The way that the Enlightenment's theories of government viewed the role of government was that government was meant to serve the people, not the other way around.
What did the populist party want?
There were a few things hat the populist party wanted. The itemsthat the party wanted were, a secret ballot, an election forsenators, an income tax, to oppose legislature votes, free coinageof silver, farmers to get the money back that they paid on loans,and the railroad system, telephone system, and telegraph system tobe owned by the public.
