The economy during the late 1800's was not going in favor of the farmers. The Sherman Silver Act and the McKinley tariff were taking hard hits on the poor, both increasing demands on bigger money supply and demanding more money on imports. Farmers from the South and West became desperate and started calling for measures that would benefit them and decrease the power of the elite. From the years 1890-1896 the Populist Party grew out of farmers' demands for the greater good of the people starting with the Omaha Platform, and fell do to their fusion with the silver democrats in the 1896 elections.
The Populist Party formed by the Farmers' alliance meeting at the Omaha platform and calling for direct election of senators and enacting state laws by voters that would supposedly help the poor. The Populist platform gained popularity among the south and west by their attacks on Laissez-Faire capitalism, shorter work days, and governments control of income and railroads. Even though the......

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