The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-08-08
That May
Be Embarrassing


Seattle, Wash. Aug. 6.-fSpecial
correspondence. .-lndications are
that the fight between the leading
republican candidates for governor
will become disagreeably bitter before
September s. The candidates them
selves are of course not indulging in
any Objectionable talx, but their
newspaper and personal supporters are
in many instances reaching the limit.
This is of course one Of the objections
that enemies Of the primary law are
calling attention to. Under the old
con ention system delegates would
get together and discuss the qualifica-
tions and records of the various
candidates. without doing so in pub
lie. But under the primary syste %
every voter is delegate to his party
nominating convention and the can
didates must be discussed before the
people. including also the democrats
who desire to attend the republican
meetings. The result is that many
things are said about candidates. dur
ing the beat of the primary campaign.
that are intended for only temporary
effect. in the hope of defeating those
candidates for the nomination.. One
of them is nominated, and then the
party organization finds itself greatly
handicapped by charges that have
been hurled against the candidate by
mbers of his own party. No pub
lie man is free from attack. but the
direct primary compeIs the washing
of all of the party's dirty linen in
public.
A large number of legislative can
didates have pledged themselves to
stand by the demands made by the
State Press Association for reforming
some of the public printing laws of
the state. So far as heard from. no
candidate bas refused to make this
pledge. The demands made by the
Association are acknowledged by the
candidates generally to be reasonable.
and the legislative committee of the
press association is said to be much
gratified over the prospect.
Those who are making a collectio n
of advertising cards gotten out by
the various candidates already have
an interesting assortment. The most
extensive advertising done by any of
the candidates has undoubtedly been
by Judge John E. Humphries. candi-
date for the supreme bench. He has
distributed thousands of pieces rang
ing from the small personal card to
huge window hangers containing
almost life-size portrait of himself.
W. v. Tanner. candidate for attorney
general. has q neat card with small
vignette of himself on the front. and
the back contains the complete elec-
ton returns of the state by counties
for president and governor in 1904.
and for congress in 1906. Ellis
Morrison, candidate for lieutenant
governor, has distributed 10000
souvenir postal cards of the different
vessels of the battleship feet. sending
them mostly to Eastern Washington,
with his compliments. Probably the
most attractive card is one gotten out
by friends of Lieutenant Governor
Uoon. This card contains picture
of Hon. W. III. Taft making speech
from the steps OF the state capitol
building at Olympia. Standing along
side of Taft is Lieutenant Governor
Coon, who was acting governor at the
time, and a. such received and intro
doced Secretary Taft. This card has
made quite chit" as q souvenir. In
the city of Seattle man named Null
ligan is candidate for constable. and
be has his card printed in green ink.
with the additional warming in the
lower corner. "Vote for Muiligan on
September 8. In the recent Seattle
city election the managers of John F.
Miller, who was subsequently, noml-
mated and elected mayor. hit the pub
lie fancy with blood red lithograph-
ed card with white letters reading
ssMillef is the Man. - The idea
originated with local minister who
was supporting Miller and who sug-
gested the slogan.
49,
A. Stoliker returned Wednesday
from Ontario and New York. where he
spent several weeks visiting relatives
and friends. / He reports having had
q most delightful time, especially at
his old home in Ontario and among
the Thousand Islands Of the st. Law
renee river. He says that business
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