The Legislature was again Democratic in 1898 and began to prepare an amendment which should disfranchise a large proportion of the 125,000 negro voters of the State.

There was cooeperation between the Republican and Populist organizations again in 1900, but too many Populists had returned to their former allegiance.

The restrictive amendment, of which more will be aid presently, was carried by an overwhelming majority at the special election in the summer, and at the regular election in November the Democratic ticket was chosen by an overwhelming majority.
The fusion of 1896 and the rising prices of agricultural products killed the Populist party in the South, but the influence of the movement remains to this day.

It has had some effect in lessening political intolerance, for those of the Populists who returned to the Democratic party came back without apology, while others have since classed themselves as Republicans.

The Populist attitude toward public education was on the whole friendly, and more money has since been demanded and expended for public schools.
Perhaps the greatest effect of the Populist movement was the overthrow of the old political organizations.