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227 stories matching lobbi
- The Railroad Lobby's Secret Campaign in Eastern Washington
Critics expose a scheme to install a puppet candidate in the governor’s office to prevent the creation of a railroad commission.
- Medical Lobby Drops Fight Against Osteopaths
After intense lobbying against the Beach bill, the Pierce County Medical Association abruptly reverses course, paving the way for osteopaths to join the state board of medical examiners.
- The Lobby Shootout: A Political Brawl in Tacoma
When an ex-mayor and a police chief faced off in a hotel lobby, tensions over local politics and public reputation turned into a chaotic, pistol-waving standoff.
- The Riotous Mock Legislature of 1886
A railroad-backed lobby, frustrated by their political losses at the Olympia legislative session, staged a rowdy mock government to harass and demean King County representatives.
- The Railroad Lobby's Quiet Plan to Buy a Governor and Kill the Commission
A Walla Walla editor warns that railroad interests will avoid an open fight over regulation by nominating a friendly, colorless candidate—then using him to veto the commission bill.
- Corporate Lobbying Against Miners' Eight-Hour Day
A major mining company pays to bring immigrant miners to Olympia to lobby against the very labor protections intended to help them.
- A Revolver in the Baker Hotel Lobby
Bert Taylor shoots at the man he calls his sister’s betrayer in a crowded Bellingham hotel; a jury convicts him of simple assault, not attempted murder.
- The Broken Promise of the Gross Earnings Tax
A scathing look at corporate influence in Olympia, where politicians promised to repeal a tax break for the Northern Pacific Railroad and failed.
- The Shadow of the Railroad Lobby
A scathing editorial from 1885 warns of the corrupt influence of railroad corporations over the Washington Territorial Legislature.
- The Governor Who Fought the Lobby
A look back at Henry McBride’s political battles against corrupt railroad interests and secret tax evasion in Washington.
- Snohomish River Fishermen Form Union
Local fishers organize to protect their river rights against a powerful industrial lobby.
- The Governor’s War on the Railroad Lobby
Governor Henry McBride calls out corporate influence in the Washington state legislature during a fiery speech to Whitman County farmers.
- The Battle Over Local Option Prohibition
As the Washington State Senate debates a new 'local option' liquor bill, a fierce lobby of brewery interests and prohibitionists descends upon Olympia.
- The Shadow Government of the Rails
Speculation mounts over whether the new Northern Pacific president will continue the company's heavy-handed influence on state politics.
- The Judge Who Lobbied for the Church
A scathing critique of Washington Territorial Judge Roger B. Greene, accused of using his office to force tax exemptions for church property through a back-door deal.
- The Governor Against the Rails
Governor Miles C. Moore denounces the corrupting influence of the railroad lobby in Washington state politics.
- The Art of the Legislative Dodge
A blistering political attack on a gubernatorial candidate accused of cowardice and 'dodging' his duties in the state house.
- A Fisticuff Over Politics at the Hotel Spokane
Tensions over the presidency lead to a public brawl in a Spokane hotel lobby between two political figures.
- The Olympia Hotel Riot
A political caucus to nominate a U.S. Senator erupts into a shouting match and physical brawl as factions clash over the candidate list.
- The Motherhood Suffrage Bill
Legislators propose a bizarre measure to tie the right to vote to child-bearing, sparking fury among suffrage activists in Olympia.
- The 'Motherhood' Suffrage Trap
A satirical bill in the state legislature proposes limiting the vote to mothers, sparking outrage and a sharp-witted response from suffragists.
- The Detective and the Sheriff
A brutal confrontation in a Tacoma hotel lobby leaves a well-known detective dead from a heart failure.
- The Shadowy Campaign for Seattle's Waterfront
Before the city was fully formed, a powerful railroad lobby attempted to secure the lucrative tide-lands of Elliott Bay through backroom deals.
- Labor’s Olympia Push: A Fight Over What an Injured Worker’s Life Is Worth
As the Washington legislature opened, the State Federation of Labor pressed for higher workmen’s compensation awards, child-labor protections and limits on prison-made goods — while employers organized a lobby to stop them.
- The Price of a Senate Seat
A political operative visits Walla Walla to lobby for a candidate, candidly admitting that securing a U.S. Senate seat in 1903 requires a $300,000 bribe to the legislature.