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116 stories matching claus
- The High-Stakes Battle to Shut Down Racetrack Gambling
Legislators strip the emergency clause from the anti-racetrack bill, threatening to delay the ban on gambling at the Meadows during the upcoming exposition.
- The Sugar King's Coal Play
Claus Spreckels swoops into Grays Harbor to secure 2,000 acres of coal land, beating local prospectors to the punch.
- A Missing Clause Stalls the Road Through the Cascades
Whatcom and Skagit expected a governor's commission and an early start. The enrolled bill in Olympia had lost its emergency clause, and the delay was already being blamed on the wrong people.
- Will the Prohibition Law Hold Up?
As Washington prepares for a total ban on alcohol, legal experts and brewers prepare to challenge the statute's limits on interstate commerce and advertising.
- The Battle for Elliott Bay
A railroad company is eyeing a constitutional clause to claim millions in tide lands, but the public says the water belongs to the people.
- Washington Moves to Kill the Racetrack: Anti-Gambling Bill Heads to the Governor
The House bowed to the Senate's removal of the emergency clause, sending a bill to end horse racing in Washington to the governor — while 'dry' lawmakers pushed a local-option measure late into the night.
- Competition for the Port Orchard Dry Dock
A flurry of bids arrives for the massive Navy project in Port Orchard, testing the influence of Seattle and Tacoma firms.
- Who Gets to Run Seattle's Streetcars?
A proposed thirty-year franchise for the Consolidated Street Railway cleared its first reading at city hall, but fights over fares, paving and transfers were far from over.
- Ole Hanson Declares War on the Senate—and the Race Tracks
Blocked by a two-thirds rule, the fiery legislator vows lawsuits, subpoenas and a statewide hunt for betting losses until the senate bends.
- Charity in the Cold: A Yakima Christmas in 1891
While many in Yakima enjoyed a comfortable holiday, neighbors stepped in to ensure that local families facing financial ruin still found a reason to celebrate.
- The Miner’s Dignity: When Newcastle Stood Against the Clock
A tense standoff at the Newcastle coal mines reveals the human cost of industrial efficiency and a worker's refusal to be 'watched like a slave.'
- The Deed Itself Said No Saloon
A Spokane land company wrote liquor prohibition into every lot in the new town of Irby, Washington — then quietly bought the surrounding countryside so nobody could open a bar next door.
- The Last-Day Bill Rush—and a Women’s Suffrage Amendment
Washington’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.
- The Loophole in Mount Tacoma National Park
A mill hand arrested for poaching in the national reserve might walk free because the law governing the park lacks a penalty clause.
- A Land-Fraud Prosecutor Warns the Homestead Loophole Is Closing
Fresh from prosecuting land fraud, F. M. Goodwin opens a Spokane law office and predicts Congress will tighten the Timber and Stone Act and the homestead commutation loophole.
- The Grammar Grudge of 1876
An editor and a local developer get into a petty, hilarious feud over building codes, split infinitives, and civic competence.
- The School Law That Existed Only in the Enrolled Bill
A $3,700 school-fund dispute in Spokane exposed a legislative clerk's error—and left Washington's superintendent asking whether the enrolled bill or the journals were law.
- The Justice of the Peace Who Found His Salary Unjust
A Seattle judge argues that new laws have expanded his workload beyond his original pay grade, testing the limits of municipal budgeting.
- The Struggle for Rail Regulation
Washington's constitutional convention wrestles with whether to empower a commission to oversee railroad giants.
- The Fight for the County Printing Contract
The Kennewick Courier protests the county commissioners' failure to award them the county printing contract, arguing it was a violation of legal and professional standards.
- A.A. Denny Challenges Ambiguous Indigenous Voting Law
A territorial legislator objected to unclear rules for Indigenous enfranchisement, warning that local election judges would decide voter eligibility inconsistently.
- The Grocer Who Became His Own Rival
John Haley is being sued by his former company for breaking a non-compete clause to open a new grocery store just blocks away.
- A Dispute Over D Street
The Aberdeen Herald criticizes landholder Samuel Benn for attempting to bypass his contractual obligations to open streets.
- The Temperance Hall With a Deed That Wouldn't Let Go
A judge voids a ruling on the Good Templars' Columbia Street property, reopening a fight over a free library, a moral clause, and which court had the power to decide.
- Washington’s Constitution Takes Shape Amid Chaos
As Spokane Falls burns, the state’s constitutional delegates pivot from catastrophe to the fiery debate over regulating railroads and monopolies.