Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-08

er he is conceded: TO be sincere IN MS
desire for two full fledgcd parties
Democrat or Republican, o: is only
seeking to circl,mvent his rival Tol-
bert, who row seems to have the best
OF it,
Charleston, S. c., April 7, 1871.
TO The Honorable Warren G. Harding
President of the United States,
Washington, D. c.
Honored Sir
The people of South Carolina need a
c,con progressive, honest, militant
Rcpublian party in our state, hence as
one of the old line Republicans OF the
stamp OF Jim Blan, Thomas Reid. Mat
Quay, Mckinley, Lodge, Roosevelt ana
Ia st, but not least, Uncle Joe Cannon
beg TO intrude upon you and your OF
fetal family.
am not asking for office or lor
political pap-they are good things III
a way, but count for naught', @nen
2cni,blicar,s are I'll a state where there
is no militant Republican organ'2
ton, come to you because | want
vou to do nothing toward giving offices
10 any person Of either race IN sout''
Carolina who comes to you claiming
to be Republicans, for the name Of the
Rcpublican party Of the nation is al
that we Republicans know of or nave
i, Sou,h Carolina. We have no Or
canization. At the last National CON-
vcntion the National Executive Cofl-
n,i,toe nppointed Il committee to re-
nrrnnizc the Republican party in South
Carolina. There is no Repuplicd''
party here to be reorgnniZcd. nat
we need is an organizations. sooo
many men will come to you, your CAD
met and the Natiora! Republican EN-
ccutirc Committee from South Caro-
lima in the name Of the Republican
unrty down here, seeking Office. for
tho last twenty years the socalleo
leaders Of our party in ms state nave
had but one job. They have Deen
nosscsscd with one thought; their one
lob and their one thought has been 10
masquerade in Washington every four
wears in the name of Republicans from
South Carolina seeking office in pay
mcnt for their having carried 9haha
pickcd pocket delegates to the Ma
,innuI convention. and after they Sc
crrc The office they return home anu
do nothing save it is tn drive out OF
the Republican party the resncclap'e
militant Republicans Of both races
Please, Mr.. President. put stop 10
this.
Mr.. President, that has been the
only occupation OF the office seekers
who troop to Washington every four
Years seeking office. Nes. Mr l'rcsl-
dent, they have close corporation
confined to about fifteen white men
and their dependents who have done
nothing in the last sixteen or twenty
wears save to destroy and kill the ke-
publican party in Sou-h Carolina. as
one of the old guard who has ser'eu
rnd suffered and borne the heat OF lhe
burden uf the Republican party IN this
state, I beg you, | imp!nrc ana hesecc'
vou. not 10 give a single one OF us VIII
come to you claiming to he kepuph'
cans, any consideration in the way ol
office and patronage, until we Shai
have gotten together, built UP strong
voting Republican party, and put "ith-
in the next two years, fu!l state anu
congressional ticket in the field for inc
pconlc tn rally around and vote.
have stated above that those of lis
who have been parading every ioui
years as Republicans i'll Washington
chief Job has been to destroy the Rc-
publican party. Please don't dismiss
that statement, say it is Miller's as
sertion, for here are the facts:
Think of il! Only the pitiful. paltrS
number Of 2,2I4 votes east for the Re-
n,,hlican president in the last election
! Think of it! That there has not beer
= state or congressional ticket noni-
mated in the name Of the Rrpublican
! norlv in the last twenty years. THINE
: of il, That there are not thirty vot-
ing Republicans in the two counties OF
!. Abheville and Greenwood, the home OF
Mn: ,loe Tulhert, the so. called chair
man of the Republican party IN Soutn
Carolina. or his party you did not re-