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finally brought to an end with the assistance of the 

 judicial machinery, the Republicans were left in 

 control of the house of representatives, while the 

 Populists retained the senate. In joint session 

 the Republicans could be outvoted; hence a silver 

 Democrat, John Martin, was sent to Washington 

 to work with Peffer in the Senate for the common 

 cause of silver. 



The congressional and state elections of 1894 re- 

 vealed the unstable equilibrium of parties, and at 

 the same time the total Populist vote of nearly a 

 million and a half reflected the increasing popular 

 unrest. In the West, however, the new party was 

 not so successful in winning elections as it had been 

 in 1892 because the hostile attitude, sometimes of 

 the Populists and sometimes of the Democrats, 

 made fusion impossible in most cases. A few vic- 

 tories were won, to be sure: Nebraska elected a 

 free-silver Democrat-Populist governor, while Ne- 

 vada was carried by the silver party; but Colorado, 

 Idaho, Wyoming, Kansas, and North Dakota re- 

 turned to the Republican fold. In the South, the 

 fusion between Populists and Republicans against 

 the dominant Democrats was more successful. 

 From several States, Congressmen were elected, 

 who, whether under the name of Populist or 



