1 янв 1000000000 г. - Rise of the Populists: Omaha Platform, Election of 1892

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There's a new political party formed at the time that was designated towards the people and it was called the populist party. delegates from Omaha Nebraska in 1892 drafted a political platform as well as nominating candidates for President and Vice President. The main goal of the populist party was to do something about the major concentration of power and money within trust and bankers. they wanted many political and economic reforms. first they wanted to increase the power of, Voters by having direct popular elections of US senators. Second, they wanted to use referendums and initiatives to allow citizens to vote directly on proposed laws. economically they wanted more corn itch of silver to increase the money supply and they also wanted a major graduated income-tax set the richest people pay more taxes. They also wanted public ownership of railroads and Telegraph and telephone systems operated by the government. Lastly, they wanted loans and federal warehouses for Farmers to help their crop prices as well as an eight-hour workday for workers. The election of 1892 was when James Weaver was the populist candidate and 1 around 1 million bullets and 22 Electoral College votes. Even with this light Victory he lost really badly in the south and he couldn't attract Urban workers in the North.

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