King County delegation
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- Nov 18, 1891The Deal That Broke a Senator: Allen's Surrender to King CountyEx-Governor Moore recounts the pressure campaign that turned Senator John B. Allen from his allies and toward the King County faction—an insider's tale of patronage, loyalty and betrayal in Washington's early state politics.Olympia, WA
- Aug 23, 1892A Delegate, a Street Scuffle, and a Party at War With ItselfOn Second Street, Lewis men rough up a Walla Walla delegate; at Sunday's caucus, Mayor Ronald and Junius Rochester trade barbs over the Lake Washington canal.Second Avenue, Seattle, WA
- Aug 25, 1892The Canal Plank That Nearly Tore Washington’s Democrats ApartIn Olympia, King County delegates fought Pierce County over whether to endorse the Lake Washington canal. They settled on a vague promise, then spent the night shouting each other down.Olympia, WA
- Aug 25, 1892King County Democrats Begged for Mercy on the Lake Washington CanalAt the 1892 state Democratic convention, Seattle's delegates surrendered their instructions and let Pierce County humiliate them over the canal project—a defeat the Post-Intelligencer vowed voters would remember in November.Olympia, WA
- Aug 26, 1892The Surprise Nomination of a Seattle BankerJohn H. McGraw reluctantly accepts the Republican nomination for governor after King County delegates refuse to let him withdraw—selling a self-made banker as the antidote to ward politics.Olympia, WA
- Aug 30, 1892The Ship Canal Double-Cross at the Democratic ConventionSeattle's delegates went to Olympia ready to die on the canal plank. Their own campaign manager had already sold them out.Olympia, WA
- Feb 28, 1893The 83-Ballot Deadlock: 'Either Allen or No One'In Olympia, John B. Allen’s Republican caucus held the line while Judge Humes and Levi Ankeny saw their candidacies frostbitten—and the ballots kept piling up.Olympia, WA
- Jan 25, 1895Deadlock in Olympia: A Governor Says No and the Senate Seat Stays EmptyGovernor McGraw refuses a U.S. Senate seat, George Turner is pushed forward, and Ankeny's backers dig in as Populists threaten to break the deadlock.Olympia, WA