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| Title | To the Republican Workingmen! |
| Author | Unknown |
| Date of Publication | ca. 1889 |
| Notes | This broadside, by an unknown author (who signs it "A Workingman"), is an advertisement advocating in favor of former territorial governor Watson C. Squire, and against state supreme court justice John P. Hoyt, in a primary election to select the Republican nominee for a Senate seat. Justice Hoyt is denounced as a "well-known enemy of organized labor" who is an associate of the "Hunt-Haines Boodle Ring". Among the evidence presented against him is his conviction and sentencing of several men indicted for their having instigated the anti-Chinese riots. Hoyt's endorsement by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is presented as further proof that he is not on the side of the working man. The broadside alleges that Hoyt's supporters are using whiskey to influence voters on election day, and asks workers to vote for Squire as a way of rejecting this "contemptible insult". A quotation from an 1886 report by Governor Squire is presented as proof that he supports measures that will restrict Chinese labor and immigration, such as the repeal of the Burlingame Act. |
| Contextual Notes | Watson Carvosso Squire, 1838-1926, was an attorney, Civil War veteran, industrialist, and governor of Washington Territory from 1884 to 1887. In 1885, anti-Chinese riots began occurring in Tacoma and Seattle. This trouble peaked on February 8, 1886, when Squire declared martial law -- despite his actions to quell the riots, Squire aligned himself with anti-Chinese sentiment after the tensions subsided. Squire served as Washington's Senator from 1889 to 1897.
John Philo Hoyt (1841-1926) was a Civil War veteran, lawyer, politician and judge. He served as Michigan's Speaker of the House (1875), as the fourth Governor of Arizona Territory (1877-1878), and was nominated to become Governor of Idaho Territory but declined the position. In his later life he served as President of Washington's constitutional convention in 1889, as a Justice of the Washington territorial supreme court from 1879 to 1887, and of the Washington State Supreme Court from 1889 to 1897. After leaving politics, he served four years as a member of the University of Washington's Board of Regents, and taught as a law professor for five years thereafter. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Broadsides |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Squire, Watson C. (Watson Carvosso), 1838-1926; Hoyt, John P. (John Philo), 1841-1926; Republican Party (Wash.); Washington (State)--Politics and government; Elections--Washington (State) |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State) |
| Digital ID Number | PNW00719 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions contact: photos@u.washington.edu. |
| Digital Collection | Pacific Northwest Historical Documents
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Watson C. Squire papers. Accession no. 4004-002, Box 1/23 |
| Repository Collection Guide | To view the guide to this collection see:
http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/papersrecords/SquireWatson4004.xml |
| Object Type | Broadside
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| Physical Description | 1 leaf; 29 x 21.5 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original text or image at 200 dpi saved in TIFF format, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2010. |
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