them being Mckinley men,
and that has not been pleasing to the
rank and file of the Republican leaders
generally in South Carolina.