Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-11
REPUBLICANS in WASHINGTON
BlaIock: Strongly Endorsed for S. c.
Leader of G. o. p.

assured Republican chiefs that the
only possible hope for establishing a
Republican party in South Carolina
would to purge. the. present. organi.
zation of undesirable elements and to
make lily-white appointments to of'
ficers. writes: Lewis Woedf Washing,
ton correspondent Of the Columbia
RECORD. %::T. ": nr!.!s!e.
Armed with. letters writer. by the
South Carolina Democrats to President
Harding, Harry NJ. Daugherty and 2 q!
Wll H: Hays, Major;I- w. c. 'Blalock
of Goldville, conferred: with Bascom
slemp, Republican congressman from
Virginia and thoroughly familiar with
SOUTHERN Republican politics. The
letters universally, commended Bla-
lock as. the man who could bring the
Republican party into some sort OF
respectability.
Your correspondent has excellent
reason to believe that Major Blalock
found a sympathetic listener in Slemp'
and that even Will Hays is swinging
to the view that the only hope of any
success is to make a clean up of the
South Carolina organization. Slemp
will head special committee to view
conditions in the South, and which will
visit Columbia. Charleston and Spar
tanburg. There seems not much, rea-
son to doubt that this tforeshadows re-
casting of the partyin South Carolina.
Endorsing Major Blaleck. Colonel
Jones wrote "he has the" respect OF
the Democrats OF South Carolina for
he has always treated them fairly. I
don't know a Republican in the state
who could build up" party better
than he" D'- '-'.-'.-...
- Commenting on the South Carolina
Republican situation, Mr.. Clark wrote
,"you are we'll aware that the party Is
weak in the state and numbers not
many men of respectability." Other
Columbians who wish to see BlalocN
the dispenser of Republican patron
age along the line Of the recent edi-
torial, in the Columbia Record, which
by the way, Blalock. presented 10
Slemp, arc Dr.. F. w. P. Butler DR.. L.
a.. Griffith. E. o. Black, w. A. Cole
man, Dir. L! A. Griffith. o. Frank Hart,
being a Mason, addresses president
Harding as Dear Sir und Brother" ;"
The ftev. +. NJ: Lightfoot. J! l.. Hardin.
Ashley c. Tobias, 1f, and w. McR.
sloan, swho :::.writes. the. president
What we need and want In the state
is a strong progressive and militant
Republican party and this we hope. to
get under your administration"
a Typical Letter.
4 typical letter in behalf Of Major
fsldlock is written frohi B. E. Gcer,
cotton tiitt. man of Greehtilie, who
says the Democrats want Republican
Officers "htted with right minded white
mon" Other letters which Major. Bla-
lock presented to show what Democrat
thought of his party in South Carolina
are from F. w. Beattie, J. Newt Haw-
kins, and w. D: Workman. all Of
Greenvi!le. b. c. Matthews. r. X. john
stone, c. j.: Purcell and NJ. I. Sher-
man, all Of Newberry, D. ". CASTOR
Sr.. and D. w. CASTOR, ,Jr., of Aiken
w. J. McCartha. Of Batesburg, w. f..
NIilliam, of Walhalla. J. II. FordhaTi'
of Orangeburg. and B. II. Boyd and
NJ. s. Bailey. both of Clinton.
One other letter written by Stephen
Nettles, of Greenville. to Harry. Daugh-
erty begs that Blalock be placed in the
saddle lin behalf Of the decent white
people of South Carolina" and also
scores Tolbert roundly..
r. T. Butler, an Ohio man, who has
been spending some time in Greenville
is SO interested in the situation that
he writes letters to man in Dayton
who knows Hays, Harding and DauSh-
erty we'll. Butler. who discloses the
real inside Of South Carolina, was for
merly. colonel of the third infantry.
~' A Big influence.
The fact that the letters from the
South Carolina Democrats are written
by bankers. mill men, lawyers and men
of such like has had a strong effect
here. Blalocks friends said today
that the "sgners represented nearly u
million dollars worth. Of influence. AS
usual both factions Of the. South Caro-
lima Republicans are represented here.
Tolbcrt is on top for his is National
Committeeman, and also State Chair
man. But the Blalock forces are go
ing after Tulbert hard and fast and
evidently TO break his grip. on the
party organization. Tolbert. so his
friends say, Is not in the least disturb
ed. Some Of the T4bert group claim
they have been receiving an unfair
deal from the hands of the newspa-
pers in Blalock faction to support an
ail-white ticket. but that the Blalock
organization broke away and ltSell
placed in the field a ticket which was
more than half composed Of negroes
The writer has no personal knowledge
of whether the nominee. in either case
the Tolbert or Blalocli tickets. were
white or colored. and the. foregoing
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