Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-09
TOLBERT DENIES DIAL CHARGES
Says Hc Is Ready to Defend Himself
Against Senator's Charges.

GREENWOOD, July 81. - Ellplatlc
denial that lie was selling Republican
patronage as charged by Senator n.
b. Dial, of South Carolina, was made
here tonight by JOS. W. Tolbert, Re-
publican national committeeman for
this State. Tolbert denied all other
charges by Senator Dial and declared
that he was ready TO defined himself
in the courts against those who had
accused him. SENATOR Dial is more
reckless than lawyer and Il United
States Senator ought to be in public
Statements" Mr.. Tolbcrt declared.
Tolbert maintains that the charges
that he is selling Republican patron
age have been brought by disgruntlcd
Republicans and other disappointed
oncc-seekers. An affidavit was given
Senator Dial by Il disappointed appli-
cant for the postmastcrship at Or
angcburg, that 3. +. MiXson, the
nominee, had offered to secure con-
firmation for q woman postmaster at
Bowman for $500. According to Toll
bert, this woman is a Democrat and
has given Tolbert an atfldayit that
she did not know MiXson and had
never been solicited by hilE for any
money for any purpose, Tolbert
claims.
II have recommended about 300
postmastcrs in South Carolina" Toll
'.TJpv hnrn all hnpn
from civil service recommendations
deny that have cndeavorcd to
turn out women postmastcrs. | deny
that have refused to acknowledge
preference for soldiers on the civil
service list, and have the records TO
prove it, Other Republicans will
have to answer charges Dial has
made that the referee in this State
under previous administl ations sold
patronage because others represent
ed past administrations in South
Carolina. | deny that any man ever
paid $1,000 for an Office and then
had to use threats to get his money
back when he failed to get the office.
Nothing like that ever happened in
any office had anything to do with.
am not party to any office buying,
and 1t is unfair for Dial to rush into
the papers with no facts On which to
base his charges.
Does Not Need Office.
II do not need the Office Of United
States marshal for the Western Dis
trict Of South Carolina. President
Harding rnvc me the appointment
wti&put my asking Cor t. The fight
UN Me Is bciug made by Republicans
who lost out in lhis state Their
ijrEo' j3 uiNGd black and white
ticket. The Tolbcrt is all-white. All
want is to be fair. | can take care
OF myself in the courts or otherwise.
There is no such organization rs The
Sumter Republican club. George y.
shore, OF sumter, is the club. anu he
is sore because would not recon-
mend him % be postmaster. J rec
CmmoNled Il Democrat first ana
t''N'N - ~! W 50 '''I l4'' i!F''N IL
get ii anyhow because he had ntlu-
rutial friends in Washington. lie
tried to have his son, George D.
Shaw, named q, District Attorney
for the Eastern district, ana named
Major J u, T.. Noycrs, a World war
veteran"
The Charges by Dial.
The CHARGES made by Dial are en-
bodied in The following news letter
from Washington. written by the
newspaper correspondent. p. II. Nc
Gowun:
In regard TO the confirmation OF
Joseph w. Toibcrt, who was recently
appointed marshal for the Western
district Of South Carolina, Senator
Dial said to-day:
"Tolbert is the South Carolina
member OF the Republican national
committee, state chairman OF that
organization. and was recently ap-
pointed referee for South Carolina
for the present tion--thlt
is, he is the CHIEF distributor of the
patronage.
Il am not conccrno' about these
positions. and would ot Interfere
if could. and could not if would.
Thcy are simply party matters The
app0intcc to the position of marshal
has to be confirmed by and with the