Party Names of

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(See article on Poet lasT PAirry.) tionists.—Thww who advocate of the traffic. Since 157'2 there has been a national Prohibition Party. (See article on Piton InrrioN. ) Railicats.—The Iln Me after the Civil War to the extreme of the Republican Party as its policy in deal with Southern ll,adjust, rs.— A local party in in Is78 headed by Gen.

William Mahone, and a i t I repudiation of the State debt. (See article on Bepailiah)rs.—.% party in adV0eatud the repudiation of a number of rnion bank bonds, the pay mem of which the State had aft id(' Qn REP( ttAites.l Vc/i( f Part y.—Th.. name ap plied to the supporters of a movement in Ken tucky which had for its purpose the enactment of measures by the for relic% the people of economic and financial burdens. 'Relief' parties were common in other States from 18:10 to 181;0. (See KENTC,KY.I Republicans.—?ee article on the ItErunmcas PARTY. Sow la ways. — The name applied to native Southerners during the reconstruction era who N% it It the publican Party. Sit etr Grays.—The' conservative of the Party. ht/rcr Party.—A party made up chiellv of ai-affected Republicans iu I 81;6, w110 favored the free of silver. It indorsed the Democratic nominees for Pre-i dent and Vice-President in that year. No( iaILts,

or Nocio/ist-Lo bur l'arty.—This first appeared as It national movement in 1s92. when it nominated candidates for President and Viee-Pr'sident. and a plat form ad vIicat a socialistic policy in vernmental affairs. Stahrori,.—.\ of the Republiean Party in New York from 1880 to 1885. led by Roses. and relbresenting the 'machine' politics of the (See article on this title.) :Wirt roust rurt ionists.—The name to those who advocated the strict in Crpreta i011 14 the Constitution of the United States. I nion Labor Party.—.1 movement which first live:line national in 1888. It nominated dates for President and Vice-President and adopted a platform of principles. / nig a Li-ooto ions of a political e aeter in the Southern State- for a time after the Civil %Var. composed chiefly of negroes and white Republicans. Washing/on/ans.—The term early applied to the Prohibition Party. Il iys.—See WU 10 PARTY. Woman's Rights Party.—A party aide]) .first appeared as a na tional movement in 1884. Both in that year and in 1SSS it held national conventions and nominated candidates for President and Vice President. pledged to advocate the general intro duction of female suffrage.

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