... to the railroad magnate; quite naturally, therefore, the farmers attempted to use their new organizations as a means of eliminating the one and controlling the other.As in the parallel case of ... State in which the new party made any considerable showing. In the West over 6000votes were cast in each of the five States Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, and Kansas. The agrarian aspect of ... expected,because in most of the States they had to be brought on the initiative of the injured shipper, and many shippersfeared to incur the animosity of the railroad. A farmer was afraid that, if he angered...