Spokesman-Review
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- Jan 12, 1895The Railroads' Man in the Senate RaceA Spokane editor charged that John L. Wilson's campaign for U.S. Senate was being bankrolled and worked by the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads.Olympia, WA
- Jan 12, 1895The Railroads Tried to Buy a Senate Seat in OlympiaWith three transcontinental lines reportedly backing John L. Wilson for the U.S. Senate, the Post-Intelligencer warns that Washington's legislature is not for sale.Olympia, WA
- Jan 23, 1895Spokane’s Thunder: Four Thousand Voters Demand John L. Wilson Be RetiredA petition drive in Spokane turns the U.S. Senate fight into a referendum on silver and railroad pooling—and boosts George Turner as the people’s choice.Spokane, WA
- Jan 30, 1895The Free Train Passes That Kept a Senate Seat in PlayIn Olympia, a deadlocked legislature, a withdrawn reform candidate, and John L. Wilson's railroad-funded lobby decide who will represent Washington in the U.S. Senate.Olympia, WA
- Jan 31, 1895The Caucus That Wouldn't End: Olympia's 1895 Senate DeadlockRepublicans balloted again and again in a stormy Olympia caucus, while Spokane businessmen and Union veterans warned that nominating John L. Wilson would wreck the party in Eastern Washington.Washington State Capitol, Olympia, WA