R.Railroads, and the farmer,22-23; government aid,23; legislative reforms in Middle West,32,35; state regulation,43et seq.; distribution of favors,53; "Granger" laws repealed,55-56; National Alliance demands state regulation,120,121; government ownership,129-130,143; regulation accomplished,198.Ramsey, Alexander, governor of Minnesota,39,40.Reconstruction in South,12-13.Referendum favored by Populist party,144.Reform party,31.Republican party, in control in North,11-12; dissatisfaction with,12,14,126,134,153; Liberal Republican movement,14et seq.; nominates Grant (1872),16; supports new party in Missouri,31; in Illinois (1873),34; attitude on currency question,79; well established,97-98,125; in 1890,137-138; platform (1892),147; Populists seek control in South,148-149; election of 1892,150; Weaver on,151-152; and free silver,158; in Kansas (1893),165-167;success in West (1894),168; convention at St. Louis (1896),172-175; Hanna and,173-174; gold standard,174; campaign of 1896,189.Resumption Act,seeFinance.Review of Reviewson Populist party,199 (note).Robertson, Colonel D. A., and Grange organization,8.Roosevelt, Theodore,195.S.St. Louis, seventh annual session of National Grange at,28; Greenback convention (1880),93; joint meeting of agricultural alliances (1889),122,129; Republican convention (1896),172; Populist convention (1896),182.St. Paul, North Star Grange established at,8.Saunders, William, Grange founder,4,27.Schurz, Carl, and Liberal-Republican movement,14; and civil service reform,15; and radical movements,19.Sewall, Arthur, candidate for Vice-President,185,188.Shankland, E. R., of Iowa,27.Sherman, John, Secretary of Treasury,159 (note).Silver, platform of National party on coinage of,89,90; agrarian demand for free,110,120,121,132; People's Party platform and free,129; Silver Purchase Act,132,159-160,165; party platforms on,146-147; as issue,154et seq.; Bland-Allison act,158,159,160,173; free coinage and the parties (1895),169; Bryan and,179,180-181.Simpson, "Sockless" Jerry,134,136-137,167.Sloan, A. S., of Wisconsin,18.South, Kelley's trip to,1,2-3; reconstruction,12-13; opposition to Grange movement,26; development of farmers' alliances in,112-117; Populist campaign in,147,148-149; elections of 1894,168; Populists and Republicans in,170; Democratic (1896),191.South Carolina, Grange organization,25; Grange relief sent to,75; Alliance forms Democratic platform (1890),133; Democratic in 1894,169.South Dakota, election of 1890,138; Independent party,138; Populist party in,150.Southern Alliance, decline of,123-124; in politics,128;see alsoFarmers' and Laborers' Union of America,National Farmers' Alliance and Coöperative Union of America,National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union,Texas Alliance.Sovereign, J. R., inCoin's Financial School,161.Spectator(London), quotation from,99.Streeter, A. J., Union Labor candidate for President,127,128.Supreme Court, Dartmouth College case,46; and railroad laws,54; "Granger cases,"56-57; Munnvs. Illinois,57; Olcottvs. The Supervisors, cited,58 (note); and Minnesota rate regulation,59.T.Tariff, Liberal-Republican party on,15; hardship for farmers,20; demand for reform,35,132; McKinley,134.Taxation, issue of People's Party,129; graduated income tax,198.Taylor, W. R., Governor of Wisconsin,36-38.Teller, of Colorado, leaves Republican convention,174-175.Tennessee, delegates attend meeting of Agricultural Wheel (1886),116-117; election of 1896,188.Texas, Union Labor party in,127; election of 1896,189.Texas Alliance,112-115.Thompson, J. R., Grange founder,4.Tilden, S. J.,88.Tillman, Benjamin, and Cleveland,169,176.Trimble, Rev. John, Grange founder,4.Trumbull, Lyman, candidate for Presidential nomination,16; and radical movements,19; Bryan and,178.Toledo (O.). conference organizes National party,88-90.Tribune, Chicago, on Buchanan,82.Trusts, anti-trust legislation,199.V.Union Labor party,127.Union Pacific Railroad, National Alliance and,121.United States Pomological Society, Grange interest aroused at meeting of,4.V.Vale, J. G., of Iowa,36.W.Waite, Chief Justice M. R., lays down principles for railroad cases,57.Washburn, E. B.,40.Washburn, W. D.,40.Washington, Populist party in,151.Watson, T. E., Populist candidate for Vice-President,185,188; nominated for President,194.Wealth, increase in forty years (1890),101.Weaver, General J. B., life and character,91-93; Presidential nomination,94; presides over Greenback convention,96-97; Populist candidate for President (1892),145-146,147,151; on Republican party,151-152; seeks party fusion,170; on nomination of Bryan,186; goes over to Democratic party,195.Wells, D. A.,14.West Virginia, election of 1896,191.White, S. M., at Democratic convention (1896),175.Wisconsin, railroad regulation,45,50-51; Constitution on corporation laws,46; Potter law,51,55; Grange plans implement factory,70; currency question in,88 (note); political activity of farmers' organizations,197-198.Women, admitted to Grange,3,73; life on farm,72; suffrage favored by National party,94; admitted to Alliance,113.Wyoming, Republican in 1894,168.
Railroads, and the farmer,22-23; government aid,23; legislative reforms in Middle West,32,35; state regulation,43et seq.; distribution of favors,53; "Granger" laws repealed,55-56; National Alliance demands state regulation,120,121; government ownership,129-130,143; regulation accomplished,198.Ramsey, Alexander, governor of Minnesota,39,40.Reconstruction in South,12-13.Referendum favored by Populist party,144.Reform party,31.Republican party, in control in North,11-12; dissatisfaction with,12,14,126,134,153; Liberal Republican movement,14et seq.; nominates Grant (1872),16; supports new party in Missouri,31; in Illinois (1873),34; attitude on currency question,79; well established,97-98,125; in 1890,137-138; platform (1892),147; Populists seek control in South,148-149; election of 1892,150; Weaver on,151-152; and free silver,158; in Kansas (1893),165-167;success in West (1894),168; convention at St. Louis (1896),172-175; Hanna and,173-174; gold standard,174; campaign of 1896,189.Resumption Act,seeFinance.Review of Reviewson Populist party,199 (note).Robertson, Colonel D. A., and Grange organization,8.Roosevelt, Theodore,195.
St. Louis, seventh annual session of National Grange at,28; Greenback convention (1880),93; joint meeting of agricultural alliances (1889),122,129; Republican convention (1896),172; Populist convention (1896),182.St. Paul, North Star Grange established at,8.Saunders, William, Grange founder,4,27.Schurz, Carl, and Liberal-Republican movement,14; and civil service reform,15; and radical movements,19.Sewall, Arthur, candidate for Vice-President,185,188.Shankland, E. R., of Iowa,27.Sherman, John, Secretary of Treasury,159 (note).Silver, platform of National party on coinage of,89,90; agrarian demand for free,110,120,121,132; People's Party platform and free,129; Silver Purchase Act,132,159-160,165; party platforms on,146-147; as issue,154et seq.; Bland-Allison act,158,159,160,173; free coinage and the parties (1895),169; Bryan and,179,180-181.Simpson, "Sockless" Jerry,134,136-137,167.Sloan, A. S., of Wisconsin,18.South, Kelley's trip to,1,2-3; reconstruction,12-13; opposition to Grange movement,26; development of farmers' alliances in,112-117; Populist campaign in,147,148-149; elections of 1894,168; Populists and Republicans in,170; Democratic (1896),191.South Carolina, Grange organization,25; Grange relief sent to,75; Alliance forms Democratic platform (1890),133; Democratic in 1894,169.South Dakota, election of 1890,138; Independent party,138; Populist party in,150.Southern Alliance, decline of,123-124; in politics,128;see alsoFarmers' and Laborers' Union of America,National Farmers' Alliance and Coöperative Union of America,National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union,Texas Alliance.Sovereign, J. R., inCoin's Financial School,161.Spectator(London), quotation from,99.Streeter, A. J., Union Labor candidate for President,127,128.Supreme Court, Dartmouth College case,46; and railroad laws,54; "Granger cases,"56-57; Munnvs. Illinois,57; Olcottvs. The Supervisors, cited,58 (note); and Minnesota rate regulation,59.
Tariff, Liberal-Republican party on,15; hardship for farmers,20; demand for reform,35,132; McKinley,134.Taxation, issue of People's Party,129; graduated income tax,198.Taylor, W. R., Governor of Wisconsin,36-38.Teller, of Colorado, leaves Republican convention,174-175.Tennessee, delegates attend meeting of Agricultural Wheel (1886),116-117; election of 1896,188.Texas, Union Labor party in,127; election of 1896,189.Texas Alliance,112-115.Thompson, J. R., Grange founder,4.Tilden, S. J.,88.Tillman, Benjamin, and Cleveland,169,176.Trimble, Rev. John, Grange founder,4.Trumbull, Lyman, candidate for Presidential nomination,16; and radical movements,19; Bryan and,178.Toledo (O.). conference organizes National party,88-90.Tribune, Chicago, on Buchanan,82.Trusts, anti-trust legislation,199.
Union Labor party,127.Union Pacific Railroad, National Alliance and,121.United States Pomological Society, Grange interest aroused at meeting of,4.
Vale, J. G., of Iowa,36.
Waite, Chief Justice M. R., lays down principles for railroad cases,57.Washburn, E. B.,40.Washburn, W. D.,40.Washington, Populist party in,151.Watson, T. E., Populist candidate for Vice-President,185,188; nominated for President,194.Wealth, increase in forty years (1890),101.Weaver, General J. B., life and character,91-93; Presidential nomination,94; presides over Greenback convention,96-97; Populist candidate for President (1892),145-146,147,151; on Republican party,151-152; seeks party fusion,170; on nomination of Bryan,186; goes over to Democratic party,195.Wells, D. A.,14.West Virginia, election of 1896,191.White, S. M., at Democratic convention (1896),175.Wisconsin, railroad regulation,45,50-51; Constitution on corporation laws,46; Potter law,51,55; Grange plans implement factory,70; currency question in,88 (note); political activity of farmers' organizations,197-198.Women, admitted to Grange,3,73; life on farm,72; suffrage favored by National party,94; admitted to Alliance,113.Wyoming, Republican in 1894,168.