The Agrarian Crusade: A Chronicle of the Farmer in Politics

by Solon J. Buck

C.

California and Populist party, [151].
Cary, S. F., Independent nominee for Vice-President (1876), [85].
Chambers, B. J., nominated for Vice-President, [94].
Chase, Solon, on inflation, [90]-[91].
Chicago, Grange established in, [6]; Independent meeting (1876), [85]; National party convention (1880), [93]-[94]; meeting of Northwestern Alliance (1881), [119]; Democratic convention (1896), [175]-[177], [180]-[181].
Cincinnati, Liberal-Republican convention (1872), [14], [15]; convention of Citizens' Alliance and Knights of Labor (1891), [140].
Citizens' Alliance, [140].
Civil service, Liberal Republican platform on, [15]; demand for reform of, [35].
Civil War, agriculture after, [19].
Clark, J. G., [151]; People's Battle Hymn, [148].
Cleveland, Grover, and free silver, [169]; Tillman and, [169], [176].
Cleveland, Independent party convention (1875), [82]-[83].
Colorado, Populist success (1892), [149]; Republican in 1894, [168].
Colored Farmers' Alliance, [123].
Columbus (O.), Grange established in, [6]; National Labor party convention (1872), [80].
Congress, agricultural representation in, [24]; specie-resumption act (1875), [83], [94]; Silver Purchase Act, [132], [159]-[160], [165]; demonetizes silver (1873), [156]-[157]; Bland-Allison act, [158], [159], [160], [173].
Cooper, Peter, candidate for Presidency, [84]-[85].
Coöperation, [65] et seq.; coöperative stores, [66]-[68]; "Rochdale plan," [67]-[68], [71]; Northwestern Alliance and, [119].
Corning, Cyrus, [134].
Corwin, E. S., John Marshall and the Constitution, cited, [46 (note)].
Coxey, J. S., [170].
"Crime of '73," [156].
Curtin, A. G., and Liberal Republican party, [15].
Curtis, B. R., [51].

D.

Daniel, J. W., at Democratic convention (1896), [175].
Davis, Judge David, and Liberal Republican party, [15]; candidate for presidential nomination, [15]-[16]; nominated by National Labor party (1872), [80]; considered as candidate by National Greenback party (1876), [84]; Senator, [87]-[88].
Democratic party, after Civil War, [11]-[12]; and Liberal Republicans, [16]-[17]; makes common cause with new parties, [31]; in Illinois (1873), [34]; attitude on currency question, [79]; firm establishment of, [97]-[98], [125]; disappointment in, [126]; victory in Nebraska (1890), [138]; platform (1892), [146]-[147]; and Populist party, [149]-[150], [153]; and free silver, [158], [175] et seq.; success in South Carolina (1894), [169]; convention (1896), [175]-[177], [180]-[181].
Detroit, Greenback conference (1875), [86].
Diggs, Anna L., [134].
Dillaye, S. D., refuses presidential nomination, [93].
Donnelly, Ignatius, [18]; Anti-Monopolist leader, [39], [41]; life and character, [39]-[42]; Facts for the Grangers, [81]; on inflation, [81]-[82]; temporary chairman of National Greenback convention (1876), [83]; heads Populist ticket in Minnesota (1892), [150]; opponent of party fusion, [170], [184], [194]; death (1901), [195].

E.

East, Grange movement retarded in, [26]-[27].
Elections, State elections (1877), [88 (note)]; of 1878, [90]; of 1880, [93]-[95]; of 1896, [172]-[191]; of 1900, [194]; of 1904, [194]-[195]; of 1908, [195].
England, conflicting interests with United States, [161].
Europe, agricultural conditions in 1893, [99].
Evarts, W. M., [51].

F.

Fairchild, George T., quoted, [106].
Farmers' Alliance, [111] et seq.; bibliography, [204].
Farmers' Alliance of Kansas, resolution, [200]-[201].
"Farmers and Laborers Conference" makes nomination for Governor in Wisconsin, [197].
Farmers' and Laborers' Union of America, [117], [122].
Farmers' clubs, organization of, [29]-[30].
Farmers' Declaration of Independence, [33]-[34].
Farmers' Fourth of July (1873), [33].
Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association, [123].
Farmers' party, [31].
Farmers' Union of Louisiana, [115].
Fenton, R. E., and Liberal Republican party, [15].
Field, General J. G., candidate for Vice-President, [145], [147].
Finance, panic of 1873, [21], [81]; farm loan banks, [21]; demand for currency reform, [35]; currency inflation and Greenback movement, [77] et seq., [110]; "American System of Finance," [80]; panic of 1893, [104]; mortgages, [105]-[107]; press comment on existing system, [108]-[109]; Southern Alliance report on monetary system (1889), [130]-[131]; Northwestern Alliance proposals, [131]; monetary planks in Populist platform (1892), [143]; Federal land bank system, [199]; see also [Gold standard], [Prices], [Silver].
Flagg, W. C., president of Illinois State Farmers' Association, [36].
Florida, Alliance forms Democratic platform in (1890), [133]; election of 1896, [188]-[189].
Fredonia (N. Y.), Grange established in, [6].
Free Trade League, leaders join Liberal Republicans, [14].

G.

George, Henry, [127].
George, Milton, founder of National Farmers' Alliance, [118].
Georgia, Alliance forms Democratic platform in (1890), [133].
Godkin, E. L., [14], [19].
Gold standard, party platforms on, [146]-[147]; Congress authorizes, [156]; in Republican platform (1896), [174]-[175].
Grange movement, inception, [1] et seq.; at flood tide, [25] et seq.; and railroad regulation, [43] et seq.; collapse, [60] et seq.; social and intellectual stimulus from, [71]-[76]; ritual, [73]-[74]; bibliography, [203]-[204]; see also [National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry].
Grant, U. S., and spoils, [12]; nomination (1872), [16].
Greeley, Horace, joins Liberal Republicans, [15]; nomination for President (1872), [16], [80]; campaign, [16]-[17]; Donnelly supports, [41].
Greenback Clubs, [86], [93].
Greenback Labor party, reform parties merged with, [35]; National party called, [89]; decline, [96], [127]; financial demands, [155]; see also [National party], [National Greenback party].
Greenback movement, [77] et seq.; State elections (1877), [88 (note)].
Gresham, Judge W. Q., Populists consider nomination of, [145].
Grosh, Rev. A. B., Grange founder, [4].