the early 1890s saw the emergence of a new political party, the people's party, commonly known as "the populists," which put forward a radical reform agenda against monopoly and advancing an agenda appealing to the practical needs of american farmers. discouraged by the "old parties" of the nation, the nationalists were strongly supportive of those pushing forward the idea of such a new political organization and lent them support in the pages of "the new nation" from 1890.