 Chambers gave speeches on his way back to Texas , castigating the banks and defending the admission of socialists to the convention as " simply a body of men enlisted in the cause of human rights . " In his official acceptance letter , he called for expansion of the currency , immigration restriction to help workingmen compete " with Chinese serf labor , " and the forfeiture of all unfulfilled railroad grants . On July 8 , before reaching home , Chambers fell as he exited his train in Kosse , Texas , and broke two ribs . He was confined to bed for several weeks and considered withdrawing from the race , but decided against it . His efforts , however , were limited by his injuries , and his only contribution to the campaign was to publish his newspaper , renamed the Cleburne Greenbacker . Greenbackers had high hopes for the 1880 election , but were disappointed with the result : Weaver and Chambers won just over 300 @,@ 000 votes ( 3 @.@ 3 % of the popular vote ) and did not carry a single state in the electoral college . 
