A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . During the warhe had been a Union man andhad opposed secession but hadtaken no active part. After thewar he became one of the leadersof the Democratic party. He wasa lawyer and a strong supporterof education. The opposition can-didate was WilHam Gentry ofPettis county, a farmer. He was nominated by the Peoplesparty, which was supported by the Grangers and the Repub-licans. So the opposition party was again a fusion Granger party, or the Farmers Alliance
A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . During the warhe had been a Union man andhad opposed secession but hadtaken no active part. After thewar he became one of the leadersof the Democratic party. He wasa lawyer and a strong supporterof education. The opposition can-didate was WilHam Gentry ofPettis county, a farmer. He was nominated by the Peoplesparty, which was supported by the Grangers and the Repub-licans. So the opposition party was again a fusion Granger party, or the Farmers Alliance party, was afarmers organization which made its first and only import-ant political appearance in 1874. The times were hard,farmers were deeply in debt, money was scarce, prices hadbeen declining since the war except for temporary advancesin 1868 and 1872, and a nation-wide panic had occurred in1873. The year 1874 was one of depression and failure inbusiness. The Grangers or rather the Peoples party believedthat the causes of these bad conditions were the high rail-road rates, the money system, the eastern corporations, and. CHARLES H. HARDIN 184 History of Missouri and Missourians a^H j government expenses. They demanded regulation of rates,more money, and lower taxes. However the Democrats weresuccessful. At this election the people by the small majorityvote of 283 endorsed a resolution in favor of calling a con-stitutional convention. Under Governor Hardins administration five featuresare worthy of mention. The depression in business andprices continued. The unalterable laws of economics werenow making the people pay for the high cost and waste ofthe war, for the extravagance and speculation in 1866-1870,and for the ill-advised voting of state and county bonds tobuild railroads. Moreover, Europe had just been engaged inseveral wars, which in turn brought depression there,economy on the part of the people, and reduced buying bythem of American products. The next feature was
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