Prohibition Party
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- Jul 3, 1885The Prohibition Party’s Bold 1884 PlatformMeeting in Seattle, a newly organized political faction demands temperance, women’s suffrage, and honest ballots, signaling a shift in the local political landscape.Seattle, WA
- Jun 2, 1892Prohibitionists Debate Women's SuffrageA state convention becomes a battleground over a pro-suffrage plank.Seattle, WA
- Aug 20, 1892The Prohibition Party's Bold 1892 PlatformKing County Prohibitionists convene to nominate candidates, debate financial theories, and demand the restoration of women's suffrage.Olympic Hall, Seattle, WA
- Feb 23, 1894The Prohibitionists Embrace the Single TaxA Seattle convention of the Prohibition party breaks with tradition, adopting a radical platform that includes municipal reform, open employment bureaus, and the single-tax system.Olympic Hall, Seattle, WA
- Sep 7, 1894The Dry Party That Wanted Woman Suffrage, Equal Pay and Public RailroadsOne hundred and fifty Prohibitionists from thirteen Washington counties met in Tacoma in 1894 and wrote a platform that went far beyond liquor — endorsing votes for women, equal wages regardless of sex, government ownership of railroads and telegraphs, and the forfeiture of unearned land grants.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 8, 1895Single Tax vs. the Saloon: A Seattle Debate on Land, Liquor, and PowerAt Freed's Hall, Henry George's followers and Prohibitionists argued over whether taxing land or banning drink could break the grip of monopoly and the whisky trust.Seattle, WA
- Oct 29, 1908The Judge, the Ballot, and the $2,000 ReprieveA losing judicial candidate tried to force Stevens County to reprint every ballot. A Tuesday court ruling stopped him—and spared the treasury a costly last-minute scramble.Colville, WA