The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-18
A LETTER FROM TULLOCK.

| EDITOR IsIAANDER:-The Republican
Ring campaign of scandal, seems to be
covering itself with glory and has sent
out an advance guard of skirnishers who
are seeking to endear themselves to the
voters of San Juan county by disseminate
| ing lies from house to house. This of
course is in strict accord with the general
policy of this McMillin-Gloystein fake
combination. They seem to have con-
centrated their spite on me and the reason
! is self-evident, as this tricky wire puller
knows full well that if the people choose
me as their Representative that he and his
schemes will receive no mercy at my
hands, The first lie they sprung was the
Graveyard affair." and the idiots have
done so in spite of the warning of Andrew
Newhall that the more they agitated it the
stronger l would be, as the witnesses all
declared that not only had | proved my
self an honest man but that had fought
earnestly for the people through it all; this
the court records will show. The next lie
was that I had used unfairly a man named
A BRAINS who had worked for me, in spite
of the evidence in writing, signed by Mr..
Abrams himself, proving that l not only
gave him all agreed to, but that in the
presence of witnesses I gave him his
choice of the money agreed upon or of
working out the unexpired part of the
term for which he engaged, and OF the
proof in writing that he neglected my in
terests. The next lie was that [ had left
tl,o Oh, no haf
difficult considering that never belonged
to one, hut L did quit attending Gray's
church, because he was chiefly instru-
mental in carrying through the Grave
yard sale to the Harrisons. The next lie
was that / quarrelled with the school
board and took my children away from
school, when the fact is that | never had a
word with the board in my life and had
always sent my children to school, III
spite of the long distance (24 miles, until
Il gentleman, who purchased land of me
and who is a ffrst-class teacher offered to
undertake their education, which l as
parent was only too glad to accept. The
last lie is that | do not write my articles
but have the old gentleman, who teaches
my children write them for me, notwith
standing the fact that the only thing we
can not agree on is politics, and the fur
Their fact that up to the present time he has
never even seen one of them.
What the next silly lie will be 1 can't
imagine, but take it as high compli-
ment that after residence here of nine
teen years, during which time l have
taken an active part in all that concerns
the welfare of our people, and after their
having raked San Juan Co. with fine
toothed comb for something Oh which to
hang lie, they have to resort to such
silly twaddle.
[ know that I IT semble my opponent
in the one respect of being no public
speaker, but / differ from him in being
a man of my word, as he pledged me
his honor that there should be no mud
fiinging on his part and while l have
always treated him with the courtesy one
gentleman should show another.
He has not only sought to Witty me in
the campaign sheet he engineers, bat has |
believe, added the gratuitous Insult by
going out of the county and causing TO lie
published, in Skagit county paper, an
attack on my letter of acceptance, which
he evidently dared not reply to at home.
If have wronged him in thus attributing
it to him, shall be only too glad to do
him justice.
And now friends can we not discuss
measures without resorting to PERSONAL
ties. 1t does not prove your case or make
you stronger with the people. We are all
citizens of San Juan county and should
have her interests at heart, and although
we may honestly differ as to the best
means of reaching the desired result, we
will certainly accomplish our purpose
quite as well by remembering that the
opposite party is composed Of our neigh
bors, and in the main, quite as honest and
earnest as ourselves, and differing with
us only in the policy t" be pursued. While
as for those who seek by wire pulling and
manipulation to set aside the wishes of
the people and attain their selfish ends by
creating dissepsions among neighbors.
making us forget the real issues of the day,
we may stfely trust our people to give
proper answer on Nov. 6tl. Now setting
the example Of one who signs what he
writes and writes what he signs, / am
very sincerely yours,
JAMES TULLOCK.