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Besser,
V. M. "Administration of Governor Waite and the Populist Party in
Colorado, 1893-1895." Master's thesis, U of Colorado, 1924.
Brundage,
David Thomas. "The Making of Working-Class Radicalism in the Mountain
West: Denver, Colorado, 1880-1903." Ph.D. dissertation, UCLA, 1982. DAI, 43, no. 07A, (1982): 2423.
Denver's dramatic population, commerce, and industrial growth
caused poverty, exploitation, and structured class inequality.
The radical wing of the Populist Party in Colorado profoundly
affected the militancy of Denver's labor movement. Cannon, Helen. "First Ladies of Colorado: Celia O. Crane Waite." Colorado Magazine 1969 46(2): 120-130. Waite gave her time and energy to aiding and protecting her husband. After his defeat for reelection, she spoke out bitterly against women who opposed the party that enfranchised them. American History and Life, 7:899
Dawson,
Louis L. "The Populist Movement in Colorado." Master's thesis, U
of Denver, 1930.
Day,
Frank. "The Populist Congressman from Colorado,
1893‑1895." Master's thesis, U of Colorado, 1947.
Dunbar,
Robert G. "Agricultural Adjustments in Eastern Colorado in the
1890s." Agricultural History. 18:41‑52. January 1944.
Fox,
Leonard P. "The Origin and Early Development of Populism in
Colorado." Ph.D. dissertation, U of Pennsylvania, 1916.
A good early study.
Fuller,
Leon W. "Colorado's Revolt Against Capitalism." Mississippi
Valley Historical Review. 21(3):343‑60. December 1934.
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"A Populist Newspaper of the Nineties." Colorado Magazine.
9:81-87. May 1932. Davis H.
Waite's Aspen Union Era, 1891-1892. _____. "The Populist Regime in Colorado." Ph.D. dissertation, U of Wisconsin, 1933. 340 pages
Gerhard,
Paul F. "The Silver Issue and Political Fusion in Colorado: 1896; A
Study of the Pre-election Maneuvers of Political Parties and of the
Members of the Colorado Delegation to the Fifty‑fifth
Congress." Wichita U, University Studies. 46. Wichita Univ.
Bull., 15 p. 35(4):(n.d.). Griffiths,
David B. "Far-Western Populist Thought: A Comparative Study of John
R. Rogers and Davis H. Waite." Pacific Northwest Quarterly
1969 60(4): 183-192. Analysis
of the somewhat conflicting ideological beliefs two Populist governors (Waite
of Colorado and Rogers of Washington).
He discusses their views on the single tax, the natural right to
free land, imperialism, and the farmer-labor alliance are discussed
against the backdrop of brief biographical sketches covering the years
1838-1901.
Hornbein,
Marjorie. "Davis Waite, Silver, and Populism." Essays and
Monographs in Colorado History. 1:1-24. 1983. Hurt,
R. Douglas. "Populist-Endorsed Judges and the Protection of Western
Labor." Journal of the West 1978 17(1): 19-26. The Populist
movement supported urban laborers (both out of philosophy and necessity)
as shown by the pro-labor rulings of populist-endorsed judges of state
supreme courts in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Washington, and Montana,
1893-1902. Hurt,
R. Douglas. "The Populist Judiciary: Election Reform and Contested
Offices." Kansas History 1981 4(2): 130-141.
Populist-endorsed judges in Kansas, Montana, Washington, ,
Nebraska, and Colorado decided Populist issues such as the Australian
Ballot, woman's suffrage, and contested offices on the basis of legal
procedures and technicalities, rather than ideology or partisan politics. Kneeshaw, Stephen J. and Linngren, John M. "Republican Comeback, 1902." Colorado Magazine 1971 48(1): 15-29. Populists won on free silver in 1892 and 1896. Republicans won on Populist Governor Davis H. Waite's record in 1894. Republican's 1902 victory was due less to the traditional explanation - return of Silver Republicans and patronage - than to the conservative voting patterns of rural areas and to the return of prosperity. America: History and Life, 8:3391
Kountze,
Harold J. "Davis H. Waite and the People's Party in Colorado."
Master's thesis, Yale University, 1944.
Larson,
Robert W. "Students, Populists, and a Sense of History: An
Essay." Colorado Magazine. 48(1):43‑48. Winter 1971.
Compares Colorado Populists and the 1960s-1970s student movement.
Marilley,
Suzanne Marie. "Why the Vote? Woman Suffrage and the Politics of
Democratic Development in the United States, 1820-1893." 462 p. Ph.D.
dissertation (Political Science), Harvard U, 1985.
Populists passed woman suffrage in Colorado. McCarthy, G. Michael. "Colorado's Populist Leadership." Colorado Magazine 1971 48(1): 30-42. Populist leaders were drawn from the ranks of editors, real estate, retail matketing, law, and education, not farmers, professional reformers, third-party veterans, or those representing silver interests. Ex-Populist leaders did not join the progressive Movement. America: History and Life, 8:3393 _____.
"Colorado's Populist Party and the Progressive Movement." Journal
of the West 1976 15(1): 54-75. The
leaders of the Colorado Populists were, by and large, professional men.
Few made the transition to progressivism.
The doctrine of natural resource conservation ran counter to
Colorado beliefs. _____. "The People's Party in Colorado: A Profile of Populist Leadership." Agricultural History 1973 47(2): 146-155. Colorado Populist leaders were not professional reformers. America: History and Life, 11A:871
Morris,
John R. "Davis Hanson Waite: The Ideology of a Western
Populist." 337 pp. Ph.D. dissertation, U of Colorado, 1965.
Dissertation Abstracts, 27:03:733‑A.
Populist governor of Colorado. Omaha platform of 1892 was Waite's
political bible. _____.
"The Women and Governor Waite." Colorado Magazine. Winter
1967 44:11‑19. Woman's suffrage (1893) was Davis Waite's greatest
legislative accomplishment. But,
the next year Waite strangely turned against the issue.
He believed most women voted against him in 1894.
Only if women paid taxes and possessed enough intelligence to
protest unfair laws did he think them qualified to vote.
Olson,
Lynn Marie. "The Essence of Colorado Populism: An Analysis of the
Populists and the Issues of 1892." Master's thesis, University of
North Colorado, 1971. Plested,
Dolores. "Amazing Minnie: A Nineteenth Century Woman of Today." Colorado
Heritage 1984 (1): 18-27. Biography
of Minnie Josephine Reynolds Scalabrino, a journalist for the Denver Rocky
Mountain News, Populist, and suffragette.
Quint,
Howard H. "Julius A. Wayland, Pioneer Socialist Propagandist." Mississippi
Valley Historical Review. 35(4):585‑606. March 1949.
Affinity between socialism of Wayland and Populism.
Wayland was brief Populist and supporter of D. Waite, governor of
Colorado, 1892‑93, before moving on to Socialism. Interesting, but Populist phase is superficially treated.
Stefanco, Carolyn J. "Harvest of Discontent: The Depression of 1893 and the Women's Vote." Colorado Heritage (Spring 1993): 16-21. Supporters of suffrage aligned themselves with proponents of "free silver," who in turn realized the potential importance of support from newly franchised women voters in electing "free silver" candidates in future elections. America: History and Life, 31:12241
Wagner,
Mary Jo. "Farms, Families, and Reform: Women in the Farmers' Alliance
and Populist Party." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Oregon, 1986.
DAI, 47, no. 07A, (1986). Women
contributed to the organization, philosophy, and political platforms of
the Farmers' Alliance and Populist Party.
Often, their writings and speeches espoused traditional female
values. They left home for
long periods of time to campaign for the new party, often emphasizing
temperance and woman suffrage. They did not perceive a contradiction between domesticity and
political work, but incorporated the ideology of domesticity into the
larger goals of Populism. Although
Populist women did not win suffrage and temperance planks at national
Populist conventions, they did acquire valuable political experience in
the public sphere and form important networks with other women.
Wegman-French, Elizabeth A.
"Populism in Colorado: A Statistical Analysis of Social
Characteristics and the 1892 Election." Master's thesis, University
of Colorado, 1991. 104 pages. Werner,
Jane. "The Press and the Populists." Colorado Magazine
1970 47(1): 44-61. Thomas
Patterson's Rocky Mountain News strongly supported the Populist
ticket and was emulated by local weeklies in smaller communities. However,
free silver was the real reason for the Populist victory in Colorado. The
newspapers were following the popular trend rather than leading it.
Wright,
James Edward. The Politics of Populism: Dissent in Colorado. 314 p.
New Haven: Yale U P, 1974. One of the best state studies.
Silver miners and farmers. Derived
from Wright's Ph.D. dissertation "The Politics of Populism: Parties,
Partisans and Dissenters in Colorado, 1860‑1912." Ph.D.
dissertation, U of Wisconsin, 1969. Dissertation
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