Democrats Battle Tides to Reach Aberdeen Rally
A political campaign team's water-logged journey across the bay highlights the rough reality of travel in the harbor era.
The Democrats opened the campaign here Friday night under rather discouraging conditions. Addresses were to be delivered by Thomas Carroll, J. A. Munday, W. F. Lewis, George Willison, Samuel Bass and R. W. Starr. They were at South Bend the night before, and came up the coast to Westport. The regular steamer failed to make her run, and a small boat was chartered. A short time after starting the wind died down, leaving them to buck a strong tide. They arrived at Hoquiam at 10:30 and concluded they had enough for one day. Meanwhile, the crowd assembled at Crummey's theater was entertained and instructed by J. C. Cross, W. B. McGerry and F. D. Arnold.
“They arrived at Hoquiam at 10:30, and concluded they had enough for one day.”
Before modern road networks, travel between Grays Harbor towns relied entirely on tides and steamers. This story illustrates the physical toll of 19th-century regional politics.
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