The populist party platform included

the party adopted a platform calling for free coinage of silver, abolition of national banks, a subtreasury  scheme or some similar system, a graduated income tax, plenty of paper money, government ownership of all forms of transportation and communication.

Populist Party Platform (1892) The People's party, more commonly known as the Populist party, was organized in St. Louis in 1892 to represent the common folk—especially farmers—against the entrenched interests of railroads, bankers, processers, corporations, and the politicians in league with such interests.