As a twelve-year-old, Bob Jones, Sr. made a twenty-minute speech in defense of the Populist Party.

While Baum was in South Dakota, he sang in a quartet that included a man who would become one of the first Populist ( People's Party ) Senators in the U. S., James Kyle.

The Populist Party " demand a graduated income tax " in its 1892 platform.

On the first front, the Populist Party incorporated the direct election of senators into its Omaha Platform, adopted in 1892.

At various times the Socialist Party, the Farmer-Labor Party and the Populist Party for a few years had considerable local strength, and then faded away — although in Minnesota, the Farmer – Labor Party merged into the state's Democratic Party, which is now officially known as the Democratic – Farmer – Labor Party.

Some people, for the most part Democrats, joined the far-left Populist Party.

Jones deemed the Democrats likely to nominate a candidate who would appeal to the far-left Populist Party, and Bryan had been elected to Congress with Populist support.

Former United States Army Special Forces officer and Vietnam veteran Bo Gritz was the nominee of the Populist Party.

The new Populist Party, formed by groups from the Grange, the Farmers ' Alliances, and the Knights of Labor, polled more than a million votes, but Cleveland won easily.

Bryan was the nominee of the Democrats, the Populist Party, and the Silver Republicans.

The Democratic Party won El Paso County four additional times prior, and the Populist Party won in 1892, with General James B. Weaver.

In December 1890, the Farmers ' Alliance and Industrial Union, a forerunner of the Populist Party, held its national convention in Ocala.

Most of the " Ocala Demands " were to become part of the Populist Party platform.

Perhaps the greatest and most publicized violence was around the turn of the century, during the rise of the Populist Party in Grimes County, and the election of Populist candidate Garrett Scott for County Sheriff.

In the 1896 election, he threw his support behind Democrat William Jennings Bryan, who supported many of the Populist causes and who subsequently captured the Democratic Party nomination.

Weaver had believed that he had struck a deal with Bryan that Tom Watson, who had helped found the Populist Party with Weaver, would be Bryan's running mate.

As a consequence, many in the Populist Party turned against Bryan and refused to support him in the general election.

However, an effort is underway by the Populist Party of Maryland to field candidates for governor, other statewide seats and at the local level for the State Assembly, county and municipal positions in the 2005 and 2006 elections.

The Populist Party of Maryland ( PPMD ) originated as a vehicle for ballot access for the 2004 Ralph Nader presidential campaign.

The Populist candidates emphasize the Populist alternative to Liberalism and Conservativism, tax cuts for working people through the Tobin tax, a " split-rate " land value tax, employee-or consumer-owned electric companies and municipal utilities ( banned by Maryland state law since the late 1990s under energy reforms enacted by the Democratic General Assembly ), and promoting government promotion of employee ownership and control of workplaces through Employee Stock Ownership Plans.

In Maryland, the Populist Party only succeeded in putting Nader on the ballot after challenges from the Maryland Board of Elections and the local Democratic Party.

* Maryland Populist Gubernatorial Campaign

Key: ( D / DFL ) Democratic / Democratic-Farmer-Labor, ( R ) Republican, ( AIP ) American Independent, ( Con ) Conservative ( NY ), ( C ) Constitution, ( G ) Green, ( GRP ) Green-Rainbow, ( IPM ) Independence Party of Minnesota, ( L ) Libertarian, ( PF ) Peace and Freedom, ( Ne ) Nebraska Party, ( Pop ) Populist Party of Maryland, ( Ref ) Reform, ( S ) Socialist, ( V ) Veterans, ( I ) Independent, ( CC ) Concerned Citizens Party, ( AI ) Alaskan Independence Party, ( LU ) Liberty Union Party, ( SW ) Socialist Workers Party

# redirect Populist Party of Maryland

After months of campaigning, Zeese received the senate nomination of the Maryland Green Party was also nominated by the Libertarian Party of Maryland in April 2006 and the Populist Party of Maryland in June, the first time all three parties had nominated the same candidate.

Carto helped found the Populist Party served as an electoral vehicle for neo-Nazi and Ku Klux Klan members such as David Duke in 1988 and Christian Identity supporter Bo Gritz in 1992.

Critics asserted that this Populist Party ( not to be confused with the Populist Party of 1889 ) was little more than an electoral vehicle for current and former Ku Klux Klan and Christian Identity members.

It is the only county in the United States named for Populist politician William Jennings Bryan.

Populist Governor John Hancock refused to crack down on tax delinquencies, and accepted devalued paper currency for debts.

“ This contact between leaders of the farmers ’ movement and Powderly helped pave the way for a series of reform conferences held between December 1889 and July 1892 that resulted in the formation of the national People ’ s ( or Populist ) Party .”

Prominent Populist Party leaders such as Marion Butler, a United States Senator from North Carolina, at least partially demonstrated a dedication to the cause of white supremacy, and there appears to have been some support for this viewpoint among the rank-and-file of the party's membership.

: The Farmers ' Alliance and the Populist demand for government ownership of the railroad is a phase of the same effort of the pioneer farmer, on his latest frontier.

When the Alliance founded the Populist Party based on the Ocala Demands, Tillman arranged for the South Carolina Democratic Party to adopt parts of the platform which dealt with the free coinage of silver, a Federal income tax and a repeal of the tax on the circulations of state banks.

* Hartleb, Florian 2011: After their establishment: Right-wing Populist Parties in Europe, Centre for European Studies / Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Brüssel, ( download: http :// www. 1888932-2946. ws / ComTool6. 0_CES / CES / E-DocumentManager / gallery / Research_Papers / rightwingparties. pdf )

Manifestos such as the " Populist Party Platform " voiced a disdain for political corruption and championed the plight of the common people in the face of the rich and powerful.

Also known as the Populist Party, the People's Party was a development of the national Farmers ' Alliance, and had a platform that demanded abandonment of the gold standard ( and later for free silver ), abolition of national banks, a graduated income tax, direct election of senators, civil service reform, and an eight-hour day.

Nelson used his governorship as a bully pulpit for modest Republican reforms intended to provide more moderate alternatives to the radical Populist actions.

He was renominated handily for the 1894 campaign, when he ran against the Populist Sidney Owen and Democrat George Becker.

In 1900, he declined the nomination for Vice President on the Populist Party ticket.

For other groups using the label populist in the United States, see " Populist Party " label in 1970s, 1984, 2004, and for other groups worldwide see Populist Party

It was during this period that Plekhanov began to write and publish the first of his important political works, including the pamphlet Socialism and Political Struggle ( 1883 ) and the full-length book Our Differences ( 1885 ) These works first expressed the Marxist position for a Russian audience and delineated the points of departure of the Marxists from the Populist movement.

Populist Louisiana politician Huey Long travelled to Arkansas on a 9-day campaign swing to campaign for her.

Gunn became a member of the Populist Party, and stood for office several times.

Collins is the great-great-grandson of General James Baird Weaver, the 1880 Greenback Party presidential candidate and the 1892 Populist Party (" People's Party ") candidate for president.

Beginning in the early 1880s, declining farm prices also prompted elements of the Populist movement to blame the perceived evils of capitalism and industrialism on Jews because of their alleged racial / religious inclination for financial exploitation and, more specifically, because of the alleged financial manipulations of Jewish financiers such as the Rothschilds.

With labor union support, in 1896 Steunenberg was nominated as both the Democratic and Populist candidate for governor.