Senator Deckebach
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- Feb 20, 1895One Vote Shy: Washington’s Local Option Bill Goes Down in the SenateA 17–16 roll call, one absent senator and a promised reconsideration left Washington’s saloon-regulation fight hanging by a thread.Olympia, WA
- Feb 20, 1895The Senate Says Yes to Women’s Suffrage—For NowA constitutional amendment to let women vote cleared the Washington Senate with 21 votes and 9,450 petition signatures, but a reconsideration motion threatened to undo it.Olympia, WA
- Mar 3, 1895A Shortage Behind the Prison Walls, and a Legislature Out of TimeA joint legislative committee grills the penitentiary directors at Walla Walla over the missing funds of a defaulting official, while senators privately admit the session will end before the truth comes out.Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla, WA
- Mar 12, 1895The Senate Decapitates the GuardA move to single out Adjutant General O'Brien backfires in Olympia, wiping out every commissioned officer in Washington's National Guard.Olympia, WA
- Mar 15, 1895Washington's Fourth Legislature Adjourns After a Marathon Final DayLawmakers pass 53 bills, defeat a school-book trust, kill a Seattle-Tacoma bridewell, and bury woman suffrage for at least two years.Old Capitol Building, Olympia, WA