sentences:  Thomas was listed as the "keeper" of the hotel, and Weldy (identified as "Welda") was listed as having no employment.Weldy remained politically active in his later years and was a friend of Harry Clay Smith, the owner and editor of "The Cleveland Gazette", the longest-publishing African-American weekly in the United States.After Smith helped the Republican Party elect President Warren Harding in 1920, Weldy sent Smith a congratulatory letter noting that the Negro vote played a role in Harding's victory.