The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-10

"E have met the enemy and we
~ are his. s'The independent
manhood OF San Juan county has as
serted itself !" The combination of
independent Republicans" and Dem
ocrats has won, having elected all
its ca1di 1ates for county Offices ex-
cept sheriff and clerk. Ed. Delaney
has a majority of nine votes over
Robertson for sheriff, and the vote for
clerk is tie between Mr.. Hackett
and Mr.. Carter, if the count as I'M
officially reported from the various
precincts is correct. For joint sena-
tor Mr.. Blair has a small majority in
the county over both Of his competi-
tors and plurality of 400 or more in
the district. His plurality over Bish-
op, the boiling Republican candidate
of Jefferson county, is approximately
200 in this county, and over Mead, Of
Clallam county, the Democratic can
didate, about twenty. The vote shows
that most of the independent Re-
publicans," Notwithstanding their
professions of party fealty, supported
Mead in exchange for Democratic
votes f)r Shultz, whose majority over
Gould is 108
The total vote of the county was
considerably over 800. The Socialist
vote has not been reported but it
probably did not exceed IS.
Perhaps the greatest surprise of
the election was the result in Roche
Harbor precinct, which Mr.. Shultz
carried by three votes. Had the
usual straight Republican majorities
been given there nearly all of the Re-
publican candidates would have won.
The vote on Lopez island was also
quite disappointing to the regular
Republicans, and even in this pre-
cinct it was expected that the ma
jorities for the Republican candidates
would range from twenty to thirty
more than they did.
Miss Sweeney was reelected as
school superintendent and DR.. Wright
as coroner, without opposition and no
one contested with J. NJ Fleming for
the office of wreckmaster. L. G.
Larson was elected justice of the
peace in this precinct and John Tay-
lor constable.
Interest in the local contest over
shadowed everything else and in most
of the precincts no transcript was
taken from the poll books of the vote
for congressman and judges of the SUI
preme court.
Following is the result by precincts
so far as reported:
SAN JUAN No. l
Total vote 93.-Blair, 10; Mead, So;
Bishop, 9. Gould, 81; Shultz, 81. Al
len, q; Frits, A. Delaney, 81; Rob
ertson, A. Hackett, 40; Carter, 80
Paine, 80; Murray, 81. Wynn, 36;
Garrett. SO. Morrow, 36; Harrison,
40. Sweeney, 50. Tulloch, 80; Ed.
Allen, 45. Donohue, 35; Cayou, 45.
Kent, 10; Buchanan, 81.
SAN JUAN No. 2
Total vote 192.-Blair, 81; Mead,
70; Bishop, 10. Gould, 1O4; Shultz,
"a. Allen, SO; Frits, So. Delaney,
121; Robertson, 81. Hackett, Ia;
Carter, SO. Paine, 1O3; Murray 70.
Wynn, 81; Garrett 90. Morrow, 81;
Harrison, 86. Sweeney, 159. Tul-
locb, 81, Ed. Allen, 70. Donohue, 88;
Cayou, SO. Kent, "A; Buchanan 1O2.
SAN JUAN No.3
Total vote 83-Blair, As; Mead, Is;
Bishop, 6. Gould, 40; Shultz; 43.
Allen, AZ; Frits, 26. Delaney, 53;
Robertson, "a. Hackett, 49; Carter,
26. Paine, Al; Murray, 33. Wynn,
a.; Garrett, 49, Morrow, A; Ha'-
r:.son, 29. Sweeney, 81 Tulloch, 43;
Ed. Allen, 25. Donohue, AZ; Cayou;
80. Kent, AZ; Buchanan, n.
ORcAs No.
Total vote 115- Blair, 81; Mead, 18.
Gould, 81; Shultz, 81. Allen, AZ;