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19 stories matching quo
- The Battle for Tacoma's Soul
Tacoma’s Republican primaries pit an 'incumbent status quo' against a faction promising an 'open town' policy.
- The Great Mud Flat Land War
An armed confrontation breaks out over disputed tide lands as settlers use cannon and rifles to defend their property claims.
- The Bitter Fight for Workers' Compensation
How Washington's landmark industrial insurance law survived a $100,000 corporate sabotage campaign.
- A Political Earthquake in Everett
Socialists secure three council seats as voters reject party lines, sparking talk of a new political era.
- The City with Two Police Chiefs
While a legal battle over the city charter rages in court, Seattle finds itself in the absurd position of having two men claiming to lead the police force at once.
- City Hall Battle Over City Wires
A fiery public confrontation between the Mayor and the City Council leads to the death of an ordinance designed to move unsightly and dangerous power poles underground.
- 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.
- City Officials Accused of Corruption and Incompetence
Former Superintendent of Water Works files scathing charges against the Board of Public Works over pump contracts and political job-trading.
- The Skagit Harvest Strike of 1878
A radical field hand pens an open letter from the Skagit River flats, decrying a race to the bottom in wages and the 'swine-like' conditions imposed on labor.
- The Birth of the People's Party in King County
Third-party organizers convene in Seattle to challenge the status quo, demanding labor protections, women's suffrage, and the expulsion of Chinese laborers.
- Socialist Party Launches Municipal Ticket in Everett
Challenging the two-party status quo, local labor figures organize for a city-wide campaign based on collective ownership.
- Seattle's Gamblers Tried to Oust the Police Chief—and Failed Spectacularly
A behind-the-scenes scheme to replace Chief Jackson unraveled when the mayor and commissioners turned on the acting mayor, leaving gamblers from Tacoma with nothing but regrets.
- A Woman Claims the School Office — and the County Lets Her Keep It
Miss Ella Guptill takes the superintendent's records while the state Supreme Court decides whether a woman may hold office in Washington.
- The Ludlow Saloon Shield: How a Mill Worker’s Beating Was Ignored by the Law
In Port Gamble, Washington Territory, a brutal assault on an edgerman was dismissed by a local justice of the peace, leaving the victim powerless against his attacker in a display of judicial indifference.
- The Race to Build the Cedar River Railroad
Seattle property owners are urged to close a $14,000 funding gap to finish a critical standard-gauge rail line.
- A Parting Call for Reform from Governor Mead
In his final message to the legislature, Washington's outgoing governor challenges the political status quo, targeting the saloon industry, gambling, and the exploitation of child labor.
- The Bismarck Bluff: Washington’s Last Stand in the Samoan Crisis
As German warships loom over the Pacific islands, Seattle’s former federal commissioner warns that yielding to Berlin means abandoning American neutrality—and potentially igniting a conflict closer to home.
- The Launch of the Colville Examiner
A newly formed publishing cooperative pledges to keep printing local and challenge the status quo in Stevens County.
- Everett Labor Movement Battles 'Ladies' Home Journal' on Suffrage
Local activists denounce the magazine for printing anti-suffrage propaganda and targeting working-class women.
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- The 'Shut Up or Shut Up' Baseball Challenge of 1885
After a hard-fought draw on the diamond, the Newcastle Baseball Club issues a pugnacious challenge to the Seattle team for a rematch on the race track.
- A Minister’s Sharp Critique of City Hall’s 'Joinery'
Rev. Wallace Nutting takes the pulpit to call out bureaucratic waste, road-grading failures, and a lack of conscience in police enforcement.
- The Seattle Doctrine: 'Live and Let Live' in 1876
An editorial from the pioneer era argues that local business growth shouldn't be a zero-sum game, warning against the 'vampire' spirit of monopoly.
- A Fraternal Leader Draws the Line at English—and at the Ballot Box
Visiting Knights of Pythias supreme chancellor W. W. Blackwell wants the order to require English and ties voting rights to language, warning of foreign anarchists.
- The New England Hotel's Ban
A local hotel owner strikes a blow against Chinese labor, signaling a rising tide of xenophobic economic policy in the Pacific Northwest.
- The City's Cruel Moral Crusade
While Seattle’s leadership touted its own 'progress,' a wave of arrests and displacement targeted the city's Chinese population and the vulnerable on the margins of society.
- The Tax Assessors' Cold Shoulder
Washington's county assessors struggle to find a warm place to meet, eventually retreating to the State Auditor's office to set property valuation standards.
- A Long-Term Resident Wins Back His Right to Remain
After twenty-four years of life in Walla Walla, a man named Louie successfully petitions a federal judge to replace a lost residency document.