A.P.A.
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- Mar 14, 1894The Politics of Religious ParanoiaA Seattle newspaper reflects on the rise of the A.P.A., a nativist political group threatening to turn neighbor against neighbor.Seattle, WA
- Jul 13, 1894Tacoma’s Fire Chief Lost His Job After a Drunken Ride in the Fire WagonA periodic bender, a joyride down Pacific Avenue in a fire wagon, and a mayor’s ultimatum ended Chief Lillis’s career—though supporters blamed the A.P.A.Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA
- Aug 17, 1894A Secret Order Comes for the SchoolteachersIn Shelton, the nativist A.P.A. is accused of purging old-line teachers—and an Equal Rights League organizes to fight back in the grove and on the platform.Shelton, WA
- Sep 5, 1894A Temperance Minister Refuses to Preach Prohibition—or HateAt Tacoma’s interstate temperance congress, Rev. Dean Richmond Babbitt urges patient education and rejects the A.P.A., drawing fire from fellow reformers.Tacoma, WA
- Jan 20, 1895The Railroads Wanted a Senator, and They Worked Olympia to Get HimA Republican paper accuses John L. Wilson of backing a railroad-friendly bill while transcontinental lines quietly lobby the legislature to send him to the U.S. Senate — and Tacoma's A.P.A. splits over the fight.Olympia, WA
- Jan 28, 1895The Anti-Catholic Crusade That Filled a Seattle HallIn 1895, an overflow crowd packed a Masonic hall on Pike Street to hear the American Protective Association promise a nativist 'second grand army' against the Catholic Church.Seattle, WA
- Apr 26, 1895Three Tickets and a Saloon Fight in SpokaneA municipal campaign pits Populists, Republicans and the A.P.A. against one another over liquor licenses, Eugene V. Debs and religious intolerance.Spokane, WA
- May 6, 1895An Ex-Priest Turns a Packed Seattle Hall Against the JesuitsAt Ranke's Hall, former Catholic priest J. B. Daly tells the A.P.A. that the Society of Jesus is a secret political machine—then drapes himself in the flag and leads three cheers.Seattle, WA