Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-22
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
All Counties Of State Represented ly
Whites and Blacks.
LEADERSHIP OF T0lBERT CONFIRMED
Women Represented by Negro from
Georsetown--.Demand for Fair Rep
resentation-Nsw Executive Com
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Columbia State, Wednesday.
At the state convention of the Union
Republican party Of South Carolina
held yesterday in the Lincoln theater
on washington street, Joseph w. Toll
bert was reelected state chairman OF
the executive committee. a party plat
form was adopted, numerous speeches
were made in which it was said that
a brighter day for the Republican
party in this state was dawning, ana
several resolutions We're adopted. In
one OF these resolutions, the conven-
ton Endorsed Joseph w. Tolbert for
United States marshal Of the Western
district of South Carolina and re-
quested that the appointment be rec
commended by the judiciary committee
and confirmed by the senate.
The convention was we'll attended
and the large number of white men in
attendance was especially noticeable; 1t
was said that approximately 65 per
cent of the delegates present were
white. One woman delegate. Alethia
Sweat, from Dorchester county, at
tended the convention and was intro
duced to the assemblage from the
platform For time she was the only
negro woman present in the theater
She sat on the platform throughout the.
proceedings OF the convention.
Throughout the convention the pow
or welded by Joe Tolbert over the
delegates and the high place he held
in their esteem was manifested: when
he, in the course Of an address said
I'VE want men, white men and black
men, in our party-men who love
South Carolina and who want to. see
her grow and prosper-and you can
look around you now and see that it
, can not be said that there is no one
in the Republican party in South Caro-
lima except Joe Tolbert and two
negroes" when he uttered those state
ments, tremendous cheers greeted his
remarks and the convention applaud
ed him vigorously. Again when ]. r.
Levy of Florence made speech in
which he said that Nr. Tolbert held the
position of national committeeman and
also that Of state chairman and said
"if the Republican party in the state
is composed Of more than one man. it
ought to divide things up" and sug-
gested that John f. Jones OF Blacks
burg be made state chairman, there
were calls for "Tolbert." Almost every
rnen who. addressed i, the convention
praised Mr. Tolbert and told of his
long service to the party, and of the
influence which he had exerted in its
behalf
Tolbert Makes Speech.
When the meeting was called to or
representatives were called to the
platform and provided with table
After few Introductory exercises,
Mr.. Tolbert advanced to the front of
the stage and made the first speech
of the day,
Two parties are necessary for the
best interests of any state" he said.
The spirit of America is not to dis
of our party pay taxes; they work the
roads; they engage in the battles Of
the nation; why should they not have
privileges that are denied them in the
Southland? 1 have no mission but to
build up our state. For years
have tried to get the right guaran-
teed to U.S. We are not here for any
purpose but to better conditions in
South Carolina. We arc not here to
run any party man for office, we are
here for the peace and prosperity OF
South Carolina. / love this state as
much as any man: my people Came
from County Antrim, ireland 14s
years ago, and no one else has ever
owned the land that the Tolberts own
today: we are not clamoring for any
thing we have no right to-
''The time has come when there
should be two parties in our state.
Every one is supposed to have some
political rights-and we can not be
disfranchised by grin nor sneer
We believe the constitution of South
Carolina should be enforced in every
particular, especially where mems
rights are concerned.
When we go to the places Of regis
tration with our tax receipts and say,
Register me- we should be registered
If the registration law is valid. l have
fought for enfranchisement and have
been buffeted and beaten, but l am not
discouraged and feel that there is hope
ahead of us.
II see here ten times as many men
as were ever at any Lily White con-
vention; I see hera men of wealth and
influence. Our party has awakened
as the Lily Whites vent the 'sho nuff'
whites came-and they are not the
kind that wither in bottle, but men
who can help us win our fight"
He spoke briefly of the fight made
against the Lily White, faction and
of that against John McLaurin, Doc