David Higgins
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- Apr 25, 1872The Rowdy Election of 1872: When Seattle Politics Was a Bare-Knuckle BrawlA stormy Republican County Convention in 1872 exposes the messy, insider-heavy machinery behind early Seattle's local government.Seattle, WA
- Oct 17, 1872The Editor Who Sold His Paper to a Brothel KeeperA scathing letter in the Puget Sound Dispatch exposes the corrupt alliance between Seattle’s Republican party and its most notorious vice kingpins, asking: 'What of that newspaper publisher... who for a palm share in the wages of prostitution gives his aid and influence?'Seattle, WA
- Jun 27, 1876The Daily Intelligencer’s Take on the 1876 Political CircusReflecting on the fall of high-profile presidential hopefuls, a Seattle editor decries the 'professional politician' class and the loss of disinterested public service.Seattle, WA
- Feb 21, 1877The Midnight Death of Seattle’s CharterWhen a judge declared the city’s incorporation invalid in 1877, the local newspaper editor went on the warpath to save the municipality from 'gratuitous anarchy.'Front Street, Seattle, WA