Author: Fletcher, Thos.; Dollison, J. W.
Title: An Address. The State Central Committee of the People's Party Meets and Issues an Address to the People of Arkansas
Description: S. l. By the authors, 1894. First Edition. Small broadside, n. d. (ca 1894); 10 x 6; off-white paper, printed in black; a few old, fold lines; very good to near fine condition. A scarce, ephemeral circular, it was published by the People's Party, aka the "Populists" in Arkansas. A short-lived political party, it aligned itself with the Labor Movement and was critical of Capitalism, money-grabbing, railroads, banks, etc. The party was born as a direct consequence of economic depression and agricultural unrest in the South and the trans-Mississippi West in the late 1870s and 1880s. The third-party movement in Arkansas began in 1887, with the founding of the Union Labor Party. It would become the People's Party in 1891, in line with the formation of the national Populist Party. It never amounted to much, after the Election Reform Law of 1891 disfranchised citizens, who could not read, and after the Republican Party entered the state elections in 1892. The party never elected a congressman in Arkansas and ceised to exist after 1900. Very good .

Keywords: People's Party, Arkansas


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