George Venable Smith
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- Sep 29, 1885The Anti-Chinese Convention of 1885Delegates from across the Puget Sound gather in Seattle to organize for the mass expulsion of Chinese laborers.Seattle, WA
- Oct 4, 1885The Mob at Yesler's Hall: Seattle's 1885 Campaign of ExclusionAs anti-Chinese sentiment boiled over in Seattle, local laborers and activists held a packed rally to formalize plans for the forced expulsion of the city's Chinese population.Seattle, WA
- Oct 16, 1885The Waterfront Showdown: Anti-Chinese Tension in 1885 SeattleWhen rumors swirled of a pro-Chinese organization in Seattle, the city’s labor leaders and local officials met to define the limits of the anti-Chinese movement.Seattle, WA
- Nov 8, 1885The Expulsion at Seattle: Vigilante Committees Force Out Chinese ResidentsA report from the Seattle 'Committee of Fifteen' details their campaign to coerce the Chinese population to leave, as local business leaders and the 'Knights of Labor' consolidate power.Seattle, WA
- Nov 12, 1885The Rule of Law in the Face of Mob ViolenceIn 1885, a Seattle judge delivered a scathing rebuke to a grand jury and the public, condemning anti-Chinese conspiracy and defending the right of all laborers—regardless of race or origin—to equal protection under the law.Seattle, WA
- Dec 6, 1885Seattle Rallies Against Chinese Labor at the Standard TheaterAn overflow crowd packs the Standard Theater to demand the total exclusion of Chinese laborers and the termination of the Burlingame Treaty, revealing the deep economic anxieties of the era.Seattle, WA
- Dec 23, 1885The Union Siege of NewcastleA standoff between organized labor and mine management reveals the growing power of the Knights of Labor in the coal fields near Seattle.Newcastle, WA
- Feb 28, 1886Seattle Lawyers Debate Martial Law and Mob ViolenceIn a tense meeting, the King County Bar Association condemns the recent anti-Chinese expulsions and debates whether to censure lawyers involved in the agitation.King County Courthouse, Seattle, WA
- Mar 4, 1886The Utopian Dream of the Credit FoncierA new cooperative colony, modeled after Pacific social experiments, seeks to organize city life through integral co-operation.Seattle, WA
- Mar 6, 1886The Seattle Bar Confronts Its OwnA committee of influential attorneys seeks to disbar colleagues Junius Rochester and George Venable Smith for their roles in the violent expulsion of Seattle's Chinese population.Seattle, WA
- May 13, 1893The Dream of a Model CommonwealthSix years after founding a cooperative colony in Port Angeles, its pioneers reflect on how a vision of shared interests turned into standard business success.Port Angeles, WA
- Jul 23, 1894The State Moved the Line, and the Waterfront Went With ItTide-land owners at Port Angeles say they filled in the harbor in good faith, paid their money, and then learned the state had redrawn the meander line to swallow the most valuable frontage — and that the attorney general now refuses to issue their deeds.Port Angeles, WA