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INDEX 



Butler, General B. F., and 

 silver question, 90; presiden- 

 tial nomination, 96-97 



California and Populist party, 

 151 



Gary, S. F., Independent nomi- 

 nee 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 (1883), 93-94; 

 meeting of Northwestern 

 Alliance (1881), 119; Demo- 

 cratic convention (1896), 

 175-77, 180-81 



Cincinnati, Liberal-Republi- 

 can convention (1872), 14, 

 15; convention of Citizens' 

 Alliance and Knights of 

 Labor (1891), 140 



Citizens' Alliance, 140 



Civil service, Liberal Repub- 

 lican platform on, 15; de- 

 mand for reform of, 35 



Civil War, agriculture after, 19 



Clark, J. G., 151; Peoples 

 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 es- 

 tablished in, 6; National 

 Labor party convention 

 (1872), 80 



Congress, agricultural repre- 

 sentation in, 24; specie- 

 resumption act (1875), 83, 



94; Silver Purchase Act, 132, 

 159-60, 165; demonetizes sil- 

 ver (1873), 156-57; Bland- 

 Allison act, 158, 159, 160, 

 173 



Cooper, Peter, candidate foi 

 Presidency, 84-85 



Cooperation, 65 et seq.; co-- 

 operative 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 



Daniel, J. W., at Democratic 

 convention (1896), 175 



Davis, Judge David, and Lib- 

 eral Republican party, 15; 

 candidate for presidential 

 nomination, 15-16; nomi- 

 nated 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 establish- 

 ment of, 97-98, 125; disap- 

 pointment in, 126; victory 

 in Nebraska (1890), 138; 

 platform (1892), 146-47; and 

 Populist party, 149-50, 153; 

 and free silver, 158, 175 et 

 seq.', success in South Caro- 

 lina (1894), 169; convention 

 (1896), 175-77, 180-81 



