Eviction Attempt Sparks Regional Feud
Tacoma rivals attempt to oust the local Harrison Republican Club from their headquarters in the Mason Block.
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The Seattle-haters in Tacoma today centered their influence on the owner of the Mason Block with a view to having the Harrison Club evicted from that building. The members of the Harrison Club comprise the only persons in Pierce county who stand by John H. McGraw and the state ticket. Happily for them, Judge Wickersham holds a lease for professional purposes of the hall in which they meet, and the Seattle-haters cannot throw them out into the street. This attempt at eviction is considered the meanest and most contemptible thing the Seattle-haters have yet stooped to.
“This attempt at eviction is considered the meanest and most contemptible thing the Seattle-haters have yet stooped to.”
Regional rivalries between Seattle and Tacoma have defined Western Washington politics for over a century. The use of commercial leases and building management as a tool to silence political organizations is a recurring theme in urban power struggles.
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