Roscoe
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- Jan 7, 1893The Legislative Power Struggle in OlympiaRepublicans scramble to organize the House as a looming senatorial battle threatens to stall state business.Olympia, WA
- Jan 19, 1893The Snohomish TurncoatA young legislator betrays his constituents to join a chaotic senatorial deadlock in Olympia.Olympia, WA
- Jan 20, 1893A Senator Breaks Ranks, and Seattle HowlsSenator Rutter abandons John B. Allen for George Turner, turning the 1893 U.S. Senate deadlock into a test of party loyalty and constituent fury.Olympia, WA
- Jan 20, 1893The Political Prostitutes of the Turner CampA fiery editorial denounces two local politicians for switching allegiances in a high-stakes U.S. Senate nomination fight.Seattle, WA
- Feb 17, 1893Washington's House Votes to Ban Cigarettes — and the Tobacco Trust Moves InIn 1893 the state House passed a prohibition on cigarette sales after a debate that mixed moral reform, monopoly fears and anti-Chinese prejudice. Lobbyists were already working the Senate.Olympia, WA