Senator Shaw
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- Feb 26, 1893Deadlock in Olympia: Allen Four Votes Short as Legislators FleeThe Washington state legislature remains gridlocked over the election of a U.S. Senator, with Senator Allen stuck at 41 votes and political maneuvering turning farcical.Olympia, WA
- Feb 28, 1893The 83-Ballot Deadlock: 'Either Allen or No One'In Olympia, John B. Allen’s Republican caucus held the line while Judge Humes and Levi Ankeny saw their candidacies frostbitten—and the ballots kept piling up.Olympia, WA
- 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
- Feb 6, 1895Olympia Wakes Up: Subpoenas, Telegraph Rates and a Suffrage AmendmentThe 1895 Washington legislature moved from political strife to lawmaking, passing investigative subpoena power and jury reform while introducing bills to cap telegraph tolls, save Columbia salmon and give women the vote.Olympia, 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