Populists
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- Jun 26, 1894Spokane’s Populist Pay Fight Turns to Death ThreatsMayor Helt and Comptroller Weed refuse a salary cut while Sheriff Charles F. Glorystein is threatened and placards appear across Spokane.Spokane, WA
- Jul 31, 1894A Bloody Hat and a Missing Republican Farmer in Spokane CountyCharles Gloystein was called from his bed at midnight and vanished. A search party found his hat bloodied and cut, and neighbors pointed to the Populist feud that had already hanged him in effigy.Mica, WA
- Aug 11, 1894A Governor's $1,000 Reward for a Missing Spokane County FarmerCharles F. Gloystein vanished from his Mica home in July 1894. As neighbors whispered murder and Populists attacked his name, Washington's governor offered cash for his body and for his killers.Seattle, WA
- Aug 13, 1894Death to Traitors: The Farmer Who Refused the OathCharles F. Gloystein vanished after he refused to join a secret Silver Federation lodge. Washington newspapers called it political murder—but no body was found.Seattle, WA
- Aug 28, 1894Offices for a Senate Vote: The Backroom Deal in Jefferson CountyA Democratic leader offers Populists half the county offices — and a customs-house appointment — if they will help elect Hugh Wallace to the U.S. Senate. Even party regulars call it a disgrace.Port Townsend, WA
- Jan 4, 1895The Ballot Box Was Too Full in FranklinPopulists brought witnesses to court to show that votes in Franklin precinct were pushed, shaken and crammed into an overflowing box—irregularity, they argued, even if not outright fraud.Seattle, WA
- Jan 5, 1895The Elderberry Wine Defense: How a Contested Election Collapsed in LaughterPopulists dropped their challenge to Commissioner Nickerson, but testimony in the sheriff and coroner contests turned up sailors voting under protest and a lunch bag of elderberry wine at a Franklin polling place.Seattle, WA
- Jan 16, 1895The Governor Tells Olympia to Tighten Its BeltIn 1895, Governor McGraw used his message to demand retrenchment, railroad reform and a quick end to the U.S. Senate fight so lawmakers could get to the people's business.Washington State Capitol, Olympia, WA
- Jan 19, 1895The Senate Seat and the Missing QuorumOlympia Republicans try to unite behind Ankeny or Wilson, but a holiday exodus and a Populist refusal leave the 1895 U.S. Senate election in limbo.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