The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-02-23

governed, he says further, by orders
! from the postofice department and
not from the White House.
: A prominent member of the faction
with which Mr.. Capers is at odds, said
yesterday that the efforts Of the latter
were being wasted, and that they
would have no effect Mr. Capers, he
said, was desirous Of retaining his
; place as national committeeman, and
knowing that he had lost out with the
leaders of the party, is now trying
desperately to bring about split in
the ranks. Capers, he said, had run
his political course, was ignored by
the Republican leaders in Washington
and would undoubtedly be dropped as
national committeeman after the Chi
cago convention, United States Mar
! shall Adams, who is a candidate for the
! place, being elected in his stead.
Mr.. Caper's letter, which was mailed
in Washington, is as follows:
| "The letter of Major Blalock, as
State chairman, issued on the 25th of
January, urged the Republicans of the
! State to pay no attention to the call
issued by what is claimed to be an
executive committee, of which J. ".
! Tolbert is recorded as chairman, and
: which seems to be moved III its actions
bv the three officeholders, Postmaster
Harris, United States Marshal Adams
! and District Attorney Cochran, who
operate no doubt by orders directly
from the postofice department in
! Washington, not from the White
+ House.
"The question as to who is to be
nominated for president can only be
! decided by the congressional district
conventions and by the State conven-
ton of the regular organization, which
will probably be held some time in the
month of April.
"Therefore, it is the duty of all he
nub!icans to use every proper means
! to upset the proposed Tolbert meeting
on the 29th of this month, and to up
set it by absolutely ignoring it. The
P!alock faction is called "Lilly White"
:,acorse it protests against the party
in the State being all black and pro-
tests against worthy colored men be-
ing imposed upon and fooled by those
who want office or those who already
draw good salaries. 1t would seem to
appeal to reason that an organization
can not stand even the national test
made up as is the organization Tol-
bert and these three federal office
holders are using for their purposes.
Think CT it for moment, Of the 70
members of their State committee, 22
of them are colored men and three of
them white men. Of the seven con-
gressional districts in the State, six
of the congressional chairmen are COL
ored men and one county chairman
white man, R. R. Tolbert.. These
statements 7 get from the hand book
issued by their committee dated 1910,
and the above statements are subject
to any change since, of which I am not
advised. Are the colored men in the
State, who really represent devoted
interest in the Republican party in the
nation at large going to allow them
selves to b. led in solid black phalanx
in this way for the sole purpose OF
carrying on their shoulders few white
oficeholders headed for the pie coun-
ter? I think not. I hope YOU Will
urge every man in your county and
district to ignore the Tolbert call,
wait for the call for meeting of the
executive committee of the Blalock or
sanitation, which has been recognized
by the national organization, and
which will meet in March and call
convention for April and also suspend
any action looking to a county or dis
trict convention for the present for the
same reasons. Let me hear from you.
Yours very truly,
John G. Capers,
"South Carolina Member Republican
National Committee.
"February il, 1912"