Newspapers covered the 1889 constitutional convention, often in great detail. Newspapers can also be useful for exploring the arguments for and against amendments.
This collection of selected newspaper articles from 1889 report on activities relating to Washington's Constitutional Convention. Most items are referred to by their headlines. In cases where no headline was provided, the first sentence of the item is provided in brackets.
Because the PDF images are of entire newspaper pages, column and story numbers are provided on each cover sheet to assist the reader in finding the appropriate item.
Vancouver Independent
Washington Standard
A Sample Brick; Of the Proposed Structure (Aug. 16, 1889)
A Seasonable Suggestion (Aug. 23, 1889)
Church Taxation (July 12, 1889)
Constitutional Convention. Pen-and-Ink Sketches of Its Members (Aug. 16, 1889)
Constitutional Convention: Pen-and-Ink Sketches of Its Members (Aug. 23, 1889)
Constitutional Convention. Pen-and-Ink Sketches of Its Members (Aug. 23, 1889)
Defects in the Constitution (Nov. 1, 1889)
Law Framers; They Get Down to Business and Organize (July 5, 1889)
Let the People Decide (July 19, 1889)
Olympia and North Yakima (Sept. 27, 1889)
Olympia on Merit (Sept. 13, 1889)
Our Law Framers (Aug. 16, 1889)
Our Law Framers (Aug. 16, 1889)
Our Law Framers (Aug. 2, 1889)
Our Law Framers (Aug. 2, 1889)
Our Law Framers (Aug. 23, 1889)
Our Law Framers (Aug. 23, 1889)
Our Law Framers (Aug. 9, 1889)
Our Law Framers (Aug. 9, 1889)
Our Law Framers (July 12, 1889)
Our Law Framers (July 19, 1889)
Our Law Framers (July 26, 1889)
Our Law Framers (July 26, 1889)
Our Law Framers. The Closing Chapter (Aug. 30, 1889)
Peerless Olympia (Sept. 13, 1889)
Seattle's Interest (Sept. 27, 1889)
Sentiment at Walla Walla (Sept. 20,1889)
The Capital Site: No Location in the State That Can Equal It (Sept. 20, 1889)
The Constitutional Convention. Pen-and-Ink Sketches of Its Members (Aug. 2, 1889)
The Constitutional Convention. Pen-and-Ink Sketches of Its Members (Aug. 2, 1889)
The Constitutional Convention. Pen-and-Ink Sketches of Its Members (July 19, 1889)
The Constitutional Convention. Pen-and-Ink Sketches of Its Members (July 26, 1889)
The Constitutional Convention. Pen-and-Ink Sketches of Its Members (July 26, 1889)
The Convention and Its Work (Sept. 13, 1889)
The Convention (July 12, 1889)
The Court System (July 18, 1889)
The End Is Near (Aug. 30, 1889)
The New Constitution. Shall the Advocates of Free and Equal Sufferage Vote for It? (Sept. 27, 1889)
The Suffrage Convention; Their Platform of Principles (July 5, 1889)
The Suffrage Question (July 12, 1889)
The Vital Question (Aug. 2, 1889)
What Might Have Been (Oct. 11, 1889)