L. C. Gilman
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- Feb 4, 1887The Day Seattle’s Women Lost the VoteWhen the Territorial Supreme Court struck down women’s suffrage in 1887, the city’s lawyers, politicians, and citizens scrambled to interpret the fallout of a ruling that suddenly stripped thousands of their hard-won rights.Seattle, WA
- Feb 21, 1891The Trial of Lou GrahamA high-profile arrest of a prominent madam in 1891 Seattle ends abruptly when the city fails to prove its case in a spectacle of moral policing.Seattle, WA
- Aug 27, 1892Seattle Lost the Ship Canal Fight in One Olympia NightThe 1892 Democratic state convention rejected the Lake Washington ship canal, humiliated King County's delegates and nominated Henry J. Snively for governor — setting off a political feud over Seattle's waterfront future.Olympia, WA
- Aug 27, 1892King County Democrats Revolt: 'I Am King County's Candidate, Not Her Betrayer'At the Democratic state convention in Olympia, an anti-King County plank sparked outrage among Seattle delegates, who vowed to stand by their home. The convention ended in disarray, nominating an unknown candidate after a night's search and predicting certain defeat.Olympia, WA
- Aug 28, 1892Seattle Democrats Bolt Their Own Party Over the Lake Washington CanalFurious that the state convention caved to Pierce County and denounced the Lake Washington canal, King County Democrats vow to vote the Republican ticket — and to knife their own party from top to bottom.Seattle, 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
- Dec 8, 1892The Narrowest Election Contest in Washington HistoryA political race decided by three votes prompts a formal challenge alleging widespread illegal activity and ballot misconduct.Seattle, WA
- Mar 20, 1893The Power to Seize: A New Law reshapes SeattleA sweeping new state law gives cities unprecedented authority to condemn private property for public projects, fundamentally changing the relationship between the city and its citizens.Seattle, WA
- Sep 9, 1894The Dolly Varden Ticket: Seattle's 1894 Scheme to Stitch Together a Political FrankensteinDisgruntled Republicans and Democrats met in downtown Seattle to plan a hybrid 'taxpayers' ticket aimed at beating the regular Republican slate—if they could keep the seams from splitting.Seattle, WA
- Sep 17, 1894The Democrats Drum Up Candidates—and One Staged His Own Surprise PartySeattle Democrats organize ward clubs, weigh fusion with Populists and independents, and trade rumors over sheriff, treasurer and prosecutor—including a would-be senator who bought his own gold-headed cane.Seattle, WA
- Sep 14, 1903The Great Northern's Political Shake-UpA key legal appointment in Seattle shifts the landscape of Washington's gubernatorial race.Seattle, WA