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138 stories matching cleveland
- The Man With the President's Letters Wants Seattle's Post Office
A Republican who crossed party lines for Grover Cleveland is angling for the Seattle postmastership — carrying a scrapbook of presidential favors and one inconvenient piece of hometown gossip.
- The Settlers' War Against the Land Office
How the administration of Grover Cleveland turned homesteaders into outlaws, sparking fear across Washington Territory.
- A Populist Critique of Kennewick’s Power Rates
Reader C. Puderbaugh challenges the local economic status quo, questioning why Kennewick residents pay ten times the price for electricity compared to taxpayers in Tacoma or Cleveland.
- The City Holds Its Breath for Cleveland
Seattle crowds swarm the Post-Intelligencer bulletin board to witness the 1892 Democratic nomination, turning a distant Chicago event into a local spectacle.
- The President and the Timber Thieves
A political scandal erupted when President Grover Cleveland fired a federal prosecutor who had successfully taken on a powerful railroad monopoly for illegal logging.
- The Wood Yard Hurt Him Three Years Ago. This Morning It Killed Him.
William Hackett, 68, never left the hospital after an injury at Cleveland's wood yard — and his body now waits at the undertaker's until friends back East can be found.
- Judge J. H. Jones Appointed Commissioner
The former Seattle Police Judge steps into a new federal role under the Cleveland administration.
- A Governor Says Order First, Arbitration Later
From Seattle, Washington’s governor endorses Cleveland’s Pullman strike crackdown and argues arbitration must wait until the law is obeyed.
- Uncle Sam Sells a Fort: Fort Townsend Is Set Adrift as Seattle Angles for the Garrison
President Cleveland approves transferring the old military reservation to the Interior Department for sale, clearing the way for a new post at Magnolia Bluff.
- The Great Carpetbagger Grievance
In 1888, Seattle residents fumed as the federal government ignored qualified locals to fill territorial offices with politically connected outsiders.
- The Rule That Told Workingmen to Keep Out of Politics
Everett's Labor Journal goes after Roosevelt's civil service order, arguing that machinists and mechanics in government shops are muzzled while partisan appointees run the machine — and quotes Grover Cleveland back at the administration to prove it.
- Olympia's Postmaster Paid to Keep the Mail Coming — and Waited Years for Repayment
A relief bill in Congress aimed to repay A. P. Glover $3,468 he spent on rent, fuel, light and clerks while running the Olympia post office during the first Cleveland administration.
- The Governor and the 'Commonweal' Marchers
A scathing look at the politics of 'passing the buck' as governors react to the roving industrial armies of the 1894 depression.
- The 'Deep, Dark, Damnable Conspiracy' Against Women’s Votes
In 1887, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer mocked the 'absurd' suspicion that the Territorial Supreme Court, the President, and local newspapers were conspiring to disenfranchise women through judicial appointments.
- Democratic Party Factionalism in King County
Multiple competing campaign clubs spring up as local Democrats struggle to organize ahead of the 1892 election.
- Savoy Stock Company Actors Sue for Unpaid Wages
Troupe members seek $656.75 in back pay as the theater management faces a separate legal battle over an unpaid lighting fixture bill.
- Who Gets the Reservation When the Indians Are Allotted
Eastern Washington settlers cheer the survey of the Colville reservation, expecting homesteads — but President Cleveland's message warns the surplus land may not be thrown open at all, and the paper has a barb for the waiters.
- The Seattle Hopefuls Denied a Post
President Cleveland shuts the door on Seattle applicants for the Victoria consulship, insisting on national distribution of patronage.
- The Electric Railway Creeps Toward Tumwater
Olympia’s new electric line gets a revised route through town and out to Tumwater, with poles slated to go in tomorrow—if the two companies can agree on where.
- The Political Machine at the Seattle Gate
President Cleveland's recent appointments of a U.S. district attorney and marshal reveal the growing influence of Tacoma's Hugh Wallace over Washington's federal patronage.
- The Scramble for the Customs House
With a new President taking office, candidates are fighting for the most lucrative federal post in Washington state.
- The Man Who Would Make Seattle Beautiful
A landscape architect from Cleveland arrives in the Pacific Northwest with a radical proposal: tear down the ugly retaining walls and let nature take over.
- The City Under Martial Law: Seattle's 1886 Expulsion
A presidential proclamation from Grover Cleveland arrived in Seattle, authorizing the use of federal troops to suppress 'domestic violence' and restore order after anti-Chinese mobs took to the streets.
- The Farewell Sermon of a Beloved Pastor
Dr. Levi Gilbert bids an emotional goodbye to his Seattle congregation as he prepares to lead a prestigious church in Cleveland.
- King County Democrats Cry Foul Over a Rigged Delegate Count
The state Democratic Party cut King County's representation at the convention and handed its delegates to Pierce County — and the Post-Intelligencer was not about to let it pass quietly.