How did the election of 1896 demonstrate tensions between farmers and the wealthy?

For decades there had been significant debate about the amount of currency in circulation. Farmers wanted more to able to have loans at lower interest rates. Obviously this did not appeal to businessmen who would want to have higher interest rates. In the years prior there had been considerable debate over the use of the gold standard and increasing the minting of coins in silver. This would be the last election where a major candidate could win the presidency by winning only by the agrarian or "farmer" vote, due to the increase in urban centers throughout the U. S. passing the threshold.