The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-03
TOLBERT DENIES
DIAL'S CHARGES

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Greenwood, July 31.---Emphatic de-
lGal that he was selling Republican
patronage and denial Of other charges
brought by Senator Dial was made
here tonight by Joseph w. Tolbert,
Republican national committeeman
for this state. Mr.. Tolbert declared
he was ready to defend himself in
the courts against those who had &C
cused him. Chairman Tolbert made
>. sweeping and comprehensive d enial
cf the charges, taking them up one
> by one and in some cases submitting |
. documents to substantiare his state
ments.
He said in part:
"If Senator Dial has been as in
correctly informed in; all of tho thihee
, he holds against me as he, has in the
. charges he makas, he is certainly
rao1e reckless in public statements
! than lawyer and United States
senator should be.
|. "Take up his charges one by one;
!. Ee charges that 1 have ignored the
!. civil service rules. The records show
: the contrary. l have recommended
|: about 300 postmasters in South Caro-
|. lima They have all been from civil
!. service recommendations. There are
!. today 46 women postmasters in this
/. state, or II more appointed by Pres
: ident Harding than by President Will
{; son. deny that l have endeavored
+ to turn out women postmasters. When
!. the civil service Office submits a list
!. of three eligibles I am allowed to
/. select one of the three. This is Vh,
!. rule all over the United States. il
= many cases have asked Republican
+ county chairmen for recommenda
!. tions. In only one case can it be saic
!. that a woman was not retained in ;
: postoffice in South Carolina. 1t wa:
!! rot my wish that she not be kept il
!. office, but the county chairman anc
!: another white Republican urged tina
!: the recommendation go to a whit
!. man, who was also on the eligible list
/ 1t was done, though personally it wa
!. matter of regret that the woma,
!. could not be retained. Neither il
+ this case nor in any other was ther
!: any money consideration or hint 0
!. one
Z "The first charge of money wa
+ made by two Republicans of Orange
!. burg, who undertook to move heavel
II. and earth to keep B. F. MiXson fror
: being made postmaster. One of ther
n wanted the postmastership for him
q self. An affidavit was sent to Sena
b tor Dial that Mixson had offered t
n secure confirmation for the woman
q postmaster at Bowman if she woul
k pay him $500. got an affidavit iron
E her that she did not know -MiXson an
X had never been solicited by him t
q pay any money for any purpose. Fur
E ther than that, have letter from
& her, received&only few days ago, ex
s. pressing her sincere appreciation fo
n getting the Office. She is Democra
d and she made no promise to vote tn
b Rer,,hlicnn +;clot WIZ 1~c~. I
The women Of Union and Union
Observation-Disclosures tr,y"~Gots +ha(
b Senator Dial give some credit fo
"a this? These two Republicans, wh
a are sore against me, Tolbert, becaus
H l refuse to recognize them, then mad
E turn. They sent Senator Dial a
"a affidavit that a man named D. F
81 Berry made the offer to this lady.
b got an affidavit from Berry, denyin
E that he had ever acted as agent fo
Mixson and sent this to Senator Dia,
Still he helped these two Republican
Il and they thought they were maxim,
81 trouble for me. The whole truth wa
that one of them wanted the plac,
himself, as ne had been almcst raiset
8 in the postoffice. I took pleasure II
recommending for the place a younf
b Democrat, Dan Dukes, who now ha.
H the place.
E II DENY that have refused to &C
knowledge the preference for soldier:
= who were on the civil service list
and 1 have the record to show it.
when Senator Dial says that he
Is informed that under previous ad
ministrations the referee in this stats
sold patronage, suppose he means
Republican administered tions and II h.
a does, the Republican administrations
were represented in South Carolina
4 by other Republicans than myself
3 The last referees in this state were
t the late John G, Capers and A. D.
3 Webster. These Republicans vii,
q have to answer Senator DALI
charges. had no say whatsoever