Governor McGraw
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- May 4, 1893The Forger Who Fooled Seattle BanksA clever check-raiser who cut his mustache and fled to Snohomish leaves behind a tangled web of litigation between an Aberdeen bank and Seattle’s financial elite.Seattle, WA
- Feb 7, 1894Capitol Commission Infighting Leads to FiringGovernor McGraw removes John McBeavy from the state capitol commission following a volatile dispute over the selection of architectural plans.Olympia, WA
- Apr 27, 1894The 'Industrial Army' Mobilizes at Mapel’s HallUnemployed men marching across Washington are shadowed by federal marshals and local militia as tensions rise over the threat of train seizures.Seattle, WA
- Jan 7, 1895A Packing Company Tries to Buy Point Roberts' Tidelands at $1.25 an AcreAs the Alaska Packing Association angles to lock up a fishing monopoly on cheap public shore, Governor McGraw scrambles for witnesses to prove the tide flats are worth far more than the appraisement.Point Roberts, WA
- Feb 14, 1895The Great Dairy Board DebateA local dairyman challenges the state legislature's plan to create a costly, bureaucratic board to regulate dairy products, arguing for efficiency and direct accountability.Olympia, WA
- Mar 9, 1895The Senate Kills the Railroad Rate Bill, and the Party Loses FaceAn editorial lashes the state senate for 'slaughtering' the Helm bill regulating railroad freights and fares, despite the Republican platform and Governor McGraw's own demand for fairness to the public.Olympia, WA
- Apr 10, 1895The Veto That Put Outside Capital Ahead of Debt ReliefGovernor McGraw kills a deficiency-judgment bill, warning it would drive investors away and leave desperate borrowers to “greedy money-seekers.”Olympia, WA
- May 13, 1895The Day Tacoma Ran on Two WheelsHundreds of cyclists filled the roads, women riders multiplied, and local wheelmen organized for municipal rules—while every bicycle in town sold out.Tacoma, WA
- May 13, 1899The Banker Who Built a City: The Death of Joseph R. HughesA pioneer hardware merchant and federal land officer dies in Republic, leaving behind a legacy of civic leadership and the founding of the town's first bank.Republic, WA