The Conservative White Bourbon Democrats of the South Largely Succeeded

The conservative white Bourbon Democrats of the South largely succeeded in crushing the Populist revolt by

A) demonstrating that Populist economic policies would harm Southern cotton interests.
B) adopting some of the Populist economic policies to appeal to poor white farmers and their economic interests.
C) bribing the Populist leadership to betray the rank and file.
D) persuading black farmers that the Populists really did not have their interests at heart.
E) appealing to poor white farmers' anti-black racial feelings against their economic interests.