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27 stories matching colon
- The Tenderloin Primary: How Tom Humes Won the City
Corruption, colonized voters, and the struggle to reform Seattle's municipal government at the turn of the century.
- American Legion Post Calls for Exclusion
The Dallas McGlothlen Post 124 organizes to oppose Japanese colonization in the Priest Rapids Valley.
- The Promised Land That Wasn't: A Settler's Warning from Assiniboia
An immigrant recently arrived in Spokane describes how colonization companies lured families to the Canadian Northwest with loans and free transportation, only to leave them in debt and misery.
- The Great Vote Fraud Scandal: How Federal Officials 'Colonized' Portland Voters to Steal Washington's Delegate Seat
In the wake of the 1876 presidential election, a local Democratic paper exposes a brazen scheme by Republican Governor Frederick Ferry and Collector of the Port William Scott to ferry voters from Vancouver, WA, across the river to Portland, OR, to swing the territorial delegate race in favor of Judge Jacobs.
- The Salvation Army’s Plan to Turn a Kitsap Farm Into a Lifeline for Seattle’s Unemployed
With a 250-acre bequest near Sidney and a crowded food-and-shelter depot at Weller and South Third, the Army proposed a co-operative farm, woodyard and prison-gate brigade to put hundreds of jobless men to work.
- Political Chaos and the 'Colonization' of Tacoma
As municipal elections loom, accusations of bribery, fraud, and the importation of 'heelers' from Seattle turn Tacoma politics into a desperate power struggle.
- The Human Cost of the Canadian Land Rush
Federal authorities in the Pacific Northwest scramble to intercept desperate immigrants crossing the border on foot, fleeing failed colonization schemes in Western Canada.
- The Failed Promise of the Priest Rapids Valley
A state-funded colonization project for veterans struggles amidst allegations of mismanagement, isolation, and a collapsing public image.
- A Rejection of Anti-Black Rhetoric
The Fairhaven Herald takes a rare, strong public stance against a neighboring editor's racist call for colonization.
- Corruption Charges Dog Tacoma's Water Bond Vote
Citizens and whistleblowers allege ballot-stuffing and illegal voting in a contentious election deciding the fate of the city's private utility purchase.
- Shipping Voters Across the Sound: Tacoma's Imported Electorate
An organized scheme ships hundreds of men from Seattle to Tacoma by rail and steamer to register and vote in April's election — and it unravels when 150 would-be voters show up at a dock looking for the man who promised to pay their fare.
- The Election of 1892: Private Detectives and Political Brawl
As Seattle heads to the polls, allegations of private security 'thugs' and corporate-funded campaign spying highlight a desperate, high-stakes municipal battle.
- The Shadowy Syndicate Gobbling Up State Timber
A state land commission investigation reveals a complex web of fraudulent claims and suspicious inactivity by the Saginaw Mill Company.
- The Political Price of Panama
When Democratic senators tried to expose the secrets behind the Panama Canal, they inadvertently revealed a web of European intrigue that bolstered the case for American intervention.
- The President Intervenes for Chinese Merchants
President Cleveland challenges Congress to reconcile the restrictive Chinese Exclusion Act with the reality of international trade.
- The Great Northern Election Heist
Democrats and Populists battle the county commissioners over a controversial registration district on the mountain range.
- The Underworld War Over Seattle’s Gambling Dens
A rival gambling faction uses the press to smear the Chief of Police while police corruption allegations bubble up in the city’s saloons.
- The Failed 'Colony' Scheme to Rig the Ninth Ward
Local political operatives attempted to pack the Ninth Ward with manufactured voters by dangling sewer-digging jobs and boarding house deals, but the plan collapsed under the weight of its own incompetence.
- When General Booth Packed the Seattle Armory
William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, receives a civic welcome from Seattle’s mayor, clergy, and a capacity Armory crowd—then talks social reform, London’s slums, and a cure for drunkenness.
- The Salvation Army's Radical Plan to End Urban Poverty
Commander Booth-Tucker calls for government-backed farm colonies to rescue the urban poor, citing the success of land reform in New Zealand.
- The Salvation Army's Plan to End Urban Poverty
A proposal to move impoverished tenement dwellers from congested cities onto government-allotted public lands in the West.
- City Council Clashes Over Polluted Water Reports
A health officer's report alleging city water contamination sparks a heated confrontation with a city commissioner.
- The Bird Eviction at the National Bank
When swallows built their nests in the eaves of the Yakima National Bank, the city’s firemen were called in to wash the feathered families away.
- Whidbey Island Land Speculation
A syndicate eyes 14,000 acres for fruit farming, signaling a shift in regional agricultural development.
- 200 Families Bound for a New Catholic Colony in the Nooksack Valley
Polish, Swiss, German and Slavonian settlers plan a 20,000-acre farming community near Acme, naming it after the Polish refuge in the Swiss hills.
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- The Anatomy of a Political Glutton
A satirical 1885 editorial dissecting the sudden, transformation of humble private citizens into greedy 'Ins' once they secure public office in Washington territory.
- The Exclusionary Pledge of La Conner
A frontier town in the Swinomish Flats organizes a formal, collective boycott against Chinese residents, highlighting the intense racial tensions of the 1870s Pacific Northwest.
- The Gall and Wormwood of Olympia: Tacoma’s Defeat in the Senate Race
As Washington's first U.S. Senator is chosen in a bitter legislative battle, defeated candidate Calkins' supporters cry foul, while Jefferson County delegates secure the victory for Watson Squire.
- A Painful Pitcher's Dilemma
A boil on the arm of the star pitcher forces a last-minute scramble to find a replacement for a local amateur baseball game.
- Washington's 1889 Convention Settles Prohibition, Corporations
Delegates in Olympia rush to finalize state constitutional provisions, including contentious debates over railroad commissions and alien land ownership.
- The Captain Who Stole Flour to Feed His Men
A Civil War veteran seeks to reclaim his rank, decades after being dismissed for threatening a commissary agent to secure bread for his starving soldiers.
- The 'Baneful' Habit Griping Seattle's Youth
As cigarettes gained popularity among city boys, turn-of-the-century moralists and physicians in Seattle sounded the alarm, linking the 'sallow-faced' habit to everything from indigestion to moral decay.
- General Howard’s Seattle Revival
The Civil War general takes the pulpit to debate the 'infidelity' of the American West.