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THE REPUBLICANS. Lively State Convention Held in Co lumbia-Capers Won Out Over Brayton. Columbia State. 25th. In the bitter and very rowdy con test between the "ins" and the "outs 'in the republican State convention in Cooper and Taylor hall yesterday, State Boss John G. Capers won a complete and sweeping victory over Maj. E. M. Brayton. The district at torney explained the violent charges the latter had brought out against him in a card published in a Charleston negro paper to the satisfaction of the convention and received 102 votes out of a posible 125 for delegate to the national- convention, against io votes for Brayton, who turned up at the foot of the class on the first ballot and who was not even chosen an alter nate. There were nine nominees, includ ing Maj. Brayton. for the four places as delegates. The delegates chosen were. John G. Capers. E. H. Deas. L. W. C. Blalock and Dr. W. D. Crum. The four defeated delegates receiving the highest vote were named as alternates, Maj. Brayton being left out. A remarkable feature of the pro ceedings is to be found in the narrow escape from defeat Dr. Crum had. He had received only 43 votes on the first ballot, 20 short of a majority and Capers, Blalock and Deas had gone in before the Richland delegation was reached in the voting. At this point there was an uproar in the conven tion, but after much yelling and crowding about the chairman's t.ble order'was restored after all the other candidates had withdrawn their names, and Dr. Crum was named as the fourth man by acclamation. The best orators in the convention were employed to nominate Crum and second his nomination, and his elec tion was eloquently urged on the ground that to leave him off would be a slap in the face of Roosevelt, who had opened the door of hope to the negroes and who had repeatedly ap pointed Crum to his present position, in the face of opposition which no other president had ever been called upon to face. And Capers, who had been charged with duplicity toward Crum. was among the first to vote for him. This expression from the con vention in apparent condemantion of Roosevelt was excused by the presi dent's apologists with the explanation that Crum's unpopularity was respon sible for the small vote he received. They say that Crum is "stuck up" and that the negroes have no use for him. Another strange feature was that R. R. Tolbert. who Capers had tried to get appointed in Crum's stead, was put up to defeat Capers for national committeeman. Tolbert was defeated as delegate but was elected as an al ternate. There were three other incidents not provided for in the program. One was a fist fight between two preach ers, wvho were merely visitors in the convention; another was the arrest of a delegate ior carrying concealed weapons and the third was the drop ping of a revoiver on the floor of the convention hall by a Charleston dele gate. The convention was two hours late in getting to work, the time having been employed in "log rolling" for po sition, but as soon as the meeting was called to order by Deas, chairman of the executive committee, it wvas seen thai: the Capers faction had won out. For Deas, the original opp~onent of Capers' dictatorship in South Caro lina. has become reconciled to the dis trict attorney, and Capers' friends nominated Deas for chairman of the convention. There was no opposition from the other faction. About 20 per cent. of .the delegates wvere wvhite men and a majority of the remainder were mulattoes. One oft the best orators was E. J. Dick et-son. a coal black negro. A delegate said that there wvere m'ore preacher deliegates thaV had been2- pram on suchi an occasion in to vears. Responsible fort this. in his oplon. was the fact that the preach ers were better able to meet the ex pense of coming to the convention. At the evening session the preach ers who had the night in the morning explained their trontbles. apologized. said they were not delegates and beg e *,ruivenes. They were exoner ated by a formal vote. Chairman Deas issued anunimatumf that the denciency fo'r hail rent and expenses be raised. Capt. Capers put uip Sz-, and most of the candidates $5 ah, Chairman Deas is a wvonder as a collector. He firmly refused to let things move until the collection was complete. A Roosevelt Platform. Capt. John G. Capers. as chairman of the committee on platform and res olutions, presented the resolutions with a brief speech. The platform as adopted is an endorsement of Roose velt and of the republican party. Another resolution protested against the manner in which the democratic party is enforcing the suffrage laws, which are not only repugnant to the federal constitution but are enforced in violation of the laws of South Caro lina itself. A separate resolution condemned the unjust and narrow act of the State officers who had refused the use of the hall of the house of representatives. Resolutions were adopted on the death of Marcus A. Hanna. There were two protests against the alleged disfranchisement of the color ed voters of the State. It was held that ioo.ooo republicans were disfran chised and asking for the republican party to take the matter up. Congressional Delegates. 'The following are the delegates to the national convention from the sev eral congressional districts: -First-WN. F. Myers, A. P. Prioleau. Second-E. J. Dickerson. W. S. Dickson. Fourth-A. A. Gates. P. S. Suber. Fifth-W. E. Boykin. - - Atkin son. Seventh-A. D. Webster. J. F. En sor. There have been no elections in the Third and Sixth districts. MR. CLEVELAND'S DEMOCRACY Shown While Hunting as Well as in the Political Field. From Success. Grover Cleveland makes few social engagcments in his home town, Princeton. New Jersey, but rsually tccepts invitations to go hunting. if:s readiness in this respect iused consternation last summer i a cer tain New lersey farm houQe. The farmer wa. sending a load of produce to Princeton by a new hire I man. and said iok;ng!y. to the latter, as he %%a ,ittlitg - n th- wagon ready to stzrt: -Say, jO?.:i. just drop in nn my friend, (r,v.-r Cleveland, when you get to town, 4n' tell him I wo-ld like to have him c. ine out here ior a ht r shooting when be gets time." John.. not understanding that his employer had no acquairitance with the Ex-President and spoke in fun, said that he would, and he did. A few days afterward the farmer received a note saying that Mr. Cleveland and two friends would be very glad to visit him on a certain day to shoot. There was excitement in the household. .^The farmer felt a good deal of awe for a man who had been. President of the United States and the wvomen of the family felt more. There was nothing to do, however, but make the best of the 'situation. The prospective host polished up his rifle, and his wife and diner that was toshrdluetaoihrdlue daughter made preparations for a lives. Then they awaited with fear and trebling the coming of the appoint ed day. Mr. Cleveland and his friends arrived on an early train, and guided by the farmer, lost no time in get ting into the woods. Notwithstand ing the misgivings of the feminine members of the household, that din nr, judging from the way it disap peared before the onslaughts of the party from Princeton. was a great success. When leaving Mr. Cleve land said that he had spent a most en joyable day. "You can't judge a man from what you have heard of him," said the farm er afterward. "I had an idea that Grover Cleveland was an iceberg. I 'uppose he has to be. sometimes. But he can throw off that manner as easily as you would get out of y'our over c at. 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