The Agrarian Crusade: A Chronicle of the Farmer in Politics

by Solon J. Buck

S.

St. Louis, seventh annual session of National Grange at, [28]; Greenback convention (1880), [93]; joint meeting of agricultural alliances (1889), [122], [129]; Republican convention (1896), [172]; Populist convention (1896), [182].
St. Paul, North Star Grange established at, [8].
Saunders, William, Grange founder, [4], [27].
Schurz, Carl, and Liberal-Republican movement, [14]; and civil service reform, [15]; and radical movements, [19].
Sewall, Arthur, candidate for Vice-President, [185], [188].
Shankland, E. R., of Iowa, [27].
Sherman, John, Secretary of Treasury, [159 (note)].
Silver, platform of National party on coinage of, [89], [90]; agrarian demand for free, [110], [120], [121], [132]; People's Party platform and free, [129]; Silver Purchase Act, [132], [159]-[160], [165]; party platforms on, [146]-[147]; as issue, [154] et seq.; Bland-Allison act, [158], [159], [160], [173]; free coinage and the parties (1895), [169]; Bryan and, [179], [180]-[181].
Simpson, "Sockless" Jerry, [134], [136]-[137], [167].
Sloan, A. S., of Wisconsin, [18].
South, Kelley's trip to, [1], [2]-[3]; reconstruction, [12]-[13]; opposition to Grange movement, [26]; development of farmers' alliances in, [112]-[117]; Populist campaign in, [147], [148]-[149]; elections of 1894, [168]; Populists and Republicans in, [170]; Democratic (1896), [191].
South Carolina, Grange organization, [25]; Grange relief sent to, [75]; Alliance forms Democratic platform (1890), [133]; Democratic in 1894, [169].
South Dakota, election of 1890, [138]; Independent party, [138]; Populist party in, [150].
Southern Alliance, decline of, [123]-[124]; in politics, [128]; see also [Farmers' and Laborers' Union of America], [National Farmers' Alliance and Coöperative Union of America], [National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union], [Texas Alliance].
Sovereign, J. R., in Coin's Financial School, [161].
Spectator (London), quotation from, [99].
Streeter, A. J., Union Labor candidate for President, [127], [128].
Supreme Court, Dartmouth College case, [46]; and railroad laws, [54]; "Granger cases," [56]-[57]; Munn vs. Illinois, [57]; Olcott vs. The Supervisors, cited, [58 (note)]; and Minnesota rate regulation, [59].

T.

Tariff, Liberal-Republican party on, [15]; hardship for farmers, [20]; demand for reform, [35], [132]; McKinley, [134].
Taxation, issue of People's Party, [129]; graduated income tax, [198].
Taylor, W. R., Governor of Wisconsin, [36]-[38].
Teller, of Colorado, leaves Republican convention, [174]-[175].
Tennessee, delegates attend meeting of Agricultural Wheel (1886), [116]-[117]; election of 1896, [188].
Texas, Union Labor party in, [127]; election of 1896, [189].
Texas Alliance, [112]-[115].
Thompson, J. R., Grange founder, [4].
Tilden, S. J., [88].
Tillman, Benjamin, and Cleveland, [169], [176].
Trimble, Rev. John, Grange founder, [4].
Trumbull, Lyman, candidate for Presidential nomination, [16]; and radical movements, [19]; Bryan and, [178].
Toledo (O.). conference organizes National party, [88]-[90].
Tribune, Chicago, on Buchanan, [82].
Trusts, anti-trust legislation, [199].

V.

Union Labor party, [127].
Union Pacific Railroad, National Alliance and, [121].
United States Pomological Society, Grange interest aroused at meeting of, [4].

V.

Vale, J. G., of Iowa, [36].

W.

Waite, Chief Justice M. R., lays down principles for railroad cases, [57].
Washburn, E. B., [40].
Washburn, W. D., [40].
Washington, Populist party in, [151].
Watson, T. E., Populist candidate for Vice-President, [185], [188]; nominated for President, [194].
Wealth, increase in forty years (1890), [101].
Weaver, General J. B., life and character, [91]-[93]; Presidential nomination, [94]; presides over Greenback convention, [96]-[97]; Populist candidate for President (1892), [145]-[146], [147], [151]; on Republican party, [151]-[152]; seeks party fusion, [170]; on nomination of Bryan, [186]; goes over to Democratic party, [195].
Wells, D. A., [14].
West Virginia, election of 1896, [191].
White, S. M., at Democratic convention (1896), [175].
Wisconsin, railroad regulation, [45], [50]-[51]; Constitution on corporation laws, [46]; Potter law, [51], [55]; Grange plans implement factory, [70]; currency question in, [88 (note)]; political activity of farmers' organizations, [197]-[198].
Women, admitted to Grange, [3], [73]; life on farm, [72]; suffrage favored by National party, [94]; admitted to Alliance, [113].
Wyoming, Republican in 1894, [168].