Rstone4
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Thinking about William Jennings Bryant and his 1896 Cross of Gold speech.
I am in the process of studying the time period, but many questions remain to be looked into. So Lets say he Wins. McKinley and Mark Hannah are defeated and He gets into the White House.
He would have to pick up 40 house seats and 6 senate seats from what happened for him to have any control.
What I am really thinking about is a POD where the populists pick up more steam and alliances out side of the farm zones. They need to bring on some urban support especially in the north east where the industrialists are strongest.
However he manages to pick up the extra votes, needed about 50 more, what would his populist economic and social programs have done to the country?
How would the effects be different than TR's progressive platform. Bryant was very charismatic, like TR, but I just don't know enough about the way he interacted with people to know if he could operate on a level similar of that of TR.
From what I've read of various populist platforms, I am sure he would repeal the act of 1873 and returned us to bimetallic standard. Would he manage to wrangle control over the banks, phone companies, rail roads, etc?
I am in the process of studying the time period, but many questions remain to be looked into. So Lets say he Wins. McKinley and Mark Hannah are defeated and He gets into the White House.
He would have to pick up 40 house seats and 6 senate seats from what happened for him to have any control.
What I am really thinking about is a POD where the populists pick up more steam and alliances out side of the farm zones. They need to bring on some urban support especially in the north east where the industrialists are strongest.
However he manages to pick up the extra votes, needed about 50 more, what would his populist economic and social programs have done to the country?
How would the effects be different than TR's progressive platform. Bryant was very charismatic, like TR, but I just don't know enough about the way he interacted with people to know if he could operate on a level similar of that of TR.
From what I've read of various populist platforms, I am sure he would repeal the act of 1873 and returned us to bimetallic standard. Would he manage to wrangle control over the banks, phone companies, rail roads, etc?