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- Feb 7, 1891A Blackmail Scheme at the Statehouse?Legislators suspect a proposed liquor licensing bill is less about temperance and more about extorting the state's saloon owners.Olympia, WA
- Nov 10, 1892The Election Was Quiet. The Backstabbing Was Not.Yakima County's vote was calm at the polls but ugly underneath, with charges of bought voters and official ballots loose in party workers' hands.Yakima, WA
- Mar 14, 1899The Saloon Wars: How Seattle’s Council Killed the Fight to Ban Bars from Residential StreetsIn a heated March 1904 council meeting, reformers fought to keep saloons off streets where wives and children walked. The measure failed, revealing deep corruption and the powerful grip of liquor interests on city government.Butler Hotel, Seattle