The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-27
The Shultz Meeting
At West Sound
Able Speakers Fail Appear-PersOnal II
by Murray Brief and MOder-
by Candidates

ate Remarks by
The new Woodmen hall at West
~ Sound was crowded Tuesday
evening by people assembled to hear
the liable speakers from Bellingham
and Seattle" who were advertised to
be there as champions of the desper-
ate effort being made by VIM. Shultz
and his followers to wreck the Repub
lican party in this county and climb
into office upon its ruins. But the
cable speakers" were not there.
The patriotic decorations of the
hal, paid for by the Republican Coun-
ty Committee, were still there and in
the seats upon the platform occupied
a week before by United States Sen
ato, Piles and Lieut. Gov. Coon sat
L. B. Carter, of Friday Harbor, and
G. B. Buxton, of East Sound. Mr..
Randall, of West Sound, presided and
". J. Court, W. R. Garrett and John
L. Murray, the principal speakers of
the evening, occupied seats in the
front rows among the ladies and gen
tlemen whom Mr.. Garrett so feelingly
referred to as the common people "
Good music was rendered by the West
Sound band, supplemented by solos
by Harvey Baker and Walter Lam
pard, of Friday Harbor, the pleasing
task of singing a satirical campaign
song of an insulting personal charac-
ter falling to Mr.. Lampard.
Mr.. Court, who was a Populist
when he came to the county and who
has been twice honored with the Office
of assessor by the Republican party,
was the first speaker. He refrained
from making any reference to his
Grand Army record and weakly en-
deavored to convince his hearers that
he represents the real Republicanism
of the county He pointed with pride
to the red badge which he wore as a
symbol of his ingratitude and disloyal-
ty to the party organization which
has given him unmerited honor and
to the individual leaders of that party
whom he is now condemning and to
whom he is under great personal obli-
CATION.
And then William Ross Garrett
came forth and spoke his piece, which
fell upo. the ears of his hearers as
sounding brass and tinkling Gym
balls" He expatiated at some length
upon the spirit of independence which
is asserting itself throughout the
country and sought to create the i'm
preston that the scramble of the
boxers in this county to get to the
pie counter is manifestation of it.
He eulogized President Roosevelt,
Governor Folk, of Missouri, and Sen
ator LaFollette, of Wisconsin, and
then proceeded to iken the Republi-
can organization in this county to a
''band wagon" and the 'sDeacon's
One Hoss Shay" with the paint gone
and many spokes broken and of which
he contemptuously represented "Old
Mac to be the driver. ''When Old
Mac goes down the line every knee
will bow" said the garrulous Garrett,
aud most of the wearers of the red
badges seemed to feel it their duty to
roundly applaud this gratuitous insult
to the county's most prominent Re-
publican and heaviest taxpayer, who
has not as yet taken any part in the
contemplate campaign that is being
waged against him and did not "dic-
tate" or even suggest single one of
the nominations made on the Repub-
lican ticket.
"And Satan came also, horns,
cloven hoofs and all, in the person of
ssHon." John L. Murray, ex-county
auditor, ex-representative, ex-county
treasurer, ex-candidate for appoint
ment as pos tmaster Of Friday Harbor,
ex-candidate for the position Of dep
uty collector Of customs at. Roche
Harbor, ex-chief clerk IN the Office OF
the state land commissioner, ex-oficio
arid land commissioner, ex-candidate
for the Office of postmaster OF Olym-
pia, and now asking the people Of this
county to turn down an honest man