...should be expanded as rapidly and as far as the good sense of an intelligent people and the teaching of experience shall justify, to the end that oppression,...injustice, and poverty shall eventually cease in the land11 The Populists' foray into third party politics met with initial success. In the 1892 election,...

...1892 platform, "that the powers of government—in other words, of the people—should be expanded ... to the end that oppression, injustice and poverty shall eventually cease in the land." There are now, and there were then, many reasons to question the populists' optimistic assumption that...

...government — in other words, of the people — should be expanded ... as rapidly and as far as the good sense of an intelligent people and the teachings of...injustice, and poverty shall eventually cease in the land.6 The 1892 campaign was, in retrospect, the height of populism and of Mary Lease's fame. By this...

...people — should be expanded (as in the case of the postal service) as rapidly and asfar as the good sense of an intelligent people and the teachings of...injustice and poverty shall eventually cease in the land. — People's Party of America, Omaha Platform (July 1892) Looking for effective progressive political...

...government — in other words, of the people — should be expanded ... as rapidly and as far as the good sense of an intelligent people and the teachings of...injustice, and poverty shall eventually cease in the land."21 Yet, even as populists call for a broader role for the government in the economic sphere,...

...government — in other words, of the people — should be expanded ... as rapidly and as far as the good sense of an intelligent people and the teachings of...injustice, and poverty shall eventually cease in the land." If Harris had not invented a new political posture for himself in 1969, he assuredly had defined a...

...government — in other words, of the people — should be expanded ... as rapidly and as far as the good sense of an intelligent people and the teachings of...injustice, and poverty shall eventually cease in the land.6 The 1892 campaign was, in retrospect, the height of populism and of Mary Lease's fame. By this...

...in 1892, "that the powers of government — in other words, of the people — should be expanded ... to the end that oppression, injustice, and poverty shall eventually cease in the land." 2 The Populist uprising had its ambiguous elements. In part a justified protest by poor farmers against...

...expressed in the Populist Party platform of 1892, "The powers of government... should be expanded... to the end that oppression, injustice, and poverty shall eventually cease in the land."47 World War I brought about an intensification of proposed and actual government activism —...

...government—in other words, of the people—should be expanded ... as rapidly and as far as the good sense of intelligent people and the teachings of experience...injustice, and poverty shall eventually cease in the land." 42 The Populist Party disappeared in 1896 when it fused with the Democratic Party and supported presidential...