<Li> Jump up ^ Jones, pp. 227--228 . </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ Official Proceedings of the 1896 Democratic National Convention, p. 233 . </Li> <Li> ^ Jump up to: Kazin, p. 61 . </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ Coletta, p. 141 . </Li>

Why did the democrats decide to join the populists in 1896