13.
Purification of Politics
Source:
American Nonconformist (Winfield, KS), October 16, 1890
Senator
John J. Ingalls of Kansas proved to be one of the Republicans who most
antagonized Alliancemen. His
most infamous comment was that "the purification of politics is an
iridescent dream." Populists
swept the state elections in 1890 and replaced Ingalls in the Senate with farm
editor William A. Peffer in 1891.
For
more on the response of Plains State Republicans to Farmers' Alliance demands,
see:
Ostler,
Jeffrey. Prairie Populism: The Fate of Agrarian Radicalism in Kansas,
Nebraska, and Iowa, 1880-1892. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1993.
For
more on William A. Peffer, see:
Argersinger,
Peter Hayes. Populism and Politics: William Alfred Peffer and the People's
Party. 337 p. Lexington: U P of Kentucky, 1974.
For
more on Kansas Populism, see:
Clanton, O. Gene. Kansas Populism: Ideas and Men.
330 p. Lawrence: U of Kansas P, 1969.
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