By Virginia McConnell Simmons During the elections in 1892 and in 2016, the respective populism bore no resemblance one to the other. In Colorado in 1892, union organization – especially the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) – was growing rapidly, while mine owners were trying to increase the three-dollar-a-day, eight-hour work day to nine without additional pay. Davis Waite, after a short stay in booming Leadville, had moved to Aspen and started a newspaper, where he vigorously supported miners. Backed by the People’s Party (a.k.a. Populist Party), Waite won election as governor, but his term (1893-95) was dominated by the…