CONTENTS 



I. THE INCEPTION OF THE GRANGE Page 1 



II. THE RISING SPIRIT OF UNREST " 11 



III. THE GRANGER MOVEMENT AT FLOOD 



TIDE " 25 



IV. CURBING THE RAILROADS " 43 



V. THE COLLAPSE OF THE GRANGER MOVE- 



MENT " 60 



VI. THE GREENBACK INTERLUDE " 77 



VII. THE PLIGHT OF THE FARMER " 99 



VIII. THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE " ill 



IX. THE PEOPLE S PARTY LAUNCHED ' 125 



X. THE POPULIST BOMBSHELL OF 1892 " 142 



XI. THE SILVER ISSUE " 154 



XII. THE BATTLE OF THE STANDARDS " 172 



XIII. THE LEAVEN OF RADICALISM - 194 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE M 203 



INDEX 07 



