Populist Party: Omaha Platform

( 1892 ) Commentary by Tom Lansford, University of Southern Mississippi

Australian ballot secret ballot used to prevent voters from being intimidated or facing retaliation for their votes
bondholders people who invest in a company or government in exchange for dividends or interest
demonetization policy of taking a certain type of currency out of circulation and making it worthless or illegal as a form of payment
graduated income tax tax on income that increases in value as people make more money—the more money people earn, the higher the percentage they pay to the government
monopolized controlled by a corporation or business, which thus can set prices and trade conditions with respect to a commodity or economic sector, with little or no competition
public debt accumulated borrowings of the government

Populist Party presidential candidate James Weaver (Library of Congress)

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