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2 stories matching ethic

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  1. The Deal That Broke a Senator: Allen's Surrender to King County

    Ex-Governor Moore recounts the pressure campaign that turned Senator John B. Allen from his allies and toward the King County faction—an insider's tale of patronage, loyalty and betrayal in Washington's early state politics.

    Nov 18, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountyCity Hall · Scandal

  2. There's "Dough" in Every Street Contract: A Preacher Takes On City Hall

    Rev. Napoleon Hoagland reads the nation's municipal record aloud — reeking streets, a million-dollar franchise given away, councilmen who elsewhere would count themselves lucky to stay out of prison — and asks why democratic America breeds more thieves than the Tsar's Europe.

    Dec 15, 1891The Olympia TribuneTacoma Hall, TacomaFollow the Money · City Hall

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