This study focuses attention of the People's party which existed
for a short time in the 1890s. Despite its brief existence the
party and the movement that brought it into being had a lasting
effect on American politics and society. Populism originally
developed outside the political system because the system had
proved incapable of responding to real needs. As the movement was
transformed into the People's party, however, much of its
responsive nature was lost. The People's party became subject to
the same influences that guided the old parties and it became more
concerned with winning office than with promoting genuine reform.
In finding this sharp distinction between Populism and the People's
party, Mr. Argersinger portrays Populism not as a success but as a
tragic failure, betrayed from within by politicians who followed
political dictates rather than Populist principles. Mr. Argersinger
studies the Populist predicament in organizing a national movement
in a time of political sectionalism and discovers neglected phases
of Populist activity in the crucial campaign of 1896. He suggests
that there may have been some validity to the charge of Populist
"conspiracy-mindedness."
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