Nick Owings
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- Oct 30, 1890The Battle for the Capital: Yakima vs. The RailroadsA fiery local editorial argues that Yakima, not Olympia, should be the state capital to break the corrupt influence of the Northern Pacific Railroad.Yakima, WA
- Mar 29, 1892The Editor Who Fled to Seattle: An Olympia Newspaper War Turns PersonalThe Tribune accuses Col. Thomas Henderson Boyd and a 'political combination' of running a second-hand press to purge anybody — Republican or Democrat — who won't think their way, and gleefully reprints the Skagit Valley insult that called him a cowslip in trousers.Olympia, WA
- Apr 13, 1892Bankers May Take Over Washington’s Republican ConventionOn the eve of the state convention in Seattle, a Tribune correspondent warns that a “ring” of bankers could choose the delegates—and leave farmers and Grand Army veterans out in the cold.Seattle, WA
- Jan 19, 1893The Snohomish TurncoatA young legislator betrays his constituents to join a chaotic senatorial deadlock in Olympia.Olympia, WA