Senator Brown
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- Feb 28, 1893The Last-Day Bill Rush—and a Women’s Suffrage AmendmentWashington’s Senate introduced dozens of measures on the final day of bill introduction, from railroad assessments and a company-store ban to a referendum on votes for women.Olympia, WA
- Mar 7, 1895The Normal School Was Cleared. The Unpaid Workers Weren’t.A legislative committee investigating the Ellensburg Normal School found no corruption among trustees—only changed plans, discounted emergency scrip, and laborers left chasing a contractor.Ellensburg, WA
- Mar 8, 1895The State vs. the 'Gigantic Octopus': Washington Votes to Print Its Own SchoolbooksOlympia's senate passes a bill making Washington a textbook publisher, selling spellers and readers to children at cost to break the American Book Company's grip — 27 to 4.Olympia, WA