The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-08
CUSHMAN SPEAKS
TWICE ON ORCAS
ROUSING RALLIES AT IVES I
SOUND AND EAST SOUND
Popular Congressman Greeted by
Good Audiences at Both Places.
West Sound Band in Attendance.
Summary of East Sound speech.

Congressman Cushman arrived at
(. Argyle shortly after noon Wednes-
day on the revenue cutter Arcata.
He was met there by Chairman
Tucker, of the county committee,
and brought to Friday Harbor, where
he spent an hour, and was then taken
in the revenue launch Guard to West
Sound, accompanied by Mr.. Tucker
and Auitor Kirby. The West Sound
band was there to greet him and it's
excellent music added much to the
interest of the occasion. He, spoke
for about an hour and half in the
hall to very good audience, consid-
ering the hour and the short notice
given, and was listened to with the
closest attention Immediately after
the meeting there the party went
overland to East Sound, the band
accompanying them, and a most ex-
cellent meeting was held there in the
evening. The hall was crowded and
Notwithstanding the fact that many
were obliged to stand, there was no
disorder and the few who came into
or went out of the hall during the
speaking did so so quietly that there
was not the least disturbance. Such
an intelligent, attentive and appre-
ciative audience is credit to any
place. A considerable number of
ladies were present and manifested
no less interest in the address of the
evening than did the men.
Ben E. Harrison, local committee
man, presided and introduced Mr..
Cushman, who spoke for over an
hour and half, principally on ma
tional issues. He began his address
by expressing his gratitude to the
Republicans of this county for their
steadfast and loyal support and by
paying high tribute to the lofty
ideals and purposes, the principles
and policies of the GLORIOUS young
statesman now sitting in the presi-
Dental chair at the White House. !"
He deprecated acrimonious discuss
ions and said he had no disposition to
question the patriotism or impugn
the motives of the rank and file of
any party. He did not agree, he
said, with those who believe that
''the heart of every Republican is as
white as the down on an angels wing
or that the heart of every Democrat
is as black as the SCOT on the inside
edge of purgatory." 1t is well, he
said, that "the welfare and prosper
ity of this nation does not depend up
on the wisdom of any one man. If
the party whose principles and pur-
poses are right wins at the polls,
prosperity will result and it will ex-
tend to all the people, while if the
one whose principles and policies are
wrong succeeds, poverty and panic
will result and will fall just as hard
upon the man who is right as upon
the one who is wrong, just as truly
as the rain falls upon the just and
the unjust" He spoke at some
length on the tariff and financial
questions, reasoning that ''the basis
of any economic system must be as
broad as the basis of the nation
The speaker then said he was proud
to belong to party that represents
the entire people of the United
States, the farmer as well as the
manufacturer, the mechanic as well
as the merchant. Republicanism
stands all the time for all the people.
He spoke briefly on what he called
the ga, B, c of the free-trade propo-
sition," reviewed the economic his
tory of England and contrasted it
with that of the United States, which
under the protective system has
'distanced all the nations of the
earth and all the children of men, :"
s'The Democrats in this country he
said, don't recognize success when
they see it" He declared that the
questions as to 'fwho struck Billy
Patterson and Sswhat is the age of
Ana" are dead easy as compared
/ to the question as to where the Dem