The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-01

The Republican county convention
met at Odd Fellows hall Tuesday af-
ternoon with every precinct in the
county represented by full delega-
tion. Most of the delegates arrived
on the morning steamers ID the
usual preliminary caucusing occupied
the hours until the time set for the
opening of the convention at 2 p. M,
when the delegates began to congre-
gate at the hall and the West Sound
band, in uniform and carrying ban
ners, arrived by special steamer and
added much by their inspiring music
to the interest of the subsequent pro-
ceedings. Former Chairman Blair,
OF the county central committee,
called the convention to order. The
reading Of the official call was dis
pensed with and Congressman Hum
phrey, who arrived early in the af-
ternoon from Port Townsend on the
revenue cutter Arcata, was intro
duced and spoke eloquently in a gen
eral way for few minutes. The
convention then effected prelimin-
airy organization by electing O. H.
Culver chairman and Gene C. Gould
secretary. The usual committees
on credentials, rules and order of
business and platform and resolu-
tions, were selected in the usual way,
the delegates from each precinct
naming a member of each committee
A recess was then taken to give the
committees time to report. On re-
assembling, the committee on Gre
dentials, c. B. Buxton, chairman,
reported the lists Of delegates as
certified from the various precincts
as follows:
San Juan No. ben Hannah, G. w.
Smith, A. F. Ackley, George jake, Jas.
NJ. Fleming.
San Juan No. 20. H. Culver, c. E.
Hackett, John Douglas, Robt. Sandwith,
D. B. Shull, Jas. f. King.
San Juan No. 3-John S. McMillin,
VIM. Shultz, Bert Cheyalier, VIM. P.
Smith, DIR. Capron, S. III. Gross, VIM.
Taylor, Fred III. McMillin, alternate for
Robt. Flynn.
Orcas No. 10. T. Loos, C. w. Freel.
H. Mathesius, S. Belshe.
Orcas No. 2-J. II. Nichols, A. j. Hill,
C. B. Buxton, VIM. Hambly, G. Rudow,
Frank Porter.
Orcas No. SC. N. Culver, Sam'l Rob-
ertson.
Lopez No. &c. A. Kent, G. w. Bolton,
Ben Lichtenberg.
Lopez No. 2-John Bartlett, Wallace
Bolton, VIM. Graham, Thos. Graham.
Shawn. G. Jones.
Blakeley-H. T. Cayou.
Stuart-Chris Cook.
Waldron-E. Ed Allen.
The committee on rules and order
of business, C. E. Hackett, chair
man, recommended that the tempor-
ary organiza ton be made permanent
and that nominations be made in the
following order: Representative, au-
ditor. treasurer, clerk, sheriff, as
SCISSOR, coronor,. superintendent of
schools, surveyor, wreckmaster, COM
missioners. Both reports were
adopted unanimously as was also the
report of the committee on platform,
read by Hon. John S. McMillin, chair
man, as follows:
PLATFORM
At the close of another brilliant admin
istration of public affairs the Republican
nartv has laid before the country it's rec
ord of achievements and asks the calm
and patriotic judgment of the American
naonle upon the work which it has ac-
comnlished. It began under the beloved
and lamented Mckinley: it is closing un-
der the heroic and brilliant Roosevelt.
Their policies were the same, for both
drew their inspiration from the sound
and unchanging doctrines of the Repub-
,;can party. We extol the virtues and
j tho patriotism of both of these great Re-
r,blican leaders whose labors have
brought unprecedented prosperity to our
neoplc and unequaled glory to our flag.
We heartily endorse the platforms OF
the Republican party as announced at our
racent national and state conventions.
They repeat and emphasize the doctrines
which have made the Republican party q
nower for honest and progressive gov
eminent from the days of Lincoln until
now we commend their declarations to
avery voter who has any pride in the his