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Platform of the Populist Party at St Louis Convention
The People s party adopts a platform denouncing European money influence and calling for financial reform. It urges government ownership of railroads and telegraphs, free coinage of gold and silver, postal savings banks, direct legislation, and broad reforms to curb monopolies and restore independent government. It also includes Currents on land, taxation, and public salaries amid a sweeping call for national economic control.
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St. Louis
People’s Party
Republic
Congress
United States
Supreme Court
Great Railroad
Pacific Railroad
Mort
Chicago
Dr. Louis
Committee On
National Silver Party of America
Treasury
Washington
Hamilton
Jefferson
Monroe
Jackson
Lincoln
Washington, DC
Wm. J. Bryan
Nebraska
Arthur J. Sewall
Maine