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Comanche Chief

Location

Comanche, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 16, 1956

Page

11

Populist Rise and Decline in Comanche County History

The piece traces Comanche County’s Populist activity from 1886 through the early 1900s, detailing Gaines as Texas Populist editor of The Texas Advocate, party tensions with James Stephen Hogg and Clark, Senator Mills’ 1893 speech, ghost dances and editor confrontations, and the eventual decline as Populists rejoin Democrats by 1910 under progressive influence.

Gaines Texas Advocate Fort Worth People’s Party of Texas James Stephen Hogg Mills Hogg Comanche Joseph D. Sayers T. J. McMinn Comanche County S. W. T. Lanham Weatherford Democratic Party Human Party

Democratic party echoes Populist dreams in reform proposals

The text contrasts modern Democratic goals with Populist ideas including a $1 hour minimum, social security, farm price supports, and broad government control. It notes equal education access with nine month terms and a degree teacher as key achievements. It also includes unrelated quips about fashion, holiday vending, and a misbehaving chick joke.

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