Word: nationalities
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Best general references: Nation LII, 104 (Feb. 5, 1891), LI. 84 (July 31, 1890); People's Party Platform adopted at Omaha July 4, 1892, in the leading dalies of July 5th, H. R. Chamberlain, Farmer's Alliance...
...Populist party seeks to aggregate rather than to lessen class distinctions; Public Opinion IX, 386-408. - (a) The extravagances of the platform prove this; see platform. - (b) In its eagerness to fight monopolists the Populist party has adopted ridiculus and inconsistent theories: Public Opinion X, 610; Nation...
...Populist party advocates impossible socialistic and financial schemes. - (a) Socialistic. e. g. Sup+++ treasury and government control of railways: Nation, L. 404: Public Opinion VIII, 532, IX, 167 168, 241, 408, 475, X. 172, 219, 220, 565, 61 613. - (b) Financial, e. g. Free Silver and the abolition of Nat. Banking: Nation, LII. 104, 229, 230; American, XIX 447; Public Opinion...
...Populist movement thus far has been only injurious to the public welfare - (a) Valuable statesmen have been driven out of public life: Boston Post, Mar 18, 1891 - (b) Legislation in the States controlled by Populists has been of the worst kind: Nation...
...issues raised by the Populist party are not national, and therefore cannot prevail, e. g. History of the Know-Nothing, Greenback, and Prohibition parties; Public Opinion IX. 216, 241, X. 217, 321, 610, 611; Nation...