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26 stories matching constitut
- A Seattle Improvement Company Tried to Dispossess a Black Homeowner—He Cited the Constitution
S. H. Stone bought a lot in a 'high-class' residence addition. When white neighbors objected, the company moved to undo the sale—and his lawyer answered with the U.S. Constitution.
- Labor Leaders Defy Court Power
A fiery speech by John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers at the A. F. of L. convention sparks a debate on the constitutionality of the federal judiciary's power to silence activists.
- Everett Labor Union Defies Federal Judiciary Over Free Speech
In a fiery resolution, the Central Labor Union of Everett declares Judge Daniel T. Wright's injunctions against union leaders an unconstitutional assault on American liberty.
- City Council moves to connect Center Street
A new infrastructure project aims to link the west end and South Tacoma with a low-grade route.
- Northern Pacific Takes Its Rate Fight to Federal Court
The railroad will challenge Washington's sweeping grain-rate cut as unconstitutional, warning the reduction is ruinous and confiscatory.
- The End of the City Cow
Tacoma moves to ban the 'lowing herd' from city limits, declaring that more than two cows makes a dairy, not a home.
- Everett's Organized Labor Takes a Stand on Plumbing and Politics
The Everett Trades Council maneuvers to secure a union-backed plumbing inspector and coordinates a new central body for local unions.
- Washington's First Step Toward an Eight-Hour Day
After a morning defeat in the House, lawmakers narrowly push through the controversial eight-hour work bill for women, despite loopholes for canneries.
- The War on Cigarettes
A new, stringent state law bans the possession of cigarette papers and wrappers, sparking debate over government overreach.
- Newport Money Builds a Water System for a Brand-New Town
Newport investors incorporated the Ione Water Power Co. to pipe Cedar Creek water into Ione, a private utility bet on a townsite still being born.
- Washington Senate Tries to Ban Election Pledges—After Being 'Buncoed' by the Anti-Saloon League
Lawmakers voted 27 to 11 for a 'freak bill' disqualifying legislators who promise support for bills before election, then added a rider against corporation lawyers. Legal scholars called it unconstitutional.
- The Fight for the Ballot Starts in Everett
A visiting Seattle activist challenges local prejudices as the statewide campaign for women's suffrage kicks off at the Literary Auditorium.
- Washington's First Impeachment Trial Is Losing Its Charges to a Comma
Insurance Commissioner J. H. Schively's Senate trial drops twenty-six counts down toward half of them on a technicality, while the sixty-day legislative clock runs out Saturday at midnight.
- The Health Board Targets Opera Alley's Squalor
City officials inspect disease-breeding housing conditions occupied by foreign laborers.
- The Fight for Public Oversight in Oroville
As the growing town prepares to hand out long-term public service contracts, the Gazette warns citizens to demand a vote on monopolies that could bind the community for a generation.
- When the Forestry Agent Came for the Homesteaders’ Timber
In Republic, a federal forestry agent pressed charges against settlers for cutting timber on their own homesteads, raising a hard question: how else was a family supposed to clear land and survive?
- South End Club Moves to Take City Hall Out of the Ward Bosses' Hands
A hundred petitions, 4,000 signatures and a charter committee of fifteen: South Tacoma's improvement club launches a drive for commission government before the council can bury civil service for good.
- The Government Comes to Divide the Valley
A petition to remove the Pend Oreille Valley's Indian families instead ends in 160-acre allotments at Cusick — and a scramble for the best ground in the valley.
- The Governor Wants Every State Office in His Own Hands
Governor Hay will ask the legislature to make every statewide office but his and the lieutenant governor's appointive — a cabinet government for Washington — while a commission tries to untangle a legal code nobody can read.
- Five Years Barred From Marrying Again: A Judge's Plan to Rewrite Divorce
Judge Frater's bill would fix the grounds, put every divorce on the record, let courts forbid remarriage for up to five years — and jail anyone who tries it anyway.
- A County Deep in Warrants Calls for $200,000 in Bonds
Stevens County commissioners call a September special election to validate debt and issue bonds to redeem current expense warrants, some of which exceeded the constitutional limit.
- Governor Hay Wants to Appoint, Not Elect, Washington's Officers—This Labor Editor Says No
A proposal to make state offices appointive sparks a fierce defense of the direct primary and the people's right to choose their own officials.
- Newport's Schools Burst at the Seams as the Town Booms
Enrollment growth pushes School District No. 115 past capacity, forcing directors to weigh new bonds and a second building.
- Miles Poindexter Takes On the Party Bosses
The Third District congressman launches a U.S. Senate campaign in Spokane, promising to break the grip of Cannon and Aldrich and return the Republican Party to its voters.
- The Petition That Put Stevens County's Saloons on the Ballot
Local option forces filed 1,398 signatures to force a September 7 special election on liquor sales across rural Stevens County, with Newport organizers claiming momentum and Springdale and Northport holding out.