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68 stories matching ankeni
- The Walla Walla Election Shakeup
Local 'Boxer' faction deals a major blow to the Ankeny railroad machine in municipal vote.
- The Machine Smashed: Walla Walla Rejects Levi Ankeny
In a local municipal election, the political machine of U.S. Senator Levi Ankeny is soundly defeated by an anti-machine coalition, signaling a shift in county influence.
- The Olympia Senate Fight: Ankeny vs. Wilson, with a Seattle Lawyer as Spoiler
A last-minute candidacy by Allen threatens to split the Ankeny vote and hand the U.S. Senate seat to Wilson, in a behind-the-scenes battle that has Olympia buzzing.
- The Petty Feuds of Walla Walla's Elite
A satirical chronicle of the local political war between 'Ankeny' and 'Boxer' factions.
- The Great Walla Walla Dental Scandal: Did the President Have False Teeth?
A local political feud erupts when the Ankeny organ accuses President Roosevelt of sporting dentures during a private dinner at Senator Ankeny's home.
- The Senatorial Fray in Stevens County
A power struggle between Leviathan politicians Levi Ankeny and Wesley Jones splits the local party faithful in Colville.
- The 'Daily Union' Faces a Shake-Up
Internal strife and financial losses lead to a management change at Senator Ankeny's organ.
- Fourteen Ballots, No Senator: Olympia's Revenge Caucus
The 1895 legislature deadlocks over Washington's U.S. Senate seat — and John L. Wilson's beaten men plot a secret 'blind ballot' to bury Ankeny out of spite.
- Levi Ankeny’s Tax Fight Reaches the Supreme Court
The prominent banker battles a tax assessment on his First National Bank stock, sparking a legal struggle over school funding and corporate accountability.
- The Political Machine War in Colfax
Deep-seated factionalism and partisan meddling collide in a high-stakes race for the city's top leadership.
- The Walla Walla Election and the Railroad Machine
A political autopsy of the city election, where local rivalries collided with state-wide influence and the power of railroad interests.
- 1893 Olympia Republicans Urged to Elect John L. Allen
As the legislature convenes to choose a U.S. Senator, local factions clash over the candidacy of banker Levi Ankeny versus the incumbent Senator John L. Allen.
- The Senator and the Prisoner
A political jab at U.S. Senator Levi Ankeny highlights a local man's sentencing to McNeil Island Penitentiary, linking corporate influence to the justice system.
- A Withdrawal, a Broken Deal, and a Senate Nominee
Levi Ankeny stepped aside, a rival bargain collapsed, and John L. Wilson rode a fifth-ballot surge to the Republican caucus nomination for U.S. senator in Olympia.
- The Political Feud Over Adam Schmidt’s Perjury Conviction
A fiery local editorial clash exposes the bitter rift between competing political machines in Walla Walla.
- The Senator and the Governor
Senator Ankeny’s attempts to freeze Governor McBride out of the Republican ticket face stiff resistance from the ‘Boxers’ faction.
- The Senatorial Bargain
Walla Walla's political influence is being traded away to secure state-wide favor, at the cost of the local garrison.
- The Newspaper Letter That Nearly Started a Fight in the Washington Senate
With the U.S. Senate election deadlocked in Olympia, a Pierce County senator read a rival’s letter aloud — and the chamber erupted over money, lobbyists, and borrowed favors.
- The Fight for the Palouse
Senator Ankeny and Representative Jones clash with the federal government over the abandonment of the Palouse irrigation project.
- The Wild West World's Fair That Never Was
Before the 1909 A-Y-P Exposition defined Seattle's rise, city boosters were already jockeying to turn the town into a national stage for regional agriculture and industry.
- A Banker’s Private Fleet for Returning Soldiers
When the government failed to bring Washington's volunteers home from the Philippine-American War, a local multi-millionaire stepped in to charter ships for their return to Puget Sound.
- Twenty-Three Ballots, No Senator
Washington's legislature spends the day deadlocked between Levi Ankeny and John L. Wilson, while George Turner withdraws and a bogus Tacoma Ledger interview roils the contest.
- Two Weeks In, Still No Senator: Olympia's Republicans Tire of the Ankeny Fight
The legislature has been in session a fortnight and Washington still has no United States senator. A colleague's insulting letter blows up, the Wilson and Allen camps fold, and a caucus is called to force the thing to an end.
- Political Fraud and the Russian Colony
A local politician faces federal perjury charges over citizenship papers for Russian immigrants in the wake of a bitter municipal election.
- Thirty Ballots and No Senator: Olympia's Republican Caucus Breaks Apart
After thirty futile ballots, Wilson's supporters bolted rather than back Ankeny, leaving Washington's Republican legislative caucus deadlocked and King County's delegation exposed.